Caley Mad In Berks

Sun 27 Dec 2015 Dan Park for Cove Rangers in their 4-2 defeat at Fraserburgh.

Sat 26 Dec 2015 Scot Premier A Rooney (Aberdeen 2 = ICT 2) SL 1 R McAllister (Airdrieonians 3 - Peterhead 4) Highland League A MacAskill (Lossiemouth 0 - Turriff 3) D Gillespie (Hat trick), (Clach 1 - Brora R 10) A Greig (2), G Munro, (Clach 1 - Brora R 10) Z Sutherland (Clach 1 - Brora R 10)

What a kick in the teeth at the end. Almost expected it to be honest. Feels more like a defeat than a point against premiership contenders. Lets hope for better things next week against County. They are scoring freely so we'll have to be at our best!

Get in there! Let us please hold on to this now and not do our usual trick of conceding late goals.

Good to see Raven back. I always feel we do better with him at right back. No Meekings though, injured I presume.

I notice that, according to Linlithgow's website, Baptie is 'on loan' from Peterhead. How does the registration process work then? I assume Linlithgow had to register him as a junior, so, if he is called back to Peterhead, would he have to be re registered as a senior? I didn't realise changing from juniors to seniors and vice versa was so straightforward. I'm sure I could find the answer if I ploughed through the SFA's registration rules, but I just wondered if anyone knew off the top of their head (cue Sneckboy?)

Sat 19 Dec 2015 Scot Premier J Rankin (ICT 2 - Dundee Utd 2) B Mckay (ICT 2 - Dundee Utd 2) A Rooney (Killie 0 - Aberdeen 4) J Hayes (Killie 0 - Aberdeen 4) SL 1 S Sutherland (2) (Peterhead 3 - Ayr 0) Highland League Z Sutherland (Brora R 6 - Fraserburgh 0) G Wood (2) (Rothes 0 - Formantine 8) A MacAskill (Turriff 1 - Deveronvale 0) Dafabet Welsh Premier J Oswell (Newtown 4 - Carmarthen 1)

Well, what a surprise for us to score an injury time goal to snatch a point! However, I this surely should have been a 'bread and butter' win for us against the bottom of the league team. Can't imagine too many of us will be happy with just a point.

Just been selected as one of 3 Brits to referee at the Euro 2016 finals! Maybe just as well Scotland did not qualify!

Mon 14 Dec 2015 Danske Bank Premier C Allen (2) (Portadown 5 - Glentoran 3)

Sat 12 Dec 2015 Scot Premier A Rooney (Aberdeen 1 - Hearts 0) SL 1 B Prunty (Stranraer 1 - Airdrieonians 3) EL 1 T Aldred (Wigan 0 - Blackpool 1) Incidentally, a mate of mine is a rabid Blackpool fan. He says Aldred has been awesome all season! EL 2 A MacDonald (Oxford U 1 - Carlisle 1) Highland League D Wyness (Clach 0 - Buckie 4) A MacAskill (Wick 3 - Turriff U 3)

Wow! Another nervy last few minutes. But a win and 3 points. Well done. Could be top 6 by year end.

Apparently (according to BBC), his second goal was a 40 yard cracker. Looking forward to seeing that on the highlights.

Excellent start. Well done lads. Let's hope we can improve on it and see out a comfortable win.

Gregory Tade scored another in Steaua Bucharest's 2-0 win on Sunday 6th Dec.

Thanks for that. I think I'll just wait another day or so before booking, just in case!

Nearly a week after the draw, there is still no confirmation of whether the game v Stirling is on the 9th or 10th of Jan. I phoned both clubs today and each said they expected it to be the 9th, but would confirm later. How long does it take to arrange a game? Makes it really difficult for long distance supporters (like me) to get their flights sorted out at a reasonable cost, and to do so with the confidence that the dates won't be changed.

Just watched the final again on my 'early' Xmas present. Amazing. I was surprised by what I'd forgotten in just a few months - The sheer quality of our 1st goal, especially the delightful little through ball from Doran to Watkins - How well Tremarco had played up until his costly error - How well Williams did coming on for the final few minutes - Just how far both Watkins and Vincent ran for our winner Great stuff. I reckon I'll watch that many more times, any time in fact I feel my spirits need a little boost.

Also yesterday, 5/12, Sam Winnall scored one of the penalties in Barnsley's 4-2 'shoot out' win at Wigan in Johnstone's Paint cup tie. (Score was 2-2 after 90mins).

Wed 02 Dec 2015 In my previous post I missed the fact that Eddie Ofere scored two goals for his club, Boluspor in Turkey, (his first of the season, I think), in a 4-1Cup win. Sat 05 Dec 2015 Scot Premier A Rooney (Dundee 0 - Aberdeen 2) B Mckay (Kilmarnock 1 - Dundee Utd 1) Scot Cup D Park (Cove R 4 - Formantine 1) Highland League D Wyness (Buckie 2 - Fraserburgh 2) L MacKinnon (Buckie 2 - Fraserburgh 2) D Gillespie (Keith 2 - Brora R 6) G Morrison (Keith 2 - Brora R 6) Danske Bank Premier C Allen (Ballinamallard 2 - Glentoran 4)

2 Dec 2015 Andy MacAskill scored one of Turriff's goals tonight in their 9-0 drubbing of Fort William.

Just got around to watching the highlights. I missed the live transmission on Sunday lunchtime as I was away for w/end, with no access to Sky. (Only plus point from this was being able to watch Andy Murray's heroics on BBC). It looked to me as if Fon Williams could have done better for the first goal. He did make amends though with some fine saves in second half. Liked the way Storey took his goal. Absolute mess for their third goal. Couldn't make out who was to blame. However, not the worst performance by us. A good win at Hearts next Saturday can get our season going.

Hope tonight's game (1 Dec) is decided so at least we know our opponents. Then we need to know the date of our tie before I can start making travel arrangements. Looking forward to Scottish Cup already!

Its taken a while, but good news in the end. Hopefully this news will spur a few extensions for the senior players too. What with the injury situation slowly improving I'm beginning to feel a bit more optimistic for the rest of the season.

Sat 28 Nov 2015 Scot Premier A Rooney (Aberdeen 3 - Ross Co 1) J Hayes (Aberdeen 3 - Ross Co 1) B Mckay (Dundee Utd 1 - Hamilton 2) Scot Cup B Prunty (Airdrieonians 3 - Brechin 1) M Laing (Inverurie 4 - Annan 4) R McAllister (Peterhead 1 - Livingston 3) National League S Williams (Barrow 2 - Woking 1) Incidentally, I remember Steve scoring a cracking header against Rangers at the Longman a few years ago, even though we got gubbed 4-1.