I was at the Kilmarnock v Morton match on Xmas Day 1971 (still got the programme, can't post here but if I remember I'll put it on BlueSky tomorrow). No idea how I got there as I lived in one of the outlying villages some four miles from Rugby Park. Maybe I walked or maybe I cadged a lift there and back from an adult (I was 15).
I wrote a piece on Xmas Day football in Scotland many years ago for a website I ran. A few years later someone told me the Guardian had lifted it and ran with it every Xmas. To say I was slightly miffed would be an understatement though eventually they coughed up with a payment and acknowledgement.
On the odds of snow in March there have of course been plenty of occasions when snow has affected the fixture card (1947 was probably the worst and it was fairly common in April too in the 19th century) and others when it should have. The 2007 League Cup Final was played in a snowstorm and should have been called off. Though I probably feel that way on account of the result (google, kids) rather than the snow.
Further afield there was some surprising snow in mid-March in Barcelona where I was living at the time in 2010. The first for 25 years. it snowed the same day in Seville for the first time since 1955 - fifty-five years previously
That is mad from the Guardian! Every right to miffed, and glad you got something in the end. What website did you run? Ah 2007, the lesser spoken about 5-1 Final involving Hibs!
The now defunct scottishleague.net 2001-2015 then taken over first by Alan Brown then Andy Mitchell before I returned briefly to lay it to rest. I've kept the URL registration so I can still use the imprint - if I ever get round to writing again.
Apart from the result the 2007 League Cup Final is also best forgotten for the Kilmarnock final song being performed by then national treasure but later national disgrace Rolf Harris.
Enjoyed this. And I don't have to worry about how 'xs' affects my World Cup ticket application, my flights, my hotel. Merry Christmas to Gavin, and to everyone else who reads this great offer.
A Merry Christmas to you and all your family and friends. Also to all subscribers and readers of your column. And finally to all involved in Scottish Fitbaw 🎅🌲☃️⚽
I was at the Kilmarnock v Morton match on Xmas Day 1971 (still got the programme, can't post here but if I remember I'll put it on BlueSky tomorrow). No idea how I got there as I lived in one of the outlying villages some four miles from Rugby Park. Maybe I walked or maybe I cadged a lift there and back from an adult (I was 15).
I wrote a piece on Xmas Day football in Scotland many years ago for a website I ran. A few years later someone told me the Guardian had lifted it and ran with it every Xmas. To say I was slightly miffed would be an understatement though eventually they coughed up with a payment and acknowledgement.
On the odds of snow in March there have of course been plenty of occasions when snow has affected the fixture card (1947 was probably the worst and it was fairly common in April too in the 19th century) and others when it should have. The 2007 League Cup Final was played in a snowstorm and should have been called off. Though I probably feel that way on account of the result (google, kids) rather than the snow.
Further afield there was some surprising snow in mid-March in Barcelona where I was living at the time in 2010. The first for 25 years. it snowed the same day in Seville for the first time since 1955 - fifty-five years previously
That is mad from the Guardian! Every right to miffed, and glad you got something in the end. What website did you run? Ah 2007, the lesser spoken about 5-1 Final involving Hibs!
The now defunct scottishleague.net 2001-2015 then taken over first by Alan Brown then Andy Mitchell before I returned briefly to lay it to rest. I've kept the URL registration so I can still use the imprint - if I ever get round to writing again.
Apart from the result the 2007 League Cup Final is also best forgotten for the Kilmarnock final song being performed by then national treasure but later national disgrace Rolf Harris.
Enjoyed this. And I don't have to worry about how 'xs' affects my World Cup ticket application, my flights, my hotel. Merry Christmas to Gavin, and to everyone else who reads this great offer.
A Merry Christmas to you and all your family and friends. Also to all subscribers and readers of your column. And finally to all involved in Scottish Fitbaw 🎅🌲☃️⚽