Reekie_Red

Tims are absolutely raging. Can we get more of their games postponed against other teams?  This postponement is worth it just to read their reactions. Once a VicTim, always a VicTim 

17 hours ago, BigAl said:

If you want to be like a kid in a sweet shop then get yourself onto this site 

https://www.thesweetiejar.co.uk/collections/retro-sweets/

What a site! Some honourable mentions id forgotten:

- Chewitts (or John Hewitts as i thought that were called)

- chocolate limes 

- double dip 

- fireball gobstoppers

- Lemon bonbons (these were the shiiiiizz)

- white mice ... around Halloween time, the stonehaven newsagents stocked White Mice with blood 

This is Duncan. Hes a 3 year old Collie Retriever, so he's great at retrieving atuff ... once someone else finds it first. 

I chose his name from the thought of him running away in the park and me shouting his name to call him back. He was originally going to be called Barry, but that was a shit name to shout at full pelt in the park. So I went with Duncan instead 

15 hours ago, manc_don said:

Randall is a fine talent but given (correct me if I’m wrong @Reekie_Red) he came from the MSL, not sure he’d be quite there yet. Still, Arabs appear to be persisting on the a-league which is grand for them

Randall is an interesting one. Cosgrove is flourishing in the A-League mainly thanks to his height versus far inferior defences to what he has played against previously. Most of Randall's goals have been either very scrappy or they've been thise ones that everyone hits now and then in their life. He ain't special, and he will struggle in the Scottish Premier where you get an absolute brute of a CB pairing hitting you on yer arse 

Were you a Cola Cubes or a Red Cola Cubes fan? 

Im nae old enough to remember getting THREE sweets for 1p. But I do remember TWO for 1p, back when we actually had half p coins. Up.until probably the mid-80s you could ask for a "10p mix-up" and get 20 sweets

On 16/01/2026 at 13:25, manc_don said:

Nix have signed Sander Kartum from Hearts on load for the rest of the season. Didn't impress me when he played for them but that was under Cathro so guess we'll see what he's made of. Recommended the club by Cammy Devlin (Nix got him the move to Hearts)

Apparently the Arabs are keen on signing Jessie Randall who is Sam Cosgrove's current strike partner at Auckland FC. I mean he is doing well for Auckland, but just like Milanovic he is miles off the mark in terms of Scottish Premier quality. Should do fine at Utd then 

On 18/12/2025 at 09:36, Jute said:

Team for game against Deveronvale tonight. 

20. Theo Simpson

That makes me so pwoud 

Worst Killie team in a very very long time. Kinda proof of what a decent manager can do for a team. I actually fancy us to take this one by a fair margin. 2, maybe 3-0. 

We should have Bratveit fully registered for this, and I would expect him to be between the sticks. Would also fancy us to play Clarkson more now that Fancy Pants has been recalled  

Leven will do just fine til we find a full time manager. But he should NOT be the full time manager. This club needs to fork out for experience 

3 hours ago, TheDonbytheDee said:

VAR should just be binned, it just sucks the joy from the goal celebrations, which is what all fans are their for

100%

All too often today across all leagues we are seeing players cast their eyes across to officials to see if they will bother accepting their goal.

VAR has sapped the life and spectacle out of football. Its been proven over its all.ost 3.5 years in the Scottish Premiership that it is even more indecisive than a human referees eye, and it has sadly led to an even more inferior quality of referees today who time and time again reference VAR's decisions because they were too inept to make a decision.

Jury's not.

Bin it.

7 hours ago, OrlandoDon said:

Similar to sokler in a way, always wanted the guy to do well, it just didn’t work out. Just not got that battling quality or engine that Scottish football requires. Maybe even like jimmy, nice guy, just not the right place for them.

have the upmost respect for penalty takers, was surprised he had the stones to take one, and a lovely one at that.
Dont really follow MLS, but will check in once in a while to see how he’s doing, not unlike seeking how Ferguson is doing in Italy.

Agreed. He was better suited to our Euro games than our more physical scottish games. No hard feelings for the lad. Naturally would much rather he ended up at Houston or another MLS team than the likes of Hibs ... but I wouldnt be concerned if he ends up at another Scottish Premiership team 

9 hours ago, BigAl said:

Yes, but I've had a few tonight and fucked up by starting a new one when i made a mess of the search.

Trust me, Rico has already pulled me up for this 

There was this one and another one Manc

Thanks Rico. Although do we now need a thread that pulls Rico up on posts that haven't been addressed yet?

A wee bit of a shame to see him go. Whilst he is a wee bit off the quality we actually need, he was at least a grafter and someone looking to improve himself. Can't argue if the lad would prefer to head home though 

2 hours ago, CurlsLikeTattie said:

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll

Del Amitri - Roll To Me 

Ive been living in NZ for 24 years now, and miss a heeeeap of UK sweets. Biggest misses are:

- double decker

- Gold biscuits 

- Ritter Sport -the yoghurt one

- Caramac 

- Kendal Mint Cake

- revels 

- UK Maltesers- the ones here are made from aussie chocolate, and are mingin 

On 11/11/2025 at 08:38, OneBrianIrvine. said:

On this day in 1997 Dean Windass received 3 red cards in a 5-0 shoeing at Tannadice, accruing 22 penalty points and a 6 week ban.

Not all bad though as Roy Aitken received his jotters after the match.

As the man who let my hero Irvine go (despite the clubs pledge that there would always be a place for him at the club after his MS diagnosis…) I wasn’t complaining.

Almost 30 years ago, wow.

And no I still haven’t forgiven him.

Was the next game vs The Huns, and Keith Birkenshaw took charge? Or was that after Alex Miller's sacking? I remember we played well in that game. Keith said on the tele "I thought Jess were magnificent!"

10 hours ago, Elgindon said:

Led Zeppelin - When the levee breaks

Prefab Sprout - when love breaks down 

On 12/11/2025 at 23:56, CurlsLikeTattie said:

I have a very strict code about this

• Supermarkets can start selling non-perishables on 1st November to allow people to gradually stock up and spread the cost.
• Nobody needs a mince pie before December (like nobody needs a hot cross bun - delicious thought they are - before Good Friday), so they can go on sale on December 1st.
• Christmas shopping can happen all year - it's good to be prepared. But you don't need to tell everyone. Christmas advertising (grudgingly) can start mid November.
• A Christmas tune cannot be played until December 1st.
• Christmas decorations cannot go up before December 1st (although in my house it is generally the weekend before Christmas so we aren't bored of them by the day)
• A work Christmas party cannot happen until after somewhere around 2nd Monday of December (this year 8th onwards is acceptable)
• Take the decorations down on Hogmanay. Start the new year fresh without the shit of last year hanging around.

If people can't adhere to this, at least get halloween out the way before the Christmas onslaught begins.

Think that covers it!

Sounds fair enough rules. Send these out to the world and tell those rule breaking fuckers to pull their decorations down for the next 2 weeks 

Dunno if it is still there, but there used to be a bakery in Montrose town centre in tge 90s that made the most epic rowies. 

My dad was also a copper in Queen Street and always popped into Thains on George Street on his way home from night shift to grab a bunch of rowies from there - they were a close 2nd best 

On 12/11/2025 at 08:25, Kowalski said:

The wife, who usually has impeccable taste (clearly!) is 40 and has only just watched Jaws for the first time. 
 

I watch Jaws at least once a year - absolutely love it. Sometimes I'll watch Jaws 2, which isn't bad. However i cannot stand Jaws 3(d) and Jaws The Revenge 

Dunno if this is real, but it made me lol

Ace Frehley, guitarist for KISS 

7 hours ago, Panda said:

Steven Smith will be the second former Aberdeen player to manage Rangers when he takes charge this weekend.

Played 20 times for Aberdeen, only on the winning side in six of them. And that's about all I know about his time at Pittodrie.

As for Muscat. His Wikipedia page, under 'reputation', it's quite the rap sheet.

 

You could maybe say 3rd, if you count Dodds' brief stint as co-manager alongside Barry and McCann 

Lol, Rohl has bowed out of the running. Beeb suggesting Muscat now "leads the race" to become Rangers' new manager. I thought a "race" had to have at least two competitors. So far, all I've seen is people take a very public stage to say "nah, no thanks" 

Something ... or someone i just spotted in that photo located bottom right. Okay  I'll start it off then.

"Deawy deawy me. This is tewwible. Absowute dwoss"