Specky Ginger

The attendance figures can be skewed depending on which games are selected for TV on a Friday. This season every Fife derby had a 3pm kick off, whereas if one or two of them had been moved to the Friday night it would have brought the attendance down considerably.

Kirkcaldy is barely any closer to Arbroath than Airdrie (esp if you go via Kincardine) and Dunfermline is a good few miles closer to Airdrie than Arbroath.

That top screams Damien Dunleavy at me.

As a neutral, but with an obvious interest in the outcome, I'm looking forward to this. Two very attractive teams to watch. Hopefully it rains heavily on Wednesday and Thursday and Firhill is like a glue pot on the Friday. Extra time on a heavy, energy sapping pitch would be lovely in advance of Rovers' visit to whoever wins.

Given that we'd already blown two 2-0 leads over Arbroath this season and given that Smith's penalty against the Pars was poor, I agree with the decision to have Vaughan take the penalties.

Kirk Broadfoot has shed a bit of timber.

Nice top, not so nice shorts.

Rumours abound on the ICT thread that they didn't pay their players' wages last week. An Arbroath win here plus ICT receiving a 15 point deduction for going into administration might just give you a chance of surviving.

I think last season it clashed with English league / playoff games. This year it's on the same weekend as the Scottish and FA Cup Finals, so it might be at a more convenient time on the Sunday.

Straight reds certainly do. That's why the prospect of Colin Steven at this stage of the season is so frightening.

The fact Colin Steven is refereeing on Saturday is as big a concern re availability of players for the playoffs as injuries.

To be fair, if it wasn't for his gingerness, I might not have even rated him as high as a 6/10.

Just noticed we have Colin Steven refereeing our game on Saturday. I thought facing Imrie's gang that injuries might be our biggest concern, but with that clown in charge, I'd be more fearful of players being suspended for the playoffs.

When he first arrived I had him down as a 6/10 steady Eddie. However, he seems to have regressed somewhat in the last few games. I thought both Matthews and McGill have looked better in recent weeks, despite neither being natural right backs.

To be fair to him, ICT came out of that game with their second best defensive record intact. They struck the woodwork a few times as well.

You'll be telling me next we don't have linesmen anymore.

The woodwork was hit more times in one of the games than goals scored over the three games. That's quite a stat.

So in other words, had a wee purple patch until early March. However, not produced much since.

Without checking I'd say 92-93, but that was a 44 game season with 2 points for a win.

East Kilbride?

I'd be keeping an eye on who is out of contract at Arbroath. I reckon a few will end up at East Fife.

I think because of the expectations placed on United and the fact that we gave them a decent race, every slip up and less than convincing performance was probably magnified a bit. I think Goodwin has definitely earned a crack at next season - he did well at both Alloa and St Mirren and while he was never going to survive the Darvel result and the two thrashings in Edinburgh, he had Aberdeen in a much more stable league position than either his predecessor or successor.

A Michael Beale team if ever I saw one. A tad lacking in width.

He probably got a pile of votes from Rovers' players after tearing us a new one a couple of weeks ago.

FFS, bin the relief and actually celebrate winning a title. As much as I'd love to see a repeat of the 14th of May 1983, it's not going to happen, so enjoy the only title you're realistically going to win. Of course there's a lot of work to be done next season, but there would have been a hell of a lot more to do if you'd stayed down.