Scottish Club in Championship

[Friday's Legacy]

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/doncaster--is- ... light.html

Jeremy Clarkson may have to don a kilt on Top Gear from now on after it was revealed the Yorkshire town of Doncaster historically belongs to Scotland.

Ancient documents have revealed the birthplace of Clarkson was signed over to Scotland in a treaty 900 years ago as part of the Treaty of Durham after King David successfully stormed large areas of northern England.
It remained in Scottish hands for 21 years until Henry II appeared to reclaim the town under English rule in 1157.

But experts have now found an official pact wasn't ever signed - meaning strictly speaking the South Yorkshire town still belongs to the Scots.
Mayor of Doncaster Peter Davies said: "It's clearly in the interests of Doncaster to be in Scotland: we'll get free prescriptions, free tuition for students and free care for the elderly.

"The town has a lot to offer Scotland and I'd like to invite its First Minister Alex Salmond here - maybe we could form an unholy alliance!"
Charles Kelham, who discovered the oversight, said: "King David coins dating from that time have been found in Doncaster, so the links are there."

[soggy biscuit]

On a similar subject, I heard a bloke called Keith Harris (not that one) interviewed on the radio yesterday. He helps clubs with takeovers and other stuff. He said a few years ago the two Glasgow clubs tried to strike up a deal where they would join the English 2nd tier and agreed that as part of the deal they would not be allowed to be promoted in the first season. Those that run the football league were well up for it, fl clubs started kicking up a stink but what killed it off was the PL saying they would not accept them if they ever got promoted, he said in a meeting someone at the PL said 'Hadrian built a wall to keep them out' or something like that

[Stuka]

Article in When Saturday Comes last month about Wigan petitioning to joing the Scottish League when they were a non-league club and having trouble joining the English Football League when you had to be elected to get in.

[Wax Jacket]

On a similar subject, I heard a bloke called Keith Harris (not that one) interviewed on the radio yesterday. He helps clubs with takeovers and other stuff. He said a few years ago the two Glasgow clubs tried to strike up a deal where they would join the English 2nd tier and agreed that as part of the deal they would not be allowed to be promoted in the first season. Those that run the football league were well up for it, fl clubs started kicking up a stink but what killed it off was the PL saying they would not accept them if they ever got promoted, he said in a meeting someone at the PL said 'Hadrian built a wall to keep them out' or something like that

when you consider the likes of Leeds, West Ham, Forest are all waiting in the wings to get back into the Prem you can understand why the PL might not exactly need the Old Firm

[Magnus]

As a Unionist I'd be all for it.