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He was utter pish.

threesome?

Mate was a comedy groupie of sorts and through that connection, at Edinburgh Fridge '97 lent Al Murray my Daily Record and had pint with Alistair McGowan. Also spent a fair bit of time in company of Stewart Lee and Richard Herring as mate was their gopher. My mate was sharing a flat with an up and coming comedian - having a 4 year old sister at time, I was well versed in the Tellytubbies and introduced this show to said flatmate - Frankie Boyle. Also met Noel Fielding and Robin Ince through the comedy whore. Went to the King's panto in 2007 with work and our lot were sat very close to Robert Carlyle with family. Saw Blyth Duff from Taggart in an EK supermarket in early 00s. The episode that Jardine was killed in Taggart was shown not long before I saw the girl he was winching in that episode, on the 38 bus into Glasgow. Saw Jim 'Red Blue and' White on West Nile St around the same time. Saw Dougie Donnelly in December 2015 at a function. Mate's uncle Jerry Kelly was in the 80s pop band Lotus Eaters, had a top 20 hit in UK, met him a few times. Went to college with the bassist from Gomez and knew ITV newsreader Ranvir Singh when she was younger. Saw tv showbiz reporter Ross King having his lunch in Cameron House a good while ago. Went to an Ian St John summer training camp on the Wirral as a kid and a got a daily lift there and back from Liverpool from the man himself. Used to see Dominic Matteo out nightclubbing in Southport in his early days at Liverpool. Opened the door at Pollok FC to Tony Roper who'd dropped by for a game (can't recall what it was). Saw Alan Rough a few times after the game when down with Pollok at Glenafton. Crossed paths with uber Don Richard Gordon a few times. Was at a football dinner years ago and had Lee Wilkie sitting/towering across from me. When living in Manchester I saw Mrs Battersby (the wee fat dumpy one) and Sally Webster in the city centre. Think I also saw Les Battersby too though I can't place where.

Taggart was at its best when thy did the 3 parters, though by the end having stories only 45 mins long was a poor decision IMO. And sacking wee Stuart.

This came up elsewhere on P&B but best fits here: the edited history of junior football in Dunoon: There have been various junior teams in the Dunoon area over the years. Some were fairly short lived, but the most established were Dunoon Athletic (a name revived last year for Dunoon AFC's 2nd string but again no more). Dunoon Athletic had continuous Junior existence from 1932 until 1975, playing in the western section of the (very central Scotland-orientated) Scottish Junior League from the 30s until after WW2, the Western League (in the North Ayrshire section) until '68 and the Central League until their demise. Dunoon AFC formed in 1975 so I assume there's some crossover there. I do not know when Dunoon Stadium, present home of the amateur side, was built - all references I can see to a Junior stadium say Recreation Park. Just to confuse matters, there was a single year of coexistence of Dunoon AFC and a Junior side - the juniors rebranded as Cowal Juniors for 75/76 and then ceased to be (see below). Teams in the Western section of the Scottish Junior League for Dunoon Athletic's first season (1932-33) were: Baillieston Bute Athletic Cadder Thistle Coats Juniors Dumbarton Harp Dunoon Athletic Maryhill Hibs Milngavie Juniors Overton Athletic Port Glasgow Athletic Rothesay Royal Victoria St. Francis Whifflet Emerald All gone (PGA no real connection to the current side)! As a bookend, teams in the Central League Division C for 1975-76: Blantyre Celtic Coltness United (now Newmains United) Cowal Juniors Forth Wanderers Greenock Juniors Kilsyth Rangers Neilston Port Glasgow Royal Albert St. Anthony's Shotts Bon Accord Vale of Clyde Vale of Leven Wishaw Not knowing much about Cowal Juniors, I had a dig in the Evening Times archives:

Don't usually tune into the midweek show but I assume the nasal weegie 'Joe' is Joe Miller? Anyway, Joe believes Brendan Rodgers can stay with ra Cellic for a decade...

One of the rare players to have played a game at every senior level but as you say, 3 goals in total is not much of a return.

Not saying you're wrong but playing for a dominant EK he'd have had far more chances than he'd get in Stenny's team. Would Liam Buchanan have 11 league goals in Stenny colours this season?

In 06-07 and a single game at the start of 07-08, Pollok had a pretty decent run, though not as perfect as EK's (all bar one of the drawn cup ties was won on pens, the other a replay). EK's runs this and last year:

If you want to lose money, go ahead. I reckon the Lok prog made well into 4 figures of profit one of the years I did it - it was years ago but the figure I have in mind is around £4-5k - and is still going strong. If a programme is not financially viable then the model needs re-examined. A programme has a finite value and from my experience customers are loyal within reason - as soon as the cover price goes up too much to justify flashy content, sales will fall. If QP can't justify a prog a game (with far more notice than we get to do so) on similar crowds, I'd guess their outlay is greater.

Can't help but think of RDR when watching Westworld.

I did the Pollok prog from 2004-2007 or so and I'm sure one year the prog made a few grand profit. We'd typically shift 150 a match and our costs were nowhere near that. There are ways to keep the cost down. 1) Print a job lot of glossy colour covers for the season. In my time I'd print a label and stick it on front to make each issue identifiable from the next but it is a faff. I didn't do it for all seasons. 2) Print the ads in a job lot. People generally buy for the season. 3) Decide if glossy paper or coloured print is worth the cost. It probably isn't. 4) Try to source a cheap printing company for the content, or DIY. 5) Assemble the content and pre-made bits in house with volunteers. The only way a programme will leak money if it is a vanity affair way beyond its purpose.The only way IMO the full-time clubs can do a glossy effort is economies of scale.

Unless they sign 20 new players I wouldn't be backing a team that has a 0/8 win record to pick up too many points between now and April. A 4 point deficit after 8 games can be extrapolated to be double figures with 4 games to go. That said, they do seem to be slowly improving.

And him no doubt too.

Some parts of it are among the wealthiest in Scotland: http://statistics.gov.scot/slice/choropleth?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2Fscottish-index-multiple-deprivation&http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Flinked-data%2Fcube%23measureType=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fmeasure-properties%2Fdecile&http%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Flinked-data%2Fsdmx%2F2009%2Fdimension%23refPeriod=http%3A%2F%2Freference.data.gov.uk%2Fid%2Fyear%2F2012&http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fdimension%2FsimdDomain=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fconcept%2Fsimd-domain%2Foverall#slice_map Then choose East Renfrewshire. It has the one poorer area to contrast with Meanskirk (the 'upmarket footballer' and high flyer's locale).

So was Willem Van Der Ark...

A few of the U20s canned too - Lucas Culjak, Kalvin Orsi, Sam Robertson and Liam Lambert. Though from what I can see Lambert hadn't kicked a ball for the U20s since his sole appearance in August. Had he been injured or was he that bad? There's another Sam Robertson in u17s just to confuse the stats websites - should he sign.

Fecksake, it's on telly and also I hear on radio too. Helium McLeod or Ian Crocker. Not much choice.

Le Havre gave getting back up to Ligue 1 a good go tonight. Went into the last match needing a seven goal swing should Metz lose to Lens. Lens won 1-0 and Havre 5-0 (their biggest win of the season), so they just fell short. Keeper up in stoppage time forced his opposite number into a decisive save. Promotion of course not decided on last day - HAC have dropped too many silly points across the season but to lose out on goals scored, as GD was equal, is a bit gutting.

Heard of older in the Juniors but not sure about non-league seniors. Gus Malone was playing for Tayport last season and turned 56 in January.

I'm pretty sure that during the half-time break of Motherwell vs. United a few weeks back, he was lamenting the harsh sending off of a key United player right on the stroke of h/t - who had only been booked iirc.

Can't believe the guy gets on the radio / TV - makes Derek Ferguson sound like Einstein.

All three have dipped their toes in competition though, have they not? Certainly Orkney & Shetland and am I imagining a Lewis & Harris select? Cost and ease of travel will doubtless be a limitation. Orkeny are involved in North Caley and play games on mainland.

Jack Grimmer live on the telly tonight for Shrewsbury (and the amazingly capped Ian Black)

Just watching one of the Sao Paulo derbies, Corinthians vs. Sao Paulo. Every game I see from Brazil it strikes me how dirty it is compared to standard British fare at the top level. Very entertaining all the same!