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Great post and metaphor! PS I still call them hi-fi systems :-)

ROFL! I won't comment on what's gone before, done and dusted and lesson learnt... But just say don't go throwing confetti on the pitch when Tommy's around - you would get a rather large piece of his mind! :-) Thread closed unless there's anything useful to add

May be a Good Thing that if left us then! One goal in 30 games against a bunch of trainees...

The X Man must have scored for Canada while he was with us, I'm sure. Perhaps even Hastings might have scored for them some time?

Apathy 1. Oh, look it up yerself, I can't be bothered...

The basic problem is that Fir Park's sandpit pitch is awful, has been for ages

It's how I (used to) get to games

On BBC sport site, shirley cannot be seriously thinking he has a chance - managed Wycombe to 8th place in the English 4th division this season...

If you have it on the pitch don't forget the confetti! ;-) congratulations!

Croatia had more skill, more hunger, more passion. At least England players will get more time to spend with the new Porsche and Bentley models coming out next summer...

1. Gordon 2. McGregor 3. Langfield (as chosen by Alex, 46, from Glasgow) Would Brown have had more chance of a call-up to replace McGregor if he was still with us?

We must be due a win against Aberdeen - 15(?) games against them without. Ironic if we did win, goal scored by Brewster, and they decided to wave goodbye to Tango Man... ;D

I recommend the Opera Mini browser - to get it just go to mini.opera.com on your WAP service and you can get it free for most current phones. Works well, I've used it to access the forum for some time now while I don't have desktop internet :-) ... And you can post live from games or while waiting in the car park :-D

Think there's something wrong with your keyboard Mantis - words coming out in the wrong order! I'm sure what you meant to say was "I remember standing there as a goggle-eyed old buffer and getting some teenager to sign my copy" :016: Seriously, Happy Birthday to Against All Odds - one of the main reasons for my support of ICT :drinking08:

I don't know quite how long for, but suspect DU are planning a twinning arrangement with the Forth Bridge :003:

Warnock's CV is pretty good - in particular Notts County and Sheffield Utd taken into the top division, he's also a qualified referee and a chiropodist to boot (no pub intended). Apparantly turned down Chelsea while at Notts County, and given his age and experience I don't think he'd be off at the first 'big club' vacancy. An interesting and controversial character for sure!

Agree with everything said above. Best two Charlie moments to remember: Charlie's MoM at Parkhead on 8 February 2000 and the best result for the club (in the SPL anyway) at Ibrox last October. All the best and thanks :clapping03:

Yep! It serves a great fish and chips, lovely and cosy on a winter day :-)

Agreed, he's got the sort of passion, ability and commitment that would benefit any team - it's a shame he's had such major injury problems, otherwise I think he would still be with us. Would be a real loss if he did give up the game, but I can imagine he's thinking more long-term now - I didn't realise just how old he was!

Duncan Shearer got lucky on the gee-gees? :015:

I can tell you're getting old, things that happened less than three years ago already seem like over a decade in the distant past :015: :015: :015:

I understand where David Dowling's coming from, and I think perhaps an individual non-league club might find it more difficult to get a premier tie. Given the way the draw is set up though I still think non-League clubs overall have got a better chance of facing a 'big' side (i.e. top of 1st Div or SPL). Expanding on what Scotty says, Round 2 will consist of 22 non-league and 10 3rd Division clubs. Even in the unlikely event of the (random) balls coming out of the draw so that every 3rd Div club got a tie against a non-league club, and went on to beat them, that would still leave 6 non-league clubs in the draw for Round 3. In all probability some of the 3rd Div clubs will be drawn against other 3rd Div clubs, and some non-league clubs should expect to be able to beat lower 3rd div clubs (East Stirling, Elgin anyone...). Assume that 10 non-league clubs make it through to Round 3, you'd again expect some of the 2nd Div clubs to be drawn against other 2nd Div or against 3rd Div clubs. Hopefully at least a couple of non-league clubs will be able to beat their 2nd or 3rd Div opponents, justifying the expansion of the competition and their automatic inclusion. I'll stick my neck out and say that at least three non-league clubs will make it through to the Round 4 draw including the top 1st Div and SPL clubs, which I think will be an improvement on the previous position and make it a more interesting competition overall. Hopefully TV will be more interested in some of these games, fans should be more interested, and sponsorship monies increase. I've only been to one Scottish Cup game in the last few seasons, partly because of fatigue at seeing us playing the same old sides - now we're in the SPL a draw against of of our bottom six foes at SPL really doesn't get me fired up. Strangely, I would much rather have a good old-style day out on the terracing. I would be happy to see all sides in Round 1, but I don't think it will happen for the various reasons mentioned above. A question though: why did Golspie Sutherland (but none of the other 'non-non-league' sides) compete in the Qualifying Cup North (and presumably will go into the Round 1 draw next season) ???

Will you take a post-dated cheque for £1.5m drawn on the Bank of Zambia? :023: No doubt you'd get excuses like these from Rangers and Clyde clicky clicky :001:

The format's going to be a bit more complicated so that byes are avoided - entry of clubs from each division/league staggered to give some reward for clubs finishing at the top of lower divisions: Round 1 - 36 clubs enter: 14 clubs who formerly participated in the Qualifying Cup North (excluding top two in Highland League from previous season) 18 clubs who formerly participated in the Qualifying Cup South (excluding East of Scotland League and South of Scotland League champions from previous season) 4 Scottish Junior FA clubs - winners of the North/West/East Super Leagues and the Scottish Junior Cup Round 2 - 18 winners + 14 clubs enter: Top two in Highland League from previous season East of Scotland League champions from previous season South of Scotland League champions from previous season Ten SFL third division clubs Round 3 - 16 winners + 16 clubs enter: Ten SFL Second Division clubs Six SFL First Division clubs (those finishing in bottom six positions previous season) Round 4 - 16 winners + 16 clubs enter: Four SFL First Division clubs (those finishing in top four positions previous season) 12 SPL clubs and from then on it's a simple knockout for three more rounds to get to the final. Overall it sounds like a Good Thing, although I suspect an explanation of the rather complicated entry stages for the different clubs will have to be printed on a little card for reporters, managers, fans and others to carry around for reference! I guess you couldn't bring the top clubs in at an earlier stage because of the potential fixture pile ups after Christmas for those clubs still in the League Cup and Europe (whoops ) I think this setup gives the smaller teams a pretty good chance to progress though, and more opportunity for 'giant killing'. Presumably the actual draws won't be seeded, so you can end up with any team drawn against any team in any round?

McCall behave like a tube? Never I do rate his managerial abilities however, given a reasonable (or less) amount of resources he seems to do pretty well.