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Update for the fortnight to 9 November. Citations are now at 41,685, up from 38,718 at the last update. New pages Biographies: Matt Busby, Graeme Souness, Archie Gemmill and Julie Fleeting each have a page of their own, with sources. Head-to-heads: eleven written comparisons of neighbouring clubs, from Renton and Vale of Leven to Aberdeen and Dundee United, with Queen's Park and Third Lanark, Raith Rovers and East Fife, and St Mirren and Morton among them. The Dundee derby joins the Old Firm and Edinburgh derby pages, and On This Day now covers 354 dates of the year. Every ground now has its own page, and there are three new guides: Defunct clubs, on when and why they went; Family history, for anyone trying to find out whether an ancestor played; and Can you help?, listing the photographs, lost grounds and facts we are still looking for. A film The first international, Scotland against England at Hamilton Crescent on 30 November 1872, now has a short film on its timeline page. It is an AI reconstruction, not archive footage, as no film or photograph of the match exists, and it says so on the page. Every detail we could check was set from the newspaper reports of the day. Women's game All 90 women's club pages have been gone through again and expanded, with 69 pictures added. Grounds East Stirlingshire had two Merchiston Parks, the first until 1906 and its neighbour from 1906 to 1921, with thanks to the club historian. Petershill's page now follows the club from Arrol Park in 1897 to the new ground in Adamswell Street, Kilsyth Rangers were at Garrel Vale Park from 1914 to 1939, and Queen of the South's page notes that Palmerston Park was in the burgh of Maxwelltown until 1929. Crests and photographs 13 more clubs have let us show their crests: Bayside Ladies, Bishopton Women, Buckie Ladies, Danderhall Miners WFC, Edinburgh Caledonia, Glasgow City, Harmony Row, Houston United Ladies, Irvine Meadow XI, Maryhill, Musselburgh Windsor Women, Petershill and Rutherglen Glencairn. Danderhall Miners WFC sent team photographs and East Fife confirmed the credit for theirs. Thanks to all of them. As ever, if you spot something wrong on your club's page, the corrections page is there and I fix things in public. https://scottishfootballhistory.scot

Sounds like Robinson is on the brink of being sacked by Aberdeen. Personally would take him back here if/when we part company with AJ. He had ran his course by the time he left us but when he initially came in he made us competitive and oversaw two cup runs and a(n albeit default) 3rd place finish. Plus he has improved as a manager now and he wouldn’t have Burrows whispering “we’re only a wee team punching way above our weight” in his ear every other day this time around.

What does that even mean? The days of football managers having control and responsibility for absolutely everything to do with the playing side of a football club are long gone. Most clubs (even us!) have a Head/Director of football, a team of analysts, sports scientists, and other individuals who assist them with the day to day running of the football department. Most modern managers are in fact just "Head Coaches". McGlynn is currently doing very well at a club that suits him. But lets not forget that he is coming towards the end of a somewhat ordinary managerial career during which he underwent an epiphany working under Brendan Rogers at Celtic. Before that, he was just another one of many average Scottish managers on the merry-go-round that would have been chased by our fans had he been suggested 10 years ago. Thats not to discredit his current achievements. Merely giving them context. Alfred on the other hand is a very young ambitious coach at the start of his career. Who is to say where he will end up at this stage.

Let him go there then

Oldham beat Sheffield Wednesday in the F.A. Cup. "Oldham manager Micky Mellon had to watch from the sidelines after being sent off for appearing to move his head towards Callum Slattery" Think he's safe this time.

No one scaped a draw at Tannadice.

Mandron helping Stockport into Extra-time against the mighty Cray Wanderers in the FA Cup earlier

Bet you was raging. 🤬

McGlynn's "proper manager" approach earned Falkirk a 0 - 0 at Fir Park. I think he's a great fit at Falkirk, but have no idea how he'd fare at Fir Park. His record at Hearts was poor and at Livi was fair to middling.

You expected us to lose so surely a draw was a positive? And I dont think scraping a draw is accurate

And Dundee Utd have just one defeat in their last eight. Against us. Spooky.

McGlynn is a proper manager, AJ is a coach. Galling to see Falkirk absolutely sweep Hearts aside on their own patch when we are scraping draws at Tannadice and patting ourselves on the back for it. Also, Hearts have just one win in their last eight. Against us.

McGlynn, like Robinson, would be an idiot to go there.

I think Aberdeen will be taking note

I’ll happily hold my hands up if he turns things around and gives us a good season, but I’m not going to pretend to be his biggest fan in the meantime. That doesn’t mean I don’t get behind the team and support them every week.

Leave all the tic talk to kerrydale street.😂

Fair comment, will the "AJ out " supporters do the same then and realise that he is going nowhere, no clocks ticking etc and get back behind him and the team. Or does the agenda not suit that approach.

Agree pal, I really like Johnny k but amount of injuries means we have never seen his full potential

Maybe. Maybe not. Too many intangibles that make players and managers a good fit even from year to year at the same club.

If only we were clinical in front of goal. Mind you we were saying that last season.

No matter who the manager is he is never going to be good enough in the eyes of our usual culprits and nothing said or done will change their minds. Pathetic really. Entitlement is off the scale.

Lowry is the one we really miss probably best players in our squad hopefully when he comes back his teammates are up to speed with what he trys to do.

Hearts being humiliated by Falkirk today. McGlynn would be a massive upgrade on Alfred.

Johnny K has been an excellent player for us when fully fit and firing, which makes it all the more frustrating that he seems to be made of paper. Stama, on the other hand, was both shite and injury-prone.

Johnny k due back maybe a few weeks but he has booked an injury and one in March also! 😄, the new stama