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Really clever from McGowan. Lovely finish too.

The Battersbee wifie has a lot to learn about exploiting a vulnerable family member to feather her own nest. Hannah Moore would have had the NHS pay to transport the poor kid to a luxury hospice in Barbados, accompanied by his extended family. There's definitely potential there, though.

I heard that. I think I cringed myself into the future.

Also, the new season started weeks ago. For the BBC, the new season starts on the day that either Rangers or Celtic play their first competitive match.

Bumping this for the new season. Rangers on first, and Kenny Miller is wearing a suit and tie. (No confirmation on whether the two are related.)

Just head to Wellington Circle. Get there early and park on the road, or there are a few office / industrial units right next to the ground which people use to park on matchdays (the businesses seem to be shut at the weekend). There's probably enough parking there to accommodate a normal crowd. Other than that you could try the Pure Gym / Ikea car park but you might have a bit of a wait to get out after the match.

I thought it seemed soft. The Livi player didn't protest much though.

Oh f**k off.

Definitely. I'll grudgingly admit he's half-decent at the old arguing. However, Truss is wearing a blue dress, and is white, so she'll probably win.

Simon Calder handling the gammons on the Dover situation. Ledge.

Me too. Although, as you guys might be aware, it's not completely unheard of for a heavily-fancied Dons team to completely shit the bed in a televised cup match....

You beat me to it. Utterly baffling!

Fair enough if the blackout doesn't apply. Sunday 3pm is probably just where Premier Sports have a slot then. And if you played the telly game on Friday, then doesn't that just shift the supposed unfairness from Queens or any of the Saturday teams, to Dons/Rovers? I don't think the fixture scheduling works like Aberdeen (or any other team) lobbying the telly company /SPFL to let them play the last game of the group stage so they can get a slight competitive advantage, that may not even transpire as the earlier rounds of matches progress. I could be way out with that though!

It's on Premier Sports, who have the broadcast rights and can't show it at 3pm on a Saturday. Is this a "fairness" thing? With an odd number of teams in each group, the final round of fixtures is never going to be 100% fair anyway, as each group has one team who finish their matches before the other four.

The results today mean we've already qualified for the next round. Only a win gets us seeded. I think.

Wait, what? If Rovers beat us by two goals tomorrow, we'll both have 9 points and their GD will be +8 and ours +7, so they'll win the group.

Friendlies don't count, surely. And Duk's footballing nationality is Cape Verde, apparently. If Duk is Portugese, then Simmie is English, and that kinda doesn't feel right... I have no idea if anyone from either Portugal or Cape Verde has ever played a competitive match for the Dons.

Wooft! Shame for Belgium, they played well.

McLean is the true keeper of the flame for the Archie McPherson "talk louder when something significant happens, without giving any information about what is happening" commentary method.

This has been my main non-fitba podcast in the last couple of months. Other than that and a bit of personal finance and history it's mainly fitba stuff - The Terrace, ABZ football, the Ramble and Guardian Football Weekly (although I avoid the last two when there's an international tournament on, until England get knocked out of course).

Rovers win the shootout so they can still top the group. Chick Young seemed to think we had clinched top spot at half time, but by full time he'd dialled that back to "the Dons have clinched a place in the knockouts". I'm not convinced he fully understand how points work, so I tried to work out if we actually had but it made my brain hurt. I think it would be unusual to get nine points and not progress.

Is this... happiness.... ? I'm not sure I like it.

He really should have mentioned his military career a bit more often.

I think I heard him say he was doing it for a couple of weeks, after which presumably McIntyre will take over permanently.

If the hottest temperature in England today is 1.3 degrees below the record, surely that demonstrates that the Earth is in fact getting colder, not warmer? That's the bloody wokes and scientists telt!