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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Whistleblower
Date: June 5, 2019, 11:11 am
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With sincere apologies to the Moderator's wife...simply an
exercise in random imagination on my part rather than any High
Church malice. I'll replace with The Moderator's Wife is an
affectionate wife, the Moderator's Wife is a beneficient wife
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 5, 2019, 11:13 am
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--- Quote from: Whistleblower link ---
>
> With sincere apologies to the Moderator's wife...simply an
exercise in random imagination on my part rather than any High
Church malice. I'll replace with The Moderator's Wife is an
affectionate wife, the Moderator's Wife is a beneficient wife
>
--- End Quote ---
And certainly not a ruthless wife.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 5, 2019, 11:18 am
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What I have discovered lately - and with enormous pleasure - is
that Matthew MacDermid, first seen seen six years ago at
Crichton, has had a further promotion and will be classed as
Category 1D for next season, meaning that he will get some
outings in SPFL Division 2. Excellent news indeed!
#Post#: 8502--------------------------------------------------
Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Microscopist
Date: June 5, 2019, 11:19 am
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--- Quote from: JCFC link ---
>
> [quote author=Whistleblower link=topic=486.msg8499#msg8499
date=1559751066]
> With sincere apologies to the Moderator's wife...simply an
exercise in random imagination on my part rather than any High
Church malice. I'll replace with The Moderator's Wife is an
affectionate wife, the Moderator's Wife is a beneficient wife
>
--- End Quote ---
And certainly not a ruthless wife.
[/quote]
Indeed, Ruth by name and Ruth-like in nature
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 7, 2019, 12:47 pm
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My schemes may not be the best laid, but when it comes to
ganging agley they are without equal. The train that was to have
taken me from Carlisle to New Cumnock was cancelled, with vague
promises of a replacement bus at some point. As this would have
arrived much too late, the next few minutes were spent obtaining
a refund. On the sour grapes principle, I suspect that New
Cumnock could scarcely count as promised joy.
It would have been good, though, to see once again Graham
Grainger, who is another to have been promoted to 1D for next
season.
#Post#: 8550--------------------------------------------------
Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: Microscopist
Date: June 8, 2019, 6:59 am
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That's a pity, you would have seen a few goals had it not been
for Scotrail. New Cumnock - promised joy; maybe not, but with
many good folk.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 9, 2019, 12:00 am
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The trip went perfectly from soggy Carlisle via overcast Glasgow
to sunny Irvine, where Meadow Park played host to
Saturday 8th June 2019
SJFA West of Scotland Cup Final
Kirkintilloch Rob Roy 1 v 1 Beith Juniors
Stephen Brown; James McCluskey, Josh Hay. 4thers: Matthew
MacDermid.
At the ground was a young man who had successfully managed the
train journey from Carlisle to New Cumnock the previous evening
- by arriving there three hours before the match, not an optionI
had fancied.
The programme was interesting, particularly in relation to past
finals. Beith played their ace, referring among others to the
1965 final, a two-legged affair played on Monday and Friday
evenings, ending with the sides level on aggregate. The decider
was played the following day, Johnstone Burgh winning the toss
for home advantage - and the match. This was trumped, however,
by Rob Roy, whose 1963 final - notionally one-legged - had ended
with the scores level. They then had to replay it at 7pm the
same evening!
The opening minutes were pretty sterile as the teams made their
presence felt. On the quarter hour, though, Kirky headed home a
corner to take the lead. Four minutes later a Beith corner was
disputed by both sides, Kirkintilloch claiming the ball had not
gone out, Beith claiming a foul. It was not long before Beith
drew level, thanks to a powerful header from a hanging cross.
They escaped soon afterwards, their keeper blocking, more by
good luck than good management, a potential own goal. Back came
Beith, hitting the post, the rebound being nicely teed up, only
for the ball to be blasted over the goal, the net there to stop
it, and the houses beyond. There was a hold-up, as the supply of
suitable balls had been exhausted. A tackle from behind brought
a yellow card for the Beith number 8, who indicated his
annoyance by miming a passable imitation of a startled frog. The
Rob Roy keeper did well to tip a long shot over the bar before
the break.
The second half saw a caution for a Kirkintilloch defender,the
low free-kick producing a double save. Play became more open as
Beith in particular put together some decent moves, only to
finish tamely,but no further goals were forthcoming. And so,
pleasingly, straight to penalties. Rob Roy had their first and
fourth saved, Beith making no mistakes to win by 4-2.
Mr Brown has been around the upper reaches of non-league
referees for some time, but is still far from geriatric. He
looked smart, having celebrated the appointment with a sensible
haircut. He adjusted his position well, with an excellent
reverse gear, varied his whistle tone appropriately and his
triage appeared very sound. He seemed from the stand to be a
good communicator, with the ability to see the humour in things.
A good afternoon's work, well received. Mr McCluskey's slightly
hunched posture during the warm-up had raised doubts, but he
performed well, contributing some useful flags. Mr Hay had a
quieter time, but smouldered to good effect. Mr MacDermid, it
must be said, succumbed to bribery, appearing to accept a
sweetie from the Rob Roy boss, with whom he developed a decent
rapport. No doubt he would have handled the board splendidly
...had one been available.
So this time my plans passed off without a hitch - or did
they? On arriving back at Irvine station, I learnt that there
would be no trains for some time - the figure of three hours was
suggested - because of overhead damage at Prestwick. The best
plan was to head back into town and catch the bus to Kilwinning
with the chance of catching a train coming from Largs. As the
bus approached Kilwinning the heavens opened and the bard would
have been inclined to exchange his mouse for the drookit rat I
became.
So 2018-9 is finally over, but Tuesday sees the draw for the
Europa League. With luck there might be a match within reach
before too long.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: June 23, 2019, 8:47 am
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It is reported that Mr Brown has resigned as a referee, in
consequence of tweets of an inappropriate nature made nearly a
decade ago, which he now regrets. It is unfortunate that his
career has ended in this way, as he had done well in the above
match - which presumably was his last - but is a salutary
reminder to all users of (anti)social media.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: July 24, 2019, 4:16 am
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As promised/threatened JCFC made his way to
Tuesday 23rd July 2019
Betfred League Cup
Albion Rovers 0 v 0. St Mirren
Barry. Cook (Renfrewshire); Kylie Cockburn, David Ingram.
Rovers spent much of last season looking likely to drop out of
the league until a late rally saw Berwick Rangers suffer that
fate. Perhaps fittingly the outside of the ground bore a
prominent poster for suicide prevention. Cliftonhill is a
comfortable walk from Coatdyke station, but there is nothing
comfortable about the ground itself. Roughly 60% is out of
bounds, while the stand was designed not by Archibald Leitch but
it seemed by Snow White, with a view to accommodating her seven
chums. JCFC is pretty Bashful, many would add Dopey - but in
character rather than stature, so the lack of legroom added
Grumpy to the list.
For some years now, Mr Cook has ploughed an unremarkable
journeyman furrow in the Scottish League, mirroring his
unremarkable appearance: taller than expected with
undistinguished features reminding JCFC, but doubtless nobody
else, of a cross between Michael Barrymore and the Reverend
Richard Coles. Albion were in yellow and red, St Mirren in
fuchsia, with the keepers in different shades of blue. The
officials therefore turned out in green - not the attractive
shade of previous times, but a vivid and rather unpleasant hue.
The match itself offered little to stir the blood - Sleepy came
close to making his appearance. The first half saw one parry by
the Rovers keeper, followed immediately by a clearance off the
line by a colleague, and a couple of cautions, one for each
side. The second half was marginally better -eventually! Rovers
clipped the crossbar with a shot on 68 minutes and a St Mirren
player received a yellow card for a reckless challenge. The
closing stages saw the visitors dominate. They netted from a
cross, but were denied by a flag from the admirable Mrs
Cockburn, while a couple of further efforts were off target. In
added time an Albion player tugged back an opponent. While Mr
Cook was waving his yellow card, another Rovers man went to
ground and took some time to recover. When he did, he tapped the
ball away a few feet and may have been cautioned too, but such
is the desultory nature of Mr Cook's carding technique it was
hard to tell.
It is a feature of this competition that in the group stages a
third point is available in the event of a draw, so we were
treated to a penalty shoot-out, in the traditional ABAB format,
rather than the ABBAA seen more recently. Rovers had their
second shot saved, but Mr Cook ordered a retake and showed the
keeper a yellow. The retake was scored, but the third was again
saved. The keeper looked to advance just as early, but the
officials were hamstrung and the save stood. Each side was
successful with their next effort, but St Mirren's fourth was
saved - only for another yellow card and successful retake. When
Rovers' fifth was deflected into the crowd we were finally able
to go home.
Mr Cook did not obviously do anything wrong, but maybe because
of distance from the pitch it was not clear that he was leading
rather than reacting to proceedings. So yes, a journeyman
display, but even journeymen have their uses.
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Re: Caledonia you're calling me
DIR By: JCFC
Date: January 11, 2020, 4:45 am
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It was breezy and drizzling as JCFC set off for Ainslie Park,
but by the time it was reached, the drizzle had turned to rain
and the breeze to a gale, which led a Brighouse Town cap to make
a bid for freedom across a busy junction. Fortunately it was
recaptured, but somewhere along the way one German glove did
escape. Two matches were on offer there, the choice being the
one that offered seats, shelter, a kick-off at 20.00 rather than
20.15 and a referee who sounded like an oil-rig, in the form of
Friday 10th January 2020
Lowland/East of Scotland U20 Knockout Cup Round 2
The Spartans 4 v 0 Cumbernauld Colts
Brent Falconer (Edinburgh)
Mr Falconer, in his upper twenties perhaps, made the bizarre
decision to don a green Chartreuse shirt with short sleeves.
(Ellis Walls on the other pitch chose black with long sleeves -
wise fellow) Conditions were difficult and accurate passing at a
premium. On an artificial pitch it was almost impossible to keep
the ball stationary for restarts - Mr Falconer declaring "Just
be sensible, guys" and allowing a degree of latitude, which
was.wise. Spartans, playing into the gale, began to emerge as
the stronger side, having a decent shot deflected onto the post
for a corner midway through the half, and taking the lead on 28
minutes, a good move ending with a neat finish.
The second half showed just how good the Spartans' first half
performance had been. Cumbernauld were largely confined to their
own half, though they did manage a dangerous break midway
through the half. On72 minutes Spartans beat the keeper from
outside the area to go two up.In another break a Cumbernauld
attacker was one on one with the keeper, who just managed to get
a foot to the ball. Cumbernauld's keeper had been taking very
short sideways goal-kicks and on 82 minutes the recipient only
managed to play the ball to an attacker, who promptly added the
third goal. Number four followed within a minute from a long
shot. A frustrated little kick on 90 minutes brought a correct
yellow for the Cumbernauld number 9, though in the context of
the match a ticking-off might have sufficed. The restart was
played short and the final whistle was blown. If it is not a
contradiction, the score did not flatter Spartans, but
Cumbernauld probably deserved better.
The young gentlemen generally gave Mr Falconer little trouble
and he did not look to trouble them more than necessary. He
regularly looked for advantage, though it rarely happened.
Operating without even club assistants, he nevertheless managed
to make accurate offside and touch decisions, and on the odd
occasion when there was possible doubt, decisions were accepted.
Credit to all concerned - players and referee alike - in
producing a watchable game, but did the spectators enjoy it? No,
was the general consensus.
The cap was confined to a pocket for the walk back to the bus
stop, where there was fortunately a shelter and unfortunately a
28 minute wait. On turning from Hanover Street into Princes
Street, JCFC found himself doing a Marcel Marceau imitation -
the legs were moving, but the body was going nowhere. The wind
has howled all night, the rain continues to fall -a Plan B may
be required for this afternoon.
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