Second Decay Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 (edited) I have uploaded to Youtube the 1998 documentary "Love Street Blues" from the BBC 1 series Frontline Scotland, which focused on the plight of the club at the time and about the controversial figure of Reg Brealey who wanted to buy St Mirren. part one - part two - part three - Edited March 18, 2015 by Second Decay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 The line I always remember is this moment of genius from our then chairman: "I really don't go to you and ask 'How's your budget at home? When are you deciding to buy your washing machine?'" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad saint 2 Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 history repeating it self again only with different people idiots in charge and wanting out con artists wanting to buy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Who's the halfwit claiming there are 40 professional football clubs in Scotland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 What a tube John Paton was, not a surprise we ended up in the mess we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Who's the halfwit claiming there are 40 professional football clubs in Scotland? Weren't there 40 pro clubs in 1997? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Dickson Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 40 senior clubs, not 40 pro clubs. You would have to exclude Queen's Park for starters. Then it would depend on whether semi-pro is classed as a sub-division of pro, etc ... Most of Scottish football is semi pro, Queens Park in 1997 were most definitely amateur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 What a tube John Paton was, not a surprise we ended up in the mess we did. John Paton I think was trying to set himself up for a job when he was trying to package the club to sell to Reg Brearley With regards to the club ending up in a mess , there are two main reasons firstly the club spent big trying to put together a team capable of challenging for a European place , and those that were bought were not good enough to sell on at a profit . And secondly we spent loads on building a massive away stand to house average away crowds of 300. The current board of the directors at the time have to take responsibility , and the only thing that they could have been accused of was being ambitious , and wanting St Mirren to do well . I believe that's why our current B of D are being so prudent , as one or two bad decisions can put us down there again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottd Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 How young does Gilmour look? Now I can see why he says he's tired and wants out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 40 senior clubs, not 40 pro clubs. You would have to exclude Queen's Park for starters. Then it would depend on whether semi-pro is classed as a sub-division of pro, etc ... Forgot about the Spiders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another alias Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 Most of Scottish football is semi pro, Queens Park in 1997 were most definitely amateur Does Gus Macpherson not get paid in his role as manager? Surely Queens Park pay their non playing staff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
another alias Posted March 18, 2015 Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 40 senior clubs, not 40 pro clubs. You would have to exclude Queen's Park for starters. Then it would depend on whether semi-pro is classed as a sub-division of pro, etc ... I'm pretty sure that Queens Park employ professionals. Gus Macpherson for starters. Its a club with huge income so they must have a number of employed full time professionals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougJamie Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I knew someone would come out with this, should have known it would be you. It's the same as the likes of The British Red Cross being a charitable organisation but paying staff, the Olympic association having paid staff when it was an amateur sport back in the day, etc. However, I am not sure whether or not QP paid anybody back then, if you have proof that they did then you can enlighten us all. Geez guys ha ha. The way we are going we should not be paying our players either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I wouldnae. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Fitzy Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 Who's the halfwit claiming there are 40 professional football clubs in Scotland? http://spfl.co.uk/clubs/ Scottish PROFESSIONAL football league clubs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Fitzy Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 That's like saying that someone who is a member of the Orange Lodge has beavers staying in them. I didnae say it! The folk who run the game in Scotland did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted March 19, 2015 Report Share Posted March 19, 2015 I seem to remember at the time most Saints fans were pleased the BBC were making the documentary about this potential owner. Compare that to the mob from just along the M8 who moaned about bias and boycotted the Beeb after swallowing Whyte's bullshit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Simpson Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Tony Fitz is some man. Open revolt against chairman, talking up our club and town. Video puts into perspective how far we've come despite how hard things are right now...hardly registers as a comparison... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinbuddie Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Some of Mr Brealey's 'references' in the first part of Part 1 are interesting. They sound just like some of the reported comments made in recent years in a South African tax court about Scottish football's latest financial saviour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTony Posted April 15, 2015 Report Share Posted April 15, 2015 What a tube John Paton was, not a surprise we ended up in the mess we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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