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  1. Chances are it's flown off the shelves in its old heartland, whereas down here almost nobody's familiar with the brand so it's selling a lot slower. TBH I only knew about it through P&B - I'd been up at a Highland League game and we'd stopped off at a petrol station I think near Elgin on the way back when I saw a bunch of 500ml bottles and picked up some because I'd heard folk mention it on here. I'd likely never have heard of it otherwise...it didn't seem to be sold outside of that corner of the country.
  2. I'm assuming it feeds on from that daft video the old yin did a few years back. At the time they were wetting themselves at how well she delivered her lines, but by that stage I'm not entirely convinced she didn't think she was actually talking to a real bear.
  3. I think it's just come out, so you'll likely still be in luck - got it in Valhalla's Goat this afternoon. I was last in there a couple of weeks ago and it defo wasn't there then. Not popped it yet, but I'll post when I do...it'll be interesting to see how they manage a sour version of something I primarily remember for its almost overwhelming sweetness.
  4. Moray Cup flavour sour courtesy of Brewtoon. Couldn't not buy it.
  5. I kind of feel for him...in royal terms that must be like getting the nod to come off the subs' bench with ten minutes to go and popping your hammy a minute after getting on the park.
  6. Quite astonishing they haven't tracked him down yet when you consider half of his coupon now looks like a mince bhuna. Not everybody dressed up like the Phantom of the Opera is really going to the theatre, Met...
  7. Nucular. Leesure. That weird "A" they shoehorn into some words of foreign origin...pawsta washed down with lawger.
  8. Jolly Boy Joey is for real...
  9. Maryhill v Shire off - as above - frozen pitch.
  10. From memory the last time the story reared its head some fairly big player's daft relative was one of the prime non-movers behind it. As soon as I heard they were planning to resurrect Cathkin I knew it was bullshit...pre-COVID there was a Saturday morning ammy team using it and I'd occasionally stop off to catch the first half on my way up to Lochburn. While it's an atmospheric place to watch a game, it's a ruin. There are still a few bits remaining of what could charitably be called terracing, but in terms of bringing the place back into use as an actual stadium they're fifty years too late - it would cost millions, especially when you consider the size of crowd they'd be likely to attract.
  11. I suppose there's an analogy to be made with the fantasists who appear every few years proclaiming the resurrection of Third Lanark, conveniently ignoring the fact that the area they played in has completely changed both in terms of population density and demographic profile since they played there sixty years ago. Worth noting though that a version of Thirds still play, albeit in the ammy leagues - saw them play up at Barlia a couple of months ago. Given that the bar has never been lower in terms of going semi-pro though it's notable that they've made no move, suggesting we can finally treat the "Thirds are back" stories with the contempt they deserve next time they appear.
  12. Yeah, I remember them floating around at Firhill and Hamilton for a good few years, but couldn't recall the timescale - coming up on 40 years since they had a genuine presence in the area then.
  13. Given their current position on the park, they look like candidates for the LL in the next few years, which would make taking on a new stadium which would need substantial work done while simultaneously financially restructuring in accordance with their new reality problematic to say the least. As I'd said earlier, their greater name recognition might swing it for them, but the truth is they've not been a club based in the area for the best part of half a century now - when did they vacate Shawfield - mid-80s? - whereas Finnart are and seem to be a genuine local community enterprise in comparison.
  14. Yeah, I walked through the stadium bit a while back on my way up to Dennistoun and it's in quite a bit of disrepair as well. anyone who takes it over it will have a job on their hands...it's certainly not some spanking new facility. It's difficult in many ways - while I totally get that the days of monolithic stadia like the old Tinto and Petershill are gone forever my worry is that the more sides who go down the 3G cage route, the more that'll be normalised as an acceptable way of operating. It's fine for sides that are just starting out - everybody's got to start somewhere - but for me there has to be some sense of working towards something better than that. Moving from amateur or youth football comes with an expectation that now you're changing to get in, you should also make at least some effort to provide a spectator experience that people might want to repeat...some of the newer sides seem to get that point, Thorn being a good example of a side that seems to be moving in the right direction, but with others the jury's still out.
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