From: mcsdc1jpb@dct.ac.uk (john bell)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: Scotsport, McNee, Cops at matches
Date: 18 Dec 92 09:02:00 GMT
Organization: Dundee Institute of Technology

In article <MNEWS.724518802.14444@demon.co.uk>, J.M.Ross@man0507.wins.icl.co.uk (J.M.Ross) writes:
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> In article <1992Dec16.132000.2530@dct.ac.uk> mcssecgm@dct.ac.uk writes:
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>>In article <1992Dec16.122307.2525@dct.ac.uk>, mcsdc1jpb@dct.ac.uk (john bell) w
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>>> Those unbiased chaps off Scotsport.....
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>>> If anyone was watching Scotsport on sunday, did they hear gerry mcnee say thi
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>>> at some point in the programme?:
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>>> "The match (Aberdeen v Rangers) could have been postponed until january as
>>> travelling will be difficult for the away supporters"
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>>> jesus! Does this guy ever talk sense?
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> I've never heard him talk any. The league rules on postponed games now require
> them to be played as soon as possible, usually the next midweek for Saturday
> games. A few years ago they didn't need to be played before February, which
> led to a fixture pile up towards the end of the season. I'm not sure of the
> exact rules, but I think matches postponed in December or January can still
> be held back to February. Still, if conditions are that bad in Aberdeen then
> maybe they should switch the venue to Bochum.
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>>> How dare the SFA and Aberdeen 'inconvenience' the rangers fans, who have to
>>> travel the 140 odd miles to pittodrie!
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>>> Aberdeen fans were given f*** all consideration when they had to travel to
>>> Hampden for midweek cup finals, sometimes the kick off wasn't delayed till 8p
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>> to give them time to get down. Now, the Rangers fans have to leave slum city a
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>> bit earlier to get there McNee etc. are up in arms about it.
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>>I totally agree. Even before the special publicity Rangers are getting
>>this year with the ITV coverage of the Euro Champs League, the three
>>stooges on Scotsport always blabbed on about how Rangers or Celtic
>>played.
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> Might be something to do with STV being based in Glasgow? Not much of an
> excuse, but it might explain the bias.
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>>Its downright biased commentating and if the roles were reversed
>>imagine the outcry from the west!! ok, Aberdeen, Utd, Dundee, Hearts
>>aren't as big as the Old Firm but where the hell would Rangers/Celtic
>>be without competition from the likes of these teams. And anybody who
>>says there is no competition anyway, just remember the Old firm have
>>a slight advantage in attendance/location/support/sponsors/media coverage
>>compared to the East teams. Just remember the sub 10,000 crowds at Ibrox
>>not long before 83/84/85.
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> Someday I'll post a list of all sub-10000 league crowds at Ibrox. It's a very
> short list. The average league crowd at Ibrox was always well above 20000, even
> during the worst of the bad years in the early 80s, and compared well with
> Celtic who were a fairly successful team at the time.

     Rangers v Morton 1983  -  2500
     Rangers v Airdrie 1982 -  3200

     Rangers v Dundee - cup 1984  -  7000  inc 3000 dees fans

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