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If you have access to BBC iPlayer, then you can change the location - under "settings" - to Scotland, and get the Scottish channels. I have used it to watch Caley Thistle live on BBC Scotland and BBC Alba, but I assume that you can also see the programme after the live transmission.

https://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/sport/gardiner-caley-thistle-could-not-relegate-another-club-by-voting-yes-to-spfl-proposals-196496/ "We could not countenance a situation where we could take a vote which would lead to redundancies at Hearts and Partick Thistle on Monday morning and goodness knows what at Stranraer."

Are there any online multiplayer soccer games? Could play out the remaining fixtures that way, with the teams being picked by the managers, and streaming or televising the matches. Though it could favour the team with the fastest broadband.

Gotcha! When I first saw it, it was indeed familiar. I was convinced that that was Cairn Gorm - maybe from Loch Morlich, but there aren't any churches there. It's Loch Alvie, a few miles south of Aviemore.

I think it's grossly unfair to the clubs who will be relegated - eg Partick - and to those which miss out on possible direct promotion - eg Falkirk. Would be much fairer to declare the season null and void, and distribute the money evenly. That would upset the likes of Dundee Utd and Cove, but you can't please everyone. Typical of the shambolic nature of football administration is that nowhere does it say what majority is required to pass this resolution. Is it a straight majority, a certain percentage, or what? And there is also this little gem of ambiguity: "If the resolution is approved, the SPFL has also committed to consulting with Clubs over the possibility of League restructuring ahead of Season 2020/21." That can only mean that before next season they will talk to clubs about league restructuring. It cannot mean that the league will be restructured ahead of 2020/21 - because then they wouldn't be able to say who is promoted and relegated!

I've eaten and drunk in it as the Waterfront, and would very happily go again. When it was the Black Bull, it had a bit of a rough reputation. We had a family friend - my Mum's best friend since they were young - and she lived in one of the small flats in Huntly Court, directly behind the pub. She went to one of the Free churches every Sunday, and then had to sneak unseen into the newsagents because buying Sunday papers was a big no-no. She never married, but had a wicked sense of humour, and was basically the epitome of a maiden aunt or spinster aunt (although she wasn't actually a relative). Anyway, we - especially my Mum - were gobsmacked one day when we discovered that she was in the habit of going alone into the Black Bull of an evening, having a port-and-lemon or two, and passing the time with the regulars. "Don't you know about its reputation?" "Rubbish! They are always very nice to me, and I've never seen any trouble." Happy days

One of my favourites is the Balvenie, and IIRC it's very close to Glenfiddich. Are we looking past Balvenie to Glenfiddich's warehouses?

I've just seen in yesterday's paper that the English and Scottish FAs have received permission from UEFA to remove the Saturday afternoon TV blackout for the remainder of this season. This would enable closed-door games to be televised, should the season be restarted. Personally, I still don't see the season being restarted, despite UEFA's insistence on no admittance to next season's European club competitions unless the season is finished. For a start, it would be impossible to restart immediately permission was given, because players will not be match-fit and the risk of injury would be high.

This just reported by the Guardian: "The Queen has recorded a special broadcast on the coronavirus outbreak to be broadcast on Sunday, Buckingham Palace said. " Another one who hightailed it out of town, and only then started telling us to pull together. Apparently Prince Andrew is the only one left in London

So you missed the opening of the Nightingale/ ExCeL hospital in London this morning?

Ah, OK, thanks. Thought it was a bit early for them to have reached that stage! One report says that these are the final standings, but another says that they haven't decided yet what to do about promotion and relegation.

All teams had only one game to play, and Bruges were 15 points ahead. So no, that's not likely to set a precedent for anywhere else!

I think it's the only sensible solution. It would be tough on clubs like Liverpool and Dundee United, but these are extraordinary times. I would hope that any club who challenged such a decision would get short shrift in court. And also hope that reasonable agreements regarding money can be made with sponsors, advertisers, broadcasters, etc - and season ticket holders.

How many can there be? Stornoway?

No close marking (so no change for us :)) Choreographed elbow-bumping to celebrate goals. Bring your own toilet roll, but certainly no wasting it by throwing it onto the pitch.

Not if he has had a test and it definitely shows that he doesn't have it.

As a postscript, all of this was made redundant when we decided not to travel. The reason for our trip was to see my Mum - next Sunday is Mothers' Day. But she lives in a care home in the town, and we decided that there is no way we can take the risk of introducing coronavirus into a care home. The likelihood is probably still low - though increasing - but the possible consequences are too awful to contemplate. Thought we were going to lose money on flights and hotel, but we see that Easyjet and Premier Inn are now allowing customers to amend "non-flexible" bookings. So I'll be doing that as soon as we have picked another date, well into the future!

I do think that something needs to be done, and would welcome larger divisions, whilst noting the consequent problem of teams being marooned in mid-table with little to play for except position. However, I can't see any changes being made for next season. The reason I say that is this season would then have started under one set of rules, especially those governing promotion and relegation, and ended, albeit unexpectedly, under another set of rules. Can't do that. For example, those teams which still had a chance of promotion, but which would miss out if you changed everything, would cry foul. In the Championship, that could be everyone beneath us except Partick. Can't start a competition under one set of conditions and end it under another. I think they will have to declare the season null and void.

https://premierleague-static-files.s3.amazonaws.com/premierleague/document/2020/02/06/5767eccb-b0b6-40fb-8101-7f25f3f7f73f/2019-20-PL-Handbook-060220.pdf I just had a quick look, and I think he's havering Can't see anything there about a premature end to the season. I also had a quick look at the SPFL rules yesterday, and there is absolutely nothing in there about what happens if the season cannot be completed. We are boldly going where no man has gone before. (In peacetime, anyway.)

Depending on how things go, it could be played as a curtain-raiser to the start of next season. A bit like the Community Shield in England, but classier

I would have thought they would attempt to play behind closed doors. There are competitions to finish, prize money to be awarded, promotion & relegation to be determined, contracts (eg TV) to fulfil, etc. That is unless there is a travel ban, or sufficient players and officials become infected to make it unfeasible.

Which is exactly why I was hoping to speak Inverneesiun mun-to-mun with the local office Easyjet always in the past had an exclusive arrangement with Europcar, and I had no complaints with them. In fact I joined their loyalty scheme, and was getting free upgrades when available - in one case from a Corsa to a VW Passat estate! My booking is now with "Keddy by Europcar", which seems to be a new brand which they have introduced since I last used them, some time last year.

Just to wrap this up. Focus Car Hire couldn't give me a number for Sixt, but were very pleasant. I couldn't change the booking using the Sixt website, because it was booked via Easyjet. I gave up trying to get through on the phone to Sixt. Endless plinky-plonky music, no indication of where I was in the queue, and they didn't even tell me that my call was important to them. If you change date or time on the Easyjet booking, it does a complete new search of all the car hire firms that they have deals with. So I now have a car for all the time that I'll need it. The extra cost is about the same as a couple of (St Albans) pints. And Sixt have lost the business. If only there was some way of telling them.

Romans never stay this far north for long

Currently have 42 points from 26 games, so 6 or 7 from the next four.