26th of foot

Reference Joey. Listening to BBC Radio Scotland Commentator and BIG Aberdeen fan, Liam McLeod on Saturday at Fir Park, he was noting Barton sitting along from him in the stand. He described Joey as, "mouthie on social media". Liam should know, it's only a decade past that his brother, Rory had more than a few unfortunate references to the Ibrox Disaster on his social media. Glass houses Liam?

My Moan of the Match is Motherwell Society Board Director, Derek Watson. Turn the amplification up to ELEVEN. I have just trawled(not trolled) dearest Derek's social media broadcasts, and he describes himself as, 'a zombie slayer'. Wonderful, Derek is a real deal Rangers hater in both words and actions. I hope his maw isn't too hard on him.

I note Chris has failed failed to mention both hand ball incidents. Thus, does NOT have to an awkward and inconvenient comment on the legitimacy and subsequent course of the game. His post matc interview with fellow happy hoopster and 'Well manager, Mark McGhee was a hoot too. His opening question was dolly, 'you created enough chances to win two games in the first half'?

Talking of bitterness. I note Neil Lennon was sent to the stand last evening. His first game in charge of Hibs and he throws the toys out of the pram over a disallowed goal. There will be another Referees' strike. The strength of Scottish football this week; only Aberdeen notched against some mob from the Baltic, the other three failed to score.

Yep, it sounds like Aberdeen supporting, Jonathon Sutherland? However, he has been reporting the Open from Troon these last few days, and is a BBC Scotland employee. Surely, diminutive Jonny is retaining solidarity with vicTIM, Chris McLaughlin?

I suspect the strip is a homage to Lord Rosebery, the lemon and rosewater hoops are the racing colours of the 5th Earl. Scotland often wore the exact same strip from the turn of the last century until the late fifties. Rosebery was Chair of Hearts before WW1, the away stand is named in his honour. The boys in primrose and pink will be recipients of the salacious wink.

The comment from English is damning, are we(Rangers) divorced from Scottish football?

I am sure we all remember those carefully picked soundbites of 4-5 years past. As the Rangers bus hurtled down slope to the nether regions of Scottish professional football, the ambient mood became a cacophony of most repeated barbs, "sporting integrity", "sell out Saturday", "cheating on an industrial scale", ............. etc. Any question of the wisdom of condemning Rangers to a hoped for oblivion, or a suggestion on the future of Scottish football's well being as a result; was met with all the usual suspects beginning their answers with, "the strength of Scottish football ............... ". The game remained strong, and many argued stronger for our demise. I was reflecting on the strength of Scottish football this morning. In a calendar week, the top two in Scottish football have lost to teams from Gibraltar and Luxembourg.

Any Sub-Editors looking in, willing to utilise the headline, ' Imp-osters on the Rock'?

BBC Radio Scotland mw(covering tonight's game) have just stopped broadcasting, and handed back to the FM schedule(Ricky Ross hosting, 'Another Country'). I cannot remember the football coverage abating at 21.17 hrs before? Anyways, Pat Bonner believes tonight's result is the most humiliating in ra Sellik's history. I thought losing to Arthurlie(4-2) in the Scottish Cup circa late 1890s was worse. Who gives a flying, let's RAWK on the rock.

Lincoln Red Imps 1 Green'n'Grey Chimps 0. Mack 1950, I've sorted that for you.

The Yahoos view Darwinism as an inspiration. In several thousand millennia, they hope to evolve to the level of macaques.

A couple of tell all comments on BBC Scotland coverage from Yahoos who should really know better : "Sellik should NOT have to face these qualifying rounds" and, "The shadow cast across the pitch from the rock does NOT help Sellik, playing in an all black strip". Oh, rock of ages ....................

This cannot be true. I seem to remember the usual suspects in mainstream media(both print and broadcast) telling us that our Manager was off to Fulham, Derby County, Spurs as Assistant Manager, ............... etc. The reasoning was that the club could not afford a promised £500,000 bonus due at the start of this season. A lot of meat on the bones of a story that once again appears to be wishful thinking. Still, BBC Scotland's Chief Football Reporter, Chris McLaughlin is currently in Gibraltar with his beloved green'n'grey hooped heroes, and we know he checks with the Match Commander for sectarian related arrests before delivering his match report. Thus expect sectarianly motivated Barbary Apes to descend from the rock and enter the field of play to fight. All happy hoopsters remain in a state of serene exuberance.

Whatever dosh we have, and with 41,000 season tickets already sold, there must be a modest amount available. I suggest we spend it on a necessary striker, the type that almost certainly ensures a 1-1 draw at Dens Park on a cold, windy February night, becomes a 1-2 victory.

Dandy Town Hornets. That is a damn fine name for a fitba' team. Are they skippered by Desperate Dan, do they dine on a pre-match meal of Cow Pie, and are Melchester Rovers regular opponents? It's a Beano of two dimensions.

I suggest Police Scotland contact Sellik Supporters Association heid bummer, Mad Joe O'Rourke. A denizen of ra Port/Greenock, he has previous in his current designation. Only a couple of years past, the former shipyard Shop Steward broadcast his emotions reference the sinking of the Titanic, "it's a pity more of those that built it, didn't sail on it". I am sure Joe is consistent, his compassion for fellow shipyard workers extends to fellow football fans? Oh, and Justice Minister, Michael Mathieson and Lord Advocate, Frank Mullholland will be urging fellow happy hoopster, Joe to point ra Polis in the right direction.

It's the specific repeated daubing of, "66 HaHa". Back at the turn of the year, it was that phrase painted on the wall at the bottom of the stairs at Harrison Drive(where stairway 13 culminated back in the day). I saw it last Autumn on a wall near the Tall Cranes bar, Craigton Road, and now three times in ten days in Port Glasgow. It appears to be trending.

Admittedly, I know nothing about either horse racing or dealings with Bookies. However, at odds of 24/1, I suspect this piece of equine flesh has a future as 500 cans of Kennomeat.

Welcome to Rangers, Lee. I hope we can secure a 25 goal per season striker before the start against Motherwell. If we are to spend circa a million on someone, I hope it's a proven goal scorer.

The Moonlighters Field.

Kerrydale Meltdown appears to be in a state of high tumescence, I have contacted him and advised he and his fellow Sellik supporters take the ultimate option. The powers that be must listen to the perennial dwellers of vicTIMhood, and they will listen if ra Bhoys get up their noses. Dirty Protest is the way to go. Smear concourse walls, tunnel walls, vomitory walls, Derry's walls, and Max Wall's. Smear without Fear CSC is taking members now.

Designations, I've had a few, Once, I was Drinks Member of a Mess in Saudi Arabia. Tonight, I am Chief Balcony Observer in Le Croisic, tanning the produce of the local escargot farm and suffering a near undrinkable Intermarche Rose at under four Euros a bottle. Let Bomber be whatever he is told to be. I attended his seminar at the Thistle Hotel, where he informed us that Charlie Chuckles was a cnut. He can be Beelzebub's Archdeacon of the Brown Fadouk, as long as he is giving license to set about Tom English in a car park.

I have spent the last five days in St Jean du Luz, a dozen miles south of Bayonne. I travelled those miles to watch the game, surrounded by disinterested Frenchmen. Even after France ran into a quick 3-zip lead, the talk continued on rugby and Pelote. Scotland has become a warm up act, knock down skittles replete in a pink strip. I was rewarded with McKay's late dance, but surely it's the last waltz for the current set-up?

When I was younger, I also suffered sectional League Cup ties, two legged quarter and semi-finals too. The format was scrapped because attendances were pitiful by the mid-70s. To watch Lawwell's pet, Alloa Chair, Michael Mulraney enthusiastically champion a 'new' elongated tournement was akin to viewing a fire in an orphanage. It's an exercise in reinventing the wheel.