Handofdavid

Regarding the rail halt, my recollections from the Heathfield Stadium meeting was that South Ayrshire Council were asking for the moon. Bill Barr to pay for the installation of a railway station and for the upgrading of Whitletts Roundabout. He quite rightly declined.

I’ll be in Pitlochry. Hopefully at least one of the pubs will show it.

Best - Shankland. Worst - I was going to go with Benlarej, but he only played about 10 minutes. Neil McNab came with a good reputation but his legs had gone, and he never strayed from the centre circle. Rank.

Was it not with the advent of the SPL? Having two separate bodies creating their own fixture lists? Obviously the SPL cared not a toss about anyone outside their own kingdom.

That boy is a talent.

I got the feeling that Mark Duthie didn’t want to come to Ayr, and only a large financial incentive brought him to us. Was a complete waste of a shirt when he did arrive.

I see that Craig Bryson is in talks to terminate his Aberdeen contract to possibly move closer to his family in Ayrshire. 33 years old and struggled with injuries last season, would Kerr be looking at him?

Oddly I have always had Alloa as my favourite away ground. The view of The Ochils is the best in Scotland, and I always remember enjoying myself there. Since the Astro went down and the new stand went up though, it isn’t quite the same. Never liked Firhill for some reason.

Thanks for the report.

Week 1: Peterhead.

Afraid so. I think we needed a draw to go up, Kenny Wilson missed a penalty and we pounded the Stirling goal to no avail. I think Stirling also missed promotion despite winning.