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forza ivano
June 28, 2017, 11:25pm

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Sorry Pete, but you are living in la-la land. Everything is tainted/affected by politics from the boardroom shenanigans of the last few years, through to the location of the new stadium. The trust, like it or not, is a political body in the broadest sense of the word. Bosman, freedom of movement, the FIFA presidency, the make up of the champions league, the difficulty of getting from the conference to league 2, policing of football supporters, safe seating, travel bans etc etc etc are all political but all impact on football
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June 29, 2017, 9:04am

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You're right, of course. Football doesn't exist in a political vacuum. But discussing issues such as the ones you highlight is very different from the occasional endless thread consisting of variations on "Labour are excrement", "No, the Tories are excrement", where football doesn't get a mention, and I think it's the latter that some people get a little tired of.


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June 29, 2017, 9:14am

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Sorry Pete, but you are living in la-la land.


You are not the first to say that to me Ivano,

You could be right  



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Politics does not belong in sport so there is now a thread on non footy to talk politics and the like.


Why is there a Sports Minister then? Why does the Department for Culture, Media & Sport exist then? Don't be so small minded.


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June 29, 2017, 12:33pm

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Why is there a Sports Minister then? Why does the Department for Culture, Media & Sport exist then? Don't be so small minded.


I have a right to be small minded and you can not stop me  


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Pete is a Tory.
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June 29, 2017, 3:23pm
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Pete is a Tory.


Does not matter what our political alleigence is, we all support GTFC
which comes above anything else. UTM
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Sounds like something a Tory would say.
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June 29, 2017, 5:36pm

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Pete is a Tory.


Oh no I am not.

I just do not like to be told what I can say or do from posters on here that do not even know me.


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Oh no I am not.

I just do not like to be told what I can say or do from posters on here that do not even know me.


Rather hypocritical that you're attempting to tell other posters what they can say or do then, isn't it?


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