The Best and Worst of 2016/17

[Francesc Fabregas]

Destroyed by Madness? Destroyed my good thread, more like.

[Albino Rover]

Best team performance (ARFC)
We dished out a few gubbings and the wins at Airdrie were special but I'd have to go for the 2-1 win at Livingston in October. The Rovers went to their place with no fear and played them off the park in an attractive style. The back four defended as if their lives depended on it, they were unlucky to lose the clean sheet to a soft last-minute penalty.

Worst team performance (ARFC)
The 2-0 defeat at Hampden last month. We have the excuse of having fielded a Frankenstein's monster XI with three of our back four in makeshift positions and Gary Fisher on the right wing, but the team performance was really poor.

Best individual performance (ARFC)
Steven Boyd in his last Rovers game, away at Airdrie in the New Year derby game. Ran the show in midfield and scored two great goals.

Worst individual performance (ARFC)
This is very harsh because he's just a teenager and doesn't have much experience but young Connor Shields was woeful in the defeat against East Fife a few weeks ago.

Best team performance (opposition)
Alloa Athletic at Cliftonhill in August. They came to win and gave us a bodying fair and square.

Worst team performance (opposition)
Stranraer at Cliftonhill last month. Even when the Rovers give a team a spanking it usually seems like we did it the hard way, but that game was an absolute walk in the park.

Best individual performance (opposition)
A bit of a sympathy vote because his team were so terrible that day, but I give it to Connor Duthie for Stenhousemuir in their 3-0 home defeat to ARFC at the end of March. Even in that losing team the boy played like a winner.

Worst individual performance (opposition)
Cameron Belford in the aforementioned 3-0 Stranraer game. He's the worst player in the division. (Dis)honourable mention to Chris Duggan who bit Mark Ferry in East Fife's 1-0 win - the ref missed the incident, ignored Ferry's bleeding arm and booked both players. Duggan went on to set up the winner for EF then later got a second yellow for diving.