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Wonder if the final tonight can match the action at Ferguson Park, Rosewell today. Here's guest player and Champions' League winner Benni McCarthy bulleting home a header for Whitehill Welfare against Hamilton Accies XI. Final score 5-3 to the Accies.

I would...but ain't nobody got time to do that.

Raw match footage...

Ryan Christie Dean Brill Graeme Shinnie More to follow.

I will provide a Smileymometer template following the Brum game.

That is the 3rd year running we have been poor in Elgin and with it only being pre season it never concerns me. My only concern so far is the lack of signings.

Played with 8 recognised midfielders in the second half, with Esson, Tremarco and Meekings the only exceptions. Draper excellently made up a 3 man defence and Meekings was excellent going forward from the right back position. Sadly, nothing else really to say about game at all. Shinnie played in midfield throughout and did well, Billy scored a tap in and Watkins a header. More passing around at the edge of the box than I'd like to see and shooting was poor. Oh, and Michael Fraser was their keeper! Would have been nice to see more "new" players get a but of time of the pitch but Hughes appears to be sticking to his word about not making any changes, with the only guys on the pitch who I've never seen playing for us before being Ferguson and Rennie, neither of whom got any significant time although Ferguson certainly looked hungry for it and we were desperately needing a striker by that time. Given that we started the game with basically our first team, and all those who came on at ht were recognised and regular first team players too, it was somewhat uninspiring overall. But hey ho, let's get the rustiness out of the way before the season starts!

I am shure Laurence that you would agree that the yoof and the newcomers are made fully aware of the true history of Caledonian and Thistle FC. Otherwise it is a bit like watching Braveheart and taking it fer granted that it was the real thing.