endieinreekie Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 33 minutes ago, Shandon Par said: Petrie, there's only one Petrie.. Hands off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shandon Par Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 12 minutes ago, endieinreekie said: Hands off Okay - you can have another season. Our manager has fairly turned things around anyway in the last 10 games. Pleased to see Petrie doing well. Had a great 10 years or so at East End and got better each season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Delighted at Montrose winning the league title. I used to train up at Links Park with your goalkeeping coach and sometimes join Mark Peat & Stuart (I've forgotten his surname but the big guy who was the understudy for a season or two) so I felt quite close to the club then and genuinely wanted you guys to do really well. It was really genuinely disappointing when that era didn't herald results as there seemed to be a lot of promise and it was even worse when it looked like falling out of the league system was a real prospect. No disrespect to other teams in the league who might feel suffering but I think you guys must have a serious case of being the longest suffering fans in pretty much-getting nothing of note (apart from a semi-final in the playoffs). It'll always be tough to adapt after promotion but I'm pretty sure Petrie will put together a good side next season and you'll have a good season. Stuart McKenzie is the chap you're thinking of. Good chance he'll be back in League 2 next season with Cove Rangers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endieinreekie Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Too quiet in here. Still loving being champions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gogs Grog Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Just getting over the hangover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummo Posted May 4, 2018 Author Share Posted May 4, 2018 Compared with the tension of last week and much of the end of the season, things seem very chillaxed this week. It seems ages since Saturday now. Still coming to terms with the juxtaposition of "Montrose" and "winners", after decades of lazy epithets from hack (poor excuse for) journos: "strugglers", "lowly", "basement", "losers" etc. One thing I really sense, is what a massive relief it is not to have to undergo the purgatory of the playoffs. It seems to me to be as much a punishment for not winning, as it is an opportunity or second chance. A minimum of 360 minutes more football, spread over almost two weeks and often as not hundreds of miles of travelling to get promoted. Sod that for a game of soldiers! Unlike World Cups: playoffs, one competition, I am delighted my team is sitting out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mo83 Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Am sure the boys will be loving it in Benidorm this weekend....well deserved sesh for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 3 hours ago, gableender said: So apparently behind Rangers with 83 points, we have won League 2 with the second highest points tally, 77 to be exact. Amazing! Mon ih Mo Has news of this just broken in this weeks Mearns Leader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gableender Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Has news of this just broken in this weeks Mearns Leader Bitter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peternapper Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 5 minutes ago, gableender said: Bitter? No not at all, we had plenty chances to take it but did,nt take them, will have to check if The Buchanie reported that we ended the season with the highest points total for a 2nd placed team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 4 hours ago, gableender said: So apparently behind Rangers with 83 points, we have won League 2 with the second highest points tally, 77 to be exact. Amazing! Mon ih Mo It was still the third division when Rangers won it. East Fife won it with 88 points in 07/08. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunning1874 Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 17 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: It was still the third division when Rangers won it. East Fife won it with 88 points in 07/08. And Gretna had 98 points in 04/05. A fantastic achievement from Montrose regardless, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tongue_tied_danny Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 7 minutes ago, Dunning1874 said: And Gretna had 98 points in 04/05. A fantastic achievement from Montrose regardless, of course. Yip, especially as all of this means that Montrose are the greatest "SPFL league two" champions of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brummo Posted May 6, 2018 Author Share Posted May 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Dunning1874 said: And Gretna had 98 points in 04/05. A fantastic achievement from Montrose regardless, of course. So really, what you're saying is that Montrose are the only proper team to have won it with such a high points tally, other that East Fife, who won it when it was called something different. The local rag here, which sadly last time I was back, had degenerated from a half decent paper to a "Merge Angus" effort, is the Montrose Review. The southern part of the Mearns had the Kincardineshire Observer, known as the "two minutes silence". The Mearns Leader was the paper for Stonehaven and northern end up to Portlethen. Don't know if they have survived as separate entities. I suspect not. Sad to see demise of decent local papers but think it's inevitable in this www.world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.