Sweet Pete

Young and Mumbongo start. O'Neill in sticks. Grivas is on bench.

Funnily enough I was just sitting thinking I don't know if I can be bothered going along tonight as I've been busy all day. Ironically I was down at the stadium for several hours earlier.

I heard that whenever Dumbarton FC use iPlayer they click the "I have a TV licence" option, even though they don't.

Why don't you just marry Alloa?

I might be going against the grain a wee bit here, but I found that quite an entertaining match. Not particularly great quality at times, but frenetic and competitive between two similarly matched sides. Some decent goals as well. I'll need to wait for the highlights to see our first as I was a few minutes late and missed it. I felt a draw was probably fair, but either team could probably have edged it at times.

Bright and sunny here in the jewel of West Dunbartonshire. Looks like there's been some overnight light rain. But we always get more rain here in the valley than Dumbarton does. Looks like ideal fitba conditions.

There were times that season where we never even looked like getting promoted, nevermind being too good for that level. Plus we'd been flirting with the drop for years. In hindsight, dropping down was a net benefit as we got a decent manager (after enduring T Wright...), decent squad investment, the buzz of a title win/promotion and the upward trajectory that followed. As a Killie fan, I can confirm that we have plenty of halfwits. But that just makes us like everyone else. I met a guy in an airport years ago who told me he was a Killie fan, but supported Rangers on old firm day.

The 'add to Google wallet' function on Fanbase is a nice, convenient touch.

Yes, they do. And that's something I, too, had been mildly irked by last term.

I would miss your shiny head. I get pish patter from Jan V.

Damn I was too quick and careless. I'll see myself out.

Sorry DC, we've all had a chat and agreed that your banned.

I've sat beside @Clarko_son for about 15 years, they couldn't possibly be any worse than that morose b*****d. Although his manga hair uni phase was a good laugh.

I've just had BallochSonsFan's ticket emailed to me.

One of the absolute diddiest. They've just spent five years in the third tier as a full time side and were convinced they shouldn't be there. In reality, it's their natural level.

Pitch looked reasonably fine when i was down in the ground yesterday.

I have no axe to grind with Peterhead, despite my mate @doulikefish's baiting... Fraserburgh however... They can f**k off. I've always disliked Partick Thistle, for a dozen reasons. I don't dislike Ayr United at all, though I LOVE the rivalry with them on derby days. Stirling Albion tried to engineer some sort of direct rivalry with Dumbarton for some reason, at various times throughout the last 50 years. I couldn't care less. They're nothing to me. Spartans and Bonnyrigg strike me as 'proper' non-league sides. I.E absolute nothings. But I absolutely HATE the old firm. c***s on the pitch, c***s off the pitch, c***s in the stands, c***s in the pubs, stay at home fan c***s, never been to a match c***s, live hundreds of miles from the grounds c***s, think football is a TV show c***s, don't actually follow the teams and just associate themselves by proxy c***s and 'aye but who do you REALLY support, big man?' c***s.

That's my tickets received. And they gave me a partial refund to compensate for Fife Sons getting his before me.

"There's no 'Suite Peat' on this list, mate"

Not sure I understand the seeming criticism of the club forming a Trust? It's pretty clear why they have and lots of other clubs, sensibly, have also. A net gain rather than a reason for gripes. On another note, I got an email yesterday re: season passes and apparently they're all in process. No real confirmation if they'll be issued before the game this weekend, so the email is basically a place card, but it's at least an update, which is better than no communication.

3-0 Dumbarton

Nothing yet

Raith just doing the 'guy putting a stick in his own bicycle wheel meme' in real life.

That attendance

W e're sitting 3rd currently. I'd be, mostly, satisfied with that come season's end. As long as we then go on to win the playoffs, of course. Inverness Caledonian Thistle are below Dumbarton in the league table. As it should be.