The mighty Queen of the South (aka the Doonhamers), from Galloway so my local team (too far to Stranraer), and my old man was a shareholder. still remember being excited when I went aged about 10 with my parents to buy a new car and the salesman was Alan Ball (QoS goalkeeper) would made 600+...
I did site visits for large dams project in Ethiopia, stayed in Government hotel in post communist Ethiopia in early 90s - room was covered in splatted mosquitos - and they were really bloody splats, I had no mosquito net - what a night. No running water, toilet was a long drop (made me...
What’s all the hype, you scraped a result vs Tunisia at the end, Queen of the South would have given Panama a run for money, lost to Belgium reserve team, scaraped through on penalties against Colombia missing their best player - law of averages said you had to win a penalty shoot out it some...
D7 jr just completes his last two gcse yesterday - his complaint was they were spread over too many weeks, he’d have preferred it more compressed. Like everything in life the ones he worked hard at we’re easy enough - otherwise they were hard. My uni exams one year was two 3hr exams a day for...
The Scotland team of 78 was superb it was such a disappointment. Souness, Sir Kenny, Joe Jordan, Gordon McQueen, Kenny Buns (player of the year), Asa Hartford , Archie Gemill, Just watched programme on iplayer Scotland 78 and its no surprise we did so poorly - poor hotel, poor training...
Probably most deserved knighthood in football. He was my boyhood hero. After watching film Kenny, I didn’t realise how much he did for the families after Hillsborough. A true football great and a great person
I can’t believe anyone voted for Thatcher let alone over 50% ffs - the destroyer of true community, creator of selfishness, did more for the rise of Scottish independence than Edward Longshanks, loss of rights.... and as for the poll tax!
I tried to up grade d7 jr bought as young seagull plus to mrs d7 - and told very much a no, phoned twice, emailed - still no despite me pointing out the extra money for club in upgrade plus drink et al.