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Someone, Jonny Hayes, I think, threw a pair of boots tied together by the laces into the air. I saw them rather late as they descended from up above and had someone taller and more agile not caught them, I might well have been garrotted.

I know we shouldn't read too much into the game when there is the party frame of mind but we were distinctly 2nd best until our player of the year slotted home the goal. But as has been the case recently, lady luck was with us. Dundee nearly went ahead when Esson made a superb save to deflect a well struck free kick onto the post. Then a Dundee player decided to fall on his *rse well before the tackle came in when he was well placed to score - should have been booked. A further attack saw a pretty cynical challenge from Bulvitis not penalised and then the ball moved up the other end of the park for our goal. Bulvitis was very poor today and will struggle at a higher level. The rest of the back 4 were excellent. Hayes was terrific and put the fear of God in the opposition. Often there were 3 or even four opponents on him which created a fair bit of space for the rest of our midfield which they failed to take advantage of. They dwelt far too long on the ball, first touch was poor and so was the distribution. Even Rooney, apart from a well taken goal seemed to lack control. We looked a much poorer side without Richie Foran. Nice to see Nick Ross get a game - he did OK. Eric missed two golden opportunites and then Ross missed another but more than a single goal win would have flattered us. But the main thing is - we won! again! We seem to have learnt the knack of winning when not playing well and if we can do that in the SPL I will be more than happy.

The speculation was more entertaining than the reality

Our paths crossed from time to time at work. A real gent.

Yes, we could do with some cover for Rooney.

Great effort. But if they fall behind, they can always hitch a lift on the Dundee supporters bus - should be plenty of room. B)

If the club is determined to stop fans coming onto the pitch during the game then the answer is to stop all this winning nonsense. Let's get back to the early season dross and there should be no worries about any pitch invasion repercussions. However, just in case the club do not take this sensible precaution and our team do to Dundee what they did to Ayr last week, I have taken the precaution of procuring a seat right at the back in the middle of a row so that it will make it extremely difficult for this middle aged git to leap over the wall and skip onto the pitch to the great embarrassment of the club and my family alike. I urge everybody else to take the club's statement seriously and take whatever precautions they deem necessary to restrain themselves at times of such overwhelming excitement. Those sitting nearer the front might want to tie their shoe laces together, for example.

Many thanks Doofers Mum still ahead of me with one set of matches left. Hmm.

Scotty, are you updating the league prior to the last match of the season and allowing predictions for the final week? It would be good to know how many more places I have dropped following recent dismal predictions. Thanks.

If you do travel by Ryanair it will be important to read the safety card. Most folk don't bother and therefore may have missed some important changes.

And losing 1 - 0 to a Marrowman penalty

He's English. He's running a Scottish Team tho Should have added the laughy smilies :) so you'ld know it wasn't a serious reply!

He's English.

33 could be the number of appearences Andy Marrowman made in the 2008-9 season for the massive haul of 2 goals.

I don't often buy a lottery ticket but yesterday morning I decided I would. And rather than do the normal (un)lucky dip I thought that I would use ICT as my inspiration and chose the following numbers. 7 - being the number of games in the winning run (before the Ayr game) 9 - being the mumber of points we were leading the league by 19 - being both the number of matches we had gone undefeated and the number of matches won 22 - being the number league goals Rooney had scored 32 - being our goal difference 34 - being the number of games played With the lads producing a stunning 7 - 0 victory things were going well - and then the draw was made with the following numbers 1 4 12 23 33 40 Not a single feckin number right Oh well. Back to reality.

And much less expensive..... Cheaper and less expensive? Yes, I've heard them bleating about how much they get paid.

Whilst I have some sympathy for giving a chance to the fringe players, I would urge Terry to go with what he feels is his strongest attacking line up for a number of reasons. 1. The fans want to cheer those players who have achieved so much in the last few weeks. 2. The players who have acheived so much deserve to play in this final game in front of a celebrating crowd. 3. We want to continue with the winning run and end the season on a winning note. 4. We have a score to settle with Dundee. We need to demonstrate that we are a better team than they are in a head to head. 5. We will need our best team to beat Dundee. Make no mistake, they will be out to ruin our party - they have been humiliated in the run in and will want to cut us down to size. In addition, they will be playing for contracts in a situation where the future for them at the club is very uncertain. I expect a very hard game with us winning 2-1. Hayes and Munro to score.

Agree with Davie too but its a shame that some people can't spot the tongue in cheek remarks (of which there have been a lot in the last 24 hours) and simply ignore them if they don't appreciate the gentle humour. I think some folks brains have been addled by either too much refreshment last night or they simply can't cope with having nothing to criticise the team for. For my part the "invasions" were clearly harmless high spirits and should be a non issue. By the way, did anybody bring back any of the turf from the pitch? There's a bare patch on my lawn which needs replacing.

I expect the Dundee fans to bring white flags next week.

The simplest thing would be to unite behind the manager and all bring English flags.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2004/no...knowledge.sport This link includes the following statement "Latvian hotshots FK Venkspits had eight different scorers in an 8-0 Uefa Cup preliminary round win over B68 Toftir of the Faroe Islands". So it was not a record yesterday but obviously very unusual.

Perhaps County would have more success in scoring goals and winning games if Adams learnt to do what Terry only rather belatedly did. That is to stop picking Barrowman and play somebody who understands that the aim of the game is to get the ball between the posts.

Why did Rooney only score one? Was he not trying? Is he suffering a dip in form? Seriously though, don't know if it is a record but it's only one better than Huddersfield who won 6-0 away from home yesterday with 6 different scorers. Perhaps this is not as unusual at the feat of Chris Nichol playing for Aston Villa several years ago when he was the only scorer in a 2-2 draw.

Seventh goal, seventh scorer, seventh heaven! What a team and what a way to celebrate the championship!

For me it was the first game of the season - the stunning victory over a Montrose side brimming with confidence and eager to humble the newly relegated big boys from the North. For 90 minutes the game was the most awful rubbish you have ever seen. One wag asked whether we would get our money back if we stayed for extra time. When it was announced that there would be extra time of 15 minutes each way, someone shouted "can't you make it 5!". The next 30 minutes was even worse. Then to penalties. We went first and the first four penalties were converted for ICT and one missed for Montrose and then up stepped Lionel. Was he nervous? Was he afraid of ICT being humbled should he miss? Not a bit of it! Up he stepped and cool as you like, chipped the ball past the despairing keeper! I realised then that the previous 2 hours of dross was just play acting. It was all meant to deceive so that the game could be decided on penalties and we could be treated to Lionel's touch of Gallic brilliance. Such a game plan required supreme confidence and I knew in that moment that the players believed and therefore I believed as well.