Paid Members Devon Malcolm Posted July 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) Murdo McLeod just signed for St. Mirren or something. Edited May 19, 2022 by Devon Malcolm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted July 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2019 Inverness have loaned nine players to Fort William for the coming season, who haven't won a league game in 2 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MungoChutney Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 They wanted to enter a Colts team in the Highland league but were knocked back. This seems like a decent workaround. Scottish football gets a terrible rep on here so maybe a separate thread is better for it if people only want to discuss English football in the other thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperBacon Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 This may be of interest. Written by a good friend of mine https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/jul/08/fort-william-how-the-worst-football-team-in-britain-kept-their-club-alive Theres also a documentary on the club airing tomorrow https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00079g9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongStyle Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Nice one. A platform to talk about real football. Scottish football is brilliant. Yes, large swathes of supporters here are stuck in 1700s tribalism, but the unpredictability and lack of resources makes for tremendous viewing. Pre-season optimism here counts for absolutely everything: it is a unique feeling seeing your team sign what is essentially an entirely new squad of shitheads, rejects, misfits and the sons of past footballing legends and pin all your hopes on them. Will they be any good? Probably not. Who will be shite? Everyone in the division, most likely. But you will see some damn good games of fast paced, madcap and chaotic football. I wouldn't trade our football - warts and all - for anything. Keep your glossy, billion pound contracts and sterile friendlies in China or Saudi Arabia. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 This season we've signed two players who go by the name of Cole and Seedorf, and our shirts look absolutely glorious with no sponsor after we agreed a #saveourshirts deal with Paddy Power. Chuck in the fact that we've played 4 League Cup games, scoring 13 and conceding fuck all and I think it's safe to say things are looking good. Top six and a cup run all the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Jazzy G Posted July 29, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 29, 2019 (edited) How is one of the tags for this group not East Fife 4 Forfar 5? Scottiah football is fascinating. I'm not looking forward to seeing how Berwick Rangers get on in the Lowland League following a pretty big change in personnel up there. Edited July 29, 2019 by jazzygeofferz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 Aberdeen signed James Wilson, a player who man united were paying 30k a week (reportedly). Was there on loan last season but didn't do much. Scottish football is strange, the teams vary so much one season to the next as so many of the players are signed on 1 to 2 year deals as clubs can't really afford big fuck ups. For many players it is a place to try and get your career back on track. Sportscene is great, mainly as it doesn't have Wright, Savage or Shearer in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) It's absolutely bizarre one season to a next. Last season, I think Kilmarnock finished third. Probably this season coming they'll be scrapping for their lives at the bottom. If Rangers and Celtic weren't in the league, we'd probably have different champs every year. Livingston with their absolutely empty stadium in the TV coverage does my head in for some reason too. Edited July 31, 2019 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrongStyle Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 They can't be the only ones though? Hamilton Accies and Kilmarnock (pre-Clarke) have woeful crowds too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members I Bent My Wookie Posted July 31, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted July 31, 2019 Fort William have won a game of football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members bAzTNM#1 Posted August 1, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted August 1, 2019 (edited) 19 hours ago, StrongStyle said: They can't be the only ones though? Hamilton Accies and Kilmarnock (pre-Clarke) have woeful crowds too. Hamilton Accies stadium is in the middle of a shopping retail park AND they offer some free tickets and still can't get a crowd, apart from the usual couple of matches with the Old Firm. Edited August 1, 2019 by bAzTNM#1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 1, 2019 Share Posted August 1, 2019 2 hours ago, bAzTNM#1 said: Hamilton Accies stadium is in the middle of a shopping retail park AND they offer some free tickets and still can't get a crowd, apart from the usual couple of matches with the Old Firm. That's because Hamilton, like most places in the west of Scotland, is full of fans of the Old Firm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westlondonmist Posted August 4, 2019 Share Posted August 4, 2019 Celtic running rampant yesterday. Christie is my pick for player on the season, he just contributes so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 Rangers fans getting their headlines in nice and early this season I see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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