The Legend

Paul Sturrock is a legend. End of.



Here it is from a different angle.

All the best Luggy!

P.S been a busy weekend for me, feels like the blog has been neglected a little.

I will have a Plymouth match report up later this evening.

Old Firm GTF!

Stop the Old Firm bully tactics!

By now you will all have seen the news. The Old Firm are at it again, trying to scam the other 10 SPL teams out of money, for the "joy" of the bigoted, sectarian bile spewing, knuckle dragging "fans" visiting our Stadiums.

At first we stood against it. Now, rightly or wrongly, the Dundee United board have decided to give in to Celtic's demands and pay the 5% handling charge.

Are the board right? For the good of the club financially, probably yes. We can ill afford to lose out on circa £100k from the west coast scum, per game.

But morally, we are wrong. This could open the flood gates. What if Aberdeen sell out and then want 5%? Hearts? Hibs?

And what if next year, the Bigot Brothers want 7.5%? Then 10% the following year. Where will it stop?

The board have stated that paying the fee this time does not necessarily mean we will do so for every game against the Old Firm.

I sincerely hope we don't.

The link at the top is a petition against the Old Firms actions. Will it help? Mibbes aye, Mibbes naw, but please sign it.

One Outraged Arab.

United News

Not much doing really.

Most of you will by now have seen that the Gaffer has state he will not be making another move for Rangers striker Alan Gow.

Levein state that he was at one time interested however, any move is now not going to happen. The players wages have been sighted as a stumbling block.

Spanish trialist Pablo Carrascosa has now returned to Spain. This does not mean a move for the player is off. United are now trying to acertain if the player is a free agent.

Craig Levein is taking his side down South this week for the final pre season game against Plymouth. The Gaffer has stated that the side that starts the game will be very close to the side that will start the first game of the season against Hamilton.

And finally, there appears to be some rumours going about that the forces of evil at Castle Greyskull (Rangers) are about to launch a bid for Gomis and the Prince.

Bull methinks. If not, tell them to shove it along with the 5% handling fee!

Any thoughts on these stories, feel free to comment.

A trip down memory lane.

Ok, a blog here that will hopefully get you readers involved.

I want to hear about your Dundee United Memories. It could be a memory of game, a fantastic win, a great day out/Euro trip or some not so good such as bad defeats, missing big occasions.

Basically any United memory you want.

Mine would have to be 1994, the Scottish Cup win. Sadly I was born too late to see the glory days so this is the best memory that sticks with me.

I suppose I didn't understand so much at the why people around me at Hampden were bricking it when Brewster put that goal in, my old man just kept saying he had seen it all before.

When the final whistle went though, that was a noise like I have never heard before. Mostly relief I think!

And too see Mo lift the cup... Class!

Great day out that was.

I still get the old goosebumps watching the video.

So chaps, what are your United memories?

I look forward to your comments.

The Arab Blog Mobile

The Arab Blog has gone mobile. You will notice a Mobile badge on the sidebar. You can now access the blog on the go.

The page can be view basic or in full HTML view on mobile internet.

The address you will need to input into your mobile phone browser is http://thearabblog.mofuse.mobi/. This, and the Mobile badge, if clicked on via your PC, will take you to the simulation page on which you can see previews on both normal phones and iPhones. You can also view normal and full HTML versions to see how it looks on your phone.

I have tried and test on a normal phone (I'm not cool enough for an iPhone) and it is working well.

So try it out, and enjoy The Arab Blog on the go.

Luggy

Paul Sturrock has today announced that he is suffering from Parkinsons Disease.

Our former player and gaffer was diagnosed with a mild form of the disease 8 years ago, but has chosen to tell the world now, ahead of the new season.

Sturrock has said "I don't want sympathy, I don't want people feeling sorry for me - I just thought this was the right time to bring things into the open. It doesn't really affect me, unless I forget to take a tablet - and then I just get a few tremors in my hand or my leg."

He also comment on how he has started to get "flicking foot" and that "people were putting two and two together."

Parkinson's is a disorder of the central nervous system that impairs motor skills and speech.

Symptoms include repetitive shaking, slowness of movement and muscle stiffness.

I wish Luggy all the best, and hope that this does not effect his work, and more importantly his life too much.

Arabest Luggy.

Dundee United V Barcelona Pics

As promised, pictures of the Barca game. These ones are better quality.

Enjoy.