Josuke Higashikata

Bernard Manning-esque patter there.

Would love a visit to Threave one day tbh. Been to Castle Douglas and the lovely chippy, not the team.

Did a seagull eat your ice cream on the Largs seafront? It's happened to me, btw.

Kirkintilloch 0, Largs 3. It is remarkable to see Largs finish fifth. I do recall an article in the local paper worrying if we'd be in a relegation battle in August. If Beith continue to have Diver next season they will be hard to dislodge from the top of the table.

Love a ground with big grassy terracing. Currently Newmains 0, Thorn 3. (You can’t see the grassy terracing as Pie and Bov has an 8mb image limit. Sorry.)

Owen McGinty seems to score a fair few for Cambuslang. Good to see, despite him being a bit of a pain to play against.

Patter which needs to die tbh.

A great turnout at Barrfields tonight. Ciaran Diver is exceptional for Beith - the strongest all round side in the West.

The crest in my avatar is a clue. Eventually ill do it professionally…

2-2 at Arthurlie versus Talbot. Picked a good time to wrap up the language learning.

Arthurlie 1, Talbot 1. And I miss both goals as on Duolingo…

Arthurlie 0, Talbot 1. Early doors.

When we at Gartcairn twice there was two porta-toilets and a food van. Was the latter missing today?

Maybe it’s me but I just can’t trust any user who doesn’t use the default font on Pie and Bovril.

Abbey Vale last season?

Well worth the trip from Edinburgh.

To be fair, that Facebook page is a binfire. I had a former player say “who wants to watch Bellshill versus Maybole?”. And those wanting to bring the wee Ayrshire league, and 22 games a season, back. Cute. Classic social media nonsense.

To be blunt, there was no good reason to continue the way things were in 2020. Or 2017, or even earlier, as it stood in the juniors. The challenge for anyone arguing otherwise, or wanting to go back to those days, is disproving the above. In a way that avoids lazy rehashes of "long journeys" or "low crowds". With the pyramid... it took almost ten years in England for it to solidify with automatic promotion and relegation in the 1980s. And into the 2000s before it became yet more fluid. It will take time in Scotland, too.

Shotts is a good day out. Let's see them get promoted.

Resigned today. As I’ve said before, he wasn’t ever previously our Head of Youth Development.

We were told we couldn't play a regional cup match due to a later round Junior Cup match being a few miles away. This was a few years ago now but in the Pie and Bovril era. Needless to say, it didn't help our backlog. No games for weeks.

I miss traffordab.

Last season? (Not that it isn't a fair point. But context is key.)

And the solitary “lol” when they’ve been called out.

Darvel 0, Largs 1. Worth it on a freezing evening.