This was on the BBC gossip column.
Motherwell fans want Colin Calderwood to apologise for not having a minute's silence following the death of Phil O'Donnell in 2007 when the Hibernian manager was in charge of Nottingham Forest. (Daily Record)
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11-11-2010 11:49 AM #1
Motherwell fans want an apology from Colin Calderwood...
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11-11-2010 11:51 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-11-2010 11:52 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
If it wasn't, why are they moaning???
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11-11-2010 11:56 AM #4
Calderwood questioned why there should be a minutes silence in England when it was a Scottish player who died in Scotland.
He pointed out there had been no minutes silence for Marc Vivien Foe (with the exception of the clubs he played for) or Miklos Fehrer.
He was widely criticised in the press at the time, it probably wasn't the smartest thing to say (even if he did have a point). I'm not sure an apology is necessary.
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11-11-2010 11:57 AM #6
Motherwell - part time celtc afflicted drama queens.
They piss me off. Not as much as celtc or rangers, but they DO piss me off.
That said, they are insignificant in the world today. Let's hope we stick 3 past them anaw.
Note: that doesn't mean I think any less of the minutes silence for O'Donnell to be observed in Scotland, by his colleagues and opposition. That, was the right thing to do. And indeed, a mark of respect given the man died playing fitba.
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11-11-2010 11:59 AM #7
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**** them
Hope we pump the **** out of them on Saturday..
*This is in no way aimed at or meant to offend PO'D, his family, friends etc etc...
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11-11-2010 12:01 PM #8This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
actually i agree with him on this one. whilst common decency alone dictates that in scotland we adhere to a minutes silence for a scottish player it becomes a bit silly when it is expected by supporters that this is done in other countries too.
if we want to carry on like that it won't be too long before we are having minutes silence at games for peoples pets.
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11-11-2010 12:07 PM #9This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Maybe it was an unnecessary remark but that doesn't make it a wrong one.
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11-11-2010 12:17 PM #10
For something in 2007!! God these guys have good memories
Though they do call themselves the Steelmen and they have not made that in Motherwell for a long long time. More like the Dolemen.
The whole thing was overplayed at the time, as it always is with ex OF players. I can remember when Davie Cooper died you would have thought the guy was the white Pele.
No Hibs manager is apologising to that bunch for something that happened at Nottingham three years ago. If they want to raise the temperature of the game, then great!! Perhaps they will apologise to all the creditors they cost millions to.
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11-11-2010 12:24 PM #11This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Why apologise for something you think that what you have done is right
Do these Lanarkshire tosspots think that CC is gonna change his mind because they think he's wrong
No doubt we'll see a banner from the travelling masses on Saturday
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11-11-2010 12:28 PM #12
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Its about time those ****ers moved wi the times !!
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11-11-2010 12:28 PM #13This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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11-11-2010 12:43 PM #14
I remember Calderwood making those comments at the time and I did think it was a bit of a crass thing to come out with, if I'm being perfectly honest.
After all, O'Donnell did play in England with Sheffield Wednesday so it's not as if he had no connections with English football at all and also, I realise that in football terms Scotland and England are separate but it was still a British football player who had just lost his life on the pitch so I don't think it was asking too much for there to be a minute's silence at all British games that weekend.
Having said that, it was almost three years ago now and I don't think the Motherwell fans should really be dragging up the past.
Hopefully this won't be the talking point at Saturday's match.
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11-11-2010 12:47 PM #15
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Surely something like this would be organised by the club secretary anyway? I would doubt that the role of Forest manager would entail organising tributes regardless of where the person has died
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11-11-2010 01:25 PM #16
Storm in a tea-pot.
IIRC Dundee United were forced to play their next fixture, despite having watched a man collapse and die on the pitch.
Personally I'm not sure that had an English Notts Forest player died in the same way, we'd have been having a minutes silence at Fir Park or Easter Road.
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11-11-2010 02:12 PM #19This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I don't think he was obliged to apologise, but he has chosen to do so. I think they were looking to go into the game at the weekend perched on some sort of moral high ground. He's unexpectedly taken the wind out of their sails and I hope we go on to stuff them.
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11-11-2010 02:15 PM #20
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Motherwell fans want an apology from Colin Calderwood...
and he should tell the tae bolt
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11-11-2010 02:40 PM #21This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Last edited by St.Kristopher; 11-11-2010 at 02:42 PM.
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11-11-2010 02:43 PM #22
" Motherwell fans had demanded such an apology ahead of their sides Scottish Premier league visit to Easter Rd on Sunday "
Or What ??!!, Yer No coming if you don't get what you want ?? Sort yourselves out and grow up, muppett's
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11-11-2010 02:44 PM #23This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
That should surely be the end of the matter.
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11-11-2010 02:57 PM #26This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Quite right, glad CC has adressed this and we can now move on.
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11-11-2010 03:08 PM #27
CC apologises to Well fans over O'Donnell comments.
http://sport.stv.tv/football/scottis...nell-comments/
Sorry if already posted.
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11-11-2010 03:19 PM #29This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
No point making a big deal out of it, but a very responsible and tactful apology from Calderwood there.
He's handled that situation very well, IMHO.Follow the Hibs podcast, Longbangers, on Twitter (@longbangers)
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11-11-2010 03:26 PM #30
CC handled that very well, however motherwell are at it and have to say if he had told them to bolt I wouldn't have cared less, in fact if he chose to take a dump on pa broons lawn I'd buy him a pint
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