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Bigger clubs with better facilities will always attract people. If you don't believe that, ask someone who used to play for Morton. Or managed Morton. Or assisted the management at Morton. Or did the sports science for Morton. Or..... ach, I'm sure you get the point.

Gasparotto. That’s our saviour? Gasparotto. Gasparotto?

Can you keep this kind of stuff to Tinder please? This is a football forum.

Happy to put this on the club website and social media. If you email me (media@eastfifefc.info) a week or two before the game with pick-up points/times & cost etc. we can advertise the supporters bus and hopefully more people will take advantage.

Well while the Aussies manage to f**k up something else in this world, I'll return some sanity to the quizzing world with the results of RD1 of the cup. Goober Bud (4+4) v Leeds Saint (9+7) Goober Bud fired home consistent 4s in both legs but Leeds Saint's late arrival to the party with a 9 in the 1st leg put the tie to bed. A 7 in the 2nd leg was just for show. Final score 8-16 Ross. (5+5) v SlipperyP (6+4) A tight affair with slippery taking a narrow 6-5 lead into his home leg. Ross. managed to take the tie to extra time winning the 2nd leg 5-4. Final score 10-10 Welshbairn (6+3) v German Jag (5+6) Welshbairn won his home leg 6-5 but couldn't cope with the atmosphere at German Jags place and capitulated losing 6-3. Final score 9-11. Ziggy (6+4) v Dublin Magyar (7+4) A close affair settled by the single goal. Ziggy fell behind at home. Dublin Magyar sat in and defended his narrow lead in the second leg and even Ziggy throwing useless facts on Lake Titicacca at his opponent couldn't overcome the deficit. Final score 10-11. Peasy23 (7+4) v Dweezboy (4+5) Peasy scored a solid 7 in the 1st leg to take a comfortable 3 goal lead into the second leg. A valiant effort from Dweezboy in the return ultimately fell short. Final score 11-9. AFJ (2+4) v JamesP_81 (6+4) AFJ didn't even bother to communicate his score, made me hunt it down, now I see why. A pitiful 2 at home meant James had the tie all but done and dusted at half time. 2nd leg was just for show. Final score 6-10 Edmund (8+6) v Wastecoatwilly (8+6) Nothing could separate these two. Both attacks on top with defence being an afterthought. They need to do it all again in extra time. Final score 14-14. Cardinal Richelieu (6+3) v gkneil (7+3) A late showing from gkneil sealed the 1st leg with a last minute winner. Both Defences on top in the 2nd leg but gkneil holds out to go through. Cardi likes the fact losers stay alive in the losers shield, just as well as that's where he's heading. Final score 9-10 BWV (8+6) v Caspian Chris (7+6) BWV proving that the early bird catches the worm. 1st out the traps and had 8 in the net before Caspian Chris had even woken up. A tight 2nd leg but BWV hold on to progress. Final score 14-13. Helpma (9+4) v The DA (9+7) Goals galore in the 1st leg as the fans were treated to 9 a piece. Fan Expectations were high going into the second leg. The DA didn't disappoint and smashed home another 7, Helpma ran out of gas and crashes out. Final score 13-16. Christophe (4+6) v BigBo10 (3+2) League leader Christopher was big favourite coming into this one but made life hard for himself with a 4 in the home leg. Fortunately for him BigBo10 had a mare and wants the 10 minutes he spent on the quizzes back. Final score 10-5. Jacksgrsnda (3+4) v Scotfree (0) A walk over as Scotfree fails to show for his match leaving his fans disappointed. He later released a statement saying he was taking a few weeks out. We all wish him all the best. Final score 7-0. MSU (7+6) v Alang1993 (1+4) Another tie as good as over after the 1st leg. Shangalang1993 leaving himself far too much to do in the 2nd leg and a place in the losers shield beckons. Final score 13-5 Adam101 (5+4) v lincolnhearts (7+ v dyl (0) The 1st of the 3 ways (oooh matron) sees 1 team not even show up. Lincoln Hearts with a solid performance in both legs leaves his opponents chasing shadows. Final score 9-15-0. BIK (8+5) v The Captain (4+5) v Cowden0 (0) BIK makes home advantage count over his opponents in the 1st leg although 1 didnt turn up. The 2nd leg was a lap of honour as he sees the match home. 13-9-0 Tynierose (8+9) v Salvo Montalbano (9+6) v NJ2 (7+ Saving the best till last. A tie with 3 big hitters didn't fail to live up to its billing. Salvo takes a narrow lead into the 2nd leg, tynie with the best performance of the round sneaks into the next round leaving his high scoring opponents in shock. Final score 17-15-15 So 2 ties require extra time. @Ross. v @SlipperyP and @Eednud v @wastecoatwilly (Someone tag them please - done) Here's the question. As of right now (24th October 2018 9:30pm) how many articles are on Wikipedia? Answers to me by Friday 9am please.

[emoji38] No manager is ever hooking a keeper after half an hour. That's a load of knicker-wetting drivel [emoji38]

The replies to TOE’s farewell tweet are quite something. ”Once a Bairn. Always a Bairn” Aye fucking right.

I would think they would have taken it a lot more seriously than any of us can imagine. When I was growing up there were still a fair few Great War veterans knocking about never mind the Second World War ones. Most of us would have had fathers and other relatives who served in the forces during the war, it was all fairly recent back then, I even had a ration card. I always buy a poppy, don't always wear it, and will continue to buy one and attend remembrance ceremonies as I see fit. I'm not shoving it down anybody's throat, and if anybody thinks I am, that's their problem.

As someone whose paternal Grandfather was a former member of the Black Lodge in Northern Ireland and whose upbringing was staunchly staunch, I don't summarily dismiss anything or anyone lightly; at one point in time I was one of those 'others'. Age however sometimes brings maturity and wisdom, and I've (very) long since abandoned any association with the Unionist cause - quite the polar opposite in fact. As a result I tend to have a dim view of those on every side who cling, religiously in too many cases, to the dismal practices and beliefs of the past, sugar-coating them in weasel words like 'heritage' and 'tradition'. Aye, right.

Kilmarnock Football Club wishes to express its great disappointment at comments made by the SFA’s Head of Refereeing, John Fleming, in relation to our player, Jordan Jones. In a letter to the Dundee Supporters’ Association (DSA) regarding one of the penalty incidents against Dundee, Mr Fleming has stated: “The two-match suspension offered to the player has been accepted by the club which, in my opinion, clearly indicates the player committed an act of simulation during the match". "On accepting the two-match suspension, the club, in my opinion, are accepting the player committed the act, solely to deceive the referee." In our statement on the matter, we made it clear that Jordan denied committing an act of simulation and denied any intention to deceive the referee. The sole reason for not challenging the charge was that we had no additional substantive evidence to submit for consideration so therefore took a pragmatic view to accept the penalty and move on. Having taken this decision and accepted the penalty, we expected this matter to be closed. It is unprecedented for the SFA’s Head of Refereeing to make remarks of this nature. The original correspondence from the DSA to the SFA and Mr Fleming expressing concern over the suitability of Steven McLean to take charge of Kilmarnock matches was completely baseless and cast unfounded aspersions on the referee’s character. It is highly ironic that after another organisation has cast aspersions on the integrity of a match official, it is our club which has been the subject of negative remarks by a senior officer of the SFA. A formal complaint has been submitted to the SFA and we expect the matter to be investigated fully

We had one of those it was Gasparotto just he was too hungry an failed to stop eating..lol

That makes it sound like playing an attacking midfielder as an attacking midfielder rather than a winger is a good way of getting the most out of him. Madness.

I'll take that as a yes. You should probably be a bit more careful about how seriously you treat the uncorroborated submissions of defence counsel in mitigation for a self confessed extortionist. The facts of this case are known - this young woman had a relationship of some description with a wealthy man (one can only imagine what attracted her to him); when he stopped giving her money she blackmailed him; he went to the Police, she admitted her guilt and has now been sentenced. That's what happened. He hasn't been accused of any crime notwithstanding prurient quotes in the media. If the chap has committed a crime then someone should report that to the Police and it should be investigated. To be clear, she didn't threaten to expose a crime. That wouldn't be extortion. Mr A was apparently in a relationship - she threatened to expose his infidelity. Mr A appears to be a creep. That's a fair inference. It's absolutely not a fair inference that he's a criminal, far less a child pornographer. Final point is that it really shouldn't need to be explained why anonymity for victims of blackmail is important. Nothing to do with "friends in high places".

Anyone who likes Carpool Karaoke.

With a ball!

It's bad enough you spend half your life talking about Dundee in here. But to know you also skulk around other Dundee forums is fucking priceless

Saying that you can’t get a harder start than Livingston (fucking Livingston) is nonsense.

Whit?! McCann has packed the first team squad with talentless shitebags. It's entirely likely that had he still be in charge we'd have been pasted by both Livi and Hearts. Fucking hell [emoji38] Revisionism over McCann after McIntyre's had two games with an inherited shite squad against the league's form teams. Honestly some of our fans are fucking idiots [emoji38]

People who like James Corden.

Still got my mum's Centre Stand seat.

First T for 3 weeks and my portrait on the wall

Simply wearing a poppy doesn't make you a moron. The original premise and fundamental point of the poppy appeal is a valid one. The morons are the 'LOOK AT ME, I'M REMEMBERING!!!' types.

The Irish border has been the elephant in the room since June 2016. It's been unsolvable for almost 2 and a half years of constant negotiations. It remains an unsolvable problem because unless the UK is in the customs union,there needs to be a border somewhere. It's like saying that we'll just leave the situation at the channel ports exactly as it is. And that's not going to happen because we're not going to adopt EU rules - particularly on freedom of movement. You can either be in the customs union with all its conditions or you can have a border. You can't have neither. If there needs to be a special deal for the island of Ireland then the border is the mainland. This will cause a riot so it's not going to happen. Either the GFA is fucked or EU exit is fucked. Should have thought about it before offering a referendum. Extended transition is only kicking the choice down the road. The EU are not going to move their red lines on freedom of movement.

Yep. Ignoring obvious arseholery from others as long as its not specifically aimed at you is like being into the horses but saying you dont want to know the form, you only work with what you have seen yourself. Foolish. Neither should you take work rumours as gospel. If you have direct knowledge of someone being a c**t that's part of getting to know and judge them. The amount of shite I've heard about people that turns out not to be true and based on personal enmity or jealousy is considerable. Sometimes it's just because someone behaves a bit awkwardly or oddly.

Can you please refrain from posts like this so close to bedtime, I shall have nightmares now and it's all your fault.

Maybe worth getting in touch with Laura from the twitter and Facebook and getting her to post weekly or twice weekly how many seats are available and how much etc. First come first served... Something like “supporters are reminded that the bus will be leaving bayview on Saturday for the game at Dumbarton. 8 seats left at £15 (or whatever) give ian a call on xxxxxxxxxxxxx [emoji1417]

The video above, taken at Muirton Park ‘circa 1973–74’, is a series of haphazard clips that doesn’t capture much goalmouth excitement, never mind goals. But I love it. Televised games at Muirton were rare in any case, but homemade footage is a priceless journey back in time. Shorn of anaesthetic highlights to dictate to you how it was, this captures something more recognisable. The film was made a couple of years before my first Saints game at Muirton, but this is how I remember it: the lazy atmosphere around the ground, the football a little less aggressive. And that early scene outside the ground had me holding the impossible hope I’d see my grandad, who held a season ticket for 70 years. A wee bit of digging adds a colour to the footage. The opposition is clearly Dumbarton, and from the autumnal trees it’s possible to say confidently that it was filmed on October 7, 1972; Dumbarton won 2-0 with a goal in each half. That makes it a significant game for both sides. Dumbarton, who had won the old second division title earlier that year, were struggling in the top league. This win would end up their first of the season and would prove crucial: the Sons would eventually stay up on goal difference. Significant for Saints fans too, because this is the last footage I know of of Willie Ormond-era St Johnstone. A few weeks later, Tommy Docherty would resign as Scotland boss and Willie would step up to replace him. And the manager who’d succeed Ormond was Sons’ boss Jackie Stewart; perhaps it was his team’s performance on this day that impressed the Saints board. This was the autumn of a Saints team etched into memory. John Connolly had gone earlier in 1972, but here are Donaldson, Lambie and Argue, and Henry Hall wearing that number 8 shirt. Kenny Aird and Jim Pearson too. What a privilege to get a last shuddery glimpse of them. For Dumbarton, this game marked the breakthrough of Tom McAdam, later of Celtic. He was just 18 and got one of Dumbarton’s goals. He’d prove a long-lasting tormentor of Saints – 17 years later, in November 1989, he scored the winner for Airdrie at McDiarmid that blew the 1989-90 First Division championship race open. (McAdam was injured and sitting in the stand for Saints’ famous 3-1 victory later that same season.)

0/2 for the abridged quiz. Quite impressed.

Haber has the quality for this level has he? One of those football training dummies on a base that you dribble round has more goal threat than Haber has. I've never see such a useless striker since Rory Loy's second time with us. Hell, I'm female, in my 50's, fat and can't play football, I'll give Haber a run for his money.

It was definitely the Texaco Cup. I remember an advert on STV calling on people to attend the game to see Dumbarton qualify.

Div imo.

https://www.falkirkfc.co.uk/2018/10/24/tom-owen-evans-departs/ @Marshmallo Shafts oot big man

The paramedics are normally alerted to the presence of a Princess at a assassination car crash long before arrival. MI6 agents, dozens of journalists on mopeds, a crumpled Merc and a reigning monarch looking rather pleased are the giveaway signs.

ive been contemplating this all morning and have decided on 1 as im always staring at my birds tits. plus if i look at her face she might think i have something to say and want to talk. i never want to talk.

and also in the event of a crash to alert paramedics to the presence of a Princess or other royalty

So much material and you made this. For shame.

Martin fucking Woods Let's just shut up shop.

https://www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk/fp/jim-mcintyre-expected-to-make-first-dundee-signing-ahead-of-celtic-clash/ This is some shout btw.

Correct. This is so that ambulances know whether to turn their siren off or not in case they scare the child.

Absolutely great stuff from the St Johnstone boys on the last few posts. I can totally relate to scanning the crowd for your Grandpa, there's been a few members of my family going to Kilmarnock games and any one point for 100 years and I always do exactly this. It was a bit different for us because, while RP was dramatically remodelled 5 years later, we remained in the same place as it were. There is so much about my football routine that is all about place though. My father and I have been sitting in the same seats since it reopened, I have driving duties now but park in exactly the same spot that we always have, same walk to and from the ground, same faces and voices surrounding you season after season. How long did it take for McDiarmid to feel like "home" as it were?

Stevie Nicks books about kleptomania. © Half Man Half Biscuit c. 1988

I shall beg to differ on the first point, most people who like rugby are fine, but the other two... hell yes. I played U16 and U18 club rugby with a bunch of guys from Pollok at Cartha, it was a good laugh and it was the sport I was best... least shit at. So when I went to uni I wanted to join the rugby club. One night was enough to know I wanted every one of these private school bantz p***ks to die in an insufferably painful incident involving a shipping container of wasps. I immediately signed up with the football club instead.

Folk who will dislike another person because they've been told bad things about said person. Seemed to always happen when I started a placement at Uni or in work. You'd be talking to someone and they'd say something like "oh watch out for X, they're an arsehole". I've always been the kind of person that someone could be disliked by everyone in a place but if they are OK with me, I'll find them OK. I base my opinion on people depending on how they are with me.

Need to try and get big Mark out for pints after. Imagine getting your photo in a drunken embrace with the Lord Of Darkness in a Blue Lagoon.

We have had a large travelling support this season from both St.Rochs and Arthurlie fans and their behaviour has been nothing but exemplary. You are always welcome at Victoria Park [emoji122][emoji122][emoji106][emoji460]️

Adult men, or anyone over the age of 12, who watches WWF wrestling.