grumpy

Just up from Fir Park, at the corner of Knowetop Avenue and Windmillhill street, opposite the school.

I watched it in a sports bar on a small Greek island that very few will have heard of. I had gone in the day before (any excuses for a beer) to check they would show it, and the owner put it on a telly in the corner running from a laptop just for me. The other TVs were showing tennis, formula one and a couple of English games, but something finished before the goal and the owner changed that TV to the 'well game but it was running ahead of the computer feed. As the game was almost finished, I just kept watching the computer feed and when the goal went in I assumed it would be chopped off so I wasn't too excited at first but because the other TV was ahead, I kept looking over and the goal seemed to be being allowed. By the time I knew the goal was good, it was too late for a jump around so I just sat and pished myself laughing instead. Great day.

Just finished watching the match an Alba and, for me, it was no great stand outs and no failures, I could pick from about four or five, Gallagher, O'Hara, Polworth, Watt and Lang all deserve consideration but I plumped for O'Hara in the end, he is very composed under pressure and seems to have helped Gallagher get his mojo back.

Strangely, that is exactly what I was thinking. One of my favourite memories was that Scottish cup game at Fir Park and the fact that Fergie didn't stop moaning about the game for weeks.

That they were, I was at the same fixture in 1978, the Willie Donachie own goal game, and all I remember is Gemmill and Yorath kicking seven shades out of each other. Happy days and not a booking in site.

Ach, he was nothing without Archie Gemmill. PS thanks for the clip, back to when internationals actually were to be enjoyed and not endured.

You said "From Ross County to Accies in the league table , if any of those teams win another game before we do, we’re not catching them this season." You are arguing that we won't close a four point gap on Accies over, potentially, 31 games. That was the reason for my response. PS you may be right, but I don't agree.

Wow, just fucking wow.

I almost voted for Carson for the save in the first half or Grimshaw just for the meltdown but went for Polworth in the end, just shading out Long.

Wet and windy (and awful)

Glentoran v Torshavn on the BBC red button (in case anyone is bored)

Aye, but he was talking about the opposition winger, not the ball.

Quite a few years ago I had the great pleasure of playing golf with Willie Pettigrew, it was the summer that Mark Reynolds was being touted for a £1m move to Rangers. I offered my opinion that Reynolds would be better staying at Fir Park for longer and gaining more experience and that a big money move would obviously follow, the great man's answer was that he could break his leg tomorrow and his career would be over and hat he should grab the money when it was available. At the time I was surprised, but the older I get the more I realise how sensible the argument was. Oh, and I was so in awe of my hero, I could barely swing the club properly,

Personally, I think it is funny that he is one of the few managers we have had who didn't spend the whole of the week leading up to an old firm game telling everybody how good the opposition was. Would he have done well long term? I think it unlikely, but that 6-1 aggregate still gives me a warm glow when I think of it.

The Partick Thistle goalie.

Me three

Probably, or we could cancel trident....... just a thought.

Yup, the shop to the left is now McDonald's, Claude Alexander was next to Woolworth's , the Horseshoe is to the right of the bus and it looks like the picture was taken from upstairs in what is now a Turkish barbers. The Post office was down from Claude Alexander and the best shop in Motherwell (Toytown) was above it, the second best shop (the Candy box) was directly across the road from the Post office, or at least that is the unbiased opinion of the seven year old me.

Richard Tait jogged past me in Strathclyde Park yesterday when I was out for my walk, I know people say he has lost his pace but he is a damn sight faster than I am.

Renewed today, the only difficulty was when I tried to donate to the Motherwell FC v Covid-19 link I kept getting an error message telling me that I was using a different delivery location for each, I just had to give up in the end and only pay for my season ticket.

Impossible to see past Campbell, that's as good as any of our team has played for a few months. Long and O'Hara were outstanding and Grimshaw, Gallacher (of course) and Polworth also deserving of a mention.

I wish he were a Hearts fan, they deserve each other.

I almost said that, but decided it was a bit harsh

I'll never forget John Gardner. And some people used to moan about Stevie Woods....

What, not sitting with the rest of the squad.....Boo!