That one is implanted in my brain! I can see it perfectly without having to look it up.
Middle of May, 1978. I had just finished my final exams, in computer science, at university.
Scheduling hours and hours of exams for thousands of students within two or three weeks - with a variety of halls and rooms to juggle, class sizes from single figures to well into three figures, and of course some people taking peculiar combinations of subjects - is no trivial task. In fact it was done by a neat program developed by a member of the computer science department.
The best bit about that was that he "fixed" the program so that the computer science exams ended first of all in the university - i.e. they were over before anyone else's. And the reason for this was to allow us to enjoy the Home Internationals, without exams getting in the way.
And what did we get? Willie bloody Donachie
For those who don't know it, or who had managed to forget it - here it is: https://www.facebook.com/100079048004236/videos/you-cant-beat-an-own-goalback-in-may-1978-scotlands-willie-donachie-gave-us-one-/1608729533380674/
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....another season of…
… travelling hundreds of miles in my quest for entertainment.
… meeting ‘new’ nutters.
… getting matches called off – just because I’m there.
… banter in the Innes.
… banter outside the Innes.
… buying another feckin football shirt.
… watching ICT winning.
… watching ICT fluke a defeat.
… watching ICT run rings around the ‘so called’ big boys.
… match day ticket hassles.
… planning a trip up - only for the date to be changed to satisfy TV.
… being treated like a leper by some stewards.
… chicken Tikka Massala.
… pies.
… having a dislike for all things OF.
… SFA Cup draws.
… laughing at Livvy.
… laughing at County.
… tabloid bullshit.
… cheering every ICT goal whether I’m there or not.
… kicking cats or other objects that get in my way when we concede a goal.
… taking points from the OF.
… reading about car parking problems.
… drivel and excuses from managers of teams we have beaten.
… the utterly dire Scotsport.
… watching the world go by from a train window.
… watching the world go by from an aircraft window.
… superb refereeing!
… saying 3-1, 3-1, 3-1, 3-1 on the 8th of Feb.
… signing “Oh Inverness is wonderful….”
… attempts to actually get the home support to make a feckin noise.
… NPL mayhem.
… of transfer shenanigans, rumours and bullshit.
… supporting ICT, HMS Sneck and all who sail in her.