Morton 0 Sons 0

Still in the cup and that’s something of a rarity for Sons fans to be saying! As a bit of lazy journalism here’s the BBC report: Dumbarton earned a Scottish Cup third-round replay at the home of First Division side Morton. Sons goalkeeper Jan Vojacek made a great stop to keep out Jim McAllister’s effort [...]

Saint Andrew’s Day

It’s rer tae be alehv!

Missing Person News

Earlier in the year I wrote about the unknown whereabouts of Gerry Rafferty. He had been reported as being in a serious battle with drink and had disappeared from a London hospital giving rise to concern over his well being. IT would appear that Gerry is ok, living in Tuscany, and a “new” album was [...]

The Weekend Waits – Get Behind the Mule

In the week that saw the release of the live Glitter and Doom album, this is Get Behind the Mule. Molly be damned smote Jimmy the Harp With a horrid little pistol and a lariat She’s goin to the bottom And she’s goin down the drain Said she wasn’t big enough to carry it She [...]

A Bit of History

The match today, between Morton and Dumbarton in the Scottish Cup, isboth teams’ 300th appearance in the competition Thanks to Jim once again!

Cup Fever in Greenock

The recent postings I made on the Sons glory years (courtesy of Shanghai Jimmy) reminded me of a post I made on the old blog, part of which I have reproduced below, owing to the fact it is Scottish Cup Day tomorrow. Sons cross the river to take on first division Morton at Greenock. I [...]

It Would Drive You to Drink

I wrote here and here about proposals to impose a minimum charge per unit of alcohol sold. I see that the Labour party is to oppose the SNP’s bill on the subject in the Scottish parliament. Mind you they’re pretty open about the fact it’s purely a political opposition “We just don’t think it’s being [...]

More from the Trashcans

At last night’s gig the band played a song called “Freetime” which is from their wonderful album Weightlifting. I had noticed a line in the song before about the hills of Glen Rosa which I knew referred to Arran. Frank introduced the song as being “about Arran” so today I dug out some photos I [...]

Underrated

And that is an understatement. Sometimes one wonders. One looks around at the talentless eejits who carve out a glittering career in music, selling out huge stadia and concert venues, to be blindly (and deafly) followed by millions of fans. (can’t deny I’m thinking U2 here) Then there’s the Trashcan Sinatras Last night amidst the [...]

As Noticed by Paul

I’m grateful to my correspondent Paul for noticing this remarkable lookalike!