Nicholas Rage

No straight reds, what a bunch of good boys we've got* *at not getting caught

You're absolutely right and it's been a pleasure to see him return from injury and bag a couple of goals. A fully fit and firing Jamie would be a real asset to the side.

Aye that's done and dusted, but hopefully in three years time it'll be a minority trying to push the agenda for a few quid.

Max spending cash on guys who had helped get him the sack at BU was an interesting approach to the season. You feel its a crossroads moment for Tranent this summer.

I'd add Broomhill (version 3 I think we're on now) and Caley Braves to that list purely on account of being weird.

Another B team yes voting club gone. Every cloud and all that.

Interesting season coming for the Rose. The momentum of being a winning team coming out of the East is gone, but they simply can't have the same injuries again which should lead to some improvement. If Broxburn do come up looking forward to a lot of local derbies and decent days out.

Less than 11 months since Ian Little walked away and left the team without a manager and the absolute bare bones of a squad, it cannot be overstated what a phenomenal job Hunter and Gemmell have done, hopefully this is just the start of something good. They deserve so much credit and I hope they can enjoy the summer, though I'm sure in reality the hard work starts again first thing Monday morning. Couldn't be prouder of who leads our club. On the players, if Musa is away he's going to be a big miss. He's prone to a gaffe, but if he wasn't he wouldn't be here. He's a great goalie who can pull off the spectacular and I can see him making the step up this summer. Ryan Stevenson has had a great year after quite a difficult end under Max/Little, he provides such forward impetus from fullback and is a great attacking threat. When we picked up Michael Travis from the Berwick fire sale I wasn't sure what to expect, but he's become an absolute rock at the back, knows when to play and when to lump it. Hope we've got him tied down. Captain material. McArthur is a funny one. Really thought he'd excel this season but fell out of favour and every time he got a chance he'd repeat the same mistakes overplaying the ball. Frustrating as you know theres a great player in there. Goes with best wishes and good luck at a plummeting Edinburgh City, he'll certainly get a chance to play. Hawkeye - Mr Reliable in defense, knows his role, his strengths and importantly his limitations and just does the right thing. Kier Macaulay is a great left back and balances well with Stevo on the right hand side, when he plays Bo'ness are a better team. Shaun Rutherford and Dan Irving have had stop start seasons and despite them being quite different in appearance for some reason I mix them up constantly, so I'm usually so confused about which one it is I miss their actual contribution. If either of you for some reason read this, apologies that's my bad. Michael Gemmell - next season might be a season too many, but my god I love watching him smash into tackles and moan at referees. As long as he's assistant, give the man a shirt. JJ Henderson has been a good signing, clearly managers man on the pitch and generally seems a great guy from his work at Raith Rovers to attending the BU kids training. One of those guys you love on your team and hate on the other. Kyle Johnston has had a funny season. At times he's run games, but I don't think he's done it enough. That's part of having a young player though, I'd be happy to see him back again next year. I unashamedly love Tom Grant. A classic Number 10 who plays with a smile on his face (or his tongue sticking out) Kier Foster is now in Finland and absolutely fair play to him, great to see players take a leap of faith. Ryan Porteous has flattered to deceive, but I've no idea where we'd be without his goals from left wing. Hopefully with this season under his belt he can progress next year, though even just keeping up the goals if we have a striker contributing as well would be very valuable. Louis Kennedy blows hot and cold like most wingers, but can't fault him for effort plus a last minute winner over the hill and inspiring a great comeback away at Edinburgh Uni, can't ask for more. Honourable mention for Lucas Stenhouse, electrifying at times early in the season and got us points early in the season when we weren't firing on all cylinders. Wish we could get him back next year but suspect Livi might keep him for off the bench in the championship with that pace. Scott Dalziel has worked his creaking body to the limit this season, the lack of goals I'm sure disappoints no-one more than himself but he's worked so hard and created so many chances for his partners... ...which leads me to Fin Malcolm. Bit of an enigma, has everything that you want a striker to have, but can't seem to quite put it together. There's space for him at this level, but not leading the line yet and it's cost us. Kieran Mitchell might well be that man for next year, that goal today just showed what he's capable of, he looks a player playing below his real level right now. Looking forward to seeing what he can do next year. Why have I typed out all this? Who knows, I've never played proper football in my puff. I'm just a jobber who pays his £8 every week, so I know f**k all really. But it's the end of the season ans if there's not a time to type a lot of shite about a great bunch of lads who I've loved watching this year, when can you? Can't wait for next season to start already and to be back at Newtown with you all. In Hunter we trust.

That sure is an interesting choice. Could be back in the Lowland in 12 months.

That's a striker.

Lovely work from Tom Grant to set that up and good composure from Fin to put it away. No less than we deserve from this performance.

He was wanting to take the pen as well, thankfully Porteous didn't listen.

Well said. As much as we have a gripe and moan occasionally, this season has been far beyond what we could have expected when it kicked off. All thanks to the management team, players and all associated with the club. And we'll always have Louis Kennedy in Lithgae. That's a moment a hold onto forever.

EK have been the best side in the division this year and deserve their title, congrats to all involved. Sincerely hope they do make it into the SPFL and test themselves at the next level. The investment question is interesting, additionally when Kelty are a good comparison. Every team in the Lowland League would like the cash to flow, but investment means a lot more than just on the pitch talent. Investment should secure facilities and a future for clubs. The setup that the guys now at Raith have left behind at New Central Park is fantastic and will stand the club in good stead for years to come even with no cash input from them, they're now doing the exact same at Stark's making them both a good day out now for home and away fans alike, bringing more cash into the club making it sustainable and becoming with the centre of the community. I'm not sure you can say in EK that much of that investment is going anywhere other than on the playing staff, which is a very short term investment as if that drops off, what are you left with? I'm aware they can't really do anything to K-Park, but it begs the same question that there's been for years, what is the end goal?

V Outside of Kirk there basically isn't a consistent scorer in the division which is remarkable.