East Kent Jag II

Donnie did become a team physio after retiring. He also drew the short straw and coached Dee Hepburn for the little bit of football skill needed for her role in the film Gregory's Girl. The club got a mention in some nationwide award ceremony as I recall. Perhaps the experience trying to coach someone not naturally a football player put him off coaching! I'm sure a current players look at the talent pool available and say "Not for me!" Happy Birthday Donnie. Many happy memories of the late sixties and early seventies for me! ps just checked. "Gregory's Girl" was made in 1981 - above still applies to our talent pool for recent seasons.

As long as he doesn't develop too much in the Betfred game against us!!

I agree. I think it is Dale Keenan, and he did (as you say) come on as a sub that game. Stu the Jag, time to confirm Jaggy's shout?

Gary Fraser, a 1 - 1 draw away at Dundee Premier League on 16 August 2014. Fraser scored in the game Fox sent off after clashing with McGowan. ???

I like it, M'Lady. Very good. I only hope that their Magic Brick isn't the one I got in April! I thought that the only thing behind that was the Firhill Basin! They might need an Ark if the waters come, and that new libellous banner will be needed for use as a sail!! Bring on Colin Weir's estate completion, so we can all move on - some literally!

Danny Devine has signed a two year contract with ICT.

Wild guess -- David Wilson. Friendly? against Morton away in 2016? He did go on loan to Stranraer on loan, though. Lots of question marks in there!

They have just signed three players. Gregor Buchanan, formerly of Falkirk; Joe McKee from Dumbarton and they have resigned Dan Pybus. Lets hope they don't have any pre or early season injuries!!

Steve has said that he's been offered lower cash every year the older he gets, and short term contracts don't help. He has a partner and two young children to look after, so the offer of a new job and long term career enticed him to retire - although he may play part time sometime in the future. He also said that coaching jobs in Scotland don't pay much. Personally, I can't blame him for retiring and starting anew. We should wish him well. With so many players released by clubs last season, there will be a few other players leaving and getting jobs outside the football industry, and that should be a concern. Most clubs cannot afford to offer much more than a two or three year contract for excellent players. Rangers have been an exception in recent years, in offering relatively long term contracts to their players. Most clubs are not in this position, or willing to take this risk. It will be interesting to see who joins the Jags for next season. But long term, the prospects for footballers doesn't look that promising.

Found it eventually. Third player at the signing was somebody called Alan Hansen! The book (albeit printed in 1976) does state that the Raisbeck banner is in the club's possession. No mention of the McGregor banner.

I was under the impression that the club had possession of this old brake club banner, and its been in their possession for quite some time. There was another brake club banner with an image of Alex McGregor on it. Don't know what became of it. I seem to remember the Raisbeck banner being mentioned in "The Jags" book, published at the time of our centenary. I do still have a copy of this book, but I've not seen it for many years!. I'll need to look it out. Signed by Alan Rough, (the late) John Craig and someone else I can't remember.

The one with the "Gnome Liberation Front" banner looks like a fully bearded Rod Petrie!

I see from BBC Sport that the SPFL have opened disciplinary proceedings against Celtic and Aberdeen for bringing the game into disrepute.....Do the SPFL not do that?

One could argue that such a written statement is libellous. But I DO like it!

I saw on the Hearts Kickback forum that some Thistle fans have set up a "Gofundme" page seeking £300 for a banner saying "SPFL corrupt to the core". They now have £275 towards the £300, with Hearts fans contributing. Look out for a new banner when we return! (In the Boycott away grounds, thread, in the Kickback forum.)

Several issues arise from this decision. Hearts made a commercial decision to return to training. Others chose not to. They are being financially punished for their return, and being disadvantaged for the cup semi final. Other lower tier teams made their decisions not to return to training for commercial purposes. Queen of the Farce only have three registered players! They couldn't even put out a five a side team! With the cup semi final, there were anyways going to be anomalies in training schedules. No reason to play the "disadvantage" card. That is a convenient excuse. I said during the court case that Doncaster only set up the bottom two tier leagues return because of the court case. I also still have concerns about the return of these leagues. Thank heaven Doncaster wasn't given executive power for this season. We do now need to work with some of the clubs that voted against us to form sufficient numbers to block any proposal to end the lower tiers. Voting rights as per last season's shutdown still apply. You can bet your bottom dollar that the social club mendicant teams will want to mothball. Hopefully there are sufficient ambitious teams to block this vote. All we want to do is play football. As said repeatedly above the errant clubs will not be touched. Doncaster's sacred Sky contract must be fulfilled!

A lot of clubs changed their vote for the final flurry as they knew perfectly well that reconstruction was not going to happen. (Imo.) Morton were one of them. Dunfermline another. Both previously dead set against reconstruction. One of my unpleasant memories of the Bad Friday vote and its aftermath was one Dave MacKinnon (remember him?) sticking the knife in with his "The silent majority" voting to end the season quote. Their chairman was also rather outspoken in that period. So no, I'm not really impressed by their late change of stance.

St Mirren Morton QOS Queens Park None of these clubs did us any favours. C'mon the Jags

Liang Shan Po!!

The very least the club can do is fine all eight two weeks wages. They didn't obey the Covid protocol. The club can claw back some of the goodwill lost by this if they then donate the fines to the Scottish NHS, or something similar

Keep football tidy teeshirt came this morning. Had its maiden outing, when myself and Mrs EKJ walked the dog in the fields near our home. Saw a fellow dog walker friend, and she loved the teeshirt. "How community minded" she said. "What?" I asked rather confused. "SPFL in the bin. Stop People From Littering." I was too stunned to reply, and it kept Mrs EKJ amused for ages. It would take too long to have explained it, as she isn't a football person. Good fit, and very happy despite the neighbours

There is a hearing either next week or the week after announce the decision on costs. For a week's court time +prep for two QCs + other counsel and staff, you are probably looking upwards of £500,000. But probably a lot lot more than this. What I'm not too sure on, is whether us and Hearts split the bill on the ratio of what damages we were seeking. This is costs for the arbitration panel, they were seeking damages of four times what we were. Doesn't matter. Still a damn sight more than £2,500.

The club website has just announced that alterations to season ticket prices, and hopefully pay per view (PPV) will be announced next week. https://.ptfc.co.uk-news/season-ticket-update/

There is a full statement from Murdoch MacLennan in the Scotsman times at 1:22 pm on Monday 22 July 2020. Doncaster also gets his twopence worth in. The statement you quote is timed 17:00. MacLennan and Doncaster made their full statement disclosing the outcome much earlier. I saw it in an article in the Scotsman timed 13:22 on that day. I'm not intending to say any more. The timings speak for themselves.

Check the timings before you produce such rubbish. The SPFL were the first to make a statement, including no compensation awards. The continuing fixture list is a complete red herring on your part, when you are talking about the right to disclosure. The Hearts and Thistle statements were only released AFTER the SPFL and the other interested clubs had their say. There was no agreement for the SPFL to release any decision. In arbitration the decision and any remedies can remain confidential. full stop. The SPFL put the decision into the public domain, and were wrong to do so.