The Monday Stickler
Reffing and jeffing my way through the weekend’s football
Hi everyone. It’s been snowing a wee bit here but I’m not going to lie it’s not going to lie. The last few days have been a bit strange in the house as we deal with an unwell close relative. So much so that I ended up enjoying Open All Mics through the medium of subtitles on a hospital waiting room television.
Quite the experience as the subtitles are not the most accurate and you genuinely couldn’t tell what was happening where until the vidiprinter was updated. He may be an absolute club legend but Willie Miller is hopeless on this show with his meandering descriptions before you find out which team scored or has a penalty claim, etc.
I managed to catch Sportscene on Sunday morning as well as the phenomenal triple header in the afternoon.
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Saturday then. Let’s start at Fir Park for a change. Managerless Well took on RossCo and promptly got pumped 3-0. Each goal was greeted by more and more boos. Captain Connor Randall killed a whole load of worms with the third goal.
The stadium was officially declared a crime scene at the final whistle. On Monday morning a new detective was in town to take on the case. Straight from BBC Four it’s Detective Wimmer and his assistant Ahmet Koc. In the first episode of “Wimmer” the German sleuth reviews footage of the crime.
To Dens Park next where Scandi-noir specialist Jimmy Thelin was hoping his Aberdeen side could actually win a fucking league game. The answer was yes, yes they can. A 2-1 win over Dundee thanks to this screamer from Topi Keskinen.
