DutchBorderer

Lesley Gair contacted me yesterday with the happy news; there's 9 reservations so far towards a bus with 19 seats. The club is kind enough to chip in a hundred pounds if the bus can't be filled, but all in all, one seat should only cost 15 quid. Reserve your spot if you haven't already by sending Lesley a mail at l.gair@hw.ac.uk and we should have a cracking away day just before Easter.

I have the missus to contend with unfortunately. Obviously I'd rather go see the Dream Team (and I would've dragged her down to Shielfield if there was a home game that weekend), but a supporters bus running would from Edinburgh to a footy match is too convenient to pass up and fits in our schedule. Arbroath is a nicer away day than Annan, and the gf wants to go seabird spotting so I can just drop her in the harbour and raid the pie stand in peace. City's fans seem like a good bunch, but no one said anything about supporting either Edinburgh or Arbroath.

Already did; signed me and my girlfriend up, Mr. Blobby reserved three tickets, and miss Gair said she would send out further enquiries today. Should be a crackin' day out so hope everyone here'll consider sending her a message to sign up too.

Since the thread could use a bit of a positive note, I had the fortune of meeting one Clyde fan last week, as he graciously donated a matchworn top from the 2007/2008 season. Did a write-up on it on my wee football shirt blog, give it a read here if you'd like. Did people actually enjoy the design back then? Don't mind it myself at all, but it was so overused (Falkirk, Kilmarnock, Ayr I think, even Berwick had it in red as an away kit).

I'm planning my Easter getaway from the 14th 'til the 18th this month, and my girlfriend fancies Edinburgh as a destination. Looking to visit a game, and since City is playing Arbroath at Gayfield that weekend, I was wondering if the club happens to organize a fans' bus going to and from away games? Wouldn't mind travelling with you all on Saturday two weeks from now, maybe get me a City kitty too.

Just looking forward to today's match now, can't imagine the state of this forum if he nets a hattrick and Clyde win 2-3 or something of the sort.

Board has got a big pair to sign him. Can't help but think the cllub would've been better off with a disgraced defender. Would Goodwillie have been convicted in the Dutch legal system? I very much doubt it, but that's hardly relevant considering we're talking about Scotland here. Still, speaking from my own cultural context, I see no real reason to keep the lad from playing pro football again; Clyde fans can be miffed that he will do so at Broadwood, but I really doubt this is going to deter sponsors or have a lasting negative impact on the club off the pitch. There's an outrage now, but most people will go back to not caring about football at this level after a week or two.

Cheers for the FB shout out lad, much appreciated (being a start-up is hard work). The moment I get my grubby mits on a Hereford kitty it's gonna get featured, hoping the club drops the 40 quid price tag on the eBay shop some time soon. By the by, I only just realized Sherjill MacDonald played for the old club. Funny coincidence, he played for my home town team too. Not so funny coincidence, they went bust as well (in 2013)......

I have no idea how pervasive these kinds of things are across the North Sea but I instantly lose respect for people that have crap like this in their homes. And trust me, there's a lot of people over here who think this is an acceptable form of interior decoration; Why why why why why would you stencil crap like this on your walls? The Love/Live/Laugh one is the worst of the bunch, I cringe every time I see it. Also this pish; Do people really need reminders of where they are in the form of big wooden letters? If I was a tree and got cut down to be pulped into this crap I'd be fuming.

The MLS '17 section on historicalkits.co.uk is open, for people wanting to get a good overview of the new kits this semester; http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/MLS/MLS-2017.html Looking forward to a good year for the Union, and a slightly-less-shitty-than-last-season-year for the Fire (recently reviewed a kit of theirs I got when I was an early teen).

David Verlaque has signed with us until the end of the season. He any good?

I understand that everyone's heard quite enough about franchises and such when it comes to Livi, but I hope you all understand that it is not my intention to take a few pot shots at the club. In fact, I've admitted to liking it in the article, and I've posted in this thread before (long time ago, but still) so it's absolutely not like I want to smear Livi. However, when you're introducing a shirt of a smallish club to an international audience, you need to highlight what makes them unique, which in Livi's case is a somewhat chequered past. Note that I did not call the club a franchise, but rather used the examples of American teams and MK Dons to create context for readers that are not in the know. I fully understand that it's the same old that any fan will have heard a thousand times before, but nonetheless I don't want to pull any punches as the point is to give a bit of exposure to shirt, club, and their quirks, rather than be as positive as possible even when it's a club I have sympathy for. I definitely appreciate everyone taking the time to read it and the feedback given here, will take it on board in trying to improve in the future.

Bit of unwarranted self-advertisement here (sorry about that, normally I contribute to P&B in a more constructive manner), but the club's Facebook account shared an article I wrote about the weird yellow-white strip Livi wore in 04/05. Thought it'd might be interesting for you guys to see too; https://club25football.wordpress.com/2017/02/09/livingston-f-c-home-shirt-20042005/ Facebook Post What was the consensus on Xara as a supplier back in the day? I quite like this top I got to celebrate a title with the team in Football Manager, hope to add a second to the collection soon.

Any chance of you lads coming back up to League 2 this year, or is it a done deal with East Kilbride too far ahead? Haven't been keeping up so don't know how either team has been playing.

Happy with this league position in my second L1 season after narrowly avoiding relegation in the first, on my annual Berwick/4-3-3 Dutch school only run.

Take your time with each level, and don't rush to the next one in line immediately after completing one; the game's depth really shines when replaying a level over and over, and eahc locations has tens of hours of content (especially if you're going for 100%).

Blood Money is closest, definitely. Absolution was a disaster in the eyes of many fans, and caused IO to be downgraded by Square-Enix (as they didn't make enough profit on the greatly inflated budget). The story is completely ignored (save from a flashback in the intro and a character's brother showing up as an easter egg), and the linear nature of levels and stuff like point shooting has been done away with.

So, the full game is out now on disc, anyone bit the bullet and bought it? Been playing since it released but am still having a blast. I'd discuss the game on a fan forum, but one of the admins there is an absolute tit and banned me for three months for talking back to him.

'Grats on (almost certainly) brining in Ojamaa. He's decent enough from what I could tell over his two periods in the Netherlands (before Motherwell he had a spell with Fortuna Sittard). However, he barely got any playtime in the weakest team of our top league despite scoring one of the best goals of the season so far; Hope he gets more time on the pitch and, more importantly, goals for you lads.

Think this is the best explanation for the birth (it might have been summoned through Satanic rituals, I'm not sure yet) of this eldritch abomination of a tournament;

Glad to see Hereford on the up and up, two more promotions and I'd be able to use 'em for the English promotion achievement in FM (without modding). Had a look at maybe buying a kit, but they're wearing rank Macron junk, gonna have to pass up on that

Out of interest, how has Kenny van der Weg been playing? I remember writing a horribly glum post about him when the news of his transfer from NAC to County broke, but 14 starts out of 21 Prem matches doesn't seem all that bad.

That's besides the point, and even then I don't see our chairman asking for away games instead of matches at home. Stirling's actions and motives are understandable, but, even in League 2, a club's pitch has to be servicable, which the pitch at Forthbank isn't atm.

Think Sheerin can make an impact at Berwick in League 2? 3 Goals in 29 Championship games (most of them coming off the bench) doesn't seem like that good a record.

Best to counter the content of the post, rather than react to the specifics of the person. Think there is no shame in the club requesting an away game, but not having the pitch in a playable state in time is a bit of a poor showing.