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I forgot to mention 98 days to go

END OF MONTH REPORT: Januray Training has been going well for some of the troops, with new recruit 'BA' surpassing 100 training miles just yesterday. Gringo also passed the 100 mile marker before the month was out (I'm unsure of exact) , whereas Yompa has exceeded 200 (217 ) and I have managed 167 since New Year's Eve (without doubt my best ever year so far in terms of training) One injury has already occured in training for one of the HMers, as Yompa has hurt his back (no doubt trying to pick up some loose change for 'Trash Cash' ) and has been walking through the pain barrier to get in some much needed training. This guy has already done Highland Marches after operations and knee surgery, as well as completing other events after suffering major injuries and broken bones. He should have no worries about adding HM9 to his list of ene-to-end events Speaking of 'Trash Cash', The field is spread wide open for findings within the group. January alone saw a personal best month of almost ?10 for myself, with ?2.21 found just yesterday when on a training jaunt with BA. A 20-Krona coin was also found . BA has got the bug for this wee game too, and had even managed ?1.25 on a night about town. Gringo, at the lower end of the spectrum, has found only pennies throughout the month of Jan - judging by his texts of "14 moils and 0p :-(" after any of his training days are over. All in all, things are going well. We just wish this 'Split' would hurry up so we know where the heck we're going

Wyness and Bavidge on score sheet for peterhead. 2-1 home to alloa I believe Liam Fox has scored for livi today too

East Stirling @ 2.62 please

HT: 0-1 FT: 1-2 1st scorer ICT: Ross 1st scorer Opp: Blackman Crowd: 4769

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I put 3669, so it doesnt matter a jot to me

Terry butcher on football focus 32nd minute in

I went with mensing, so it didnt matter a jot to me

Only Yeovil didn't make the grade this week on both teams to score... Killie 1-1 Elgin 2-1 (Told ya so) Newcastle 1-1 Portsmouth 2-2 Exeter 2-1 (Told ya so) Yeovil 0-1 I stuck on a couple of trebles and am break even this weekend. N'Forest, Exeter and Northampton doing the bizz...

I have had a wee look on soccerbase for past history of the above fixtures that haven't yet been called off... Killie v Dundee Utd - The last 3 fixtures between these two sides have seen both teams score. 5 of the last 6 at rugby park have seen both teams score. Elgin V Stranraer - 6 of the last 7 fixtures between these two teams have seen both teams score. Stranraer tend to win these encounters 2-1, as has been the case on 4 of the last 5 meetings. (might be one for girngo to stick on his 2-1 format?) Newcastle v Spurs - The last 2 matches have seen only Spurs Score, with the last game being a 2-0 win last month. However, the 7 games before have seen both score. Portsmouth V Leeds - As certain as you can get for both teams to score, considering 13 of the last 16 meetings between the two have seen both teams hit the back of the net. Exeter V Walsall - Only 2 of the last 7 meetings of this pair have had both teams score, yet those 2 games were indeed their last two meetings. Each side went away with a 2-1 win. Walsall seem to like 2-1 results these days, whilst Exeter's matches have seen 30 goals in their last 8 matches... average of over 3 goals per game (Maybe another one for Gringo's 2-1's?) Yeovil v Rochdale - Only ever been 5 games between these two, 3 wins to Yeovil with one defeat and 1 draw. The last meeting saw Yeovil win 1-0. Dodgy one to call, as yeovil tend to see low scoring games, whereas rochdale seem to score and conceed every week.

HT: 1-2 FT: 2-2 1st scorer ICT: Rooney 1st scorer Opp: Mensing Crowd: 3669

Montrose @ 2.37

unless it's a pre-contract he signed?

HT: 0-0 FT: 0-0 1st scorer ICT: Tokely 1st scorer Opp: Weiss Crowd: 31669 MrsJnr HT: 0-1 FT: 1-2 1st scorer ICT: Rooney 1st scorer Opp: Miller Crowd: 37999 TangerineCaleyJaggie HT: 2-0 FT: 3-1 1st scorer ICT: Munro 1st scorer Opp: Weiss Crowd: 42589

Close call but i voted rooney. He seems to up his game against the big teams, whilst millar seems annonymous against wee teams. Think we could, howevere, be en route to a second successive 0-0

Ibrox is unlikely, as we would have been there twice pre-split. If we were to land top-6, we should have Rangers up here. Being as we will have also played twice at Tanadise, Rugby Park, Easter Road, New St Mirren Park and MacDirmid Park come the split, this should leave us with Hamilton, Celtic, Aberdeen, Motherwell and Hearts as our away destinations. (but this is the SPL, and it has been known for teams to play 1 H and 3 A against the same team in order to level out the home:away ratio over the season). Hamilton, therefore, is obviously our 'worst case scenario' and to see that mid-week penultimate fixture makes HM9 a potentially difficult one. Personally, I would love Aberdeen (For the short distance) or Tynecastle (as I've never been, and hear it's the best away day)

Well - it's about time i updated everyone on how preparations have gone since September. We are after all LESS THAT 4 MONTHS away from HIGHLAND MARCH 9... (Can you believe that???) As you can see from post#1, we already have one new recruit in the form of 'BA'. Since the walk to Nairn and back in September, BA has completed another couple of walks (each exceeding 11-miles). I'll be joining him a couple of days this week to see if we can get him past the 20-mile-a-day stage. Yompa and Gringo are doing well with their training, and i have joined them in trying out 'the zone diet' to try and shead a few pounds before the off (I have already lost half a stone since the turn of the year, and exceeded 40 walking miles of training). Carrying extra weight can only be a bad thing after all :eat: We also think we are looking at another VERY difficult jaunt. As if Kilmarnock (HM7) and Ayr (HM8) in successive years wasn't enough, try Hamilton or Motherwell in 2.5 days :aghast: Having the SPL Split with us again, we as yet have no confirmed destination until the month of March, when obviously, the league splits. The SPL has also thrown us a mid-week fixture as our penultimate match, meaning any chance of keeping with tradition will see a wednesday to saturday event (Sunday if we finish top 6) Here's a possible breakdown, should we get Hamilton/Motherwell... Wed 10pm Depart TCS Thu 2.30am Slochd Thu 8am Kincraig Thu 9am Tromie Bridge Thu 4pm Dalnacardoch Thu 6pm Trinafour Thu 8pm Tummel Bridge Thu 11pm Kenmore Fri 2am Amulree (Stop for sleep) Fri 7am Depart Amulree Fri 12pm Crieff Fri 3pm Greenloaning Fri 6pm Stirling Fri 8pm Carron Bridge Fri 10pm Broadwood (stop for sleep) Sat 7am Depart Broadwood Sat 9am Airdrie Sat 11am Hamilton It would be great to have a wee-er walk to St Johnstone or Aberdeen (which is obviously still possible) as the last 2 HM's have been very very hard. Still - the show must go on. More updates soon

HT: 1-1 FT: 1-2 1st scorer ICT: Foran 1st scorer Opp: Hammell Crowd: 3669

500k seems very reasonable to me... Niculae went for the same, but had international experience. And lets be honest, he didnt have that much of an impact on our squad. Good player to watch, but surprised he went for so much. Rooney on the other hand is yet to reach his peak, has scored in over 45% of his appearences, and would certainly be missed should he leave. Goodwillie is est at 1.5 million - I'd have rooney over goodwillie any day of the week. There's no doubt way more comparisons to make, but i certainly think 400-500k is the lowest we should be seeking. I would, however, prefer he stayed and outscored dennis, and beat rossco's appearences. THEN he really would be a true legend

CORRECTION HT: 2-0 FT: 3-1 1st scorer ICT: Rooney 1st scorer Opp: Gunn Crowd: 3169

Thats interesting to see Divinitus. I can only presume this is for something like 'Goal Rush' at Ladbrokes??? It might even be of interest to people such as Gringo who do their '2-1' bets every week. Take three of the games and put ?1 on 2-1 win's... I've had a quick look myself at the potential 2-1's and personally I think Rochdale, Northampton/Cheltenham and Carlisle are good shouts... Rochdale, northampton and cheltenham all won 2-1 last week. Although Carlisle and Torquay each havn't won since November, carlisle are 19-places higher than them, and both teams have scored and conceeded in their last 2 outings...

HT: 2-0 FT: 3-1 1st scorer ICT: Rooney 1st scorer Opp: Wilson Crowd: 3169

Stenny @ 2.75 please