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Sunday Single's Club (SSC) is a subculture which originated in Clydebank, Scotland in 2010.

It is an internationally recognised movement which has been credited with raising the flag for singles across Europe.

History

Sunday Single's Club was founded by Stephen Gallagher, Jamie Boyd and Euan Cuthbert in October 2010. The idea of the movement originated from a car conversation between Stephen and Euan as a protest against countless Facebook posts promoting other couple's social lives. In the heat of jealousy, the SSC was born.

From there, this underground movement went from strength to strength, and when friend Michael McQuade returned from Canada, he did not hesitate to join the fight. The club has seen numerous members come and go, but the four originals remain today.

Activities

Many of the activities undertaken by the SSC occur when participants are hungover, and these can range from expeditions to the Clyde Shopping Centre or 'chilling' in the Asda car park. It could be argued that the activity carried out most often is the dining at Portuguese/Mozambican restaurants. Although no affiliation with the food chain has been confirmed by either organizations,rumours suggest that both parties benefit from this strong link.

Rumours suggest that the founding members have sought to invigorate the SSC by creating an 'Activity Plan'. It has been speculated that these activities may involve bikes, speed dating events, and drives to Stirling.

Rules

Complaints from several members as to the blasé attitude in relation to admission to the SSC resulted in a list of rules being compiled. These rules are set out below:

1. All members of the SSC must be single, i.e. not in a formal relationship.

2. All SSC activities must take place on a Sunday.

3. All members are expected to make a contribution to conversation, no matter how crude.

4. Entrance to the SSC is dependant upon unanimous decision by the founding members.

5. All members must adhere to the 3-strike warning system, i.e. if one misses three Sunday's in a row, one is banned from all SSC activities for one month.

6. All founders are exempt from the above rules, except from the "Partner Clause", whereby in the extreme circumstances that one founder procures "another half", they will be ejected from the SSC immediately and possibly with force.

Global Impact

The SSC has been praised for being a leading force in boosting confidence for singles and bringing them together in the fight against the media's pro-couple attitude. More and more Sunday Club's have been cropping up over the world, including the famous Sonntag Einzel's Club (SEC) of Hamburg, Cardiff's Dydd Sul Clwb Sengl (DSCS) and the newly incepted Mexican Domingo Casa Club (DCC). The DCC's founder, Estevan Cortez said, "The boys have really helped us, ironically, to get more girls! But we have realised there is more to life than chicas! Viva SSC!"

World SSC Day

The success of the SSC has lead to calls for "SSC Day" to compete with Valentines Day. It was argued by founder Euan Cuthbert that a singles day on the Sunday following Valentines Day (beginning Sunday 19th February 2012) would help those with the Valentines blues. "The SSC is all about defiance against those with partners and helping those who are happy with their lives as it is, with their friends. Global SSC Day would be a healthy and fun way for Singles across the world to unite."

Controversy

The group attracted fierce criticism when it was discovered one of the founders was in a continuing cross-Atlantic relationship, yet continued to attend SSC activities. All founders moved to quell the uproar, but eventually the pressure lead to the termination of the relationship and an injunction taken out to protect the identity of the founder.

A further contravention of Article 1 occurred when a female member entered a relationship and continued to attend with a single friend. She attempted to enact a "Guest Pass Clause" but this was swiftly rejected at a controversial "Tuesday Summit" (TS) and was said to be a contributing factor in the inception of the Club Rules.

The club courted controversy when it was pointed out that no ethnic minorities were invited to join the club, and this was further heightened by racial slurs apparently heard from founder Stephen Gallagher. The founders rejected such criticism, saying, "This is a club for all. We don't care what colour you are, as long as your blood runs the colour of a singleton."

Accusations of the club being anti-female and a portal for chauvinism were rejected by the founders and the membership of 2 females, apparently a clever media ploy, seemed to dilute this criticism, at least for now.