FRANK McAveety is obviously after the football fans vote. (Evening Times September 27)
He criticises the Scottish Government for wanting to introduce ‘strict liability’ in an attempt to get football clubs and the SFA to get their heads out of the sand and take some responsibility for what goes on inside football grounds.
We have a situation where thousands of fans can get away with singing racist and sectarian songs and cause thousands of pounds worth of damage and basically get away with it.
There seems to no appetite by the clubs and the useless SFA to tackle the problem at source.
Perhaps points reductions and ground closures are needed to drag football into the 21st century.
Anthony Martin, Ryeside Road, Glasgow
AS a lifelong Springburn man I was delighted to read of Sir Hugh Reid’s perfectly preserved artefacts being returned to the city council. (Evening Times September 26).
How embarrassing it must be for the council to accept this gift in light of the fact that the legacy Sir Hugh left to the city has been totally neglected by the council over the years.
Springburn park is nothing more than wasteland, the public halls were allowed to fall into disrepair and were demolished on safety grounds.
The Winter Gardens now lie in rusting ruin as the council wait for it to collapse in on itself.
Thank goodness Ms Reid was not taken on a tour of her grandfather’s estate.
Mr Gibson, by email
READING about Sam Allardyce, did I hear right?
£3,000,000 a year for running a football team?!!
When did these obscene pay rates creep into our society?
Bring in a Maximum Wage Law ASAP.
Brian McKenna, Dumbarton
I WONDER if anyone else is becoming increasingly concerned about the speed with which many drivers are travelling at within car parks?
This seems worst of all in the large supermarket and shopping centre car parks, but I’m also seeing this excessive speed used in health centre car parks and council car parks.
Nowadays many speeding motorists don’t seem to think of the risk to toddlers if they were to run out, or for those with mobility issues, never mind the hazard of other vehicles reversing in and out of spaces.
If every driver were to think a child running out could be their child or grandchild, and a slower moving person could be their relative or friend, I’m sure the foot would come off the accelerator - before there is a tragedy.
Judi Martin, by email
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