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The other week, my university's Chancellor sent out a message encouraging people to respect each
other's differences - be they cultural,political, religious, academic, etc. It's the kind of thing
administrators generate to look likethey are doing the right thing. It's also the kind of thing
that makes 'doing theright thing' look easy.
"Hearts are to work with City of Edinburgh Council to look into the feasibility of a community
stadium, the football club have revealed." (BBC Sport)
And the alarm bells start ringing.
Yes, I'm a Hibs fan.
And many Hibs fans will recoil at the very suggestion - and at this stage a suggestion is all it is
- that the City of Edinburgh Council should get involved in a Hearts stadium scheme.
The BBC published a survey this week on the cost of watching football in Britain. An interesting
exercise, the challenge was to find the cheapest day out at football grounds across the
country.
(Note: Twohundredpercent has a cautionary tale about the BBC's methodology and, of course, the
survey ignored the Scottish Football League.
Difficult at the moment not to be transfixed by events in Egypt as a wave of pro-democracy protests
undermine President Mubarak.
A funny place to find a football connection. Not necessarily, as Dave Zirin - always worth a read -
shows in his SI.com column:
Over the decades that have marked the tenure of Egypt's "President for Life" Hosni Mubarak,
there has been one consistent nexus for anger, organization, and practical experience in the
ancient art of street fighting: the country's soccer clubs.
Difficult at the moment not to be transfixed by events in Egypt as a wave of pro-democracy protests
undermine President Mubarak.
A funny place to find a football connection. Not necessarily, as Dave Zirin - always worth a read -
shows in his SI.com column:
Over the decades that have marked the tenure of Egypt's "President for Life" Hosni Mubarak,
there has been one consistent nexus for anger, organization, and practical experience in the
ancient art of street fighting: the country's soccer clubs.
