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16/42 – Dundee United 4-0 Aberdeen 8/10/2022
It’s been a great day so far, but now it feels like a bit of a rush. I really enjoyed Forfar, but now I’m on my way to one of the games I’d picked out from the start of this enterprise. I’ve always fancied a United – Aberdeen game at Tannadice, and the fact that…
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15/42 – Forfar 1-3 East Fife 8/10/2022
Forfar is a place of mixed memories for me. My first visit ended in a vital win for Clyde. Ally Graham’s goal on a sunny May day in 1998 securing Second Division survival for the Bully Wee. That was the day Kilmarnock won at Ibrox with a goal deep into the extra week or so…
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14/42 – Falkirk 2-0 Clyde 1/10/2022
The rot is starting to set in. Clyde came to Falkirk today with last week’s somewhat fortuitous Challenge Cup win against Caernarfon Town having interrupted a run of four straight league defeats. And today, against promotion-chasing Falkirk, it never looked like not becoming five. The surroundings here do little to lift the mood. The Falkirk…
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13/42 – Cove Rangers v Raith Rovers 24/9/2022
First time at Cove for me, and what starts off badly ends up an excellent day/night out. My train from Queen Street to Aberdeen is cancelled, so I need to spend an hour or so hanging around till the next one. This eats in to pre-match drinks time, as I meet my mate Martin at…
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12/42 – Airdrie v Clyde 17/9/2022
Game number 12/42 and today’s is the first one for which I’ve really struggled to get out of bed. In my defence, I got back from Hearts’ win over RFS in Riga just yesterday afternoon. It was a fantastic trip, but involved very little sleep and an awful lot of alcohol, and fuck me, am…
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11/42 – Livingston 1-0 Hearts 3/9/2022
For the last couple of seasons, I’ve sent the excellent When Saturday Comes magazine the same email. I send the email to ask them why they seem to apply double standards to their season preview edition every summer. For those unfamiliar with the WSC season preview, it involves a questionnaire sent round to fanzine writers,…
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10/42 – Dumbarton 2-1 Elgin City 27/8/2022
As I come down the stairs from Dumbarton East train station, I see my first big group of football supporters. Unfortunately, none of the thirty or so people huddled together on the pavement are wearing Dumbarton scarves, or even those of visitors Elgin City. Nope, these lads are wearing the red, white, and blue of…
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9/42 – Hearts v FC Zurich 25/8/2022
Tynecastle is great. It’s like having a really nice girlfriend who you know everyone else fancies. Even when people try to pretend that they’re not that impressed, you know fine well they’d swap with you in a heart-beat. It’s got a great location, a nearby train station, a good choice of pubs nearby, and The…
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8/42 – Arbroath v ICT 6/8/2022
I’m back aboard the 10.41 from Glasgow Queen Street, this time heading a wee bit further north than last week. While I did the journey alone last week, this time I’m joined by my mate Matthew, a long-standing mate and fellow Jambo. We spend the train trip discussing Hearts’ squad and its suitability (or lack…
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7/42 – Queens Park v Ayr United 5/8/2022
Queens Park pose a potential problem for me in my 42 attempt this season. They’re currently parked up at Stenhousemuir’s Ochilview Park, waiting for work to be completed on Lesser Hampden to allow them to complete their move there from the National Stadium. While accepted wisdom seems to be that work is running so slowly…