15.08.25
How can I shoehorn a David Bowie song title into this newsletter.
Hello
I had the privilege of watching Leith Football Team’s new fairground attraction last night. A 120 minute rollercoaster ride that leaves you wide awake until the early hours of the morning. It went something like this.
Noisy and energetic first 15 minutes.
Smith paps a shot into his own net.
Crowd gets restless.
Smith lets a shot squirt right through him.
Crowd begins the shitting of the pants.
Half time murmuring.
Kieron Bowie says fuck this and takes matters into his own hands.
Crowd goes mental. I include myself in that. Sadly for BBC Sport their commentator flubbed the moment with “tries a Ben Brannan”. As Sportscene showed us last week the veterans know how to really capture a moment. To quote Jock Brown:
Red card for Partizan.
Piddly diddly widdly football right up to minute 95. Leith forget how to run a clock down.
Goal Partizan.
Silence.
Manager Craig Samson rallies the team for extra time.
Chris Cadden taps in a rebound.
Jordan Smith redemption arc with a couple of big saves.
fin.
Postscript - Kieron Bowie was so good that Celtic fans want their club to buy him. Everyone else is thinking he should be starting for Scotland. He did put in a tremendous shift, he’s very physical and he’s got skills. That might have been the greatest goal I’ve seen live. Eoin Jess at Ibrox was always my favourite but this might be better.
What’s the best goal you’ve seen live? Forget the occasion or importance, purely the best goal.
Dundee United v Rapid Vienna at Tannadice. I followed this one through my daughter refreshing the FutBol app which if you’ve experienced the Easter Road signal you’ll know it’s a thankless task. I managed to get 2-0 United then 2-2. Extra time seemed to vanish but penalties kind of worked. Not for United though.
Aye, a 5-4 loss on penalties is a real gut punch. Five Scottish teams through would have been amazing. We settle for four though. Going to be a couple of compelling midweeks.
After the turnstile….it’s The Roaster with a look at the Premier Sports Cup weekend and the return of the greatest league in the world.*
* not the greatest league in the world.
New Season Special Offer
All the Fitbatweets cartoons every weekday for only £30!
To start the new season I nipped down to Pundit Club to announce an offer they couldn’t refuse and you shouldn’t either.
A year of The Fitbatweets Diaries for £30. Yes please.
The turnstile aka paywall is back after the offseason break so the only way to get the full and proper Fitbatweets experience is to become a paying subscriber. With over 1,700 cartoons drawn last season the value is beyond comprehension at £2.50 a month. Plus you’ll be supporting this old duffer in his bid to make a career out of cartooning.
