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Congratulations to County. Hopefully that's the end of that ridiculous cross-border experiment.

What part of "he signed for their development squad" aren't you getting here?

He signed for their development squad, not the first team. Nobody was saying he was going to walk into a Premier League team. Everyone - except you, a bitter failure - was acknowledging he was a young, hard-working defender who was going to have a good career. Now he's on the cusp of international football and you're still a rugby-watching sadact.

Used to quite like their quiz night.

It was clear as day Findlay was a solid centre-back. Scotland have a lack of those so hopefully he can make the step up to international level. Presumably "Dr. Z" had the knives out for him because the Café mafia wasn't a fan.

Schalke have football pie all over their shirt.

If it ends up going pear-shaped for him at Ayr I'd love to have him at Morton, yep.

Some finish to that game - Sunderland equalize in the last minute, and then three players are sent off. Two of these were guys who had already been subbed off, but apparently got into handbags on the touchline, so away into the dressing room they went. Then after that calmed down, a Wycombe player got a straight red for a bad tackle. Good times.

He can go out on the piss (well, to a tea shop) with Anthony Stokes, who plays for a different club in the same city.

Also home to former Cappielow stalwart Caolan McAleer, who is apparently a footballer and not a platform-shoed terrorist.

That game was absolutely awful, and I remember more stunned acceptance than anger. We just knew how fucked we were that losing 4-1 to a village club en route to the Third Division was how the season was wrapping up. The reception given to the team at Airdrie the following week was infinitely more than they deserved.

I wasn't there - didn't get back into the Morton fold until the end of that season. He left the senior game very very early and ended up scanning bags at Edinburgh Airport.

Scott Bannerman's goal in that 6-4 game remains one of the best goals I've ever seen in the flesh. Maybe even the best. I remember a few months after that we beat Arbroath 1-0 and it was our first clean sheet in around a decade.

In light of his off-the-pitch disciplinary issue at Stirling, he should have been told he'd be living at home if he wanted to go full-time with Morton. Hindsight is 20/20 and all that but he was stunningly immature.

IIRC you're a good deal younger than most on here, so you might not remember just how bad things got towards the end of the Cowboy era. I would say there was more disbelief/incomprehension around then, rather than the pure anger that greeted the end of McInally's reign, but I remember one particular game at Dumbarton near the end of the collapse season where the rage was palpable. Our reputation as underachieving bottlers was cast in iron that season and that we haven't ever fixed, and possibly never will. I agree with cmdc that the complete and unmitigated failures of the 'crazy gang' around that time began with the Williams era. McInally just made a bad thing worse (much worse.)

Whoever's idea it was to fill his pockets with money then leave him to his own devices in a flat also has to shoulder some of the blame. If you're signing a guy like Alex Williams for what was and is by S(P)FL standards a high-profile amount, you really have a duty of care towards him. Ultimately he failed himself, but I think he was also failed by the club in many ways, in that they granted him too much independence and weren't tough enough on him when he needed it.

Williams was (is?) a Keith Moon figure who was destined to burn out under the weight of his own personality. Which is to say he was a complete fucking bam.

Lol, good.

Celtic as a club really have to answer for this. They've been stoking the fires of ref-related hysteria among the more suggestible of their fans for years now.

Speaking as a bigot, I don't really like Rangers FC.

Looks like Duffy is pulling it out of the fire - Dumbarton thrash Stranraer 3-0 at Stair Park, leapfrogging them into 8th in the process. Forbes with the first goal, in a game where Barr, Hutton, and Adam also started for the visitors. Conor McManus appeared for the hosts.

I was only able to watch the first half - watched it in an-otherwise empty Brazilian bar-restaurant on the way to the airport, just me and the (Flu-supporting) staff. It was extremely cagey and the attack was poor for both sides. Neither side was dominant, but I guess you know the outcome by now. Dramatic to say the least. So, will Vasco's resurgence continue, or will Flu finally get their hands back on the trophy? Just a couple of weeks ago Vasco won the game between the sides, but it was 1-0 going on 1-2. I reckon the Tricolor are going to win it now with the momentum on their side. They just need some composure in the final third and it's theirs.

Watching Flamengo-Fluminense in the Carioca semis and the atmosphere is incredible, even though only three ends of the ground are open. One good chance apiece so far. It's winner-takes-all - a one-legged semi at the Maracana, for the chance to meet Vasco in the final. Holders Botafogo are already out; Fla won the year before. Amazingly, Flu haven't won since 2012.

It's possible that he'll be playing Lowland League football next season. Ooft.

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