I remember a few Albion fans saying they didn't exactly hold Mr Leckie in the highest regard. Can anyone tell me why that is?

Stewarty, I seem to remember you giving a reason at the time.

Life is too short.

You sure? I think Leckie is thought of highly at Forthbank; he certainly seems to like us enough.

Paul Nugent must be about his favourite player in the world. A few years ago he was calling for Nuggets to be called into the Scotland under-21 side and then described his goal against Airdrie in the playoffs last season as "world class" - which, in fairness, it was.

I like Leckie a lot.

So is Bill Leckie, but I think he is sound. Any time he has spoken of the Binos it has been very favourable.

Must admit his enthusiasm when covering diddy games midweek are great. He at least makes them SEEM exciting.

Aye.

I like his work, one of the few things I would actually make a point of reading in the Sun.

He is a St Mirren supporter and has had a soft spot for us since we lost to them to be relegated 10 years ago, and save St M at the same time.

Lecki does seem to have a soft spot for us, recall the season we were promoted from fiv 1 he wrote features about us about 12 times that season. I think he can come out with some crazy thoughts from time to time, but hey who doesnt

Think some of the ill feeling from Binos is due to his negative response when contacted regards the Your City Your Team campaign a few years a go

Hes good reporting on diddy teams because he supports a diddy team himself.He might be a skunk but hes a football man through and through.He says it how he sees it when it comes to oldfirm and panders to neither of them.
As both the bigot brothers hate him then hes the man for me.If you read this Mr Leckie please dont ever give up on exposing the oldfirm for what they are...SCUM!

We were running an initiative to attract more fans to Forthbank a year or so back. It was a fully fledged campaign, and was well organised. We thought we'd chance our arm to see if we could get the national press interested, and as Leckie often comes across as a champion of the diddy clubs, I contacted him about it. In truth, it was a long shot anyway, and I wasn't really expecting anything, but he was a total knob about it.

He went way down in my estimation after that.

Care to expand?

He wrote a quite scathing email back about how he would only get involved if it was a properly organised event.

This was after my original email had quite clearly laid out all our plans. When I responded to let him know this, he just ignored it. And I never heard from him again.

I'm not bothered now, but I was kinda miffed at the time. Not because I was seriously expecting any kind of coverage, but his attitude was apalling. I think he likes to be the voice of the smaller clubs as long as it's on his own terms.

In the end, the coldest day in history in Stirling done more damage to our 'campaign' than any sports journalist.

Women's troubles.

even though he supports " them " he's still an excellent football journalist, one of only two in scotland in my opinion along with gordon waddell in the sunday mail.

What is it with c/nald Jags fans and Bill Leckie I just dont get it!

Bill Leckie is all about Bill Leckie. If he's not the centre of the event, he's not interested. AS bad a Jim Traynor, but in a different way to Traynor (who just tries to be well known by being ignorant to folk.)

Leckie is a Grade A c**t, he's a Hun.

I like Bill Leckie. I like the stuff he writes and I've met him a couple of times at events he's got involved in to help Queens or player testimonials and he seems a very decent guy.

That said, I do find it odd for such a champion of the underdog and lower divisions, apart from his annual forays into the Scottish Cup, you very rarely see him actually do a report on a lower league game. I've been going to press boxes in first division matches for several years now and I've met a lot of "known" journalists but never seen Leckie at one. Might just be coincidence of course.

Jill Speckie only goes to lower league games when it's a biggie like a playoff game or a chance to win the league or a former Infirm diddy making their debut.

Might be a lot of things but he is not a Hun

He let it slip on TalkSport (I think) once..fairly recently in fact, maybe last summer?

Have known him since primary School followed The Midden everywhere

What do you mean?

In fairness, he's been at quite a few Challenge Cup games, commentating on most of them for Radio Scotland. His knowledge of our level of football always shines through on those.

No he never. The ignorant guy on Talksport assumed he was a hun and Leckie reacted quite angrilly to it in fact. Im a big fan of Leckie, a true football man who likes to stick it up the Old Firm at any opportunity. A lot of touchy Jags fans on PTFC.net hate him because he has the cheek to have a go at us from time to time. They really need to grow up. I enjoy his comentary of lower league games, he sounds as if he actually wants to be there and makes even the dullest games sound interesting. One of the few decent football columnists in Scottish tabloids, thats for sure.

To be fair though, as one of his paper's main sports journalists, its only natural he'll be sent to cover Premier League games as thats what gets the bigger coverage. Obviously big games in the lower divisions get more coverage than a run of the mill league game- simple fact of life.

Good shout with whoever mentioned Gordon Waddell. Always enjoy reading his stuff at the weekend, and even though he's a F*lkirk fan, he talks a lot of sense.

...apart from when he called all 3rd Division fans racist after writing shit without fact checking first and then backtracked when the facts were pointed out to him but not in the paper.

Gordon Waddell is the worst "journalist" in Scotland.

all 3rd division fans ARE racist though. i thought that was common knowledge.

Four seasons ago, when Morton were in mid-collapse, and Accies were enjoying the most exciting finish to a season in years, Leckie stuck his oar in.

He wrote that it would be better if Morton got promoted to the first division instead of Hamilton, because of their big support.

Prior to that I was undecided about him. Since then I have regarded him as a prize fool.

The mans a legend!

its fact that the first division would have been better that year if we'd got promoted, if we had we'd have been top of the league this year while no doubt you'd have been were we are just now.

I knew that would get a reaction!

(I deleted the rest of your post because it was shit)

Pretty sure he was involved with a mutal friend of both of us!

Oh, really? I may know who you're referring too...

I think you do , But ive to scrub it! Just been texted to ask what im playing at....whoops! so forget i said anythin

And I was just told something extremely interesting about you, but, because I'm such a nice guy, I'll spare your blushes.

Would that be the fact i used to fo to Firhill with my uncle! Damn i feel so dirty!

She didn't mention anything about you having to go under duress...

Nah i never , always had a good time to be honest! It was either Firhill or Ibrox....hmmmm

Seek and ye shall find salvation. It's not too late, son.

Thats what i did! I saw the light! I only went to 3 games , Caley in the scottish cup , Rangers at Hampdon and Airdrie in the leauge , many moons ago, Im not allowed to forget it by my own support , now i have your lot onto me too ah weeeel

f**k you.

that was my first ever attempt at a wind-up and you didnt bite

im not cut out for the cut-throat world of p&b

I know for a fact Leckie reads this forum, I wonder if his ego is suitably massaged yet.

The fact that Waddell is a F*lkirk fan makes him a prize tit in my book

Must say Ive seen him at the Recs for midweek games down the years which were hardly crucial encounters. He lays the 'champion of the wee clubs' stuff on a bit thick but at least he covers the lower leagues. It was also through the Sun with him as sports editor starting to cover the SFL that the Record also started doing more stuff on our Scottish football outside the top flight. He is f*ck all like Jim Traynor anyway, at least Leckie knows something about the SFL.

Hes skunk through and through.Dont ever mistake a genuine Midden fan for a fake one like Chic Young.
If youre a true Bino then shame on you for calling Leckie a Hun.

Hi Bill! * Waves to Bill

Like most other Ton fans above I've a lot of time for Bill Leckie. Quite strange considering he's a dirty Paisley b*****d.

I met him sitting in the stand at thr Recs a few years ago and complimentied him on his 'Penthouse and Pavement' book which incidentaly is a great read.
Saw him a few months later and he said hello. A nice guy with a genuine love of all of Scottish football

He's a very good, enthusiastic commentator, wish they'd give him some bigger games to do.

"Inventive armoury of set-piece plays that St Johnstone have".