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Afternoon Jambos! Hope those who attended the friendly last night enjoyed their trip and the game. Steven Naismith just popping his head out from behind the dugout Some photographs of the game - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/sets/72157697015300221

Photographs and some GoPro from last night - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/sets/72157697015300221

90% sure Pongo's partner/wife/gf is a teacher so maybe that is the only time they can go on holiday together. Looking forward to the season starting. The World Cup is great entertainment but it's not quite the same hurt or pleasure you experience following the Lichties. http://www.heartsfc.co.uk/team/first - Hearts have got a pretty good squad so should be a real early test.

I wouldn't read too much into the amount of signings. I think when you look at all the other clubs in the division, we had one of the smallest amount of players departing due to the quality we already have and on longer deals, for example where as Airdrie may have brought in 11 players, they let go of 12. Dick and Pick after quality. We have a strong squad of 17 Departures (including loans) Airdrieonians - 12 Arbroath - 6 Brechin City - 13 Dumbarton - 21 East Fife - 15 Forfar Athletic - 10 Montrose - 7 Raith Rovers - 14 Stenhousemuir - 12 Stranraer - 13 http://nareystoepoker.blogspot.com/p/here-you-can-find-all-this-winters.html

He was sent off last season against Dunfermline, so he will probably be suspended.

My memory of that game was Bobby skinning 3 players in one move.

He is only training to keep in shape and Blair, like a few of the squad are still away on their summer holidays.

The Dons are in Ireland at the end of June - https://www.afc.co.uk/2018/06/12/pre-season-dons-travelling-to-cork-for-friendly/ Our game is in between their Europa League ties on July 26th and August 2nd

Hello, Sorry for jumping into your thread, but I did see the pitch narrowing story and thought it was interesting as the Lichties maybe the first club to experience it in the Betfred Cup. When you did it before were you playing without wingers? Did you see a vast change in how you set up your team from before and after? It's an interesting test / theory and will keep an eye on how it works out for you. Although isn't the pitch at Glebe Park one of the narrowest in Scotland? That didn't help Brechin.

Has anyone ever seen this before? The Crowd looks way more than 44,000. I wonder if there are any Lichties still around who were at this game? Scottish Cup 1st Round 24.1.1953 4-0 Attendance 44,000 Rangers Goalscorers, Hubbard, Prentice, McCulloch, W Simpson.

You can tell there is no football and the sun has been out as some people are clearly feeling the effects of sunstroke! He sat next to Steven Doris and Martin 'Jimmy' Scott who was up supporting the Lichties.

I bloody love Ricky Little. That is all.

Simon, if all these long postings are just a secret ploy to launch your "Tap Boi Football Agency" with your two new clients, then you are well on your way as you able to waffle on for paragraphs, prolong paragraphs which all legal contracts are full of! Your 10% will be well earned!

Ladbrokes League 1 Tuesday February 27 Airdrieonians v Alloa Athletic, 7.45pm Albion Rovers v Arbroath, 7.45pm Tuesday March 6 Alloa Athletic v Arbroath, 7.45pm

Late night stats to put you to sleep. Comparing last season vs this season. 2016 / 2017 - Ladbrokes League 2 Played 22 - Won 11, Drawn 11, Lost 4 - Scored 40, conceded 23 - Points 41 January transfer window - Eddie Ferns, Bryan Hodge, Donald McCallum (loan) Matty Smyth (loan) 2017 / 2018 - Ladbrokes League 1, including 3 Full Time Teams and several established League One sides Played 22 - Won 11, Drawn 4, Lost 7 - Scored 42, conceded 30 - Points 37 (also considering we lost Stevie D early in the season) January transfer window - Ryan Wallace, Michael McKenna

A "fan" goes to Gayfield and cheers on his team. A "fan(ny)" goes to a friend's wedding and turns his back on his beloved Lichties! (for the first time in 10 years) Hope you had a good day! I hope you didn't wear shorts or a Hawaiian Shirt to the wedding!

Some minor errors from Simon, so he will have to drop his shorts for a spanking so from the Spreadsheet - Bold = Scorer Underlined = Assist HD - Header, LF - Left Foot etc Betfred Cup - Alloa Athletic 1 - 1 Arbroath - 18th July - Betfred Cup Game 1 Yule 16 (H) - Cross by Gold Arbroath 4 - 0 Montrose - 22nd July - Betfred Cup Game 2 Gold 31 (RF) - Knocked into his path by McCord Denholm 69 (RF) - Corner by McCord Denholm 74 (LF) - back heel by Hester Doris 90+1 (RF) - cross from the edge of the penalty box by Hester Hibernian 6 - 1 Arbroath - 25th July - Betfred Cup Game 3 Doris 38 (RF) - Short corner by McCord, Linn with the cross League Cup Denholm 2 Doris 2 Gold 1 Yule 1 Arbroath 2 - 0 Queen’s Park - 5th August - SPFL1 - Game 1 Denholm 37 (LF) - Lob ball into the box by Hamilton Yule 62 (LF) - Run down the wing and cross by Doris, slight deflection into Yule’s path Airdrieonians 1 - 1 Arbroath - 12th August - SPFL1 - Game 2 Kader 33 (RF) - Linn cross, flick on by Doris Arbroath 2 - 3 East Fife - 19th August - SPFL1 - Game 3 Doris 16 (RF) - Long ball from Whatley, Defenders stumbled Denholm 58 (LF) - Linn cross from a Hamilton flick from Swankie’s cross Ayr United 1 - 2 Arbroath - 26th August - SPFL1 - Game 4 Kader 45+2 (RF) - Whatley free kick, flicked on by Hamilton to Kader Whatley 59 (RF) - Beautiful controlled pass from Doris Arbroath 1 - 4 Albion Rovers - 9th September - SPFL1 - Game 5 Hester 66 (RF or HD?) - Cross from Linn Forfar Athletic 0 - 5 Arbroath - 16th September - SPFL1 - Game 5 McCord 42 pen (RF) - O’Brien fouled T O’Brien 52 (RF) - Hamilton’s header palmed back by McCallum McCord 67 (LF) - McCord took advantage of a slack backless Hester 80 (RF) - Linn free kick knocked down by O’Brien, finished by Hester Linn 90 pen (RF) - Hester fouled Stranraer 2 - 6 Arbroath - 23rd September - SPFL1 - Game 7 O’Brien 16 (HD) - Whatley free kick, bad punch by keeper Denholm 18 (LF) - Lob pass from Linn, McCord 33 (RF) - Cross from Denholm, Denholm 42 (LF) - Ball from O’Brien, rest Denholm magic McCord 49 (RF) - Slide ball from Linn McCord 68 pen (RF) - Hamilton fouled from a McCord Corner Arbroath 1 - 1 Alloa Athletic - 30th September - SPFL1 - Game 8 McCord 56 pen (RF) - Denholm fouled Arbroath 7 - 1 Airdrieonians - 21st October - SPFL1 - Game 10 Swankie 18 (RF) - Linn’s cross, dropped by keeper McCord 27 pen (RF) - Swankie fouled Denholm 34 (LF) - Cross by Swankie Linn 36 (LF) - Cross by McCord, mistake by defender Denholm 60 (LF) - Ball won by Little, Linn’s pass through to DD Hester 82 (RF) - Whatley header, fluffed by defence McCord 89 (RF) - McCord won the knock down then pure brilliance East Fife 1 - 3 Arbroath - 21st October - SPFL1 - Game 11 Linn 16 (RF) - Throw in by gold, touch by Yule - then Linn League so far McCord 8 Denholm 6 Hester 3 Linn 3 O’Brien 2 Kader 2 Swankie 1 Yule 1 Doris 1 Whatley 1

Some pics from last night. https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157685192078203 I thought that was our best 45 minutes since the comeback against Elgin City when we were 2-0 down. Playing our 2nd full time team in 3 days and playing an hour with 10 men I thought the intensity and performances were of the highest quality. Doris was again a constant menace to a towering defence, and I thought Swankie played really well in midfield for the second half. Blair Yule was immense all over the park but Thomas O'Brien was outstanding, and Prunty's passion is what all fans want to see in their players.

Some photographs from yesterday's match - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157684585510980

Photographs from yesterday's game - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157684585510980

Photographs from last night's game. A bit later than normal due to computer problems. https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157686704947226

Photographs from today - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157683874969004

It was the Arbroath physio who treated Ricky, and Alloa's treated their player that went down. Thomas and Ricky signalled the severity of it and the Alloa Doctor came on. Ewen is a fitness coach and sports scientist and there are very few people in Scotland with his qualifications and education and we were very lucky to have him. He got a deserved full time move to England in February. The same warm up routines by coaches with years and years of experience won us the league. Find me a Sunday Pub team that did that.........

Photographs from last night - https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157683211510922

https://www.flickr.com/photos/scotsman_in_hawaii/albums/72157683211510922 Photographs from last night's match