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I doubt they'd be able to recoup the loss from the inevitable cut in sponsorship revenue (unless we have a particularly benevolent sponsor waiting in the wings).

I bet they wouldn't roost on a grass pitch.

If it is, it's a really really bad one. I'd expect someone looking for sponsors to at least say "sponsorship deal available"

I don't know, but apparently the most recent deal with BetPark was supposedly our most lucrative in the past 10 years.

The last audited accounts show sponsorship and adversting brought in £453,639. Of course, that's not all shirt logos, but it's a fair chunk of change,

Minor niggle that wasn't going to be risked on plastic, apparently.

According to this page this page they say the shirt sponsorship started in Feb 1984. Given we switched to Skelly in the 84/85 season, looks like it could have been as short as 4 months. So we would have been allowed to wear on televised matches (as that rule was relaxed in 1983), but any of those we did play in between August 1983 and January 1984 would have been without the logo.

I'd be surprised if there was any significant loss of overall sales due to a delay of a few weeks. It's not like someone will go out and buy an Accies top instead. (Why people feel the need to wear them when they go away for the Fair fortnight is a thread all on its own).

Always has to be a balance between giving time to players that need it, resting the guys with any minor niggles, and fielding a team that is capable of winning.

I've never been into this "find someone to replace X" theory. When we sign new players, we need to play to the strengths of those guys, not try and make them play like their predecessors. Of course you need a basic shape, but as we showed in the 2nd half of last season, that shape should be dictated by the personnel. Many a good player has been wasted by trying to play them out of position.

A few more clues from historicalkits.co.uk

Just makes it more special that we were there to see it I've always said that I'll be delighted if we win another Scottish Cup in my lifetime. But if we don't, I'm even more delighted I was there when we won it the last time.

If we had a new owner that wrote us a blank cheque to pay off our debt and invest in the club, and we had as many paying fans as Hibs, we might be able to afford that too. I suspect, however, it's a sop thrown to the fans who were led down the community ownership path.

Seedorf seemed quite chuffed about that in his post-match interview. He was buzzing (to use Twitter's favourite expression) about scoring his first professional goal and having the fans chant his name. A great recruitment ad for the club.

To be fair, the club (and the Trust) already does a fair amount of promotion of mens' mental health and suicide prevention. It would be nice to be in a position where we could turn down a chunk of money for sponsorship, but we aren't a Hearts (or a Barcelona) and don't have that luxury. (I also have doubts about the effectiveness of shirt sponsorship, but that's a different debate - I can safely say, however, I have never used any of the products or services of any of our shirt sponsors ever). There's certainly a discussion to be had about beer or gambling sponsors, but that is a wider social issue. I'm a believer that education and awareness is always much more effective than banning things.

A couple of days ago Robinson said they had tried to get Gboly back, but he didn't want to return - preferring to pursue options elsewhere.

I'm certainly not disagreeing. I have barely seen him play live or on highlights, and when I have seen him play it's been mostly as a defender. It just seemed last season that Robinson was forever bigging him up, so I assumed he would be one of his projects this season.

Onthefringes is not a Donnelly fan. At the end if last season, when I suggested we'd see more of him this campaign, he reckoned I was well off the mark. I honestly have no idea if he will make the grade, as my comments were based on the fact that Robinson obviously rates him. There are always different players fans don't rate. I could never see why Foran got a game, for example, but was a fan of Vigurs. I know many fans hold the exact opposite view. All part of the fun - especially at this stage of the season.

Robinson says he's fine, but will probably miss the Morton game.

It's still preseason. We won. Trying to read anything deeper into the performance is premature and pointless.

Wonder if they'll make him play at left back like they did with Marvin.

And Hylton with a screamer to make it 3 at the death.

Seedorf makes it 2.

Looking good. Donnelly from the spot after Hylton brought down.

I agree they could come up with a better model, but I suspect if they gave it free to all society members and season ticket holders there would be nobody left that would pay for it. Would be interesting to hear how the costs breakdown to see how they could be managed.