The Mantis

There are toilets in the home end. Unless you’re saying you had 900 travelling fans mind

BBC says he stuck the head on Delaney. Ref looked a bit out of his depth, never heard of him before. There was another booking shortly before that, think it was McDonagh, one of our players hit the deck but neither the ref nor the Lino seemed to see it so a mystery why he brought the card out.

Well done catching that That’s 3 separate reports from different parts of the ground… but no match thread

Apologies to @centralTon for a repeat, at least it's a different viewpoint. Bonnyrigg 2 Annan 0. Rose started Hunter and loanee Mitchell up front together for the first time and both scored, Hunter with a fine header from a Currie cross and Mitchell on the break, running on to a Hunter through pass. Att 589.

Started tonight up front with George Hunter. Both scored in a comfortable win over Annan and Kieran got MoM.

I see that guy’s still got his own executive box behind the goals. Ís he on good terms with the club?

Looked lively as a sub against Stenny last week, last 20 mins. Got a start yesterday playing wide but never got much service imo - with Rovers pressing, Rose had very few outlets except the long punt up to McGachie. Not sure why top scorer Smith was missing. Rovers had Rose penned in most of first half but Keiran got sprung before HT and tried to lob the goalie but it went wide. The lad looks a step up in quality and Tuesday at home may suit him better.

Camelon highlights are up somewhere. Def looked unlucky.

Ticked off most of the WOSL 1st division grounds over the years, so I planned to head for Gartcairn v Johnstone Burgh at MTC Park. Then remembered Albion Rovers v Bonnyrigg was on at 3pm so just settled for the first half at Gartcairn (goalless, awful venue). One of those cages where you are restricted to one side, so to get pic no 1 I had to leave the ground and poke my phone through a gate. Missed Gartcairn's late winner (1-0 88 mins) but the first half was forgettable. Amazingly I made the kickoff at Cliftonhill, only about 2 miles and the traffic was so-so.

I turned up there too after taking in the first half at Gartcairn v Johnstone Burgh . You’re spot on. Robbie has put faith in the squad that won the LL and did well in the Scottish but reality is kicking in now. Blowing Forfar away on the opening day is a distant memory now. Team selection today was a bit puzzling although you can never tell who’s injured. I predicted that their home form would keep them up and I’ll stick with that. Annan on Tuesday is a biggie.

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Depends how old you are I suppose. 90s and early noughties WW were one of the best non league sides in the country. Left the EOS as champions in 2013, recent years have been poor, only big time player I recall was Benni McCarthy

Apologies as I'm not usually interested in captive birds but had a day out recently with 3 other photographers and it was great fun. Got loads but here's one of a Barn Owl

Oh FFS... 16 clubs ignoring the B teams.

A bit unlucky last night. Goalie Anderson was sent off for handling outside the box, maybe 25 mins in. Coldstream built a 2 goal lead and Hancock got one back with about 10 left. Couple of half chances after that. Smithy and Robbie playing centre half together will need to develop a bit of understanding but 2 big strong boys. edit- sorry, Michael Thomson was red carded, Marc Anderson came on.

I think John's wife and Benni's partner were sisters. We managed to get him to play a half in a friendly against Hamilton Accies, probably to the annoyance of manager Mickey Lawson as it upset his pre season planning. He scored with a fine header. My pic below shows him in a WW shirt with club legend Wayno. The other player behind Kiddo in the Lossie pic is Jordan Caddow, who spent that season at WW but will be well known to @tamthebam

You’ll probably get a chance at the manager’s job after that result… if not, Kiddo and WW have just parted company

Has been on the cards for a while. Wonder who takes the team on Wed?

Sir Peter (or maybe Derek or Andrew) used to say that there was some agreement (with the cooncil?) that if the club folded, the ground had to be used for recreational purposes. I have to say I’m sceptical that any such agreement could exist as the club owns the park iirc and can do what it likes.

That was cringeworthy. Start with a strong side, get the game won, then introduce the youngsters. A major blunder by BD expecting Mackay and Hyde to run the midfield. The baldy boy Spark was outstanding. The early goal just made us complacent. Brechin get all the credit but at least we’re still in it.

A Wryneck that's been hanging about at Torness for a week. Never seen one in my puff, apparently there are about 3 pairs nesting in the UK/Englandshire.

Great stuff Tam. I was there years ago and the blacksmith was called Jamie but he must be gone now. Quite fancy going back especially as this guy has some decent tats. Did he have a bit of patience? Because Jamie didn’t really ETA- wish I’d thought of this as there was nae fiba to go to…

For a bonus point, was I looking towards Whitburn or Shotts?

Got a Highly Commended in the Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022 as well as overall winner in the Urban category. The winning images will be displayed in Bonnie & Wild in the new St James Quarter in Edinburgh (aka The Turd ). The 2021 images are still up there and on the website. There's usually a book produced too. First time I've entered this. Had to enter up to 7 images and they choose the best 3. I've probably put these up before in this thread but anyway...

The Tour of Britain was down our way on Monday. The Movistar team were involved in a huge pileup a couple of miles back so the guy in the second pic has a braw wound on his leg.