26th of foot

Looking at that picture, you can clearly see the dog-leg at the bottom, required to align those leaving with the exit aperture. What you cannot see are the ten feet high railway sleepers piled to the right as we look, to funnel those departing to the exit. Further, once out, you had to dog-leg again to funnel on to Harrison Drive.

As the pylons rose around Scotland, Rangers problem was the proximity of Ibrox to Abbotsinch. Rangers had to find a solution that contained the floodlights under the sight lines of approaching aircraft. I remember Rangers playing in a floodlight strip in the early sixties, it was white satin with red and blue hoops.

When dearest Craig first appeared, we were told he had a flat in Monaco, a Scottish castle, and a house in Costa Rica! Knowing, his auld Maw was working as a cleaner in a local primary school; I thought, Costa Rica? Apparently, Costa Rica is one of the very few countries in this planet, that has no treaty of extradition with the UK. Craig is up there with Phil McFournames, we should leave him doing what he does best ie throwing sh1te at the moon.

There appears to be three rumours doing the rounds in the immediate wake of the Acas first league win at Ibrox in 91 years. 1. Monies to be scraped together to pay the necessary compensation, securing McInnes. 2. Big Eck to be appointed mid week. 3. Appeals from those close to the decision makers, to get down on bended knee and beg Walter to return for eighteen months. The large amount of dead wood at the club and out on loan has to be dealt with, and Wattie with pruners is the very man. Oh, and there's a Rights Issue to be promoted, better doing so under Walter inspired stability. Don't shoot the messenger.

Hhmm, drawing a correlation between the rc church and child sex abuse? I wonder, currently we have two popes, we have a Scottish Cardinal who is NOT allowed to set foot in Scotland, confined to a house in Northumbria, and three official spokespersons who are NOT allowed to speak. Are we allowed to mention any of this during working hours?

He may have worked in the NHS in a number of areas, but his bankrupt private practice was on Royal Terrace, just off the western end of Sauchiehall Street. He sent his kids to St Aloysius and had difficulty meeting the fees some 30-35 years past. I believe his wife taught at the school?

Jim Craig is unique, a bankrupt Dentist. Morally bankrupt too, he left ra Sellik circa 1970 for a juicy contract in apartheid South Africa.

Portugal have qualified for Russia 18. I suspect Alves will want to play a part in his international swansong? Thus, if Murty continues with Wilson/McCrorie, then Alves will want to move in January. Interesting times ahead.

I would play Dorrans, Jack, and Holt against the Dandies. I find Windass 'frustrating'.

Cue, full page column from BIG Bairn, Gordon Waddell in this week's Sunday Mail? Nah, ah don't think so either.

It shows the level of detachment dearest Dermot has from real life, imagine asking Mark Daly such a question? I suspect BBC Scotland will organise a Chris McLaughlin exclusive interview with Desmond soonest. The other interesting part of the letter was those cc'ed ie Donalda McInnes and Tony Hall.

Ian Black capped as a Rangers player at Easter Road, booed every time he touched the ball. Explained off as, "special circumstances". Lee Wallace capped against Malta in Valetta, and a group of Hibees carried a banner proclaiming, 'Lee Wallace is a grass'. It's reported on BBC Radio Scotland as a sniggerfest; banner first reported at Edinburgh airport receiving thumbs up from airport staff, then it's applauded in every bar prior to game, and then a wondering aloud as to it's disappearance at the match? Ryan Jack will be the next set of special circumstances.

Travelling home from today's game, listening to BBC Radio Scotland. Stuart Cosgrove tells us the Pacific Quay scuttlebutt, it's accepted that Derek McInnes will be revealed as Rangers manager on Thursday. Scotland are playing Holland on Thursday evening at Pittodrie, and Aberdeen prefer the international running interference to the news. I am sure Gersnetters are aware Big Stu' talks pysh on matters politics and football. Of course, there is the law of averages?

Does Robert Collins actually exist? Just another bit part Editor adopting a nomme de guerre with th 'rc' initials to add to the cacophony of stick it on the h_uns sniggerfest.

I am in Mallorca at the moment, but last week driving home after the Killie game, BBC Radio Scotland's RichardGordon was venomous reference Ryan Jack, "three red cards in as many months, clearly a problem there". Well, tricky Dicky, two of those red cards have been rescinded, clearly a problem with officials. While we are at it, how is the police investigation going reference the engraving in two feet high letters on the Rangers team coach, "haha 66", in your beloved Aberdeen?

Interestingly, last evening BBC Radio Scotland played a minute long clip of a fifteen minute recorded interview with Souness. The whole interview will be broadcast Sunday afternoon. The panel at Pittodrie last evening was Richard Gordon, Liam McLeod, Wullie Miller, Tom English, Chris McLaughlin, and Pat Bonner. Covering the Rangers game from BBC Scotland's HQ at Pacific Quay, was the retired Chick Young. Souness offered the demise of Scottish football being the result of the demise of Rangers. The reaction from Pittodrie was venomous and vitriolic. Several minutes of traducing a most successful Scottish player and manager. Chick Young asked, "why bother interviewing him"? They turned on him, all six of them were determined not to allow Chick to make a point.

This last month, BBC Radio Scotland's Richard Gordon has taken to reading out a list of Rangers players/incidents that the Compliance Officer might be interested in; no other club is mentioned. Fellow Aberdeen supporter, Liam McLeod supports Gordon's accusations. It's a variation on a theme, bully the authority(and let's face it, the Compliance Officer does not need much nudging) into dealing with issues; thus building weight of evidence to be utilised as a bigger stick. On Sunday, it was left to both Wullie Miller and James McFadden to remind Gordon of other incidents that require further investigation.

Can we afford to sack him? Can we afford not to sack him? I have stayed out of the debate these last few weeks. I was not impressed by performances against ra Sellik, Hamilton Acas, or St Johnstone. The last twenty-five minutes of last night's game was an organisational shambles. We have very little organisational discipline. Further, the Board are not progressing the club in a most important issue, the Rights Issue. Six years down this road and we still do not have Banking Facilities that provides an Overdraught facility. Dave King is an absentee landlord and as such, incidents are not dealt with, they are allowed to fester. Pedro's relationships with a number of players is a case in point. There is NOT a firm hand on the tiller of Rangers, either in the Board room or in the Managers office.

I would rather he was out of breath, permanently.

The faces of three Sellik season ticket holders are on that banner.

Does this make them, 'the Hamilton Haccies'?

Graham Dorrans was outstanding tonight.

It's genetics. Malky is a tall racist. Bodes well.

It's the path of least resistance for referees. We had a Referee strike because of the actions of ra Sellik. This was a culmination of an active campaign by club and its supporters. A few examples involved the club hiring a Private Detective to follow a Referee around for a month. We had a corporate supporter take a golf club to 13 out of 14 windows in a Referee's family home. Then, there was the Referee's wife and daughters being followed to morning Nursery and Primary school gates. Brown's two game suspension being lifted at the end of last season to allow him to play in both games against Rangers, was the game changer. A flat of the boot, possible leg breaking side on assault on Liam Boyce was beyond the pale. The usual suspects in the immediate wake of the game at Dingwall, all agreed, it was a sending off. Further, even Brendan's post match interview was accepting of the Ref's decision. Two days later, it was amazing the way and the numbers that got behind and reinforced Brendan's change of mind. The proper contrast and compare is with their yellow/red card count in Europe. Maybe, the likes of Craig Gordon realises running twenty yards outside his box and kung-fuing the opposition, is a red card without hesitation in Europe. The question begs, why did he get away with it domestically on three separate occasions last season?

The oppressed Angela is a columnist on the Sunday Herald. Regularly, she appears on BBC Radio Scotland as a talking head. Saturday morning had her on as a guest of Shereen Nanjiani for two hours. Since Donalda MacKinnon becoming Director of BBC Scotland, Jum Spence was reappointed and Haggerty has become a weekly talking head across the broadcasting week.