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TABLOID EDITORIAL JUN 15 - SPL face-saving makes Dundee greet

Last updated : 15 June 2005 By Dudley D Watkins

A Dundee fan protesting, today
Dundee: City of Discovery. Or so the flashy tourist literature reads anyway.


But bear in mind Dundee is also the town which brought the world Desperate Dan, and given today’s nonsense inside Hampden, this is a fact becoming more appropriate as time passes. For in a tale taller than Hen Broon himself, the boffins of the SPL have fined Livi £15K for following their own advice.


Now Dundee FC, the worst team in the SPL last season, are crying louder than The Bairn after Basher Briggs nicked her Granny Sookers. In a pathetic attempt to avoid relegation as their lowly league closing spot deserved, they shopped Livi to the SPL for a possible breech of the rules with the express intent of having us docked points thus relegating Livi and saving the Dee’s neck. But because things didn’t go entirely their way, they’re now rustling court orders under their oilskins and threatening us with Richard Gough again.


This is a farce the likes of which Daphne Broon would not even dream of overhearing at a bus stop. That shower of cowboy whalers at Dens have conducted themselves despicably, with not the tiniest shred of decency in evidence. Then again, we are talking Marr brothers here, so maybe that explains a lot. But the bottom line is, Livi have just seen off the 2nd crisis this year, only for Dundonian bitterness to threaten a 3rd.


Pearse Flynn and Vivien Kyles have already proven themselves tough characters and will take on all-comers. They deserve the full praise of the Livi faithful for the way they’ve conducted themselves throughout this entire debacle. Should Dundee take us to court for telling pork pehs, then the Tabloid is happy enough to throw its full weight and confidence behind our dynamic duo.


No club deserves to die, and we sincerely hope Dundee’s relegation does not become its coffin. However, if there is any form of natural justice in this world, they will be playing 3rd division football within 3 years.


How appropriate Desperate Dan is also a cowboy.