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Sort of Strictly come football, Stevie, is it ? Do they have dress rehearsals and the like??

Think what turns a lot of people off (who've never been) is their unshakeable pride in their country, flags everywhere as an easy example. I think what people don't appreciate is that they had a Civil War only 80-ish years before WW2 and they lost over 600,000 killed compared to 480,000 in WW2. That's an awfull lot of blood spilled to rebuild a nation, be an awfull dis-service if they weren't proud of what they fought for, in historical terms very recently, IMO. Also a bloody good, recent reason, to try and "stay out of it".

Expected as much, I reckon Stevie gets a nosebleed if he ventures into an NE postcode with a double digit number.

I'm really curious why so many people hate America and/or Americans

Why ?? They also donated a fair amount of spilled blood you imbecile.

You should read this, a great read:

True, without us holding out in Europe they couldn't have done fuck all, without their help we couldn't have held out.

Gold and Sword beaches British, Juno Canada, Omaha and Utah beaches US. Casualties on the British beaches were roughly 1000 on Gold Beach and the same number on Sword Beach. The remainder of the British losses were amongst the airborne troops: some 600 were killed or wounded, and 600 more were missing; 100 glider pilots also became casualties. The losses of 3rd Canadian Division at Juno Beach have been given as 340 killed, 574 wounded and 47 taken prisoner. The breakdown of US casualties was 1465 dead, 3184 wounded, 1928 missing and 26 captured. Of the total US figure, 2499 casualties were from the US airborne troops (238 of them being deaths). The casualties at Utah Beach were relatively light: 197, including 60 missing. However, the US 1st and 29th Divisions together suffered around 2000 casualties at Omaha Beach.

Oil prices ????? Oh and you never mentioned the connvoys that supplied us when we were up against it, those supplies came from............... where was it again ?????

Probably not bother with Tax and NI, that usually works for them.

Totally agree, doing craic a dis-service tbh, it's just beyond crass.

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Yep Fans in uproar (yet again) Full text of the meeting invite (from Thomo's blog) Dangerous game, many SFL chairmen are fucking foaming, a vote of NO to number one would sink Sevco. Subject: SFL Special General Meeting – Friday, 13th July, 2012 Dear Sir or Madam, NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING – SCOTTISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE Notice is hereby given that a Special General Meeting of The Scottish Football League will be held within the Bell/Baird Suite on the fifth floor of Hampden Park, Glasgow on Friday, 13th July, 2012 at 11.00 a.m. for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, approving the following proposals:- (i) That the Scottish Football League Members agree to admit Sevco Scotland Limited as an Associate Member and agrees to permit Rangers F.C. to play in the League during Season 2012/13. (ii) That the Scottish Football League Members direct the Board of Management of The Scottish Football League (the “Board”) to provide that Rangers F.C. shall play in the Third Division of the Scottish Football League during Season 2012/13 unless the Board shall have to its satisfaction negotiated and reached agreement with The Scottish Premier League and The Scottish Football Association on a series of measures which the Board shall consider to be in the best interests of the game, how it is structured, how it is governed and how it is financed, whereupon the Board shall be authorised to provide that Rangers F.C. shall play in the First Division of the Scottish Football League during Season 2012/13. (iii) That the Scottish Football League Members in terms of Rule 12 approve the resignation of either Dundee F.C. or Dunfermline Athletic F.C., whichever shall be admitted to join the Scottish Premier League for Season 2012/13, such resignation to take effect as at the date of admission of such club to the Scottish Premier League, notwithstanding that the requisite notice under Rule 12 shall not have been given.Details of the series of measures referred to at (ii) above shall be made available to the Members in advance of the meeting and an opportunity for full discussion of those measures will be given prior to the proposals being put to the meeting. In accordance with the terms of SFL Rule 53, your club must send one representative to this meeting and I would be most grateful if you could advise me of the name of your representative by return. A buffet lunch will be served at the conclusion of the meeting. Kind regards, David A. Longmuir Chief Executive, SFL.

Even, now, do yourselves a favour and go and see the fuckers:

Aye his mam does seem a bit of an "ogre". He's very guarded with the press because he ws stitched up over his "anyone but England" thing (when he was 18 btw). http://bleacherrepor...against-federer

Nice guys come second. It's a particularly Brit thing, Brit's are supposed to win/lose (frequently) with a smile on their face. As a nation we'd have hated McEnroe if he was a Brit (instead we hated him because he was a petulant Yank), even Borg because he was the "iceman" but he won stuff. Jimmy Connors was a "favourite" at Wimbledon because he was a "character", won nowt like the other two though, but his japes made up for his petulance when he was "in the zone". Steve Davis at his peak - miserable twat etc etc Give me dour/miserable winners over spirited cheerfull "almost but not quite the winner" nice guys any time. In sports where winning is down to your own "solo" performance, I'm actually struggling to think of many "happy go lucky" winners. Federer maybe, but he's been winning so long he can relax in his "greatness" he knows he can do it because he's been there, seen it, done it, more times than anyone and there's a steel belief now built into the guy. Can't recall how "nice" he was when starting off.

Yet PL said: "But that all spread like wildfire and soon every footy lad in Britain was dressed as if he was on the 17th green at fuckin Wentworth" What's that make those who followed the backward ???

Guess so they could putt themselves about a bit

Not a real Hibs fan,obviously

Progress, we've gone from all of them, to many of them. Hurrah !!!! There is hope, bold bit let's it down mind.

Course he hasn't, he's never been North of the central belt, that "Stevie central belt" where Eyemouth is mind, not the real central belt. Not been to OF at Tynecastle (my lad has and it was "rough" as anything he's seen) been a few times myself but recall saw them play Aberdeen one year and it was poisonous, carnage afterwards an all. Around the same time saw them play Dundee Utd and it was completely different.

I used the term for your benefit you nugget. The historical links will always exist in some minority (and in the minds of eejit's I suppose that means all Hearts fans are biggots) as will the racist element still be present at NUFC (in a minority). Strangely I know several Hearts fans (my son being a reasonably frequent visitor as well, him knowing a lot more than me) and despite that I should believe your view (and lets face it your views on just about everything are stark raving lunacy), aye OK. To tar everyone with the same brush is ridiculous. All football fans are hooligans after all aren't they?

Nowt like pedantry man !

"Were" dimwit. Btw - I'll take the word of people I know, who know what it's like these days i.e. go to Hearts games thanks. I suppose the BNP/EDL sympathising supporters who attend SJP make NUFC a fascist club. NIFC was a horrendous place for racism, it's isn't now. The Wee Huns view of their "cousins", why don't you check the number of sympathy posts in this 33,500 long thread: http://www.hmfckickback.co.uk/index.php?/topic/106910-rangers-newco-refused-admittance-to-spl/page__st__33520 Dunno why I bother to honest it's like debating with a special needs scratter, and no I haven't "gorra tab, mate"

Then maybe some should take a look at themsleves. "Seek and though shalt find" I believe, is the phrase.