Sneckboy

I've e-mailed reddie's post to Bletchley Park!

We could guarantee Europe by finishing 2nd or 3rd. There are some scenarios where 4th could also be enough, but I can't think of any permutations where 5th place qualifies!

Current situation following Ross Drapers's contract extension: Signed up until the end of season 2016-17: • Richie Foran Signed up until the end of season 2015-16: • John Hughes - Manager • Russell Latapy - Assistant Manager • Aaron Doran • Carl Tremarco • Danny Williams • Dean Brill • Ryan Esson • James Vincent • Ross Draper Signed up until the end of next season (2014-15): • Greg Tansey • Daniel Devine • Graeme Shinnie • Nick Ross • Marley Watkins • Gary Warren • David Raven • Josh Meekings • Billy McKay • Ryan Christie • Liam Polworth Signed up until the end of this season (2013-14): • Jason Brown • Joe Gorman • Cammy Mackay • Matthew Cooper • Ali Sutherland • Conor Pepper • Calum Howarth • Jay Cheyne • Ben Greenhalgh • Nick Draper • Calum Ferguson (On loan at Montrose until end of this season) • Adam Evans

Interesting stat on penalty shoot outs - the Czech Republic have been involved in 3 and won them all with 20 scored from 20!

Without wishing to comment directly on specific incidents in the game, the most enduring, common misperception amongst fans is the 'he got the ball first' fallacy. Getting to the ball first does not mean a foul has not been committed.

There will always be an imbalance with the fixtures with the current set-up. Even getting to the split at 33 games means half the teams have more home games than away fixtures. And the scenario of playing a team 3 times at home and just once away does happen! I'd prefer to see the split after 22 games with a further 10 games post-split. That ensures equal home-and-away games against clubs for all. Or even better, I'd like for the 'top tier' to be a 16 team, 32 game league - but that's a whole different can of worms, and the SPFL can never please everybody. However, I'm really pleased about the implementation of the beginnings of a pyramid system, from next season and also the 'Premiership' play-off spot in place now. With Hearts effectively doomed from the off, there would've been so many dead-games in the bottom half of the table this season but instead, teams like County, Killie, St. Mirren, Partick and even Hibs have a lot to play for over the next few weeks.

Hughes record (all competitions): Won 5, Drawn 8, Lost 6.

Polworth has had 6 starts this season, along with 12 sub appearances.

Not necessarily! In one example, Aberdeen & Dundee United finish 2nd and 3rd, with us 4th and Motherwell 5th. Then, St.Johnstone win the Scottish Cup. We would miss out.

Update after yesterday. Penalties taken for ICT. (Last: Aaron Doran (scored) v. Aberdeen 16th March 2014) Aaron Doran (100%) Y Y Y Ross Draper (100%) Y Y James Vincent (100%) Y Nick Ross (80%) Y Y X Y Y Greg Tansey (67%) Y Y X Billy McKay (67%) Y Y Y Y Y Y Y X X X Y X Graeme Shinnie (60%) Y Y X Y X Richie Foran (33%) X Y X

Just to elaborate on that, in Aberdeen's great run of form over the last 13 matches, the only team they failed to score against is ICT (twice). We are certainly doing something right, and our tactics were spot on. Over the last 255 minutes we've played against Aberdeen, we're 4-0 up!

From mid-week: Singapore S-League Kevin McCann (Warriers 3-0 Harimau Muda)

Raven at left back?!

12,000 for Gretna seems to be the common figure in different sources around the web but Livingston's attendance is harder to pin down. I've seen 2 'sources' stating the figure was 8,000. However, for those worrying about any perceived stigma about us taking the smallest travelling support to any major Scottish final - rest easy! Many of the early Scottish Cup finals were played out to paltry crowds before the boom years of huge attendances. Our 7,000 fans outnumber the total crowd for some of the Cup Finals of the 19th Century!

From last night: Highland League Zander Sutherland (Strathspey Thistle 0-6 Brora Rangers) David Hind (Strathspey Thistle 0-6 Brora Rangers) Martin Laing TWO GOALS (Huntly 1-5 Clachnacuddin) Andrew Greig (Strathspey Thistle 0-6 Brora Rangers) Roy McBain (Deveronvale 3-2 Cove Rangers) Craig MacMillan (Fraserburgh 5-2 Buckie Thistle) Ross Tokely (Strathspey Thistle 0-6 Brora Rangers) Andrew Skinner (Huntly 1-5 Clachnacuddin) Lewis MacKinnon (Fraserburgh 5-2 Buckie Thistle)

Sam Winnall on target last night for Scunthorpe. (19th of the season)

The appeal hearing was scheduled for Thursday, so they would've been ineligible for the final had we lost the appeal. But as we're not appealing, the players will serve the first-part of their ban tomorrow against Hibs, with the second-part being next seasons 4th Round Scottish Cup tie.

It is indeed an 'adage'. But only that. A comprehensive study was done on this presumption - summarised in a book about football fallacies (forgotten its name). But it dismisses the idea of being vulnerable after scoring. Comprehensive statistics show it's a complete myth! The other notable observation from the study was that, despite fans rousing their team on after securing a corner, a goal only occurs roughly once in every 30 corners!

This happens all the time - all clubs 'play the system' to meet their own ends. Immediately after our defeat by Dundee United, It was strongly suggested that we'd be looking to get at least one of the decisions rescinded. However, after the dust settled, and with the possible implications of appealing evident, we opted not to challenge the sendings-off, there-by enabling Watkins and Tansey to remain eligible for the League Cup Final. Sorry, Big G, there's no conspiracy theory here.

Update for all games played this season (33) 3 games finished 0-0, so obviously no first goal. We score first win 16 draw 3 lose 0 They score first win 0 draw 2 lose 9 Although a cliché, the first goal really does seem to be so significant to the eventual outcome!

I like that! A good sound, with shades of Del Amiti meets Big Country!

We might just see a spike in our ticket sales this week after all! To think you could be sitting next to a Dons fan at the game...ask the person next to you an ICT trivia question that Caley Thistle fans would know - like 'What's the name of the street the ICT Social Club's on?' (Greig Street) - If they get it wrong, alert the stewards and have them ejected!

Game tomorrow at St. Mirren. 1.30pm.

Bad result? It's the worst home result in our history! And we're lucky it wasn't more than 5-0. United were playing-out time for the last half-hour. I definitely think there was one eye on the League Cup Final. Many fans have been just as 'guilty'. Too much nonsense about flags and songs and using the Scottish Cup quarter-final as a 'rehearsal' (!!), not to mention calls for players to 'visit schools and Tesco' in the week of a huge game! Dundee United will have been aware of this naivety.

These days, 'gutted' is too often trotted-out as the over-riding emotion after a set-back - but I can't think of another word right now to describe how I feel after that 'get-out-of-jail' decision that keeps the Ibrox team in the Scottish Cup! I was genuinely feeling that Albion Rovers were going to hold-out for a sensational win. Getting a draw is still magnificent, but it could have been so much better. As Kingsmills observes, the 'equaliser' shouldn't have been given. In a low-profile, bread-and-butter game like a League Two, East Stirlingshire v. Albion Rovers match, it would have been ruled-out for a foul on the 'keeper - no question. Mohsni clattered the goalie into the back of the net! If he'd done the same to an opposing player going-up for a header in the centre-circle it would have been a foul. Disgusted! However, plaudits to Rovers; their manager sounds like a guy you'd run through brick walls for. He comes across as motivational, upbeat and articulate.