Raith Against The Machine

I went down with the intention of taking a photo earlier (well, that and getting a bovril) but there was a big mean looking felly behind me in the queue and I didn't feel comfortable snapping photos of beachballs in pie stalls with him in such close proximity.

The globe is still there!

I did wonder if it was The World that we're occasionally Rocking All Over, but that makes more sense. Presumably Bodge materialises next to the hot water caddy at about half 2 every second Saturday, á la Kelly LeBrock in Weird Science. You just know its not going to be there on Thursday, and I'm going to look like a maniac, á la Anthony Michael Hall in Weird Science.

You know my biggest concern at the moment? In the South Stand pie-stall that's nearest the Main Stand (the one opposite the 200 Club's new haunt), there's a shelf against the back wall, and in the very corner, there's a cardboard box, tipped on its side, so the opening faces outwards. Inside, there's a fully inflated beach-ball-style globe. I noticed it at the Dumbarton game, and it was still there (although slightly less flated (more deflated-er?)) against Cowdenbeath. It's keeping me awake at night. Why is it there? I can't fathom a single reason, no matter how much I stretch the limits of my imagination, for a pie-stall to require a globe. How often do football catering staff need to consult a scaled down plastic representation of the planet Earth? I don't know if anyone else has seen it, or if they can offer a plausible explanation, but it's absolutely bizarre.

Why is the Bill Murray film "Meatballs" called "Meatballs"?

Fun fact: the actress who plays Rory in the Gilmore Girls has English as a second language. She grew up speaking Spanish. I don't know who her boyfriend is, but he's almost certainly a creep.

I read something the other day which blew me away. When they first started casting The Wire, the number one choice to play McNulty was: They quickly realised he couldn't do a convincing Baltimore accent, and the next in line was: He turned down the chance of an audition because he "didn't want to do a series". Can you imagine how different the show could've been?

League One sides can definitely play trialists. Airdrie had Keagan Parker up front last week. It'd be odd if you can't play them in the second tier but you can in the third. I agree with the last two posters though. I think he'd be a better fit for this team than the one he actually played in, but I'd be surprised if he wasn't just keeping his fitness up at a Scottish club where he knows some of the boys/the manager.

Is that Grant Anderson tattooed on his arm?

I was in the pub last night with some folk from my work, and I heard the greatest put-down ever. Some laddie was trying to chat up one of the girls, and was spinning her a line about recognising her from school. 'That's funny, because I don't remember being at school with any fat mongos.'

All of this Nelson Mandela shit at the football. I saw someone on Twitter saying that they'd had a minutes applause at his Sunday league game. Maybe I'm mistaken, but was he even a football guy? I know he had some involvement in South Africa's rugby team when they won the World Cup (him and Matt Damon were fly-halfs, I think) but the dude has been cold for a week now and they're still giving it the whole "big loss" shtick before the Champions League games. I really don't understand this whole grief fetish that some people (and, many times multiplied, some organisations) have. It's like nobody wants to be the first one to stop clapping after one of Hitler's speeches. God forbid someone has a game of football without a minute's silence for whatever barely relevant human being(s) stopped breathing this week.

Here was me thinking you were the oracle when it came to Rovers players being eligible/ineligible, Yoss! I think that particular storm has blown over already, though. Seems one of the boys from The Sun has been onto the club and they've confirmed that clearance was received from the SFA before Satuday. https://twitter.com/robertthomson55/status/407910938910552064

Excellent news. The club is once again making all the right noises. Turnover was always going to be up, but a 4.5% reduction in costs is pretty impressive given the (subjective) improvement to the squad. I would've liked a wee bit of detail on the whole Stark's Park situation, but that's nitpicking, really.

He's contracted until the end of next season. I'd need to check, but I think he and Vaughan are the only two who aren't free agents in the summer.

There used to be some really awful, tacky, flowery curtains at my Gran's house, and I'd love to find a copy of the pattern, purely for a wee nostaliga trip. Can anyone help? Oh, nevermind...

She could eat a chocolate orange without taking it out of the box.

The Rovers tried charging for web content before, remember. It didn't work out well.

It's a good move.

I was just having a look through the posts I've had upvoted and I think this one is the undoubted highlight of my ten years on this website.

He's pretty versatile, has played both right back and left back for us when needed, and I'm sure he's played centre half for the youths/reserves. I'm glad he's getting out to get some first team experience. We haven't put many youth players out on loan in the last few years but it's good to see.

CLIVE, Dunfermline’s only peacock, will continue to be lonely after Fife Council confirmed they have delayed plans to introduce more into the Glen. A Fife Council spokesman said the decision was down to the peacock sanctuary’s building being unfinished and that it had “nothing to do with the birds themselves”. http://www.dunfermlinepress.com/news/roundup/articles/2013/10/27/475799-return-of-dunfermlines-peacocks-delayed/

I think we'll see Stewart on the bench this afternoon. Something terrible must've happened to Ludo Roy. His career is built on situations like this!

Having had a glance at encroachment-gate from last night's Morton game, has anyone else noticed that Joe Cardle might be the most blatant culprit for that particular crime? I don't think he's actually managed to block one yet but any time the opposition have a wide freekick he takes a running leap at it from his original ten yard position. I love the enthusiasm!

I really like the all white kit. Blue shorts would make it look a little bit too much like a Dundee away kit, for me. Devastated at the Davie McGurn news. Hopefully it's not a long lay off and the surgeon has bionic hands of his own to get that injury repaired. It goes without saying that he's the first name on the teamsheet and we really must get behind big Laidlaw. If we can get him a song of his own before Tuesday I'd be delighted!