Gretna about to fold

[brenchill]

Link

I wonder if this could happen to Chelsea if Abramovich pulled the plug like Mileson did on Gretna?

Edited March 13, 2008 by BC

[Turbo Yannis]

Good riddance.

[Gazz]

Airdrie to return from the grave

Maybe not

[Turbo Yannis]

Unless I'm missing a joke, Airdrie did return. They folded as Airdrieonians but came back in 2002 as Airdrie United after Clydebank folded.

[METALMAN]

Ah well. At least it means Kilmarnock won't be relegated. You should all be happy for that.

[Marcos]

Also means we get closer to the top 6, as we will get the points that we lost against Gretna given back to us. Should also make the title race and 3rd place even more tighter ^_^ .

[METALMAN]

You're a Kilmarnock fan? That's amazing. I thought they were quite rare.

We've been playing well at the moment. I'm going up to Easter Road at the weekend. I think we've got a chance.

[Hobo]

Well that's sad, Gretna did great to get to the SPL but it's going to end up killing the club

[britneyspearsisgod]

Link

I wonder if this could happen to Chelsea if Abramovich pulled the plug like Mileson did on Gretna?

[Whisper]

Hmm.. I'm half tempted to head up there and see if I can get a game.

[britneyspearsisgod]

Well, if Bristol Rovers had any sense, they'd send Andy Williams up there and let him learn from SPL forwards

Edited March 13, 2008 by 'Wildcat' BSIG

[Gazz]

Unless I'm missing a joke, Airdrie did return. They folded as Airdrieonians but came back in 2002 as Airdrie United after Clydebank folded.

Nope. No joke.

Just shows how much attention I pay to football outside of Newcastle.

[Scott McFly]

Apparantly the game against Aberdeen at the weekend will go ahead, so they've got at least a few more days to live. I don't want to see them go under but it looks like it'll be inevitable, it's just a matter of when. Hopefully they can at least make it to the end of the season, it's the least they deserve for their achievements.

[Magus978]

I always like the underdog stories...so for that reason, I want to see Gretna beat this. Survive this rough patch, sell off any remaining players, and pretty much start over. I don't know if Raydale Park meets the Division 1 requirements, if any...because I know they had to move to Fir Park (Motherwell) to play their SPL games this season.

Just a case of a team growing too fast, too soon. IMO, they can beat this...if they can make it to the end of the season and get the money that goes with being in the SPL, that could go a long way in their long term survival in the Scottish Football League

[IAceI]

Boo Gretna. Living only 10 miles away I'm gutted that they're going to fold, because I'm surrounded by nothing but bitter Carlisle fans who are annoyed that another local team became something good because they had financial backing and made their way to the top.

I hope they manage to stick around and regroup but I don't see it. But oh well, it was a nice fairytale story for the club.

Now where's Fabrice Yantorno going, that's all we want to know ¬_¬

[Gazz]

They made their captain redundant today.

Now, and I'm not one for employment law, doesn't that mean they now can't have a captain, or will have to call the position something different.

Same goes with 'defender'

??

[brenchill]

They made their captain redundant today.

Now, and I'm not one for employment law, doesn't that mean they now can't have a captain, or will have to call the position something different.

Same goes with 'defender'

??

Anyway, apparently he's been made redundant because theres a club interested in signing him.

Edited March 26, 2008 by brenchill

[Captain Kirk]

Joke of a club that shouldn't have been allowed up to the SPL in the first place, Falkirk, Inverness and St.Mirren had to build SPL criteria stadiums(or improve them to that standard) Gretna weren't even about to upgrade Raydale Park. One of the main reasons for the fixture backlog and Rangers looking like they'll have to play 4 games in 8 days.

About the thing with Captain no that won't matter as anyone in a Gretna shirt can wear the captain's armband its not a job title just really what the most influential and best for getting extra out of his teammates. ie. Butcher, Keane etc.

[IAceI]

Well they did try and lose the Division 1 title but they went and won it with the last kick of the game didn't they >_>