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[DoingThe42]

8/42: Arbroath 0-0 ICT. Championship 06/08.

Less of a thriller here, but Arbroath remains an excellent place to go to a game.

Encountered the ICT Young Team on the train and my mate presciently predicted there would be some 'fallen soldiers' among their number based on their condition at about midday. Sure enough, video footage has emerged of said lads getting huckled by the stewards and denied entry.

They didn't miss much in terms of the game, mind you.

Still, a trip to Bar 1320, which was very enjoyable, and Gayfield is just generally an enjoyable place to be. That said, three pound fifty for a pie! Fucking hell.

Anyway, a good day out and 8/42 done with a two-week break now coming up for me as real life kicks in temporarily before my triumphant return to the trail at Dumbarton v Elgin in a few weeks.

So far I've seen 1 home win, 1 draw, 6 away wins, which seems remarkable to me. 21 goals in 8 games. One hat-trick (Dale Carrick), one two-goal comeback, Ayr United, and one 0-0. I've also seen 7/10 Championship teams play already this season.

 

 

[JMDPco]

First visit to the Tottenham Hotspur stadium for Spurs 4-1 Southampton. Spurs were impressive, the less said about Southampton the better. 

Stunning weather, five goals, a few pints and a pretty incredible stadium. Not too bad all round, despite the surrounding area being an absolute shithole. 

[Christophe]

Season 2022/23 off and running with some pre-season friendly fayre.

Warrington Town 2-2 Bolton Wanderers 

[Christophe]

First competitive action came in the Cheshire Football League: Division 1 

Golborne Sports 3-4 Vulcan  

[Christophe]

Game 3 of the season and a run over to the Wirral tonight, in the West Cheshire League - Division 2

Poulton Victoria 5-1 West Kirby 

Edited August 8, 2022 by Christophe

[Guest]

Whitburn 0-3 Tranent

Some midweek East of Scotland cup qualifying action between East Premier new boys against Lowland League new boys.

Really impressed with Central Park (not a phrase I ever thought I'd say being used to Cowdenbeath). Nice ground with a big enclosure and two different seating sections! No floodlights however so a slightly strange 6:45 kick off.

Tranent always had the better of the game, including hitting the crossbar from the half way line in the first half. Whitburn had chances but Tranent always on top. Two early second half goals, topped off with a tremendous strike just on 90 minutes made the difference

[Le Tout P'ti FC]

Dalkeith Thistle 4 Ormiston Primrose 1.

An impressive start to the league campaign continues for Dalkeith, now three wins in a row, and 14 goals scored.

[Crow]

Leicester Nirvana 1-0 Belper United @ Hamilton Park. Noon kick-off last Sunday in the United Counties League Premier Division North. Both sides missed chance after chance, including a penalty each, before the home side won it  on 87 ... from the spot! Crowd 285.

Edited August 10, 2022 by Crow

[Crow]

Stopped off at Liverpool 0-3 RC Strasbourg Alsace @ Anfield on the way back. Wouldn’t normally post about home games but not in my seat and got a shot of the Anfield Road redevelopment. Pre-season Friendly. The visitors race into a 3 goal lead inside the opening 25 minutes and that completes the scoring against a young Liverpool side + James Milner. Crowd around 50,000.

Edited August 10, 2022 by Crow

[Crow]

Edinburgh United 1-1 University of Stirling EOS @ Paties Road Stadium last Tuesday night. The points end up shared in East of Scotland League, Division 2 but United should have come from behind to win it in the closing stages. Both goals midway through the 2nd half. Crowd 64.

[Crow]

Edinburgh South 0-3 Heriot-Watt University @ Paties Road Stadium on Wednesday night. Back to Colinton for more midweek EOSFL Division 2 action with South ground-sharing here this season. The visitors, 2-0 up at the break, run out convincing winners. Crowd 68.

[Crow]

Lothian Thistle Hutchison Vale 1-2 Penicuik Athletic @ Ainslie Park Stadium. Friday night EOSFL, Premier Division action in the capital. Penicuik reduced to 10 men (DOGSO) but take the lead. Lothian level before HT but the visitors snatch it 6 minutes from time. Crowd 106.

[Crow]

Fulham 2-2 Liverpool @ Craven Cottage . Opening day of the 2022-23 Premier League season and an early start. Fulham made life very difficult for the visitors who were far from their best and were forced to come from behind twice and settle for a point. Crowd around 22,000.

[Crow]

Fisher 0-0 Sutton Common Rovers ... FA Cup Extra Preliminary Round @ St Paul’s Sports Ground . Headed across London as fast as I could and made it midway through the 1st half. The home side increasingly on top but couldn’t score and it goes to a replay . Crowd 250 ish.

[Crow]

Edinburgh United 1-3 Edinburgh University @ Paties Road Stadium last night. 6.45pm kick-off in the EOS Qualifying Cup 2nd Round. United started well and led their LL opponents 1-0 half time, James Flynn ️ with a brilliant goal. The Uni stepped it up though in the 2nd half. Crowd 47.

Edited August 10, 2022 by Crow

[Crow]

Tynecastle 3-0 Newburgh @ Meggetland Stadium . Caught the 2nd half on the way home. Tynecastle comfortably into the EOS Qualifying Cup 3rd Round with 2 headed goals after the break making the game safe. Crowd 71.

[Craig fae the Vale]

Drymen United 3-2 Gargunnock. 

A winner takes all shootout for the Forth and Endrick League tonight. Gargunnock were 2-0 up early in the second half but a stirring fightback from Drymen saw them lift the title. 

A feisty, frantic contest. Five goals, two red cards and champions crowned. Great night's entertainment. 

[Guest Jedi]

Ground number 89# for me at Gibbshill Park for Harthill Royal 1 v West Calder Utd 3. Lovely night for it. Harthill took the lead following a mix up between keeper and CH. 2 goals in a minute just before HT saw West Calder in the lead, with victory sealed with an early 2nd half pen. A decent contest throughout.

[tamthebam]

Having spent most of the last 35 years watching football at "The Concrete Lavvypan" aka The Commonwealth Stadium, aka Meadowbank, I went to last Tuesday's Leith Athletic v Rosyth game with a sense of curiosity to see what Son of Meadowbank was like. Was it really as awful as it looked?

Hmm..

Jordi Cruyff, Matt Monro Jnr, David II- history is littered with sons of the great who turned out to be crap. I'm afraid Son of Meadowbank can join that list. I'm not even sure if it's fit to be an athletics stadium let alone a football venue. It is just a bigger John Cumming Arena, home of Carluke Rovers, really. 

The game was scheduled for 7.30 and kicked off at 8 to allow the athletes to finish their training. Thus was it always with Meadowbank. I hope the athletes pay their ground rent nowadays though. 

It was a fairly even first half. Rosyth passed up a few chances. I went off to get a cup of coffee at a vending machine at half time and couldn't get the complicated thing to work. I did notice one of the other machines was knackered, about a week after the place opened... 

Rosyth took the lead in the second half but late defensive slackness saw Leith take all 3 points. Not a bad game but I won't be in a hurry to go back to The Concrete Po as I suppose it is now. 

Nice orange seats. The old ones were better. 

The view from the nice orange seats. There is a lost tribe of feral Lochend Neds over the barrier who climbed in 3 years ago and couldn't climb out again. A can of Dragon Soup should placate them giving you time to run away. 

Leith's second goal and the winner

[DiegoDiego]

Leith's second goal and the winner

Still waiting on floodlights being installed?