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Final League Tables are brought to you by Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday PFIZER PREMIERSHIP Treble for @Arch Stanton as he knocks up his 36th title. 3 way tie for second @Moomintroll @Tynie Tappertit @Salvo Montalbano will slog it out in a playoff. @Bully Wee Villa & @alang1993 are in the Mugs Cup. You need more than 36 to stay in the league. @Rugster @Ervin H Burrell @Eednud must try harder. @The_Kincardine is in the playoff. WANNABE CHAMPIONSHIP Notching his 9th second tier title. @The DA rises to the top league. Joining him are @Leeds Saint & @scottsdad. @gkneil is in the playoff. Travelling is more important for @Cardinal Richelieu. Back to basics for @Jacksgranda & @mathematics @The Captain is in the playoff (again) LAST CHANCE SALOON SHOOTOUT @WhiteRoseKillie gets the full house. With his 1st even Diddy Title. @Geaky finishes the week and get promoted. To complete the brain drain from Scotland @Ross. makes it a hat-trick of ex-pats on the move. @101 is in the playoff. It not big (a bit like your score) and it's not funny. The Gorbals Kid. @LauriestonBairn get yer finger oot. Spoon!

Don't really know why someone would go somewhere with so much negative history and energy. A bit ghoulish IMO. The 9/11 museum sounds good though.

I went to New York. I quite enjoyed it.

Thanks to all 42 players for taking part in June Player of the Month @Arch Stanton with his 5th monthly award. How did you do?

Very talented player. Needs to be played in an attacking midfield role to get the best out of him and would do well in a team that can win the ball in midfield for him as he's not the most robust. He's not a shitebag though although that part of his game is not as good as his creative side. I would liked to have seen him re-signed for us.

The last three years have been shite for a variety of reasons, but this is the first season I've been back watching the Wasps in person since the 7th of March 2020, and I didn't realise how much I've missed it. My mother's still alive to come with me and, shockingly, we've been joined by my son, who isn't at all interested in football but seems to be enjoying the excuse for some family time. Superb. Also, I just got an email from a buyer on eBay explaining how happy they are with the item they bought, and that it was something that they'd been looking to get for a long time. It doesn't happen often - an email from a buyer is normally bad news - but it's lovely when it does.

Every single year there is a massive overreaction to pre season. Results and performances are completely irrelevant. As had been said, there are countless examples of bad pre seasons which have produced good seasons and vice versa. There is a reason we are playing pre season games and it is because we are not ready to play competitive games, we need fitness and sharpness to get to the level required for the real stuff so how can you possibly judge anyone when they are playing their first games after 2 months and getting rid of the rust. If they were at their best already we’d just have went straight into the League Cup games. Furthermore, we have a brand new manager experimenting with different players and formations, I can guarantee we will not see that back 4 from yesterday start a league game this season. Aside from players getting up to speed, we still have at least once centre back and striker to come into the starting line up. The manager could easily go out and fill those positions today but if the quality available just now is not right, what is the point? Those signings will define our season. Like everyone else, I would love is we signed them this week but if we have to wait till the first league game to get the quality required then so be it. Nobody else in the league has made any signings I’d be jealous of in the last week or so, we’re all in the same boat. The League Cup offers good money for a club at our level and we should be looking to progress given the draw but even that is really an extension of pre season. Look at Dunfermline last season, cruised through their group and then had a disaster of a season. Or Inverness, they a shocker under their new manager last season being beat at home to Stirling and comfortably by Cove. Billy Dodds saying he hadn’t had a chance to work with the defence yet which I’m sure triggered a few alarm bells. They then started the season with 5 clean sheets in a row and had a really good season. I’m not sure people appreciate what a change it is with a new manager and it will take time for him to find the right formula, the fact people are raising concerns already after effectively 2 pre season games is absolutely fucking wild.

Although I can’t stand Rangers, I had a lot of time for Andy Goram. He was a brilliant keeper, a talented cricketer (a sport at which he also represented Scotland), and a real character, and took the ‘there’s only two Andy Gorams’ (and similar) shouts with good humour. I remember when Queens beat Brechin in the final of the Challenge Cup in Oct 2002, I was on my way home from the game, when my mobile rang. I didn’t recognise the number, and when I answered it it was the man himself, clearly in the dressing room or at the back of the team bus with a few cold refreshments at hand, saying ‘…… mate, we’ve won the bloody cup!’ By way of explanation, I was friendly with a member of the Queens’ backroom team at the time, even though I’d never met Goram himself. He seemed genuinely just as delighted as he would doubtless have been whenever he won a trophy with Rangers, which in itself is a testament to the man. R.I.P. Andy Goram.

It's our snake oil

Neil Mooney. Here's another from the same game. He was playing for Svendborg at the time. Slightly less glamorous, here he is playing for Ardrossan Winton Rovers against Kilbirnie Ladeside in a Junior Cup tie in the early 70s. Apparently, this was the first match I ever attended (but as I was around 2 years old I have no memory of it).

He was an exceptional goalkeeper. He was great company. He was my friend. Rest in peace.

As for a guarantee. The financial agencies that regulate countries credit ratings were quoted as saying in 2014; Scotland would have triple A status and be around the seventh wealthiest nation in the world, even excluding oil and gas, it would still be a very prosperous. Which makes you think, where has it all that gone? I seriously doubt since 1707 we've be getting our fair share. We are only nation on this planet to discover oil and become poorer as a result. A thought to ponder. The truth of the matter is Scotland is the "Golden goose that lays the golden egg" and Westminster knows it only too well. That's the only reason that matters to them. I have many English friends and family and have no anti English sentiment. What I do have a massive issue with is the level of corruption within Wesminster and more so the Tories. Its a turbo charged unadulterated industrial asset stripping of the public purse and sector for their own gain and their cohorts. Morals are through the floor, its scandal after scandal. Lie after lie. Capitalism has lost its moral compass, devoid of ethics. Boris lobbying to remove cap on bankers income, just as everyone else has been told "don't ask for wage rises as you will affect inflation" These are the same bankers that started this shitshow in 2008 and didn't receive any charges or censure for it. Ten years of austerity followed. Covid didn't help and now the uber pumping of your pocket that begun this year, through fuel charges, energy charges and all that followed as a domino effect I have my gripes with SNP; Ferries, turbines, education, etc. But, compared with the uber corrupt shitshow at Westminster, it will always be a YES for me. Better to try another way for eventual betterment of all, than remain stuck in a perpetual f**k up. Saying "oh well at least it's our f**k up and it's better to stick than twist". Is a very poor defence.

This for me is photo of the day [emoji471]

Yes , this year our kit is all white at home and all black away

Absolutely delighted to announce the junction bar cowdenbeath supporters club are this years match day shorts sponsor. We have always sponsored a player every year but felt as if it was time to step up and we will continue to do our part this year. plenty more to come keep an eye on our page.

A lesser known pic from the 1896 Scottish Cup Final between Hearts and Hibs at Logie Green, the home of St. Bernard's.

Dorries is a dangerously stupid and malicious woman who is brutally out of her depth in any political position she's ever held, but this has massively annoyed rugby fans so who can say if it's bad or not?

You're a c**t and all.

Hi Ya! It’s John, John Needham… hi ya! Yeah, St Mirren. That’s me… How’s it going mate? Doing anything on Tuesday?

It's an absolute fucking binfire of a country rammed with gun-toting incels and Q-Anon fucking weirdos. Baws to ever going or living there. I can only see further erosions of women's rights, gay rights and generally horrendous extreme right wing policy. Multiply all that by 100 if Trump gets back in.

I love him already. EDIT: I have now googled Dylan and see he has the same agent as Jacob Esposito. I am no longer in love.

What a fucking c**t you are.

I think the purpose of this thread by the person who started it was for people to have the opportunity to leave their condolences, show their respect and share their memories of Andy Goram. If people have a different view, I’d suggest not posting on this thread. Point scoring is not appropriate.

That's just lines drawn on a picture of a horse with it's tongue hanging out.

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Canny wait to see what his dad does with this!!!

Hayburn Vaults aka Deoch An Dorus The Aragon Couple of nice pints in The Three Judges before too. The T is alive in ParTick!

A wee dug visiting to see me, glorious wee thing. Not been a bit of bother

Wot y up to on a thread about hair m8?

More excitement in the last 10 laps of this race than there has been in the last 10 races

Don’t be that fanny m9.

It's that time of year. One is not amused. I've just finished brushing Morse.

With the competitive stuff coming up It'll be interesting to see if McGlynn brings in one or two this week, and hopefully lets a few go out. One thing I will say if it is Ugwu that is signed and deployed as a lone striker he's going to need a helluva lot of others chipping in with goals and assists. That sadly is glaringly lacking in this side unless it's addressed before the league season starts.

It’s very à la mode to espouse how terrible the world is but it’s quite a blinkered view. I’m sure most Americans cringe at the thought of these right wing nuts being how the outside world views Americans just as most of us cringe at our gammony hooray Henry “leaders”. Look at the music, films, TV, books, fashion, science to have come out of America in the last 50 years or so. Astonishing talent. Like most of the world, its political system is due an overhaul.

Good to see we've found a replacement

Whether the club are charging or not that level of abuse is not a good look. It was only as recently as 3 years ago where it was taken to another level and destroyed Lewis Allan's confidence.

In my case my prostate cancer when diagnosed was at stage four, an exceptionally high PSA score of 145, and it had spread to my bones and lymph nodes. The average life expectancy for stage four was 5 years, but given the PSA score and spread the indications I got were that it would be a lot shorter in my case, although they didn't spell it out. I think the they said that chemo could on average extend my life expectancy by 3 months, and given the horror stories I'd heard about the effects of chemo, constant vomiting etc, I thought what's the point. I wasn't bothered about going bald as I was getting there already. Anyway I changed my mind, went for it and the chemo turned out to be a breeze. Combined with hormone treatment my PSA score went down to below 1 within about 6 months and it's pretty well stayed below 0.3 ever since. I was first diagnosed on the eve of Covid, and the only serious discomfort I've felt was a sausage fingered nurse sticking some cutting tool up my arse to take a sample of of the tumour right at the start. All I'm saying is that sometimes chemo isn't a big ordeal, and can be more effective sometimes than the predictive average.

Blakey's Seven

Regarding Andy Goram and his decision not to take chemo because of what a bad time his Mother had on it, every case is different. I'm not trying to say he made the wrong decision, but people shouldn't decide on the basis of one case they know about. There are a multitude of cancers types and stages, and different chemo drugs to treat them. When I was told the average increase in life expectancy I might get from chemo I was tempted to say no, I didn't and it turned out the side effects were pretty mild and the effectiveness combined with other treatment was stonkingly good. The average contains ranges from near instant death to a full life term, so if anyone gets bad news, think about it properly before turning chemo down.

Fair play to Morton today our overwhelming deficiencies up front showed up and cost us dearly.Morton were the hungrier team and deserved the win.Its early days for us and hopefully we get this out of our system and quick. Imrie has got a decent team there and I'll look out for yous in the coming season.Lets see if you can defy the odds like I hope we can,again..

If anyone from our media team are on here, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE drop that team sheet gif. Most of us look at the team to try and work out the formation etc but it keeps resetting before you get the chance to take it all in.

My mate put an advert in a music paper for a band to share gig costs with his. He knocked a guy back straight away because his name was Edwyn. I think I know who went on to do better.

Hearts fans coming across a bit old firm these days in the way they react to the slightest hint of criticism IMO.

Fair enough, but also note how many young players we’ve been getting time on the pitch. Since we have Mitchell, Masson and Young all on Modern Apprentice contracts that expire in 2023, it’s critical we get to see them.

Must be saving him for the final. Wise IMO.

Read this story on Facebook from a young chef who has a restaurant in Skye :

How did the toilet water taste in Seville m8?

"Why won't people who don't experience dysphoria tell me what experiencing dysphoria feels like?"

Certainly will be tough if you're forced to watch all the Simon Moon episodes.