Stranraer may have lost 2-0 away to Cove Rangers, but it was the travelling support who were celebrating long into the night as their team’s 4-1 home win in the first leg proved decisive. The aggregate score of 4-3 sends the Blues through to a much-anticipated cup final, sparking scenes of joy among the loyal fans who made the long midweek journey north.

Despite the defeat on the night, Stranraer’s grit and determination over both legs earned them their place in the final. As the final whistle blew at Balmoral Stadium, relief quickly turned into euphoria. The travelling supporters, outnumbered but never out-sung, erupted in cheers, hugging one another as dreams of silverware began to take shape.

The return trip to the southwest was filled with songs, smiles, and a shared sense of belief. Buses echoed with chants of “Blue Army” and stories of past glories as fans young and old dared to imagine lifting the cup once again. The semi-final might have ended in defeat, but the journey home was pure triumph.

Now, all eyes turn to the final, a repeat of last year's loss. With belief running high and the spirit of the fans behind them, Stranraer are ninety minutes from glory.

The hard truths about our beloved football squad (since 2024)

Cut the crap!

 Another week - another disaster!
 Another relegation 6-pointer vs East Fife, at home: just one team came to play, the visitors!
 Near total dominance by the Fifers and a deserved lead, only a late lucky equalizer gave the Blues at least 1 point.
 Most surprisingly, several of Dundee's star players didn't show up at all.
 If you can't defeat your relegation rivals at home, how do you plan to stay in Div1!?
 
 The away match was over before the start. Hibernians shows what a competent coach can achieve with even seemingly mediocre players.
 Again, several overpaid Blues were missing, but we don't think it would have made any difference.
 An easy 3-1 win of the clearly superior team. 
 Only some envious crazy number crunchers would call the Hi-Bees "lucky".
 
 Those two matches just showed - once more - the impact of quality coaching, so can we please 
 Sack this guy!

Decent lesson. 

Some may say every day is a school day.

At the weekend Alloa Athletic splashed out 1848k on two auction buys. 850k (thanks a bunch, Andy) went on David Devine who immediately adds 12 SL to the top 6 defenders (71k per SL is cool with us) and almost as important is on 10 EL.

998k went on William Blackie, a 0/10 FW who will be a star in years to come. 

Even after spending all that we still are the richest team in Division Three and fourth richest over all. I'm pretty sure we can get close to 4000k by the end of the season. This is thanks to 950k paid by Hibernian for Dylan Levitt. 

*The Latin for "a pound in weight" is libra pondo. The British used pound for the weight but decided, in their wisdom, to use lb as the abbreviation. Why not?

Libra pondo was also used for the amount of silver needed to make 240 pennies - us old people remember when 240 pennies equaled 1 pound. Well if we used lb as an abbreviation for a pound in weight why not use L for a pound currency? In blackletter type the top of the L is curled and one or two lines were added, hence £.

And why I put A££o A££o

If Cove Rangers were hoping to enjoy a quiet seaside visit to Stranraer, they got the footballing equivalent of a deep-fried Mars bar to the face. The Blues turned on the style, the steel, and just a sprinkle of shithousery to dismantle Cove 4–1 and take a commanding lead into the second leg.

Ser Richer Shakest opened the scoring with a majestic looping header after just two minutes—because why wait to embarrass the visitors? Ismaning Ghench then made it two after capitalising on Cove’s impression of a team playing blindfolded.

Cove huffed, puffed, and moaned to the ref, but Stranraer were having none of it. The hosts pressed like caffeinated terriers, with Xian Carbon tormenting the Cove defence and keeper Nick Suman looking increasingly like a man Googling “career alternatives” by halftime.

In the second half, Ser Richer and Podrick Payne added two more goals—the latter’s strike confirmed by goal-line tech and a deeply offended Nick Suman. Cove finally pulled one back late on, but at 4–1 down, their Highland hopes are melting faster than a snowman in July.

McCumiskey’s men march north with swagger, and on this evidence, the second leg might just be a coronation on Wednesday? The SESL match engine however might have other ideas??

So how's it going?   You ask ok you probably didn't but here goes.  
Somehow we are 5th in the league.   Meaning I calculate 5 more wins will mean we can't get relegated.   Which was the main aim at the start of the season.   Despite not really being focussed on it we have also made into the Cecil Cup semi finals.   Although I have a feeling we will get hammered over 2 legs by Dundee.   But we will give it a go.   Golden boot iis looking promising with Adams, Ruby and Minshew all in the top 10.   Hopefully we can get the win there.

Ah well, after the previous weekend where we managed to accumulate 4 suspensions we approached last weekend's fixtures expecting little.

Away to Annan we unashamedly went stall - we didn't have 5 subs - but had the tactics ready to be changed if we went behind. Fortunately keeper Slater fulfilled his potential and saved the 5 shots he faced, so we finished the game at 0-0.

That gave us 2 players back to face Dundee at home. Probably the Dens Parkers had an eye on their upcoming Cup tie today, but we nwere actually quite comfortable in the 3-1 win - only scare was when we were pulled back to a goal lead halfway through the 2nd half, but within minutes we regaqined the 2 goal cushion. So a good week, and only Bushiri is on suspension.

And now we take charge of 2 lads trained to 0/17 and say goodbye to forward Youan who has the a short trip to Livingston - no doubt he will score against us in the return league match... we have no money but who cares..!! :-)

I think the deals done tonight will be proof enough Hibs are not too concerned with the 1st division title - how many times do I have to tell people? :-)

My plan was always to deal away the age 4 lads (most of them) for younger blood even if it meant dropping my starting SLs. Now we sit back and quietly play therough the games trying to recover enough cash for next season's CPs. At least we have earned our sponsorship cash - 3 x age 0 lads over SL10 - tick !!

Our poor form is continuing,we started with an away match at Steve's high flying Cove Rangers,both sides opting for a 4-3-3 normal tactics, they started quickly and opened the scoring on 10 minutes when Yule slotted home 1-0,we slowly played ourselves back into the game and levelled things up on 26 minutes when Loturi fired home 1-1,half time soon came and subs on ,we were struggling to retain any possession for any length of time as they outplayed us all over the pitch and they went ahead on 75 minutes when Jitonio fired home 2-1 ,we had no answers as we were outplayed and outshot 11 to 1 ,well played Steve ,tidy side you have there.

Next we were at home to Kevin's Airdrie, another side who we have always struggled against, both sides opting for a 4-3-3 tactics, nothing to choose between the sides in the 1st half as defences stood firm, 2nd half subs on and they opened the scoring on 54 minutes when Dunlop scored with an amazing diving header 0-1 ,we had no reply as we were outplayed for periods and outshot 4 to 1,well played Kevin.

So another pointless weekend and we drop to 15th not where we want to be .

After the disappointment of the cup, Motherwell had low ELs and some tactical questions to solve in the league. Away to Clyde and home to Arbroath, should they give away one to restore ELs? Or try in both?

The tactic for the away trip ended up being a first half stall followed by a second half with a stronger side. The first half worked a treat - no action at all, and a 0-0 scoreline. On came Motherwell's best three attackers and off we went. 4 goals blew away the home side, and Motherwell were in cruise control. Unfortunately a bit too much of cruise control, giving 2 goals back in the last 9 minutes to give away the captain's bonus. But, no complaints at all, as a big win without destroying our EL is all we could ask for. Motherwell move top with their 5th league win in a row, and after HIB draw with ANN 0-0

Next up came a visit from ARB. The opposite tactic was taken here, with MOT sending out their best side first. A big attack led to a dozen shots for the home side, with the first goal coming from Earle in the 9th minute. ARB were able to find the equalizer in the 30th minute, but MOT restored their lead just a minute after. Motherwell couldn't get any more past ARB's big GK, but a 2-1 lead at the half was just fine. Motherwell then made some subs and moved into a stall, meaning the second half had more yellow cards than goals. 2-1 the final, and Motherwell stay top after a 6 point weekend. 

HIB are 1 point back in 2nd after securing 4 points, while ELG fall to 5 points back in 3rd after a win and a loss. A big clump of teams are behind that on 20 and 19 points, 7 and 8 points off the pace.

In the team "about" I state that this is just a holding season, building for season 60. Things have gone better than expected: we are somehow 5th in Division 3 with a goal difference bettered only by Partick Thistle, we have 1000k more than the second richest team in the division - in fact if we didn't spend any more we'd finish with around 5500k. I have money to burn. We have 9 TP left, which is all planned for post MSA and 18 CP, 17 of which will be used post MSA. I've managed to be able to put out teams that could win in all but one game (and that we could have won if I hadn't stalled). This is a completely different tactic to my usual T11 twice, 50% stall the 3rd game.

Previously I bemoaned our luck: 4-5 vs Cove Rangers, 0-0 vs Queens Park to name two, but that luck changed last weekend:

First up was 12th placed Falkirk. We were the stronger from the start and I had like ofr like substitions at DF and WG and Donnelly coming on for Gentles after (probably) 30 minutes. As the game passed 60 minutes and it was still 0-0 I realised something was wrong - I know I clicked on the player tactics I wanted as I specifically remember the CP and TP I wanted to use, but either I saved them as match 20 or forgot to actually save them. Fortunately, Donnelly wasn't needed as Graham headed in the first goal, which brought about press tactics from Falkirk and we scored two more from Fuler and Graham, again. The main luck was that none of the three tired players picked up injuries, and also their replacements didn't waste EL as they were all on 4 to start with.

Also I was lucky enough to be around to spot this so could change my tactics for the next game: Partick Thistle are riding high in the Division, they were top at the start of the game, and it showed why with a 9.5% to 6.2% shot chance advantage. Donnelly was on from the start and they only had an SL 24 GK but they also had a big MF and FW player. After 25 minutes we were 2-0 down despite both teams having had three shots. This was looking like one of those games. The only way I would be improving the side was a 60 minute substitution of Roe (GK playing at SW) for Gentles and a weakening midfield substitution. It was not looking good.

Still 2-0 at half time and they're all over us: Robinson (SL 35 MF) had his second shot saved (he scored his first) and Chalmers (SL 34 FW) was caught offside. It seemed only a matter of time before they scored their 3rd and all we could manage was a defender missing the target. On 56 minutes we managed to pull one back - a defender of all people and both teams swapped things around on 60 minutes. Partick took off a FW and brought on a SW and the shot chances dropped to 8.3% to 5.0%. Against the odds we were now getting more shots and at 68 minutes we'd had 8 each and Kong equalised. That brought an immediate response from Partick who took off a DF (coincidentally the same name as the DF we took off after 30 minutes) and brought on a FW.: 11.3% to 5.9%. 75 minutes and Donnelly finally gets on the score sheet and even has another chance on 89 minutes. Amazingly we had 10 shots to their 8 (and an offside).

Up to 5th but it's very tight at the top and mid-season will hit our two aged defenders and back up winger.

The next game should be very interesting as Stirling have been playing a lot of Ball Control, which I started using to combat teams who play Early Cross, and which is now my tactic of choice.

It's an abysmal season for Dumbarton. So far. Luck has left us. From the dreadful start in the CECIL Cup to the poor run of form in the League. When will we turn that corner.

One bright spot was seen at the weekend when SRA rolled into town with their shiny new CECIL Cup on displayed after thrashing a very poor MOT side in the Final. They had their fancy, shiny boots and their modern fade hair cuts but our lads were in no mood for a lesson off anyone. Especially not a bunch of farmers.

No way. By the end of the game SRA were handed their pies on a plate and off they went on their rented John Deer.

Next up, Hearts - muck

Motherwell's CECIL cup run came to an end this week after a tough 2-3 aggregate loss at the hands of SRA. Overall it was a fairly even matchup that could have seen either side progress without needing too much luck.

The first leg at Fir Park ended up 0-0 after Motherwell found it hard to get too many shots. SRA came into this one with a lot of EL in defense and very little in attack, and the lineup did indeed show a stall at kickoff. Stats show that MOT will have expected about 7-8 shots and SRA about 1, but the match didn't quite live up to that expectation. Only 4 shots for MOT and 2 for SRA, while SL 29 GK Ruthtowner was up to the task - including saving 2 from SL35 FW Hubbard. Impressive away display for SRA.

The second leg was always going to be an uphill battle for MOT. SRA had a good EL advantage after their stall, and MOT would need to rely on their superior GK if they wanted to win this tie. Going aggressive tactics from the start, SRA opened the match with a giant 15-4% shot chance advantage. SRA turned that into a deserved 2-0 lead at the half, though MOT substitutions and changes in tactics started to help their low shot chances. SRA went a further goal up before MOT started roaring back, making the tie 2-3 after goals in the 82nd and 84th minute. Could they find the equalizer to win on away goals? No, it was not to be. GKs made 25 saves combined in this one, and MOT go home in the quarterfinals this year.

SRA played this tie very well - I think with their squad and ELs I might have tried about the same. They were worthy winners for sure. MOT will feel hard done to not have gotten a single goal at home, but that's how it goes sometimes with this game. Both teams played it well, and I think it was a great tactical battle. Both teams should leave this one with their heads held high.

Falkirk crashed out of the Cecil Cup at the quarterfinal stage. The damage was done in the first leg at home against Cove Rangers. We didn't play that badly but couldn't convert against their high class keeper. On the other hand we conceded four and that was that. The away leg was played using stall and we lost three nil, seven nil on aggregate. Fair play to Cove and Steve they deserved it. Our league form continues to be poor. A four one away defeat at East Stirlingshire, after we took an early lead. Then a home game with bottom team Berwick and a very fortunate one nil victory, thanks to our keeper Gunn. Hopefully we can start picking up some decent results. 

EDI manager Bill Bushby held a serious team meeting this morning and made it very clear to the entire playing squad and staff that the club expected far more from everybody involved. He added that he felt the club was being short changed by the players and coaches alike and that the situation was now at the point that it was unacceptable not only to the EDI board but also to the management team, he went on to include himself in this assessment of the current state of play.

EDI will be expecting far more from everyone at the club for the remainder of the current season.....Time will tell ?

Well, it's been a good few weeks over at Hampden. We came into match 9 on 7 June in 12th place. On that weekend we started with a home game against bottom side Berwick so this was definitely a must win. We were able to take advantage of Berwick's tired defense to generate 9 shots on target that game and thankfully were able to get 3 of them past a solid performance from Atwell in goal who had 6 saves. That gave us a 3-0 win and bring us up to 10th. We followed that up with a point away at Alloa where our two goalies combined for a 7 save shutout and we came away with a very fortunate 0-0 draw but it was another point and lifted us to 9th.

The next weekend we welcomed new defender Romain Bardet to the team and we threw the raw recruit straight from the academy into the starting lineup. However, the young Frenchman performed admirably along with the rest of the defense and our offense took advantage of a SL 14 goalie to get a solid 2-0 home win against DFA. This gave us our first MVP of the season which will be put to good use. The weekend closed with our first away win of the season at Inverness. And while we were lucky last week this was a deserved 2-0 win against a depleted INV team. This win brought us up to 4th by the end of the weekend.

Finally, we had an important session last weekend where we had two home games. With a small squad we were starting to run out of energy but needed to have a good showing and take advantage of the home support. We put out the best squads we had available and got a solid win over Ross County. Then we had a tough time against a stubborn Aberdeen side that looked to have won it in the 84th minute. But a miraculous equalizer in the 90th minute from Oleksiak salvaged a point and the stalemate left us a point behind Aberdeen and still in 4th in the table. The last few weeks have really turned our season around and we'll have to keep up the momentum since it is a long season and we're still only a third of the way through.

Another one of those weekends where it could have gone better but happy with four points.

Against Airdrieonians we started out as 6.9% to 5.9% favourites. We had the better GK (34 to 29) but they had OConnor at SL 38 and we had Donnelly at SL 33. It looks close on paper. 30 minutes pass and we haven't had a shot but they've had three, including one from OConnor, which is saved. I make a substitution that increases our shot chance to 7.2% and we score on 36 minutes with our first shot. And then a minute later as Donnelly does his business.OConnor gets caught offside and later has another shot saved as they pretty much get their "expected shots" but all we get is Gentles caught offside. We didn't make the most of our possession but Morrison had a great game and we score two from two shots. A good if slightly flattering result for once.

Then it's a visit to Brechin City. Again we have the GK advantage (34 to 28) and Donnelly SL 33, and our SL 29 pair of wingers playing all game, whereas they have McGinn at SL 32 in MF and Raeside and Bosman at SLs 29 and 26. They have the 7.9% to 6.4% advantage but another close game on paper. Raeside is injured after just 3 minutes to be replaced by the weaker Crouch, their advatage is reduced but still better than ours. After six minute Donnelly has already had two shots but both saved. I'm already feeling aggrieved as he had a 50% chance of scoring each time. A shot from Kong on 11 minutes, also saved, and already it's feeling like it's not going our way. Brechin have been unlucky in not having a shot yet, 20th minute and they score from their first shot, well a cross really.  We've had our "expected shots" by half time with nothing to show for it. In the second half we get a couple of chances, one to each winger and Fuller equalises. For Brechin, Hickey played a little too long and picked up a bad injury and we were the stronger team. In the end we only had the 7 chances (fair) but they had 8 (2 offsides and 3 off target, thankfully). A draw seemed fair at the start but I feel we were unlucky with how the game actually went. With 2 shots from Donnelly and 4 from the ShSL 26 WGs the xG is 2.44

So another opportunity missed but we're in touching distance of promotion - something I wasn't really looking for this season.

Stranraer lit up Stair Park with 70 minutes of champagne football, before spending the final 20 minutes looking like they’d forgotten how feet work. A 3–2 win over Motherwell felt more like a heist than a match by the end—but who’s counting?

Mondo Polestar was on fire, scoring one, assisting another, and generally treating Motherwell’s defence like traffic cones. Jules Everitt’s dodgy cross somehow found its way to Xian Carbon, who lashed it in for 1–0. Hudd Anstler doubled the lead with the kind of poacher’s finish that makes defenders question their life choices.

Then came the pièce de resistance: Polestar’s third—cool as you like, curled in like he’d already seen the highlight reel.

At 3–0, Stranraer looked unstoppable (stalling but with over 40% shot chance!? -Ed). Then someone clearly hit “reset” on their confidence settings (Well PRESS anyway -Ed). Dresser Prendel fell asleep, Motherwell scored. Seconds later, chaos in the box, another goal. Suddenly it was 3–2 and fans were chewing their scarves.

Still, the job got done. Stranraer take the team to the CECIL Semis against COV, Mondo Polestar takes the headlines, and Manager McCumiskey takes a mild heart attack. A thrilling win, with just enough panic to keep things interesting.

A shaky start to the league season sees East Fife sitting in 11th place in Division 1, a playoff spot, but very much in touch with the teams above us.  Still all to play for.

We haven’t lost in last four matches, but that’s not as impressive as it sounds, as we’ve only managed one victory and three draws.  

The one win was an impressive display against Annan.  We dominated the match, not allowing them a single shot on goal while netting three times ourselves.  Kieran Miller, Jack Healy and Alan Trouten were our scorers.  Miller is having a prolific season, with eleven goals from his ten appearances – pretty impressive for a midfielder.

A strange fact is that our three wins this season have all come against teams whose names start with the letter ‘A’.  Sadly, Ayr, Aberdeen, Airdrie and Alloa are not in the right division for us…

A belated welcome to Mamdou Bah who joined East Fife just over a week ago from Auction 2.

Bah is a seriously well-travelled defender with, it is rumoured, a belle at every ball.  Even as a schoolboy he possessed a charm that melted all his teachers, and in his life he has continued to win the heart of every woman who crosses his path.  He’s a smooth-talking stud of a man who carries his twelve-string guitar on his back wherever he goes.  Originally from Guinea he is likely to feel the cold in Scotland but has already bought himself a small collection of intricate Aran jumpers to keep him warm through the Scottish winter.

Stranraer came, saw, and did absolutely everything but score in a glorious 0–0 away leg masterclass that has set the table for a Stair Park showdown that’s spicier than a vindaloo on a speedboat.

Fir Park expected a routine night. Motherwell rolled out their big names and fancy haircuts, only to be met by a Stranraer squad that tackled like caffeinated rhinos and defended as if their mums were in the stands (which they probably were).

Captain Plunder Ghench led the backline like a Viking philosopher, while keeper Krawl Ruthtowner stopped everything but time itself. His double save in the 62nd minute caused three Motherwell fans to spontaneously combust.

Up front, Crewe Jickee had a one-on-one and—bless him—attempted a lob that cleared the bar, the roof, and probably entered low orbit. "Ambitious," said the commentary team. "Delusional," muttered his mum.

Still, with Weerie Opollo’s tireless runs and Ismaning Ghench accidentally nutmegging himself twice, the away support were entertained. And hey, it’s not every day you frustrate a Premiership side so much their fans start booing their own half-time pies.

The tie returns to Stair Park today. Bring your flags, your voices, and maybe a defibrillator. The upset’s brewing. Strap in, folks. It’s on.

The hard truths about our beloved football squad (since 2024)

DEE's (still) going down!

You've heard it before, you'll hear it again.
The Blues might have won both matches this week, BUT all just by the slimmest of margins - and simply by pure luck.

S48 champions Clyde dominated at will and showed their skills, only 2 of the very few Dundee attempts were successful for a 2-1 away win. 
Plain robbery by the DEEs.

Last season's champions Arbroath were even more impressive. Dundee's defence was simply overpowered and had to concede no less than 3 goals.
Yet, somehow, after 90 minutes Dundee had scored 4 for a ridiculous win.
DEE's GK Ghadzalov getting the MOM - despite 3 goals against - says it all.

Dundee is - even after such a successful weekend - just 6 points above the relegation zone.
Division 2 seems almost inevitable.

Still - a small shimmer of hope has arisen: our coach may have read our advices.
You remember DnD's last week suggestion ...

Well, if you have Haaland and "McDunno" in your squad, you tell McDunno to shoot!?

This week just one shot went to 'rumble foot' Glass. All other shots went towards somewhat competent shooters - and turned into 6 goals.
If the coach would just follow our suggestions more often, we might not have to 
Sack this guy!

Motherwell kicked off the weekend in fourth place, 4 points behind league leaders HIB. A trip to last-placed LIV and a visit from second-placed ELG awaited.

First up LIV had an uphill battle for their match against MOT, with their top GK suspended for the match. This left SL17 GK McCrorie to do the work against MOT's potent forward line. The home side went for a big stall to try to keep the visitors out, and for the first half it worked well. Only one shot fell to the visitors, and GK McCrorie was equal to the shot. The second half, however, was a different story. Muddy Waters opened up the scoring from midfield, and Guy Clark doubled the lead just two minutes later to make it 0-2 after 58 minutes. Motherwell then brought on the backups in a couple positions, but were not done attacking. Billy Bland got onto the scoresheet, and Steve Earle finished the job just a couple minutes before full time. 0-4 the final here, and with other results going their way, Motherwell climbed up into 3rd place and were now only 1 point behind 1st and 2nd.

The new league leaders were ELG, who had to come to Fir Park next in an important duel for the two sides. The opening lineups showed both teams had come to attack, and so this one was expected to be high energy. It sure didn't dissapoint. Some early pressure from the visitors forced a fine save from Merle Haggard, and after 20 minutes they would get their reward, as Olly McDonald, already booked, scored to quiet the crowd. Motherwell would up the pressure from there and get several shots during the first half, but GK Kyle King was equal to each one, and Elgin took the lead into the half. The second half continued to be lively, but it seemed that both goalkeepers were having a good game, making save after save. It wasn't until the 69th minute that the home side were finally able to break through, with Guy Clark leveling the score. From there either side could feel the opportunity to take home all 3 points, but it was Jimmie Dale Gilmore who provided the lethal shot, scoring the winner in the 74th minute. 2-1 to the home side, and Motherwell take all 6 points on the weekend. Both goalkeepers played well, and despite the loss it was Kyle King who got MotM, with 10 saves to his name, compared to Haggard's 5. Motherwell move into 2nd, 1 point behind HIB, and ELG end the weekend in 3rd place.

First up away to Hearts and discover their manager is refereeing the game..🤔🤔

At half time and 0-0 he had to do something so there goes my first sending off and a penalty to boot. Later on he boosted the Jam Tarts goal difference with a second sending off and we went down 4-1 tamely. Thinking if we'd come back he'd dismiss more if my completely innocent babies. 😉😉

Temporarliy we celebrated as we toppled from 1st to 2nd in the division. We hosted Dumbarton who wanted to rest a few players up and on a good day we might have got 5. But this wasn't a good day as Bushiri was sent off after 4 minutes, so the plan was to get the points whatever. We did this with 2 goals and lo and behold we went back to the top.

I am trying hard but you boys don't seem to want to overtake me. So I'll make it easy for the next 2 opponents, Annan and Dundee. I'll play with 4 lads suspended and lots of low ELs and surely someone will take over at the top. 🤔🤔🤗🤗

Falkirk made it into the quarterfinals of the Cecil cup this week but their league results have been greatly effected. We started last weekend with a trip to Stirling and came away with a point after the match finished one apiece thanks to a Ferguson equaliser. Then a home game against high flying Montrose with the match this time finishing goalless thanks to our keeper Gunn. The two points left us twelve, closer to bottom than top. We then had the return game with Hearts at home in the Cecil cup. We expected them to play a weakened team being six one behind from the first leg but we couldn't take that chance and played a strong lineup. We won easily five nil, to progress eleven one on aggregate, who would have thought it. Now for Cove Rangers in the quarterfinals, another division 3 team but they are currently second.

We started the weekend with an away game at Bryce's Queens park, a quality side with good players right across the park,both sides opting for normal 4-3-3 tactics, game on and both sides started well although we were constantly defending, they broke through and opened the scoring on 31 minutes when Oleksiak fired home 1-0,35 minutes and things went from bad to worse as Anderson saw red for a clumsy challenge and we were down to 10 men but we stood firm till half time,2nd half subs on and we tried to play ourselves back into the game but on 66 minutes Vingegaard slotted home 2-0,we had no answer as we were outplayed and outshot 4 to 0,well played Bryce. 

Next we were at home to Willy's Forfar and they went for a 4-2-4 early ball as we went for a 4-3-3 normal both sides started well and enjoyed lots of possession but defences stood firm, half time came and subs on ,60 minutes and they changed tact to longball but to no avail and on 82 minutes they changed tact to press  and on 85 minutes they broke through as Skelly fired home 0-1 and Robson headed home on 88 minutes to seal the game 0-2,we just edged the shot count 5 to 4 but nothing to show for our efforts, well played Willy.

So a really poor weekend as we gain 0 points and drop to 13th.

In the latest  round of league matches, EDI went to DUU and managed to come away with all 3 points with a 0-1 victory. In the 2nd match, it was CB who took the points with a tight 1-2 away victory. As a result, EDI now sit in 7th place in the Division 2 table and still in touch with the promotion play-off positions. Although it is still fairly early days in the league campaign, it is felt that EDI need to up their game somewhat if they are to maintain that challenge.

In other news.....MF Joseph Jacobssen yesterday put in a formal transfer request as he is finding it difficult to settle in Edinburgh and at a lack of game time. The manager said that if a suitable offer were received that it would be readily accepted.

Stranraer stormed into Station Park like a team possessed and left with only a point — but every single person in Nairn knows they should have left with three.

From the first minute, the Blues tore into Nairn with a swagger and style that had the home crowd silenced. Ismaning Ghench was electric on the wing, twisting poor Fraser Dingwall inside out, while Crewe Jickee ran the midfield like a maestro. The Wee County defence were chasing shadows all afternoon as wave after wave of Stranraer attacks crashed against the heroic (and incredibly lucky) Lewis Munro in the Nairn goal.

The breakthrough finally came in the 53rd minute when Xian Carbon, who had been threatening all match, rose like a salmon to bury a bullet header past Munro. It was nothing less than Stranraer deserved after carving Nairn open time and again.

But football can be cruel. A complete fluke in the 80th minute saw the ball fall kindly to Ben Barron, who poked home the most unjust equaliser you’ll ever see. The Blues pushed for the winner, but luck deserted them.

Make no mistake — this was a Stranraer masterclass. Next up: MOTHERWELL IN THE CUP. If the Blues play like this, the Steelmen better be ready. The Blue Wave is coming!

Motherwell entered the second leg of their cup tie against FOR knowing that their 3-0 lead gave them a little room to rest and play reactively, but not enough to truly rest the whole team. MOT decided on playing their top GK and a big stall in front of him, with about 6 T-11 players, 3 T-17 players, and 2 true backups playing. Motherwell could afford to go behind in this one, but if things became 0-2 or 0-3? Changes to plans would have to be made.

The stall worked fairly well against Forfar's strong lineup, and it took until the 38th minute and Forfar's 4th shot for them to finally pull one goal back. Could FOR continue to make this one interesting with an early second half goal? No, MOT GK Merle Haggard was up to the task today, making a neat save in the 50th minute and two more in the 75th and 77th minute to keep this one out of reach for the home side. Forfar wins the leg 1-0, but Motherwell wins the tie, 3-1. Job done for MOT, as Haggard saves 5 of 6 shots on target, some stars rest for the league ties ahead, and the team advances to play SRA in the CECIL cup quarterfinals. That will be a big test for the Well!

The hard truths about our beloved football squad (since 2024)

DEE's going down - not much news!

THREE matches later - ZERO wins later!!!
And if you can't win a single match against the likes of Livingston, Elgin and East Fife ...

It's even worse! 
Dundee not only fails to win, but even to SCORE:
2 goals in those 3 matches, just 11 goals total - only Annan has scored less!!!

BUT we're always willing to help. 
The solution is all too easy, even our (still) current coach should get this:
MF filler Glass is the runaway leader in the shooting squib ranking - with ZERO goals from THIRTEEN shots!
AND Dundee is proud to ALSO have the #2 in this remarkable table, Meekings with 0/7.

NONE of our FIVE "star" shooters has seen more than 9 shots.
Well, if you have Haaland and "McDunno" in your squad, you tell McDunno to shoot!?

This could be so much better, if we just 
Sack this guy!