Scott7

SC Round 2 on 28 February 1966. Ritchie, Johansen, Provan, Watson, McKinnon, Greig, Wilson, Sorensen, Forrest, McLean and Johnston. Bud and Dandy scored.

I have probably exchanged jibes with your illustrious forebears. I repent. How's this for Highland hospitality. Well over half a century ago at a Highland League game, the muddy and bloody visiting left half wandered into the County committee room at half time on a day of freezing rain, asked for a cup of tea and was given one. Maybe it was your auntie Ina at the kettle.

Thanks for that JFK but there was a third encounter, a Scottish Cup tie in Dingwall in the 1960s much postponed by weather. 0 - 2 to the Famous. For ridiculous, unjustifiable tribal reasons I've no liking for County but Ross-shire is generally Bear country and unlike most other clubs they missed us as we stumbled up the leagues. Also they know how to beat celtic.

I expect Sturgeon with a high powered delegation is already airborne for Madrid to tell the Spanish government to get these Catalonian nationalists under control. ..... Oh, wait. I quite like the way she jets about Europe to find nobody in when she arrives.

Seven. A number with some obscure connotation for them.

Am I right to think that one of the Assistant Referees on Saturday was Douglas Ross? If so, that is Douglas Ross MSP (Con) I wonder if he saw the hangings and if he has a view on it. I'm assuming the effigies were still dangling after the start of play.

They speak plenty evil about Rangers.

I assume "tugging" means "shirt tugging" and therefore a foul.

No complaints about the ref. No complaints about opposition thuggery or cheating. We must have been bad, right enough.

Where have all the twee, middle class folk gone who have been so upset about the good old Billy Boys? How about NBM? Do they have a view on incitement to violence by imagery? Probably not. They don't care what the celtic say.

How many coppers were there on duty? One of them must have seen it. Do they always wait for a complaint before wiring in?

1- 2 I hope. Rashford scoring for United.

You didn't hear the evidence, Rab. It's quite possible to hear two different versions of an incident and not know who is telling the truth in which case the accused gets the benefit of the doubt.

Excellent letter. Terrible photograph.

And come to think of it, some games against the Caley. If the Highland League can do it, so can Rangers.

And games against Ross County.

I think Collum does his best.

He could play a bit, though.

Douglas Ross will be hoping Rangers lose on Saturday. That's Berwick Rangers btw.

Very good 'keeper. He could fly about the goal if he had to but mostly he judged the flight of the ball and caught it just like Billy Ritchie.

Scored plenty. Missed a few. Thanks for the goals, Maxie.

Giggs is only slightly Welsh. All his football development was in Manchester. But the point is valid. Every top English side had at least two Scottish internationalists. The best had even more. In the old days the selectors plcked the eleven for the game and a reserve eleven. The reserves were mostly just as good as the first picks and there were stil plenty of good players left out. Now we're hard put to get a team plus subs, scouring the Register of Births to find Scottish grannies of Englishmen who can't make their own top forty. I don't know the answer to the problem. Abolish Rugby?

Transfer window's closed, Rab.

Good statement. Who does their PR?

I'm not in favour of strict liability. Hibs, the club, could not have prevented the exhuberance of their followers so why should they be liable? Hibs, the club, went wrong by failing to acknowledge that the whole affair was caused by their followers and failing to condemn them for their conduct and thereby Hibs, the club, brought the game into disrepute. Simples.