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Subject: Re: Scotsport, McNee, Cops at matches
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 15:00:39 +0000







In article <1992Dec16.132000.2530@dct.ac.uk> mcssecgm@dct.ac.uk writes:

>In article <1992Dec16.122307.2525@dct.ac.uk>, mcsdc1jpb@dct.ac.uk (john bell) w
r
ites:
>>
>> Those unbiased chaps off Scotsport.....
>>
>> If anyone was watching Scotsport on sunday, did they hear gerry mcnee say thi
s

>> at some point in the programme?:
>>
>> "The match (Aberdeen v Rangers) could have been postponed until january as
>> travelling will be difficult for the away supporters"
>>
>> jesus! Does this guy ever talk sense?
>>

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.

>> How dare the SFA and Aberdeen 'inconvenience' the rangers fans, who have to
>> travel the 140 odd miles to pittodrie!
>>
>> 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
m

> to give them time to get down. Now, the Rangers fans have to leave slum city a


> bit earlier to get there McNee etc. are up in arms about it.
>


>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.

Might be something to do with STV being based in Glasgow? Not much of an
excuse, but it might explain the bias.

>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.

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.

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