Dunfermline Don

Away fans allowed as well?

I have also seen it argued the Rugby can be more of a stop/start game than football, so having a period of time while a check is being made doesn’t disturb the flow of the game as much. It also seems there is a bit more respect towards the ref, though I have to admit that my only experience of watching it is on TV for some internationals. Having them miked up and explaining their decisions certainly helps the spectator experience.

VAR is in danger of alienating a whole generation of fans. I know that I now prefer going to games where it isn’t used. If it is to continue it needs to be vastly overhauled to restore my confidence in it. Football could take a leaf out of the eggchasers and have the conversation between the VAR and the ref broadcast to the fans in the ground so we can all know what is happening. Alternatively, like tennis, teams could be allowed to challenge a set number of decisions during a game. As at the moment it seems like they are sometimes trying to find reasons to give penalties to certain teams when no one else has seen anything!

So if they are checking if it was in the box it is admitting that it was a handball and the linesman who was almost in line with it didn’t spot it or want to give it!

I ordered mine from this website on Monday and it has arrived in the post this morning, the cost was just under £15.

It’s been slowly losing its attraction since football was invented again in the early 90s. Growing up in the 70s and 80s the FA Cup final was probably the biggest club match in England and could be argued that winning it was as big if not bigger than winning the league. I could probably name the clubs in every final from that era up until the early 90s. Now I would struggle to tell you who played in any of the finals in the last 10 years, though it probably involves Chelsea, Man City, Liverpool, Arsenal, Man Utd.

If Aberdeen were playing any team outwith Celtic or Rangers I might have considered going, however games at Hampden against those teams are definitely not worth the price that the SFA are charging, so it’s a no from me.

We all know that the football authorities in Scotland don’t have the balls to punish the two Glasgow clubs for the songs and general behaviour of their fans. They would more likely punish a smaller club if their fans sang any of the ‘traditional party songs’ when they played against them. I am pretty sure Aberdeen fans were reported a few years ago for sectarian abuse when they sang about Gerrard being a ‘sad b******d’

The Modfather in Dunfermline last night. He reckons this is his first ever gig in the city and even paid tribute to local legend Stuart Adamson dedicating one of his songs to him.

Knowing the Dutch, you can probably smoke a spliff while driving but I don’t think I would risk it in case I am wrong!

The national teams injuries are starting to remind me of The Pars earlier this season when it seemed every game saw a player being taken off injured and being out for weeks/months. Get McGinn, Robertson, Tierney wrapped in cotton wool now!

Why not use the revamped Meadowbank stadium, it has all the facilities to be expected of a modern athletic venue.

£15 per game for the East End Park experience, I am glad I will be over in Germany at the time.

Dons fan and shareholder living in West Fife and I don’t think I have ever felt as ‘meh’ about a semifinal. It’s a combination of KO time, cost of tickets and the fact I just can’t be arsed with any games against the gruesome twosome at Hampden any more. If it was against the JTs I might have been interested. I went to the League Cup Semi against the Hi-bees with my Pars supporting sons and their Pals as I felt there was a chance of a more even game. I will still probably watch the game on TV before heading along to East End to watch the Pars against The Spiders. PS. Should we win I may go to the final and would definitely expect a 50/50 split of tickets regardless of who we play.

I think the best chance of Scottish independence at the moment is if England decided it wanted its independence. Unfortunately that ship has already sailed with Brexit as many south of the border see no absolutely difference between England and Britain (see the current Tory image showing what is great about Britain and the football team that is in it!) However No sensible politician in England would want to lose the resources that we posses in Scotland despite all that nonsense about us being a drain on the UK some right wing media outlets spout.