Stargazer

Pity as Dalry brought a right good crowd to Ardrossan last Friday night - was happy to catch up with some old pals despite the result....but aye in all my 25 years supporting the Winton, Merksworth lets say, hasn't been the most reliable - but it occasionally does surprise you.....

See you chaps on Saturday at Winton park - it was looking grand last week so hopefully same again tomorrow !!

Day oooot old boy !!!

Are you not heading to the Seaside to see Saltcoats on 30th July?

Ahem, more importantly....this looks like one of Glasgow's "dry areas"....so where do we go for a pre match pint? Goodyear social club or cheeky wee kerry oot fae Aldi's?

Winning 2 - 1 at Bellsdale....at the moment

Was no far from the bar for the entire game....sunburnt....I was the boy shouting for Winter fitba.......only kidding....

Bring a hat and yer factor 50....cracking here this morning. As far as I know you'll be able to enjoy a cool refreshment as well at WP. Mind the Covid protocols = better safe than sorry

I do remember,as a former junior club secretary, having a disagreement with the odd referee who wanted the shorts changed as both teams had same colour of shorts. Socks I get - no problem with that and on occasion the socks have been replaced, but shorts? I did point out to the said referee that should he make grade one, would he be telling either of the ugly sisters that one of them had to change? or Hertz or Hibs? Curiously he backed away and said shorts were as laid out in the dressing room prior to inspection. It did remind me that when it comes to the laws of the game, the match referee is in fact God (and some of them actually believe the hype.....).

Outstanding stuff. Great read and love to look back at the players involved. I personally only once faced a Tayport XI (when they were still an amateur outfit albeit with a few teams) as a jersey filler for one of the poorer teams in the area ( amateur fitba in Fife is complicated) but the now (recently departed) United Colleges XI got stuffed at least 11 or 12 nil at St Andrews Uni in the late 80's and I was a sub for the university second XI....hence jersey filler

I love my days oot but this isn't great news for the club who have a policy of running buses to away games. I would have expected some more local games, but a local derby v Neilston or EKT isn't quite what I had in mind.

Bridge of Don Thistle 4 0 Winton...I am actually in the pub now on King Street whilst we get pumped at the sports village

Saft as shite penalty but I'll take it. Game was utterly dreadful. Beers in the pink palace palatable

From what I can see, today may be the first meeting of Winton Rovers v Carluke Rovers. We may have played in the Scottish pre 1939 ( I don't have any records prior to this) but not in the West of Scotland cup. (there may have been a friendly at Loch Park back in the late 90's but think this could be the first competitive tie) 14th v 1st as well......here's hoping for a Rovers victory

Nope .....boy on the right with the dodgy jaikit ! Big yin's no having a pish although I'll tell him that...just making sure he's got his leg over !