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Not a former player, but well done Dougie Morton manager and partner raise £18k in memory of baby daughter

Might be the St Mirren fans that panic. The fear being that he cracks a few jokes to keep them entertained.

Yep that's it. I used a transfer ticket for the Scotland game last night and had no issues. Even the scanners were straightforward and user friendly. Took seconds to get in. Easy. Just remember the QR code will not activate until the morning of the game but the ticket will show up in the App well before that. You'll know when the code is active because a wee line continually circles it. Proves it is the original, valid code and not a copy. You can transfer a ticket before the code is active. I have one sitting waiting on activation on Sunday morning.

Well done and welcome to the new digital phone age indeed. I've still to take the plunge and get mine. The world really has changed since our last visit to the national stadium.

For the Herald, you can usually just copy and paste the URL into a private browser window.

Here's the article in full Last week, Jens Berthel Askou raised some eyebrows ahead of Motherwell’s visit to Celtic Park by boldly proclaiming that his team would not be going to the home of the champions to frustrate them, but to win. In the end, only a last-gasp Daizen Maeda goal prevented his men from returning to Lanarkshire with a point, which on the strength of their performance, they may have felt was the least they deserved. Having gone behind, The Steelmen showed strength of character and exhibited some fine play to first draw level and then pull ahead courtesy of an Apostolos Stamatelopoulos double, only for Celtic’s late comeback to leave them empty handed. What they did take away from the game though was even more confidence that under Berthel Askou, and with his expansive style, they can not only compete for silverware and at the right end of the table during this season, but have a foundation upon which to build something special in the longer term. The Dane doesn’t seem the type to make outlandish statements that his team cannot then back up, so when he casts an eye to the Fir Park future and references the example of Bodo/Glimt, then it pricks the ear, and it should be something that excites the Motherwell fanbase, comparable in number as it may be the Norwegian shock troops Under Kjetil Knutsen, the team from inside the Arctic Circle have gone from relative oblivion in footballing terms to the Champions league. The odds of Berthel Askou taking Motherwell along a similar path may seem fanciful, but the same might have been said about Bodo/Glimt 10 years ago. Given time, and an opportunity to build upon the solid base he has already constructed, Berthel Askou believes anything is possible. "It's difficult at bigger clubs that have to produce results straight away,” Berthel Askou said. "I think the smaller the club, the more time you are given to produce results. That's the nature of football. "But I think there's more and more good examples in modern football of smaller clubs who have grown to become top clubs because they didn't have that pressure of having to win now. "Bodo/Glimt is a good example in Norway. They are now in the Champions League, but they came from nowhere. From nothing. Now it's one of the most successful clubs in Scandinavia. "They've kept building and building and haven't mentioned the word winning or result or victory. They don't use it in their vocabulary, in their approach, which is very interesting. "The top clubs, who are consistent, focus on performance and development, because they know that's what is going to keep them winning league titles and performing in Europe." It is easy to see then why they, and their coach Knutsen, are such a template for Berthel Askou to follow, and he hopes, an achievable vision for Motherwell as a club to reach for. "Full credit to Bodo/Glimt,” he said. “What they've done as a football club is a great inspiration, especially to clubs who aren't the biggest size. "Mjallby in Sweden is another example. They were more used to fighting relegation. Now a few years later they're top of the league by a mile. And it's not because they've had a sugar daddy, pumping millions into the club. That's not how Swedish football works. It's fan owned. "That shows that things are possible for the smaller clubs, as long as they have a good solid approach and they keep their composure within the club and the fans. "If they trust each other, they can do great things in time.

An interesting article in the Herald on how JBA sees Motherwell's development and what we might achieve longer term https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/25528477.jens-berthel-askou-motherwells-bodo-glimt-blueprint/

Penry.......the mild mannered janitor? 🤣🤣

Well the opposition were good enough to qualify for the Europa League and beat FSCB - the team that cuffed Aberdeen - in their last European match. So better than a lot of Scottish teams.

I think for the majority of people it’s fine, if I were just going myself or with my kid, great no problem, it’s the modern way of things. We just download and app and accept it is what it is. my issue is with older people and I know many who are completely lost in the modern world and rely heavily on others. Football and going to football is the only enjoyment in their life usually and they are being made feel like sh1t and made feel like they can’t go to games such as this. Part of their life was nipping up to the ticket office and getting a ticket… easy. Now they go up and no fault to the staff there, they are being punted to find someone elsewhere who can help them out. It’s a shame and for us as a community club I think we are alienating a dedicated fan base of oldies who we should be supporting.

I see there's some instructions on the Official Site. They're all good and well if you buy the tickets personally, but the process is not entirely clear if someone else has bought them for you. There is a cursory reference to buying a ticket for other people but not to receiving it from them. Also, the instructions say that the tickets are for sale to season ticket holders only, in the first instance, and that they can buy as many as they wish. They don't make clear however that they can be bought for non season ticket holders. Maybe just semantics. A right dog's dinner. Presumably there will be a physical help facility outside the stadium on matchday?

KVV pleads guilty to domestic abuse charges Figured there might be something in it seeing as he kept getting contracts cancelled