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Offline Dave Cooper please

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Re: Mascot shoots away supporters.
« Reply #15 on: April 27, 2011, 11:52:59 PM »
There's no such place as Raith.

What, just like there's no such place as Total Network Solutions?

I think you mean The New Saints.

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Re: Mascot shoots away supporters.
« Reply #16 on: April 28, 2011, 02:13:04 AM »
Great post

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Re: Mascot shoots away supporters.
« Reply #17 on: April 28, 2011, 05:08:34 PM »
Yes there is, it's just south of Albion, in St. Mirrenshire.

Well, sort of... but nobody actually "lives" in Raith, so they can't die there, as TD113 suggested.

"The modern Raith Rovers were founded in 1883 in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy, playing at Robbie's Park. Though there were other teams who incorporated the town name, such as Kirkcaldy Wanderers and Kirkcaldy United, Raith became the most successful of the local teams, winning five trophies in the 1890s.[1] There had been a much earlier (and unrelated) Raith Rovers which merged with what is now Cowdenbeath in 1882.

Although it lends its name to many entities in the region, Raith is not itself a settlement. A Raith Rovers victory in the 1960s led to a famous BBC commentator's blunder that the fans would be "dancing in the streets of Raith tonight". Although commonly attributed to Englishman David Coleman, this was actually said by Scotsman Sam Leitch.[2] Raith (Scottish Gaelic: rath, "fort" or "fortified residence") as an area once stretched from south of Loch Gelly as far as Kirkcaldy[3] and the Battle of Raith is said to have been fought here in 596 AD.[1] Raith House and Raith Tower sit on Cormie Hill to the west of Kirkcaldy and several parts of the town are built on land formerly of the Raith Estate,[4] although the modern housing estate bearing the Raith name dates from long after the origins of the team."

It was the famous commentary blunder I was paraphrasing.  I was aware that there that is no such place as Raith.
 

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Re: Mascot shoots away supporters.
« Reply #18 on: April 28, 2011, 05:11:35 PM »
Yes there is, it's just south of Albion, in St. Mirrenshire.

Well, sort of... but nobody actually "lives" in Raith, so they can't die there, as TD113 suggested.

"The modern Raith Rovers were founded in 1883 in the Scottish town of Kirkcaldy, playing at Robbie's Park. Though there were other teams who incorporated the town name, such as Kirkcaldy Wanderers and Kirkcaldy United, Raith became the most successful of the local teams, winning five trophies in the 1890s.[1] There had been a much earlier (and unrelated) Raith Rovers which merged with what is now Cowdenbeath in 1882.

Although it lends its name to many entities in the region, Raith is not itself a settlement. A Raith Rovers victory in the 1960s led to a famous BBC commentator's blunder that the fans would be "dancing in the streets of Raith tonight". Although commonly attributed to Englishman David Coleman, this was actually said by Scotsman Sam Leitch.[2] Raith (Scottish Gaelic: rath, "fort" or "fortified residence") as an area once stretched from south of Loch Gelly as far as Kirkcaldy[3] and the Battle of Raith is said to have been fought here in 596 AD.[1] Raith House and Raith Tower sit on Cormie Hill to the west of Kirkcaldy and several parts of the town are built on land formerly of the Raith Estate,[4] although the modern housing estate bearing the Raith name dates from long after the origins of the team."

It was the famous commentary blunder I was paraphrasing.  I was aware that there that is no such place as Raith.
 

Apologies.

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Re: Mascot shoots away supporters.
« Reply #19 on: April 29, 2011, 08:16:47 AM »
Bizarre!

I loathe mascots, nearly as creepy as clowns.
What has the Villa lion got on the front of his "mane" - looks like a bow or something...?

 


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