Blue-Toon

Ryan Conroy warmed up for his return to his old stamping ground with 2 goals and a man of the match award against Stranraer. Hopefully he can repeat this form against his old club.

Kudos to the bunch of Stranraer fans who made the long journey to Balmoor on a miserable day to watch their team. The match was not a great spectacle but the 3 points were very welcome and creates a gap between the two teams. The penalty might have changed the outcome if Stranraer had scored but the result was never really in doubt.

Read all about it in the free online match programme - https://www.peterheadfc.com/blue-toon-talk/item/2717-11-v-stranraer-07-12-19

This is a proverbial 6 pointer for both teams. If we win the gap increases to 8 points but a Forfar win closes the gap to 2 points. Both teams played Raith recently and Forfar managed a draw while we lost 1-0. Does this mean that Forfar should beat us given they have home advantage? We certainly can't afford to lose this game. If we play like we did against Raith I think we may sneak a win.

Handball? What do the rules say? https://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/2703-peterhead-ask-scottish-football-association-for-clarification-on-handball-rules

Good luck to David McCracken at Falkirk. Hopefully he can help them win the league and gets kept on but if not he will be welcomed back at Peterhead - https://www.peterheadfc.com/news/item/2699-david-mccracken-thanks-blue-toon

Wow! Tories down 2 points and Labour up 5 points - https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-election-poll-kantar/conservatives-poll-lead-over-labour-narrows-to-11-points-kantar-poll-idUKKBN1Y00R2

The stats for this game are mental -

Good to read the honest posts from 2 Raith Rovers fans. We played really well today and with a little bit of luck we would be in the draw for the next round. I feared the worst when we lost a goal after only 3 minutes but this turned out to be the only effort Raith had on target. Unfortunately for us this proved to be the difference between the teams despite the best efforts of the boys in pink. The tiny group of Peterhead fans applauded the players off at the end to thank them for their efforts.

Agreed. What a difference to the last game when we lost 4-0 and deserved to lose by more. This time we should have been ahead at half time and kept Raith to one attempt on target the whole game. If we keep playing like this we should win more games than we lose. Good luck to Raith in the next round.

2 SNP candidates?

Good news about Willie Young failing to win. When will we know the Moray result?

Brexit Party support has crumbled - https://www.standard.co.uk/news/politics/uk-election-polls-tories-have-clear-16point-lead-over-labour-as-lib-dems-and-brexit-party-hit-by-big-a4292851.html

Should be a banker home win based on the last match at Starks Park which was embarrassingly one sided. The game at Balmoor was much more even so hopefully this game will be similar and not another drubbing for us. If Rory plays and we can get the ball to him we stand a chance of getting a result. If we are below par Raith will be in the next round.

Breakup of UK is a price worth paying - https://news.sky.com/story/breakup-of-uk-a-price-worth-paying-for-brexit-say-leave-voters-in-poll-11863830