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I'll leave the OF out of this one (only because I know everyone would vote for them)

That takes all the fun out of this thread.

Interesting discussion of sectarian songs at Celtic FC fansite:

Sectarian Songs - discussion

Not exactly unanimity of opinion there ...

"We've got to stop meeting like this."

Anybody see any of this?

Arrests Sunday

Two yellows for the green-stripes.

Maybe another and it will be 11 versus 10?

A butcher?

Still no ideas about the hard-to-understand lyrics?

Two teams into one

Bring it ??? ???, ??? it ??? ???

Always be a winner

(Doing it just for you)

That's not Terry Butcher! Terry Butcher is seven feet tall!

... by caleythistleonline.com:

Most users ever online was 780 on Today, 08:41 AM

Was it bots or was it Butcher?

Looking like a very good bit of business for him

Job until the end of the season, and gets to stay with Scotland and Setanta. In short, with that safety net, he couldn't really care less if Caley go down. But if they stay up, he takes the plaudits and walks away to a bigger job elsewhere.

The Setanta article says he's signed for 18 months. Is that confirmed?

she's so definitely a Caley Thistle fan....

So ... when does she do the Gaelic version of "Bring It On Home"?

Anyone know which team is Julie Fowlis's favorite? If any?

"Give your all to the final whistle?" ????

I've listened a few times and I'm pretty sure that's right!

And is it perhaps "doing it all for you"?

I don't think it's the same every chorus.

I'm not sure but I think that's what it might be but i haven't got a clue about the other bit, it's just too distorted.

Whilst I was writing Against All Odds (must have been Feb 1997) I was also the guest speaker at the ICT Supporters' Dinner Dance and was sitting beside David Balfe who wrote the song.

It that this guy?

David Balfe - Wikipedia

Maybe he can reached by email?

I see there's already been some discussion of this song which, I gather, hasn't been regularly used for a decade or more.

Nevertheless, I've heard the whole thing here:

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yip - still 0-0

OK, it's texting now ...

Is it underway?

BBC Live Text isn't showing anything.

Ooo I can't wait for this then. Lookin forward to the channel starting too seeing as i'm studyin gaelic at uni just now :thumb04: One of my friends is presenting the weather of the channel when it starts

That would be Kirsteen then would it?

Would that by any chance be Kirsteen Menzies from Dingwall? I met her and heard her sing at the Ligonier Highland Games here in central Pennsylvania back in 2003 when she came as a guest and observer for the US Gaelic Mod.

Ancestors 6-7 generations back - **** me I might have come across them - whats their names ?

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They've been dead a long time!

Surnames were Lindsey, Hamilton, MacLeod, Armstrong and Millar. At least those are all I can remember without hunting up genealogical records. (In some cases I have things like burial records with entries like "Father's Birthplace: Scotland" without the father's first name! )

I once got thrown out of a feckin Folk Festival in a place curiously called Bradford - at least I think it was - and ended up in a cell in Chautauqua.

Bradford, Pennsylvania?

... but now there's scientific evidence:

Watching Sports Makes You Smarter

Yes indeed more are blocked ... here is a list of audio that is either available/blocked. They are blocked because the team has established their own matchday offering.

Hmmm. "Their own matchday offering"? So can I hear these at some other site? Maybe as a pay service? I'm not sure what this all means and what options there are.

I live in Vancouver, B.C., Canada and also listen to the Sportsound live broadcast on Saturday.--although they are few and far betwen now due to possible rights infringements.

I remember from a few years ago that the games against Celtic and Rangers were blacked out and I could only follow the text reports. So now there are more like that?

I'm a new member of this forum, hailing from Pennsylvania.

So how does someone from the remotest Alleghenies become a Caley Thistle fan?

Well, I'm of Scottish ancestry, at least on my father's side, though it's about 6-7 generations back. I've very casually followed the SPL for a long time, but have been put off by the fact that a certain pair of distasteful teams seem to always predominate. But back in 2004 (I think it was) I read of this team that had won their way into the SPL but was going to be denied because their stadium wasn't big enough(!).

And it turned out this team had quite a storyline behind it: formed by a merger of two arch-rivals in a regional league, a reputation as giant-killers ("Super Caley Go Ballistic ..."), a rapid climb from the Third Division to the SPL, first-ever SPL team from the Highlands ...

So I listened to few live webcasts, followed the team through its first SPL season, then lost track the next season when an extended business trip denied me personal Internet access on Saturdays.

But I'm back, and I see ICT is still killing the odd giant and fighting for a high finish.

I listened to Saturday's game on Live Sportsound, and, well, I could have picked a better week to start listening again. But one game is one game.

I don't suppose I'll ever see a game in person unless I ever win the free-pair-of-airline-tickets-to-the-Highlands-drawing at the yearly local Highland Games. Or unless ICT does a US tour.

Anyway, great forum you have here. I'll be around.