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Any Publicity is good Publicity - the Barbie is off.
June 29, 2008
If you buy a Sunday paper or two you’ll realise we had a meeting with the Sabbith press last mid week. It was on Wednesday and before the SFL Management Committee released their markings on the five applicants. In actual fact Derick and Craig were at Hampden answering supplementary questions at the same time we were being interviewed at Ainslie Park. Most of the Sunday’s have adjusted their story to include our poor rating.
At the meeting with the Press, Colin introduced everyone and spoke eloquently about the club’s history, the academy and our plans for the future. Sam, Bob, Cloudie, Sammy and myself chipped in answering questions and although I admit to like seeing my picture in the papers I wish there was less of my words and more of theirs in the press today. Maybe I should stay away from any further meetings.
The bottom line is we are fighting for our football lives. Everyone at Spartans think we are the best candidates but how do we get that across before Thursday and in a way that doesn’t make us look big headed or pushy.
At Spartans we know three of the other candidates very well. They have good set ups, have good players and are run by good people. Our friends from up North I don’t know much about other than their success on the park this season and their tight little park which I took an EOS Select up to a few years back.
If any of the East teams get in before us believe me we will be delighted for them and first to congratulate them but until Thursday they are the opposition just as if they were against us on the park.
Despite the rhetoric and the banter between fans on the Forums there is a very healthy respect between the East teams in the frame this week. In fact add the Uni and Whitehill and you have six teams who would do well in any non league set up including the lauded juniors.
Finally for now the Youth Section Barbie is off today. When we get the keys to Ainslie Park we’ll have a club get-together on the first Sunday (note that down Sammy) where the whole Spartans family can familiarise themselves with each other and our fabulous surroundings.
I can’t wait.
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