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Note to the BBC: the power of Scotland and why they deserved more respect than a cringey wave-a-thon on Spoty. Where to start? Second oldest footballing nation in the world. Developed styles of football 150 years ago still pursued today. No Scotland, no passing. Helped spread the joy of football around the world, igniting the passion in Brazil and Argentina. Helped nurture famous English clubs like Aston Villa.
Introduced keepie-uppie to Wembley. Gave the game the wonderful Baxter, Law, Johnstone, McGrain, Bremner, Dalglish, Hansen, Souness and more recently Robertson and McTominay. Gave the game managers of the calibre and vision of Shankly, Busby, Stein and Ferguson.
Brought the refreshing and well-refreshed mobile party of the Tartan Army to tournaments, fans who raise spirits and raise funds for charities wherever they go. Have an anthem that stirs the blood and the soul. Qualified for the World Cup with a performance of guts and goalscoring glory. Staged their own Puskas award competition against Denmark.
Guided by a modest, proud and quietly inspirational manager in Steve Clarke.
Who should have had the successful, charismatic McTominay on the Spoty shortlist. McTominay deserved more respect from Spoty. So did Scotland.
Astonishing and yet not surprising that the Scottish government are now backtracking on any notion of overturning the absurd ban on alcohol at Scottish Football matches.
Football fans still being treated like second class citizens because of something that happened 44 years ago.
And let's quash the usual knicker wetting responses right now;
1) Yes we can do without a drink for 90 minutes. Nobody is suggesting we sit and drink at our seats during the game. A pre match or half time beer in the stadium might be a nice choice to have though.
2) No, nobody is suggesting that fans rock up with carry outs at the turnstyles or that's there's a full range of optics at the pie stall.
3) Yes, there might be a case for not selling alcohol at high risk games. All games are already categorised anyway, so it's not difficult to switch the taps off at individual games.
4) Yes, as amazing as it might seem, plenty people do already drink alcohol before attending games. They have these places called pubs.
5) No, fans wouldn't be chucking glass bottles at each other in the stands. A plastic pint of 4% beer ain't going to spark any sort of riot.
6) Yes, in England, where they have a massive history of domestic and international football violence that far outweighs anything ever seen in Scotland, they are still allowed to have a beer.
The ban is completely out of date, completely unfair, and utterly stupid.
Yesterday, a British man completed one of the greatest sporting achievements EVER.
Russ Cook ran the ENTIRE length of Africa in 352.
That is 16,294KM, which is equivalent to 386 marathons and 19.1 million steps.
Congratulations - this is truly an incredible accomplishment!
England has the only privatised Water in Europe, the most water pollution, and the most expensive water.
The UK has the only fully privatised energy, and the most expensive.
England has privatised rail, the slowest, least reliable and of course the most expensive in Europe.
All the Countries in either blue have Free Trade with each other, which makes trade 15% cheaper.
Profit margins are usually 6-10%.
So the UK is completely surrounded by countries it can’t trade with.
This madness costs £2.2bn a week. £320m a day.
£5 per person, per day
An excellent all-round performance by the entire team today giving us a deserved 2-0 win over Wood Lane Youth.
Goal scorers for Brentham were Big Joe and Young Harry. MoM was Marco with some dogged defending, but the award could have gone to any of the players.
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