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Murphy! Gooooooooaaaaaaal

0-0 half-time

Blood Hell......sure that Norwegian commentator just said "Dykstra" there Bring back the days of the teleprinter

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/8864880.stm

Motherwell now out to 4/1 on Betfair, Broon must be setting them oot in a 5-5-0 formation. What chance 0-0?

Motherwell 01 Randolph 02 Saunders 03 Hammell 04 Reynolds 05 Craigan 06 Hateley 08 Jennings 14 Lasley 09 Murphy 11 Sutton 18 Forbes Substitutes 12 Hollis, 19 Hutchinson, 20 Page, 07 Humphrey, 17 Fitzpatrick, 16 McHugh, 33 Smith Aalesunds FK 13 Lindegaard 05 Jalasto 15 Arnefjord 16 Jaager 06 Olsen 10 Arneng 11 Herrera 14 Parr 17 Phillips 19 Larsen 08 Aaroy Substitutes 01 Grytebust, 04 Tollas, 23 Ulvestad, 07 Fredriksen, 21 Mathisen, 22 Carlsen, 20 Flotre Ref: Toussaint

Remember there are some known things that are knowingly unknown......their plastic pitch. OK a pitch is a pitch but they do take getting used to in a 1-off senior match. Score draw will not be a bad result.

6pm ko our time.

They lost 1-0 to a 5th minute goal at Kristiansand.

Looked it up and found 7 league games without conceding a goal from Feb-April 1996. 13.02.1996 Aberdeen home W1-0 24.02.1996 Raith Rovers home W1-0 02.03.1996 Falkirk home W1-0 16.03.1996 Kilmarnock away W1-0 23.03.1996 Celtic home D0-0 30.03.1996 Partick Thistle away W2-0 06.04.1996 Hibernian home W3-0 ended by 13.04.1996 Aberdeen away L1-2 Found at http://www.statto.com/football/teams/mothe...95-1996/results

Seen more atmosphere at a reserve game when they used to play at Fir Park, although we did get a few songs going. I'm almost surprised as many 'Well fans made it up there as they did considering the circumstances, timing etc. They scored twice, we didney, that's fitba. NEXT

Fair doos. Would encourage more people to attend and would give smaller teams perhaps a little more advantage. Course money shared from replays would disappear but there's too many games as it is, I'd ditch the League Cup personally.

Anyone ken when there might be a pitch inspection planned? -20C predicted for Highlands Friday night. Presume they'll take into account road conditions?

Keep it short and to the point: "Jack & Victor's Barmy Army........." (repeat to fade)

Mair visual than verbal: When John Lambie & Chic Charnlie were at Thistle - the Jags players had a session in the gym but Charnlie is jist sitting there reading the paper for 1\2 hour with a glass of water by his side. Other Thistle players then tell him Lambie's coming in and he's gonna see he's no being working oot. Quick as a flash Charnley chucks the paper away, throws the water o'er his heid and is wiping his wet brow when the boss arrives. Lambie takes one look at him and tells him "awright Chic, don't want ye over daeing it, take a break son".

Up the DOSSERS. Wisney gonny go but changed ma mind noo, think the players will be right up for it. Just like they were at that dump 8th October 1988 when Cammy Duncan had to be carried aff

10.32am: called and told me game is OFF.

Fishal site has the U'19 game home to Dundee Utd as being played Saturday but SPL site has the game listed for tomorrow. I'll call the club in the am but does anyone know if it is tomorrow and scheduled kick-off time? cheers

Got over yesterday to see the game, took ma mate who is a Rangers man and he was shocked how poor Rangers were made to look. The young lads' football, ie good short passes and making space was too much for the Rangers boys. Could so easily have been 6 or more with 1 stonewall penalty turned down. Shows you when it really is a level playing field with no imported big money journeymen brought in by the old firm teams like Motherwell have nothing to fear. Long may the passing game continue!!

Mind it well, first game of 82-83 season I am sure and was the first time I was allowed to go to Fir Park masel for an old firm game. Rangers had their new signing Robert Prytz (who him?) put them 1-0 up early doors with a dodgy penalty. We came back from 2-0 down , did big Joe Carson not score that day then get sent off?

Celtic had just bought a numptie fae Arsenal Martin Hayes(?) who had to be taken off at 1\2 time as Boyd was running rings roon him. The Shimmy King put us 1-0 up and I think wee Dougie got the second, not a bad way to open a season.

Where does the time go? Mind going up to Pittodrie on the Wishy bus, on my few trips up there I had never even seen the 'Well score a goal let alone win. Cooper touches the free-kick to his right and yer man Kirk lets fly. Beach End went mental when the ball nestled in the old onion bag. Made it back to The Heathery in time for the highlights on Sportscene. Oh happy day but there was more to come! Falkirk were leading the 1st division at the time as I remember and that was a tough game, we did well to come through 4-2. Was stramge to say the least to see Johnny Gagahan lining up in the white of Morton instead of Claret & Amber after all those years. A tense 0-0 draw ended with the natives not happy at all. Midweek replay doon Cappielow and I had my tank on Motherwell half-time\full-time which didn't materialise. Pyscho's winning penalty will long live in the memory. Mind our back windae on the bus getting put in as we left the grun. First Celtic game and how that was not a penalty when White(?) not so much man-handled (Arnott?) to the ground as wrestled him doon. Fergie's thunderbolt that smacked off post and bar almost put us in the final. Replay and it didn't look too good approaching half time with them leading 2-1 and Coyne missing a good chance for 3-1. The team became legends in the second half and by the way, wasn't Cooper suspended for these 2 cup games? Credit to the whole team that night and if I live to be 100 I will never forget O'Neil's goal. Seemed to happen in slow-motion for me. Did he just do that? Was it really in? Were we really 3-2 up in a cup semi-final replay against Celtic. You're not meant to do that. Bonner's flailing arms which could've been better used putting oot the washing were never keeping that strike out. Kirk's goal put the tin lid on it. Grown men cried as they would do in the very same spot a few weeks later. Windae on the bus was put in that night also but we didney care. Mind getting aff at Motherwell Cross and many a supporter singing around the streets there. Looked like Hamish French had put Utd in front early doors but ruled out for offside and it might even have been Darren Jackson who was off canny remember. Then they had a shot came off both posts was it? Ferguson's header and what a noise came from the terracing, Motherwell hadn't been ahead in a Scottish Cup final since 1952. Their equaliser was a blur and would have been kept out had Maxwell not been seriously injured by Clark who wusny even booked. Phil put us 2-1 in front shortly after and Kirk's delightful lay-off for Angus to thunder home the third had us in delerium. O'Neil gets one back and we're all whistling for Syme to blow for full time when a hoof doon the park isn't dealt with and Jackson sneaks in to make it 3-3. Malpas was it even then deep into injury time could have won the game for them. From Section J I couldn't tell if it hit the bar or Maxwell saved it. Not sure I could ever have got over that if that had gone in. Kirk scored the first and ultimately, the last goal of the cup campaign and most of us were drained by then emotionally, physically and pyshcologically. When the full time whistle went I had no more to give and slumped onto the barrier we were standing behind. When Boyd lifted the cup to the fans he almost seemed to be saying "I can't believe it". Tommy's last game for us and what a way to go out. I made sure to get back to Fir Park in good time and soon as we came off the M74, the crowds were out cheering the returning fans and waiting for the team bus. I remember the streets around Fir Park were jam-packed, you literally could not move. I managed to bag a spot at Edward St\Fir Park St then heard a distant roar which flowed like a Claret & Amber wave became contagious and we knew the team bus was coming. The bus had to fight for every inch as it attempted to drive into Fir Park Street. The crowd cheering outside was caught on by the fans inside the ground. The players would eventually make it up to the Director's Box and us fans on the park got a close-up look at the cup in claret & amber ribbons. The bus tour showing off the cup the next day wasn't half-bad either. No one, including all my non-Motherwell supporting pals, could not say it was the best and most enthralling game they'd seen.

Ah comfae Craigneuk and ma old man was a Cel'ic man. Probably season 74-75 when I was 7\8 he'd take me on the Cel'ic Wishy bus to Parkheid one week and down to Fir Park the next for a Motherwell game. There was something magical in making that walk doon the Bee Hive Brae towards Fir Park. More so for a kid for an evening match when you could make out the glare of the floodlights even fae Craigneuk. Getting closer to the grun and being lifted over and then scrambling up the bing to get to the top of the terracing and taking in the view afore ye will never be forgotten. All you could see was a lush green carpet (Boyle take note) of a playing surface spectaculary lit. A warm, fuzzing feeling inside without the use of a porn mag - amazing. Walking to the games, ah remember thinking I couldn't understand people going about their daily lives when there was a game kicking off in an hour's time. How could they be wasting their time doing mundane things like going shopping, to the pub or staying in? Realised I was a Dosser probably in the '75 semi-final against Airdrie. Not knowing all the nuances of fitba, all I gathered from my 7 year old reading of the Record was something to do with Rennie, 4 steps and a free-kick. It didn't make sense. Ma old man definately realised I was lost to "the cause" when he couldn't get tickets for the '76 3rd round game against Cel'ic so we went up to King George's Parks and heard the game on the radio. 2-0 down but I didn't give up hope. When the 3rd goal went in for a famous win, you could have seen ma smile fae Fir Park tae the Maracana. Gie ma old man his due, he allowed me to make my own decision about it cos I know plenty OF faithers who widney let their boy support anything other than the so-called big two. To top it off that season ma maw got me ma first fitba tap, course it was 20 sizes too big for me and went doon o'er ma knees but far as I was concerned, I WAS Wullie Pettigrew every time ah pulled it on. Number 8 will always have a special fascination for me on a fitba shirt. First time I cried over a result of course was the semi defeat against Rangers. JPR Gordon, Newport-on-Tay never forgotten or forgiven. Blood, sweat & tears is all you can be sure of as a Dosser but once the magic is in you, you'll never give it up.

Right 'nuff....so what time is the gemme up Wishy Sports Centre?

Confucious, he say: "I'd rather see 10 shots go out for a shy than 1 effort that hits the post."