Sorry weeyin, I tend to look upon you as an articulate and well educated poster ......................... however I have to contest that one. At Dalziel we had probably the best school sports facilities in Lanarkshire, (Cleland Estate), but few teachers willing to take extra curricular activities after EIS/NUT backing, so it had sod all to do with Thatcher, (no mate of mine, but I am able to look at life without Red blinkers). That was the reason for the creation of mini/midi rugby on Sunday mornings. Clubs had to do it off their own backs as teachers had stopped, and all the pitches were still there - football, rugby, cricket, hockey - let me assure you of that.