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Olusanya contracted until 2024 as well.

The Renfrewshire FA disbanded a few years back so I'd imagine the Renfrewshire Cup won't be contested

I did. Apologies. I'd say more that the demographic of the shouty grumpy old men is what will make up a disproportionate amount of the 100 members in the SMISA meeting and won't in fact be a fair cross reference of the overall membership (as is evident in the voting outcome where AW was soundly rejected by the vote). That in itself is a problem, anyone who would offer up a dissenting voice like myself has absolutely no notion to sit in a crowd like that as it would descend into a bunfight. Too many late middle aged guys with over inflated egos thinking they could do it better without any evidence to backup that they could, I'm afraid.

You believe AW came out of that looking good? He was like a spoilt, petulant child throughout, at one point even refusing to hand over his microphone for a rebuttal to a question FFS. The SMISA meeting is a cross section of 100 or so members and taken across lets say, very *specific* demographic of late middle aged men who seem to be on the whole, quite agitated and firmly of the belief that their way is correct and that's that. So it did appear that there was significant support for AW in that room. However, proof of where the fan and membership interest lies in this entire situation is in the polling, so lets lay down some irrefutable facts here: Approx 400 members voted in the recent elections - around 1/3 of the total SMISA membership. There were 5 candidates to choose from to elect to the SMISA board Alan Wardrop's statement garnered easily the most publicity, the most traction and was the most (to quote our pal Doakie) 'explosive' of all 5 member statements. A proper blockbuster they'd have you believe. Alan Wardrop's statement and campaign resulted in him finishing 5th placed among the 5 entrants and nowhere near winning a place on the SMISA board despite the publicity around it. From that, I think it's safe to say that the vast majority of the SMISA membership either don't see this as a large enough issue to bother voting on whatsoever (because you can bet your bottom dollar that an engaged membership would have taken the time to cast a vote on such allegations if they believed there was systematic wrongdoing) and the vast majority of the 400 who did vote, decided that AW is either not to be believed and/or not worth one of the two places on the SMISA board. That should be the end of it really. A few shouty, grumpy old men are really all that's left of this. I don't trust AW, I don't trust his reasons for doing what he's doing, I don't trust him sitting on this for several months and I don't trust the explanation given for him sitting on it since February until now. It was a cynical move to get on the SMISA BoD and it has failed spectacularly. Him and his mouthpieces now need to sit down, shut up and accept that the large majority of supporters are not interested in their noses being out of joint over minor issues and are not willing to support or back them up on this.

The tender went out ages ago and everything is signed and sealed with a supplier for next season and several seasons following that. There's absolutely no chance that we're in mid May and don't have next season's kits signed off on, much less not knowing who is supplying them. Same deal as always with a new supplier, due to shorter lead times, season one will be templates out of the teamwear catalogue and following that, we'll have option of bespoke every following season. Nike would never be an option as they only do exclusive contracts and the numbers we shift would not be worth their while so would have not bid on the tender. Plus for the size of company they are and brand reach Nike gear is really shitty quality in my opinion. Adidas would have maybe been an option but again due to numbers, would have been exclusively a teamwear contract like Aberdeen have rather than a Celtic style bespoke contract.

Good on them getting the tickets out early doors this season while the feelgood factor is high. Also, I don't want to get Shull's hopes up but I've heard a wee rumour that the new strips this season will be unveiled and on sale pretty damn sharp after the end of the season.

Has a wee chance to watch some of the Q&A session today and it's toe-curling stuff. Doakie standing up and shouting 'I am the source' like something out League of Gentleman is a particular highlight.

Didn't Morton just release him a few months ago?

Nice to see this thread has gone pretty much as predicted in last 48hrs or so...

We pull money in for player sales nearly every set of accounts. You can't present the player sales as one-off luck moments. Whether we pull in enough for them is another matter altogether but we definitely make money on that front and it's disingenuous to say we don't.

I'm sure the board are well out of step here and Alan would have never used the 1877 club or it's name as a platform to publicly display his hatred for the Kibble, Mr.....erm.....1877 Club.

Not as much as you're blatantly ignoring facts, it seems. £2m in debt is quite the mental gymnastics, I'll give you that.

Alan is a fanny. Alan speaks about himself in 3rd person and instead of putting his own name on it, hides behind the 1877 Club handle on here and on twitter. Don't a fanny. Don't be Alan.

The club is in possession of all my details at point of sale for any matchday or season tickets I have bought online in the last 10-12 years. I'd imagine that's also the case for every single adult 1877 club member certainly and most of the children as well so there will be no data protection breach.

Surely to f**k there can be no-one looking at that post and thinking 'yes, that's a good look for you Alan'. Jesus cringing f**k

Disagree. The Herald article contained quotes from AW himself that weren't attributed to any other press release prior to the Herald article. nor did they form any part of the SMISA application. They may well have used your freelance article but it is almost certain that AW was involved also in order to give quotes and statements that had not been committed to any form of media before the herald article. This is where the issue lies. If the were regurgitating week old quotes, this would have been over nothing but AW is not backing down on this, he's doubling down.

Initially yes. But the rebuttal didn't come from the Kibble, it came from the board. Wardrop has then disregarded this explanation and gone to the Herald to wilfully repeat his misinformation so has clearly also willingly made an enemy of the board in general.

There is a clear and distinct difference to be drawn between criticism (which is fine) and making an accusation, having that accusation rebutted with dates, times and people present (again, fine) but instead of providing further evidence or having further discussion to say why you disagree with this turn of events (which would be the correct course to take) you run to the press and repeat your first accusation with the sole purpose of it being heard by a wider audience when you know it has been disproven and you've provided no further evidence for your stance. I don't think there is such a law in Scotland but elsewhere that is more or less slander. The club are well within their rights to tell him to GTF on this one. Had they banned him without him doing the Herald thing, I'd have had a very different standpoint but he did do it and he's f**king goosed himself in doing so.

If you genuinely believe that is what has happened here, I have a bridge I'd like to sell you. That's two SMISA board applications from former SMFC board members that have made it to national press - none of the other many SMISA applications have. If that don't put the 'dink' in coinkydink then I don't know what does.

Embarrassing from Wardrop. Been told there's no wrongdoing by all involved parties and still goes to the press.

No. Grieve played and scored yesterday. He should and will retain his place. Jamieson showed more in his 15 minutes than Offord has in his late appearances which is understandable as Jamieson is two years older and more physically developed so should be our option from the bench. Starting a defender or midfield player up front as they won't be bullied is absolute suicide.

The cricket club mentality remains. People who were large fish in a small pond and simply cannot fathom that the club....THEIR club. Is being run even more successfully without them so they want back in.

I fear you'll go hungry. They will all disappear the same way the did when Gilmour successfully lov ied his way onto the Board. SMISA is in real danger of becoming the proper harmful organisation within the club. High people turnover, a seemingly never ending conveyor belt of the sale old faces pulling the same old doomsday act and being too wound up by Kibble to actually get on with the job at hand.

In simpler terms it was f**k all like that. More like your mate applied for funds to build on the spare bit of ground near the pub that the landlord didn't own.

Colour me shocked that Alan Wardrop is talking a load of unsubstantiated shite. I think it's fair to say that he should now do the right thing and remove his candidacy from the SMISA elections immediately given his was a one issue manifesto that has been soundly and comprehensivly shown up as wrong.