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I liked that one too. Although in 1976 I think it was our change strip rather than away strip thanks to Scotland, at that time, being one of the few (or only) leagues where home team changed if there was a clash.

Same here. The sash will always have that association for me, which makes it pretty special.

Agreed.

Actually, just discovered Wikipedia has a list of MLS stadia, and they are almost all grass: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Soccer_stadiums#Stadiums

I don't watch much MLS, but in general, American Football and Baseball pitches that aren't in a dome all use grass. A few tried artificial turf, but gave up on it. New York FC, for example, plays at Yankee Stadium and that is 100% grass.

According to one report I read somewhere (The Scotsman, I think) the feeling is that the SPFL tend not to be too harsh on clubs if they can show they took reasonable measures to prevent any incident. Given the additional number of stewards and police the club used that day, I think we must have a decent case.

On TV, at least, NDP surface actually looked brown in places. And like you say, the bounce was erratic to say the least. I understand the usefulness of them when it comes to renting them out every day of the week, but yet to be convinced of their place in the professional game.

Cheers - that's how I would imagine they should look, but I don't think we have been that close in recent times.

I wonder if we have a bonus linked to number of appearances? I just noticed on soccerbase he had 58(!) first team outings last season.

Would be interested to see what they are - even if the kit manufacturers seem to ignore them.

"I think it was just down to wear and tear after training on Astroturf since I was young but it's all sorted now and I feel fine now." Another argument against artificial pitches?

I don't think we have sold a player in the last 15 years that didn't have a sell-on clause. Of course, if someone we sold later moves on a Bosman, I doubt we get anything, but that's just one more way Bosman stuck the knife into the smaller clubs.

I'm not sure we have an "official" shade of amber - if we do, we certainly miss the mark on a regular basis. I remember the 91 kit being a darker shade, but it has been pretty variable over the years.

To be fair, there is about a 50% probability either one's name is correctly spelled in any given post. So there is that similarity.

If we follow our usual pattern (as we seem to have done with Chalmers) most of the names that end up with us won't have featured in the media, or on here.

Given the fickle nature of fans, I'd be wary of any feedback. I remember Oldham fans telling us how useless Chris Porter would be and how he was always injured. And if someone on here asks about Vigurs, for example, I'm sure there would be plenty of negativity for many.

It's not fixed, but there is a formula that takes a load of things into account from how long you have been at the club to, I believe, number of 1st team appearances and the category of the club trying to sign you. Leeds are a category 1 club so have to pay more. So if you are mince, never made a 1st team appearance, only been at the club a couple of years and being signed by a lesser team, then the development fee would be much reduced.

The media would have still found a different angle to distract themselves from the game. They don't want to dwell on how poorly their Rangers team performed. Much like after the first leg, when they focused on ticket allocations more than how much of a cuffing we handed them.

Even Chic Young admitted how our media team is light years ahead of the competition (after bashing the club, the fans, the ticketing etc. for 15 minutes)

With our new scouting system up and running, this summer is going to be the first big test. At one of the Q&As they said that there were something like 50 - 60 players of interest already identified under the new setup, so it will be interesting to see what comes of that. Chalmers sounds like a good first signing and managed to hold down a starting place at Falkirk before he was injured - liking the sound of him.

A 2 game difference isn't a huge imbalance. I think it was an anomaly this season that we had a decent bit of form too. I think most years will be more like last season when the SPFL team is on a losing streak. What's unfair to me is the fact that a 3rd or 4th place team can get promoted over the team that finished 2nd. Leagues are supposed to reward consistency over a season, not how you perform in a 2 leg tie. Of course, the only reason it was set up this way was to make sure newRangers had the best possible chance to come up, but that's another story.

The problem with bringing in the police is where do you stop? If I slid into someone in the middle of Argyle street and clipped their leg it would be assault. Should every missed tackle on a football pitch be reviewed by the police? And what about boxing? That's legized assault. Would quickly turn into farce. Let the football authorities deal with it.

If Big Lee was persuaded to stay would be great to see Moore play along side him. They had a decent partnership in the U20s.

It's a bad day in Govan when you can't rely on the Establishment to suck up to you.

I don't have more. I thought I had read it on here somewhere.