sailorcowden

Completely up to you mate! My voice isn't exactly going to get me a radio gig anytime soon either I'll give you a DM to let you know the template and we can take it from there thanks for the interest!

Hi guys - if you didn't know I run the Maurice Miners podcast. It's been a very tough time for us since the relegation from the championship and there's been heehaw to cheer for and it's getting harder and harder to face the next game. So in an effort to try and rekindle a bit of interest and reminisce about happier days I am hoping to meet as many supporters as possible to give me a 10-15 minute interview on what the club means to them and add it to a series of episodes (however many 1 hourish episodes I can fill). Let's remember the times that made us cheer and wail , let's dream of helicopters or laugh about the good, bad or the ugly. What was it about Cowdenbeath that drew you in? What kept you coming after all the hurt? Do you get teary remembering Toories goal to send us up? Did Mixu Paatelainen make all the hurt worth it? Do you get a sly smile when you remember Kane Hemmings opening the scoring in that storied day at East End Park? What are your worst memories? Was 1992 a nightmare you couldn't wake up from? Did watching hearts stick ten past us send you loopy? Does Bonnyrigg stick in the throat like a dry piece of toast? Is there any ludicrous memory or player that comes to mind? Did Armand One dancing to shouts of Pizza Hut give you a reason to grin? Does Jordan Garden trying to diving header a ball clear through another player still give you the chills? Did Bryan Gilfillan hopping on his one good leg to celebrate after surviving against Cove remind you that there are still heroes? If you are interested please give me a message on here or get in touch through the twitter or Facebook pages. I'm happy to travel within reason or if you don't want to talk on air, write in your stories and I'll read them. I'm also sure I could do it through Skype/Zoom but I'd probably need to have a wee play about first. We all have something to say about Cowdenbeath Football Club and it deserves to be told.

After the hearts game I didn't sleep for the two days until the highlights were up as I thought I'd missed the 3rd goal! My wife was saying that I was starting to go grey off of fatherhood but it was definitely the wait to see if I got the goal in the shot quite enjoy doing it though take in a bit more of the flesh of the game rather than being stood around talking. I'm the same with you and thought it had just been a defensive mistake but the guy was adamant that Farrell had called for the ball and then stopped. No complaints either way though and it was just frustrating as we were very much in the game until that point.

Thankfully I'm an absolute luddite and all I have to do is move the camera about! Worst part of the job is not being able to sneak away early on games like that though! I'll get a watch of the "highlights" when they are released as a guy sat in front of me was under the impression that Farrell had called for the ball in the lead up to the penalty but I missed it looking through that wee screen. We were definitely in the game up until the penalty though and as you said could have played until the cows came home without scoring. We've improved since the start of the season but there's a lot more work to do.

Nail on the head. I really like the addition of Dan Watt but I'd say he's more of a facilitator would prefer to see Sinclair playing off him more like how we had Jordan Allan playing off of Renton (hopefully with more goals though!). Been our issue for years that we've not had anyone able to really take chances but I think we are creating more than what we had been the past few seasons. I do hope that it is a duct that'll break once we get going but I did think the result against Edinburgh University was going to be that game.

Had a wee think over night and into today about the result yesterday and I still don't really see where we lost 4 nil. Don't think there was much between the two sides and after the initial pressure that brought Buchanan's first goal had more than our fair share of possession without really creating any clear cut chances. I guess that's where having a striker like Buchanan comes in handy though. I don't really see the point in playing Scott Sinclair wide on the left, it really takes away any goal threat that he possesses. All in all a bad day at the office but we need to start taking wins from teams above us and not just those floating around the bottom.

Good luck to your wee one Neebs! Will be rooting for her

My friend and I were on that train. We were in the last carriage

Really nice meeting you mate

Certainly thought they could have had more if they wanted too. Shame we never took the chance at 1 nil but that's the breaks sometimes. a Bad day at the office and shouldn't take away from the good work from the turn of the year. Hopefully get back to winning ways with 3 winnable games coming up.

I didn't think we were that bad until we conceded and then seemed to fold like a pack of cards. Having the whole Celtic B side camped in our half with 10 to go was damning too. Poor game, hopefully move on next week.

Didn't see the challenge for the stooshy today but saw the rangers CB charging down the pitch and knee as soon as he saw red we were going to get similar. Thought we were unlucky today with little between the two sides. Their number 7 was the difference maker and on another day we walk away with a result. Thanks to @Cowdenleithfor the teamsheet from the Edinburgh uni game. Nice wee thing to mark the day my daughter arrived. Also got her first scarf... If I wasn't given a chance there's no way she is

A whole load of boys I'd carry back on my back if they wanted

Just saw the post. Absolute cracker that shirt one of my favourites

Born yesterday at 0000 funnily. Wee cracker who pushed her mum to the limit. got her home this evening and she's settled so well

A wee summary would be great. I'm on my way back up the road but the trains haven't been kind with the rain (don't think my wife would have been happy either if I went to a football meeting too mind!)

Merry Christmas everyone. Have a great day and hopefully we will see a better second half of the season. All the best

Sounds like a plan! Infact we can make it a yearly thing when we are thrown out of the house for blaming the kids for ruining it!

Thanks a lot! and Congratulations on your second! MUst be great watching your family really take off and come together I can't imagine what it is going to be like leaving both the wife and the kid to be honest. It was hard enough leaving after we were first married. i go away for around 4 months at a time and though i get about 3 back at the end of it. It's a massive chunk of the year taken out and from reading the thread you could miss so much in that spell. Definitely going to start looking for work shoreside. I have worked with a lot of guys from the Phillipines and the sacrifices that they make to make sure their families are taken care of is extraordinary. Really take my hat off to them. Remember about a decade ago when Typhoon Haiyan made landfall over the islands. Guys not knowing if their families were safe or their homes still standing and just getting up to go to work day in day out. It was a very hard time from the outside looking in, nevermind being directly affected by it. Nothing but respect for people who can go through so much time away to care for their folks.

I have my first on the way in February. Was told a few months ago that is a wee girl we are expecting. I am excited beyond belief and cannot wait to get started. Doing a longer stretch away the now to get plenty of leave at the back of the bairn being born and I guess it's my time to start thinking of a change of career. It'll be rough missing out on large chunks of her growing up.

FK Mornar vs FK Jezero today Poor game but a 1 nil win for Mornar. Goal in the first half well taken and coming out of the blue. Game then fell into poor gamesmanship (or as Falkirk fans have dubbed it McPakeball) worth the 3 euro and a league off the list

A few weeks back I was at the Limassol Derby. Apollon Vs Aris, the derby is known as the derby of the gods. But, Apollo was not smiling on Apollon as the traditionally smaller Aris ran out 3 nil winners. Big name for Aris bring Alexander Kokorin. The infamous russian striker who was jailed for battering a government official whilst with St Petersburg. Far too good for this level and it showed as he opened the scoring with 15 to go. Apollon couldn't lay a glove and the route was completed in the 89' and 95' minute after the goalkeeper gave away a penalty. Some atmosphere as the crowd never stopped singing.

Penzance Vs Sticker FC Lucky for me, a breakdown delayed leaving Cornwall by a few days. So I took the chance to travel to Penzance. The furthest south I'll get for a wee while anyway. 2 all draw and an end to end affair. If either team had a better final ball or a bit composure. It could have been 6 each. Penzance recently won their first game after 23 consecutive losses and in the past 20 meetings with Sticker FC have lost 18. So all in all, a very good point for the magpies.

Last one on Cornwall for a wee bit. Penryn Vs Illogan 2-2. Attendance 43 by my count Close affair with Illogan probably edging it on the night. Penryn took the lead against the run of play after a header, from a corner, struck the post and left the goalkeeper stranded for an easy tap in. Illogan kept up the tempo and equalised not long after that. Then went 1-2 up on the night with a bit of pinball in the box. The second half was end to end but a lack of composure and a cracking save from Penryn's number one. Kept the game evenly poised. The equaliser came out of nowhere as a lofted free kick found a free striker to send one across the goal into the net. The draw a fair result.

Helston 2 Falmouth Town 1 A quick return to Helston for the town after being here in the FA cup over the weekend. Game was very even with Falmouth having the greater chances throughout. Helston took the lead against the run of play, 50 minutes in, and looked to press home the advantage. Falmouth found the equaliser after the goalkeeper was only able to parry a shot and was beaten to the second chance. Would have thought Falmouth, being the better side throughout, would have turned the screw. But, Helston went up the other end directly from the restart and found the winner. Finished with Falmouth pushing a knackered Helston side all the way through an astonishing ten minutes of additional time