Passionate

Maybe I am getting mixed up with the old sky money... 24k is nothing special if you play on a Friday or Monday night...

What is the BBC TV game worth these days still about 80k

Good draw, Hearts maybe bring 2.5 k was thinking the same possible TV game, although Hearts were on it yesterday against Spartans.. The old firm will get the other 2 TV games as normal.

Remember back in those days we struggled to get scarves ourselves in the then under stocked club shop, they must have been acquired by fair means or foul, it was hardly a funeral pyre FFS, did happen though, irrelevant now right enough, just things you remember.

Was running late to the game yesterday and decided to pay at the gate, joined the queue and somebody in front shouted, this is the pie queue pal, halfway to the main gate, might seem joking now, but I had to have a double take... Which brings me on nicely to the catering, why oh why do we only have one stall open for near on 1700 fans, Back in League 1 when sides brought 50 odd they quite rightly had the pie stall open for them, why not for our own fans, a one point at half time yesterday one of the queues was doing the eightsom reel.. reading the saints thread they were far from impressed with the catering and service also. Maybe something for the SLO to bring up..

I seem to remember it was a midweek game after a typical postponement back then, we lost 2 - 1 to a looping Graham Bayne header late on, There was a bit of bother after it in the car park across the road, I seem to remember some Airdrie scarves being burnt by the busload of Dunfermline fans, didn't go down too well ....

Were the plans not for the Colin Weir Training ground to be in Kirkintilloch anyway at the old water works down from the stables pub restaurant.

It was very hard to do, but sportscene made St Johnstone look The better side., lol... And not many excuses given by the pundits, although McFadden wasn't on it..

Remember Airdrie signed him on loan from Celtic in January window 2 years ago, very good going forward, lots of potential seems to have lost his way when down at Hartlepool, would think he would be a solid signing and he probably still has a chance to play at a higher level, think he is a Kirkcaldy boy but don't hold that against him.

1672 Airdrie, our crowds this season are up about 30 percent than recent seasons, averaging about 1300 home fans in League games, last couple of seasons round about 1k roughly, on paper it's not great, but on our dark days of 6 or so years ago we were lucky to get 650 home fans.. like yourselves it's a modern 10k stadium and smaller crowds make it look worse, A few of our fans including myself felt we could get a result today,

So the Saints didn't go marching in then, all quirks aside , both sides have as good as each other in the pre match banter stakes.. 1032 St Johnstone fans today, really impressive support and your team let you down, it's not easy or cheap to follow football teams these days, hats off.. Good luck for the rest of the season and hopefully relegate Ross Co and that moron Adams,

I remember the last time we played St Johnstone at home in the Scottish, our first season as United, it took a last minute mishit Mark Baxter cross to save their skins that day at Airdrie, with saints beating us on penalties in the replay...... At a wintry McDiarmid Park, it's only taken us 20 years for payback, I was gutted that night travelling back..

Up past the marina, it was supposed to be for the Rob Roy , it has been finished now for about a year, only one game played on it Rossvale v Darvel Cup tie , the facility looks top class , it really is a white elephant at the moment.

Absolutely agree, this is the best I can remember the 90s were great but a different type of football, we are playing it the way it should be played, frustrating for us old hats at times though.. Young new fans treasure these moments with your old dads etc.... We will all look forward to the highlights tonight, just keep the head when we get little praise and the big bad plastic pitch is made the reason for super saints defeat..

There is a modern stadium similar to Peter's hill Park doing absolutely nothing in Kirkintilloch, probably just waiting to bite the hand off the highest bidder.

That's good might out number the home fans, most of us are spending our money paying for the RangerZ game on the TV, enjoy your day.

Interesting signing, was impressed that night at Cappielow, sounds like an old fashioned 6 or 8, an area we are strong in, with Aiken still to come back as well, the lad is here to play, where and who drops out ..... Well done to the club for keeping this signing under the radar.

Totally agree, we shouldn't be leaving anything to chance, with Megwa recalled, I would imagine Fellows would be recalled from his Loan spell at the Rovers to provide cover, not great but you have to use what you have at your disposal.... Don't think we will be seeing Cammy and Aiken match fit minus complications till about early March...

So what midweek do you think this game will be played, next midweek saints are playing, the following week we are in a semi on the Friday, it looks like the only available slot will be 6 or 7th Feb just before the next round is due.. to be fair that will be the furthest we have been on the Scottish for 20 odd years..

Forgot to add, the seats aren't actually preheated it's just the locals who will clean the seat with their ass , waiting on the laird's arriving, hopefully Finbarr and Conaghan will get the beasts fed early enough to throw us a couple of shillings...

Mission accomplished by all concerned, Hibs for sending him out on loan to get experience and Airdrie for giving him the platform on a competitive environment, that's the way loan players are supposed to work... Good luck to the lad.. Now Airdrie let's not pine for a lost love, there are players to be signed and football to be played.... Onwards and upwards

I don't agree with this, but just heard due to a ' big club' coming to town, we are hoping to coax as much money out of our visitors as possible, probably due to Perth and surrounding areas being one of the most affluent in Scotland.. Parking is apparently being priced as 5 pounds per car, 7 pounds if you rock up in a tractor.. and also 5 pounds if you have a Tory supporting sticker on your car window,(seems fair enough to me) Once you enter the stadium and you manage to avoid the bird shit stained walls (don't want to damage the tweed remember) why not queue up for an eternity to buy a reasonably priced steak pie at 5 pounds, washed down by a variety of hot drinks(bring your own salt though). After that please take to you preheated seat and enjoy the game...

Good listen as usual folks, just want to add to a point made by Emma a pretty damning statistic that our midfielders Frizzell, Telfer, McMaster, Aiken, etc have not managed to find the net in 20 league games this season, We have 19 overall and lack of goals could eventually be our downfall, I would think on average you would be expecting 12 to 15 goals a season from your midfielders.... They on the whole have performed admirably this season, with Telfer continuing to be the pick of the bunch. Hopefully this will be addressed moving forward.

Funny time to want plaudits for young players, lots of twists and turns to go yet, The moaners may well be right, who knows . But if you want a score card see below.... McMaster ... Good player, a little too safe with his passing at times.. Hancock.... Another impressive performer at lb, attacks well, probably better at going forward than defending.. O Connor.... Probably playing a league or 2 ahead of his ability at this time, Disappointing G Gallagher.... Not played much due to his indiscretions, looks as if he could make it , yet again though a safe passing centre midfielder. Dunlop ... Hard to tell, only seen him come on once.. Cassidy ... Played once at Univ cup tie and I thought he struggled, if he is our future, then we have to question do we have one.. Aiken... An energetic box to box midfielder, probably chases a game too much, One of our top performers prior to injury.. Onto the cup tie, is anybody slightly disappointed that we haven't done anything for this game, one off limited 1924 winners strip etc would have been nice(Partick did it a few years back). It could well be our last venture on the cup this season and I think we have missed the boat on this one, has anybody heard of anything else happening.

Whatever happens on Saturday Levein and all his media mates will be moaning good style about the pitch, to be fair you could record his interview just now.... The sport scene cameras will be there apparently, probably get a 2 minute highlight reel before they gush about the old firm again