Le Tout P'ti FC

Seems the rain is teeming into the Wendy box? Bad planning. Shame.

Probably cutting it ultra fine here, but Glasgow Mid Argyll have a kids shinty camp this coming week running at their park in Yoker. I’m certain they’ll also have a kids section for regular training sessions. Seemed like a friendly wee club when I visited them.

Not massively encouraged by this filing. Next accounts are now not due to be filed until 31 March 2024. Perhaps a 30th June accounting date is sensible for a football club to use, but it doesn’t reek of transparency. The 31st December had been in use since at least 1985 (as long ago as the online filing records go back to).

Annan Athletic v Carlisle United.

Another football team in Edinburgh changing their name.

Preston Athletic 10 Linton Hotspur 0.

I can’t think of a single ground where I wouldn’t be able to drive over, at a reasonable time, park for free (without annoying a local), and walk a short distance to the ground. Even when going to Hampden for Scotland games, there are places to go, and places to avoid. If you don’t know the area around a particular ground, just do a wee scout on Google Maps, and you’ll find somewhere to aim for no bother. The only difficult place immediately springing to mind is Firhill, but only because I’m still trying to get my head around the new(ish) parking restrictions in that part of town.

I had a weekend in Tarbert booked in August, primarily to do a wee bit of walking on Gigha. I am absolutely ecstatic to see that my trip coincides with a home tie against Easterhouse. First home league game of the season too, should be a good crowd in for it. I’m away to look up the bus times and the Springbank tour times. I can feel a plan coming together!

Peace in our times.

Kelty Hearts 2 Raith Rovers 2 (Rovers won on penalties). Fife Cup encounter at Kelty. Only came so I could tick it off for £10 instead of whatever passes as a gate fee here for normal games. Good crowd in for this, 800 odd Fifers. Highlight of the day was walking over the Forth Road Bridge beforehand. (I didn’t walk on to Kelty, in case you wondered.)

I see Steve Marsh has been over to the Faroes. One video posted up, more to come. I’m very tempted, verging on hitting “book”. Wee bit out of my comfort zone, but I need to break my habit of Scottish Islands / European city breaks! Will likely be booking up for next Spring as I will need my holiday year to roll forward first.

Saddened to read about this. As so often with a death, you partly mourn for the person lost, and partly for your lost youth. Craig Brown was manager of Clyde when I went to my first ever game (Clyde v Aberdeen at Shawfield in the Scottish Cup 1984). My next encounter with a team of his must have been the U16 World Cup in 1989. Amazing memories of the huge crowd inside Tynecastle as we beat the Portuguese all-stars in the semi, and then the infamous Saudi Arabian final at Hampden. He then managed a superb U21 team and I remember some cracking fixtures at Pittodrie around that era. His progression to the Scotland job was inevitable. I bloody loved that whole period as a Scotland fan around Euro 96 and France 98. Fitting that as he passes we seem to have finally found a promise of the good times again, I’m sure he would have taken some comfort from our recent results. Some of my favourite ever Scotland games in that period. Austria at Celtic Park being the first jumping to mind, but there were a lot of great days out. Estonia at Rugby Park, qualifying against Latvia. Good times! He turned ok individual players into good football teams, and he always gave the impression of being a decent bloke with it. Sympathies to his family, who I’m sure will know that he was a much loved figure in our game.

Full draw is taking a while to filter out.

Cumnock v Hurlford R2.

They’ve stopped the draw now to watch Elton John.

Vale of Leven win the Willie Wonka golden ticket with a draw away to Campbeltown Pupils in R1. Winner at home to Kilwinning in R2.

Gretna v Darvel R2.

Clydebank v Ardeer / Beith R2.

Broomhill or Neilston v Eglinton or Irvine Meadow.

Pollok v Saltcoats Victoria R2. That could be an ugly score. Have mercy on their souls.

Linton Hotspur v Livingston Utd R1. Winner away to Armadale in R2.

Kello v Glenafton R2. A derby of sorts!

East Stirlingshire v Sauchie / Crossgates in R2.

Talbot v Blantyre Vics R2.