26th of foot

Reference BBC Scotland highlights and a bit of balance. Cosgrove and Cowan had Thistle's full back, Ziggy Gordon on their second part of 'Off the Ball' last evening. Well done for the lad appearing after conceding such a late goal. However, if you thought Ziggy had justification for being shattered and talking around everything, implying bigger clubs carry outrageous good fortune; Cosgrove and fellow guest, Dandy Don Michael Grant were choking. Obviously, a Rangers victory, any Rangers victory is most hard to swallow. Hilariously, Big Rheinhart had three goes at reading out the Premier table. Seriously, on the first two attempts, Aberdeen were second. Michael Stewart soothed the growing panic at Pacific Quay, "Hearts know any victory at Tynecastle on Wednesday night knocks Rangers off their second placed perch".

Gerry is the latest carrier of a forty-odd year old flame. The Objective Hosts of Radio Snyde's 'ra Show' has been Paul Cooney, Peter Martin, Jim Delahunt, and Gerry McCulloch. Forty two teams, forty-odd years, and the Objective Host of ra Show is always a Yahoo! What are the odds?

Davie was the regular left back when I began attending. Like his successor, Billy Mathieson, he was big, strong, and unassuming. Thoughts with the family.

Thistle in possession have a pattern of play, it's in to out; resulting in too many crosses/balls into our box. Erskine is running the show in this regard, Halliday must get closer. We have had twice the amount of possession and are creating less. I suspect both McKay and O'Halloran will appear around the hour mark.

we are up to our chins in Chris McLaughlins.

Partick Thistle 0 Rangers 2. FGS : Holt.

Neil Cameron is just reinforcing the on-message line handed to him by CQN's Paul Brennan. Remember, CQN's strap line is, 'not just lazy journalism'! Ra Sellik have improved is a line you will hear tonight from Gerry McFcukwit on Radio Snyde, it was broadcast continually by Tom English, Scot McDonald, and Alan Stubbs(yep seriously) last night on BBC Radio Scotland. Thus, Gerry, Tom, Neil, Alan, Scot, .......................... et al; your team lost nine nil on aggregate,(that's 9-0) to Barca. Before any Yahoo bemoans this illustration, it being the Champions League group stages. May I remind you of the joy that Paul Cooney, Jim ra Tim Delahunt, Richard Gordon, ....................... etc took in continually repeating Rangers/Juve twenty years past culminating in a 1-8 aggregate score line? Actually, these days; I would say deluded Tom English is the biggest on-message Sellik cheerleader?

Before a horde of Guardianistas arrive, waving their Equity cards and sporting a pyoor hissy; let me retell the accepted revisionism of that day. It was the 23rd October'71, we were playing Clyde at Shawfield. The League Cup final was being played out a mile away, at Hampden. It was ra Sellik against Partick Thistle, give the cup to the green'n'grey now, what's the point of playing? After 40 minutes, Thistle were 4-zip up. It was announced at Shawfield at half time and two thirds of the Bears immediately departed to trudge the length of Polmadie Road, and catch the second half at the national stadium. The game finished 4-1, and the cup returned to Firhill. Further, I think Thistle beat us in the Scottish Cup final, i-0 in the early twenties? Reference Saturday, please Rangers, hold and maintain a high line. Do not allow the Jags to continually loft balls into our box. Play the game in their half and we will secure a comfortable 2/3 zip victory.

I played against both George and John McCluskey for both school and Boys' Club. I was their team mate in a number of games for Lanarkshire schools. George was my age, John was a couple of years younger. John was easily, the best player I played against and with. His nickname was 'Friar', he sported a pudding bowl hairstyle. He debuted for Celtic in a first round Euro tie against a Luxembourg club at the age of 16. George was always easy going, he had quick feet and a tremendous footballing brain. If he had possessed any pace, he would have been genuine top drawer. Further, keepers hated playing against him, no back lift, the ball was placed beyond goalies before they could react. John changed in his intermediate year(13-14), became a constant angry lad on the pitch. I was directly up against him in a Fir Park Boys' Club v Celtic Boys' Club semi-final. I was older and had a physical edge(just), denying him getting goal side and dispossessing him. He chirped at me, then blamed his team mate for playing the ball beyond as opposed to his feet. A minute later, he remonstrated again with his team mate, then struck him. Years later and Friar was out the game, a thrombosis had done for him aged 18. I was home on leave and leaving a pub at Hamilton's bottom cross, I heard my name being called from a doorway. It was John with a bottle of Buckie. He was 23-24, working for the council, and desperate to reminisce. Truly heartbreaking, he was the star of his generation. It was the early to mid nineties and a court case that revealed John's torment. He revealed in the witness box that both Torbet and Crainey utilised a threat to his future career as a lever to sexually abuse him during his early teenage years. Crainey's death cheated justice, a host of charges on both sides of the Atlantic were closing in, he led Celtic Boys' Club annual USA tours. Torbet was sentenced to two years after being found guilty on numerous charges against three boys(test cases including John McCluskey and Alan Brazil).

I saw him play for Rangers in a midweek reserve fixture at Fir Park. He was subbed at half-time, I think this was his only appearance in a Rangers jersey? Thoughts with his family.

So, Peter tells old mucker(colleagues at Coors), Stu' that his time is up; then picks up the phone and tells Rod(Petrie) to relocate to the fourth floor at Hampden. Plus ca change!

Oh, fer fcuk sake; just when you think you've had your fill of Old Fettesians, Tony Blair and David Murray. Up pops another bad smell, Aidan Smith. He was exposed a decade past, and decided to come clean. Yep, his auld man regularly picked him up from said College in the family Roller and took him through to ra Piggery for midweek Euro games. A Sellik man thru' and thru'. In his early twenties, he decided he was anti-establishment, read Trainspotting, and became a Hibby. Now, he realised consistency in Rangers-hating was a most necessary requirement of the fantasy, and unwittingly continued to flash his credentials as Mr Establishment. In mitigation, Aidan has immersed himself once again, in the warm waters of exuberance.

Time for ra Sellik to take most necessary action? Another statue is urgently required at ra Stydome car park(ra Sellik way), dedicated to the numerous Fantasists amid their support. A life size effigy of Fantasy Phil.

There was a year in the early seventies when the League Cup experimented with the offside law. The eighteen yard line was extended to both touchlines and you could not be offside unless within that confined area. As for corners deciding the outcome of games; it was prevalent in minor competitions throughout the 20s, 30s, and 50s. Editions of the wee Blue Book for these decades contain references to tour matches and competitions like the Charity Cup being decided this way. It's before my time.

We have conceded three headed goals in an hour.

Two great opportunities. 1. Grant Hanley's free header, eight yards out, and the ball flies fully ten yards over the bar. A heid like a fifty pence piece. 2. Griffiths has Stones turning, should slide in the cross running Snodgrass for one on one with Hart. The Thumb elects to shoot from twenty yards and Hart throws his bunnet on the trundler. Snodgrass should chin the cnut in the half time dressing room.

The club's refreshment counters should cash in, on the joke. A Java-Joey should be made available, a double-depresso at £3 a pop.

Andy Muirhead played the vicTIM card, claiming the big bad masonic media had stymied his constant attempts to publish and facilitate the truth. It was a smokescreen to allow a more sinister manoeuvre, Andy sold the website to Paul Brennan of CQN(Sellik Quick News). Brennan and his site, CQN have been Peter Lawwell's social media option of choice for several years. Print hacks know that a breaking Sellik story on CQN has Lawwell approval. The tactic will become a strategy, Scotzine will be utilised to float ideas/opinions/aspirations beloved of ra green'n'grey; under the supposed neutrality of the title, 'Scotzine'.

The last two games has seen O'Halloran constantly turn the opposition. Today, so far, he has had more touches inside his own half. Ross County are pressing high, there must be space in behind, tell O'Halloran to stay up the park and exploit any ball over the top. Since the turn of this year, ten whole months, we have more often than not succumbed to sluggish first halves. Hopefully, we can sort this out, get our forwards on the front foot during the second half. Further, can we cut out the constant opportunities gifted to County to throw the ball into our box?

Ross County 1 Rangers 3. FGS : Holt.

Davie is the proud possessor of a PHd in sanctimonious piety. Regularly plays golf with Dermot Desmond, counts Paul Cooney as an all time bestest mate, and grasps a wedge weekly from Rupert Murdoch. Perhaps, he will explain how he tolerated over a decade at a club where he daily celebrated the nickname, 'PROVO'? Don't hold your breath!

Of course he did. According to the Daily Record, he is worth £40million. Apparently, ra Sellik are offering two Dembeles for £75million, and you cannot say better than that. It's all true, information lifted from the Daily Retard's Mick Gannon talks pysh column.

Aw Gerry, see the next time Peter tells you to give such pysh another airing; tell him to tell Michael(Scottish Justice Minister) to tell the Polis to arrest Juan Ghuy. He is to blame for every piece of misbehaviour associated with ra Sellik.

Firstly, the match referee, Kevin Clancy! The only consistency was his inconsistency. A succession of pulls, tugs, arm wrap rounds, arms across, .................etc. All dealt with differently, and decidedly, not on their merits. Secondly, during the tenth minute those charming Saintees sprung a chorus of, 'your just a bunch of foreigners'. A bit harsh on O'Halloran, Wallace, McKay, Halliday, Holt, Miller, ..... etc. I remember reading that somewhere in Perthshire you are as far from the sea as is possible to be in craggy Caledonia. Thirty seven miles I believe. Maybe the lack of expansive stimulation explains the xenophobia? But then, they decide to boo Scots born'n'bred, Michael O'Halloran throughout the game. I am sure big Sadie Cosgrove will utilise another twenty minutes of license fee payers monies to explain it on Saturday's, 'On the Ball'? Thirdly, BBC Radio Scotland assembled the objective panel of Pat Bonner, Richard Gordon, Wullie Miller, and Alan Preston to portray Joey Barton as a victim. Yep, months of happily fashioning Joey as a stick to beat Rangers have ended. Remember, he was a BillyBigBaws with an even bigger mouth, disrespectful to Broonie and Brendan? He is up in front of his Bosses today and we cannot sack him. Preston was unequivocal, training/dressing room bust-ups are not sackable offenses. Betting is a no-no too, because we did not sack either Black or Simonsen. Rangers will have to pay the price of a costly mistake, Joey has a contract and should hold out for every penny. None of the four objectives mentioned Joey appearing on a national broadcaster, hours after being told to maintain club discipline. Well, that would be awkward to the Joey is a victim theme. Finally, the Joey Barton discussion ran for several minutes, even after Big Rheinhart opened with, "I don't think there's much mose to add to this matter,................". Coverage of the game itself after the usual rider, "due to the ongoing situation between the club and BBC Scotland", amounted to the result and scorers. Did you know that BBC Scotland's Chief Football reporter, Chris McLaughlin has NEVER appeared on Sadie and Tam's 22 year running Off/On the Ball? He has been invited but has constantly refused, thus the gruesome twosome do not even refer to him. I have concluded that Chris and Sadie should do the gig, decide once and for all who really, really hates Rangers and Rangers supporters the most, then ordinary Bluenose license fee payers will receive the coverage they deserve.

I was always convinced that Cosgrove was one of half-a-dozen main contributors to the RTC Blog. The thing about the Cosgroves of this world is that they need recognition, he wants certain folks to know he was integral to Rangers crashing. The Sarah Leyden credit in his book on soul music is self congratulatory. Those and such as those can enjoy the snigger, as well as satisfying both halves of his personality. Currently, along with Media Review colleague, Eamon O'Neill; they are favourites to produce the much talked about, 'Scottish Six'. If you tune into the media review on BBC Radio Scotland, Thursday afternoon between 12.30 - 13.30hrs; Cosgrove regularly credits his Donegal heritage. O'Neill is similar, it's a running in-joke/neme with them.