Jaggernaut

Hmm, tres interessant. It may be that with one or two of the youngsters being able to do a good job in midfield, that we'll have enough to cover and mix and match.

I'd recommend paraquat as a mixer for their Buckfast.

That's a good set of replies by Steven H. It seems to me that many "British nationalists" (i.e. unionists) are not too far off openly declaring a deep anti-Scottishness; there's even a kind self-loathing of Scotland by some Scots that is now starting to surface because the unthinkable (for them) might just happen, i.e. Scotland might actually become a country, instead of a region.

I watched a couple of Youtube clips last night, and noticed that Cairney scored a few of the goals that featured. It was good to see him start to show glimpses of his old self in the last few games of the season, especially when Rowson was absent, but that probably meant he was a bit deeper than he'd normally be. It would be great to see him fully back to normal and getting forward a bit more next season.

Is that in today's Mail? Any chance of a link?

Didn't think of that, but I don't have online banking with them, so would be unlikely to be able to access the money. Got a feeling that you need to sign a contract in any case, and that's when they can demand it. Funnily enough, when I did something similar with the Clydesdale they put in place no such barriers.

I've never seen any winning side do this, and I don't think I ever will.

Pedantry alert! Err, you're sort of right, right enough.

Was that on the match chat thread on the old ptfc.net? The range and depths of emotions throughout that thread were incredible.

You know fully what kind of kind of reply this one's going to attract.

Yep. I've added a post to the fundraising brainstorm thread at the top of the page.

And since this has come up in another thread: Sell prints of some of the best matchday photos, both unframed and framed, signed and unsigned. These are also things that can be used as prizes in half-time draws, raffles etc.

I enjoyed seeing Birmingham's "Apprentice"-style competition for groups of school children, featured on last night's MotD programme. Schoolkids came to the ground and worked in teams to come up with ideas about how to get more people to come and see the team. There was a panel, including a player, who assessed each project, asked the children questions etc. All very supportive of the children and got them thinking, so probably a good "educational" day out for the children, and maybe even some good ideas for the club to work on too. All in all, even if not a real fundraiser, an excellent community exercise.

Are the final results for this out yet?

Good shout. I remember that there was some talk of us being interested in him a few years ago, but it came to nothing. Been knocking them in for Arbroath this season, so I guess they would like to hold on to him now that they've been promoted to Division 2.

That also shows that my claim about Alex Forsyth not playing for Man Utd in the Final was also wrong. And here ends my stint as a statto.

Thanks for the rectification.

I think that there are probably a lots of Thistle fans who support Thistle just because that's their team, rather than it being any particular stance against religious bigotry. And while there's also a fair number who consciously wanted to avoid siding with one or other of the OF, I suspect it's a (sizable) minority. I follow Thistle because my uncles took me to Firhill and I loved it, end of story. Nothing to do with an explicit rejection of what the OF stood for. Sure, I'm as anti hunnery and timmery as you can get, but that is not the reason for me supporting Thistle.

Agreed. Hope that JM can persuade him to sign up very soon.

That moment still brings a big grin to my face.

Two-leg final between Brechin and Ayr. Should be interesting, but I'm hedging my bets. It depends on who plays for Ayr. I reckon it'll be horses for courses.

Hence the glum countenance!

Good question, that got me doing a bit of searching. Sandy Brown (Everton) and Alex Forsyth (Man Utd) both played their parts in the run-up to FA Cup finals but didn't feature in the Final itself. Newcastle didn't get to an FA Cup Final when Tommy Gibb was there, but he was in the team that won the Fairs Cup. Apparently he's now living in West Lothian, having retired from his later career as a lorry driver due to back problems, and he now uses crutches to walk. Maybe some of our much earlier players who went to Engerlund played in a final?

The match was a bit of a bore, if truth be told. Man City were the better side, with Stoke's limitations quite obvious all the way through. Well done to them though for getting there, and into Europe as a result.

Apart from a 10-min spell when they were playing well, Stoke have been resorting to "any port in a storm" defence. Hope they can settle down a bit better for the 2nd half.