Problem is EVERYONE the world over is living beyond their means. The old man bless his heart taught me to always wait until you can pay for it in full. The best advice he ever gave in a long list of them. Saved me thousands over the years!
Yes, and that's not the only time and place they've done it. One year they lost 1-0 in the Scottish Cup at Berwick and smashed the shopping centre up - broken shop windows, looting, the lot. When you compare fans like that to e.g. Norwich and Arsenal - class guys with a real love of football - you can understand why people don't give a toss for them. To be honest, I don't either. They're one of my least favourite clubs, though I do respect their great tradition. But I do care about Scottish football as a whole. I remember great teams from Aberdeen, Dundee, Hearts, Hibs, Airdieonians, Third Lanark, Celtic, etc. Some fabulous players. Where are they now? Moorsley mentioned Craig Gordon - well, all right, he's making it in the Prem, but he's a goalie. Where are the rest? (Sorry Moorsley, but Bardo only became a Scot when it suited him. Disqualified, mate). Hibernian's record crowd is close to 70,000 (in 1950 against Hearts). Today, Easter Rd holds 21,000 and it's still the third or fourth biggest ground in the country! Virtually no top class players, tiny grounds, tiny crowds - where the hell did Scottish football go? It's no good them claiming "we're a wee country" Uruguay has about the same population and go to the World Cup semis. Paraguay has over a million less and they go to the quarter-finals. The decline in Scotland is staggering. And so disappointing.
Celtic chief executive Peter Lawwell insists his club "don't need Rangers" to flourish financially. Rangers are awaiting the verdict of a long-running tax case that could place the future of the Ibrox club in doubt. But Lawwell says the eventuality of their Old Firm rivals going bust "would have no material effect on Celtic". "We look after ourselves," Lawwell told BBC Scotland. "We don't rely on any other club. We are in a decent position, we're very strong."
Going into administration could cost the Glasgow giants 10 points in the Scottish 'Premier' League, putting them within 25 points of everyone apart from Celtic, but the club urged fans to remain positive and continue thinking up new rhymes for 'Ratzinger'.
