tom_widdows

1) Clubs being forced to have minimum capacities and remove terracing from their stadiums if they wish to get into the top league. It went a long way to crippling so many Scottish clubs and now we have the legacy of thousands of empty seats or 2-3 sided stadiums. Airdrie, Raith Rovers, Clyde, Dunfermline, Kilmarnock, Falkirk, Hamilton, Inverness, Livingston all spring to mind If you can run a successful team with a 2000 capacity stadium then you shouldn't be penalised. Only rule should be decent pitches (grass with adequate drainage & undersoil heating, or latest artificial turf), Decent floodlights, and stands with relevant safety certification. 2) Lower/ Non-league clubs being forced to play at neutral venues for cup games against certain clubs for 'safety' reasons. If its safe for a league match to be played there then it is safe for a cup match and if that means only 1500 people are allowed in then tough shit to those who miss out. Doesn't happen in England-shire so why the fuck should Scotland be different? 3) The Champions league/ Europa League - Fucking Yawn every season 4) Semi-Finals at Hampden, Wembley etc. 5) Clubs being allowed to ban the BBC from entering their stadium despite being contractually obliged to, yet not being allowed to tell sky or BT to fuck off. 6) Yellow cards for celebrating with your own supporters/ taking your shirt off. 7) Supposed campaigns against racism, sexism, homophobia etc which are nothing more than PR exercises and do nothing to even attempt to resolve the issues. 8 ) Removing cash turnstiles. Don't care what anyone says, I reckon clubs miss out on a few hundred (maybe even thousand) fans every game because no one can be arsed with the hassle of queuing up at the ticket office/ club shop to either buy or even pick up tickets on the day.

Annoys me it being described as a 'scorpion' goal. Was expecting a Rene Higuita effort and end up with a yoga pose gone wrong.

Zsa Zsa Gabor - 99

2017 looking a good year so far (well for me anyway)

Both rescinded today. Dingus also has to spend the next game in the stands as the match didnt count towards his 2 match ban

Ian McCaskill - 78 https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Hd6DuebHliY/hqdefault.jpg 2016 winding down now

Out Working Radio whilst wrapping presents (if the couriers do their job) Bed 1-0 (Logan) Crowd prediction 7,075 (85 M/well fans)

In/OOT - IN for once PreMatch - Megabus then trying to find Glasgow reds Match - South Stand Post Match - Working out how to get to Danestone and Back Prediction - 0 fucking 0

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38240890 10 times in 5 years. I presume this time it will be a 10,001 Euro fine

Attendance: 8,195

Supposedly that means 4th place. Need another goal to jump above hearts

Well you know if the Dons game was on no one would be tuning in watch all those pointless Chumps league games. I've resorted to the Arsenal game which for some reason BT are showing on freeview. Dull as fuck too

Supposedly blocked by UEFA

Nope No REDTV video either because of the fucking chumps league. UEFA really are trying to turn Football into 'the Hurricanes' Back old school 'teletext' days

2-0 O'Connor Seems the counter attacking tactic is working

allegedly so. Turned in a miss-hit Shinnie shot

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/38220790 He never tried this stuff when he played for Wrexham

Discovered by chance. Interesting take on mental health and very dark in places despite the upbeat feel of the trailer

Dingus managed a 4-4 draw with them in his time in the dugout However his trips to Parkhead on the other hand.......

June 16th@ Clyde Auditorium Thought Id missed out but given the June 15th show sold out so quick they nicely added a 2nd date so didnt end up paying £100+ for 2 seats in the Gods. Friday night gigs are so much better too.

Maybe so but McInnes's ability to use it effectively is the problem. Prediction at the moment Go in 1-0 down at half time. Becomes 2-0 about 10mins into the 2nd half. Rooney will be brought on about 5mins later with McGinn following on after another 10mins. Burns will replace Stockley with 5mins to go and the game will peter out.

Planning permission was not refused for Kingswells nor was it granted. It was called in by the Scottish executive which means it is essentially lost in a world similar to Terry Gilliam's Brazil No planning application was submitted for the Links development. It was speculative but never taken forward Planning permission was granted for the Cove stadium only for a newly elected Aberdeen Council to revoke (not refuse, actually revoke) permission for the training facilities and Cove Rangers stadium development that was key to the whole project as it also contained one of the main access roads.

Are you looking for the club to pay for someone to to a detailed design of a redeveloped pittodrie showing exactly what is now permitted within the site boundaries?

The only stand which complies with current regulations is the RDS The others do not comply with the current regulations which means they will eventually be forced to have their capacities restricted or at worse be closed. F Some Building Regulations can be worked around but in 'non domestic' buildings this is very hard and the alternatives are oftern more costly. Safety certificates, Licenses etc on the other hand will shaft the club eventually. They may have a stadium but they will only be allowed to let fans into one stand. Hillsbrough thankfully destroyed the neglegence and ignorance of sports clubs, HSE etc when it came to stadium maintenance and design. This discussion about pittodrie redevelopment seems to come around on an annual basis and it fascinates me the number of people (sometimes its the same ones) who come back either claiming things such as 3 sides of the stadium is fine or a modern 8000 seat & 3500 seat stands can be built within the same footprints as the South or Merkland/ Mains. Yes you can have a road running underneath a stand. What you can't have is that road being a primary access to other peoples property especially when said property is residential.

It is if they want 20000 capacity If however you know of a way to make Pittodrie Street & Merkland Lane disappear then its a whole new ball game.