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  • Birthday 11/16/1961

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  1. Was he not charged a wee while ago for alleged untoward shenanigans up a close? Did it ever go to court?
  2. The ironic thing is, the less they have to do, the better they're doing their job. Weird that they don't seem to see it that way,
  3. 150th anniversary merchandise collection https://www.smithsofgreenock.co.uk/product-category/greenock-morton-fc/greenock-morton-fc-greenock-morton-150th-anniversary/?fbclid=IwAR1anY84MSOCkT4lpwnsmVUrOxmmAP-OERXbUkOTEhKRfqAg3A8MKwr9OH4
  4. This pic just turned up on my Facebook page. Not only was Rob Rensenbrink (second from left) a great player for both Anderlecht and the Netherlands, he also had a keen eye for spotting and coaching 37 year old talent from works leagues. What a guy!
  5. Yeah, the comment about Cappielow rang alarm bells for me too. It's clear that giving the old place a lick of paint every couple of years is not going to be sustainable for much longer, and at some point in the not-too-distant future it's going to need significant investment for upgrades. It's hard to see right now where the money for that is going to come from.
  6. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/mar/19/its-been-unimaginable-san-marinos-20-year-wait-for-win-may-soon-be-over
  7. He'd only get a start when George is injured. He's only 22 though, so lot's of potential for the future. I'm sure Dougie could make a player out of him.
  8. I've probably asked you this before, but how do you reconcile that belief with the fact that you yourself are an immigrant?
  9. Unless you've lived abroad as long as I have (28 years, or 30 years if you include the 2 years I lived in England), it's difficult to explain why I no longer feel Scottish. I've already given the reasons for the growing feeling of detachment since the 2014 independence referendum, followed by the subsequent political events in the UK. Other factors are simply the passage of time and the weakening of family ties with the deaths of close relatives. So when you add all that up, pretty much all of my sense 'Scottishness' has now dissipated. Nowadays, when asked where I'm from, I say I'm Belgian. Unlike TRVMP it's not because of any sense of national pride, but simply because it's factually correct as I'm a Belgian citizen and it's been home for the last 17 years. I guess it's down to a feeling of belonging, and because both myself and Scotland have changed so much since I left in 1996, I no longer have any feelings of belonging. On the increasingly rare occasions I do visit Scotland (typically nowadays it's only for funerals and the occasional Ton match), I now see it through the eyes of a detached foreigner. Like TRVMP I still follow the Scottish football team and will also be rooting for them in Euro 2024, but that and of course the Ton are really the only emotional attachments I have left. So while the football may still be in my blood, Scotland the country no longer is.
  10. Bit of a back story. The last games before Belgian Jupiler league split were played last weekend. My local team were sitting 4th from bottom, in a relegation group place. To leapfrog Charleroi on goal difference and into safety, Charleroi had to lose and Leuven had to win their respective final games. While Charleroi were being routinely pumped 5-0 at Gent, Leuven were still deadlocked 0-0 at home to Mechelen, deep into the 2 minutes of added time. With only 10 seconds left on the clock, the keeper launched a counter attack from which Nsingi scores a wonder goal that hits the back of the net on exactly 92:00. Cue absolute scenes!
  11. The referendum was 10 years ago, you won, and yet you're still gloating. Your obsession about this is a bit weird, to be honest.
  12. For me it's probably a combination of disillusionment after losing the independence referendum, the subsequent UK political events described above, and the fact I've now lived almost half my life outside Scotland.
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