Sherlock Holmes 21st century reboot

Like Dr. Who at the controls of the Tardis I've too much time on my hands. In a remarkable fourteen out of fifteen season either that season's European Cup winners, finalists or holders played in Scotland. Italics for final played in Milan & to note Super Cup not endorsed by UEFA.

1 #OTD 1969 Celtic beat Benfica 3-0 in the European Cup (lost 2nd leg by same score & won on a coin toss), Attendance 74,894 & as old Wullie Shakespeare said thereby hangs a tale. Never one to miss out on the main chance Celtic chairman Bob Kelly issued a public sale of tickets before a reserve game

If you haven't seen it yet then Death By Lightning is well worth a watch. I binged it and I don't as a rule binge. One of the best dramas this year and a spectacular cast. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Fantastic news!!! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

I regret to inform you that Kevin McKenna has been spouting bollocks in @heraldscotland.bsky.social once again Dewar had been MP for Garscadden since the 1978 by-election.

Russell Martin 5/1 second favourite for the #Boro job.

Reckon so. Liverpool can afford to lose only one more game. No side's won the title losing more than six since Blackburn in 1995 & they played 42 games. No side has lost more than six in a 38 games season since Blackburn in 1915 . Liverpool have already lost as many as the past two seasons combined

The Premier League has reverted to type. City win it after Arsenal collapse. Every five years or so Liverpool nick one. The SPFL has a different pattern Every now and then Hearts challenge then fade away to let Celtic win.

@heraldscotland.bsky.social boldly tackles the very worst of first world problems.

Even Shearer thinks Edwards is making a mistake. #Boro

Loath as I am to admit it Sunderland are a bloody good team

In the circumstances that's a terrific win #Boro

Five minutes: huge applause in memory of rock hard Charlton's Champions skipper Stuart Boam

Oh Christ, Killie at Celtic Park. On Remembrance Sunday.

Absolutely fine vs Utter bollocks

Congratulations Gianni Infantino for making FIFA a late night punchline again “It’s going to be hilarious when they give it to Obama again.” youtu.be/91i0FxWCCSM?...

Eagerly I click on this @heraldscotland.bsky.social article to find out Arran's Elvis connection. Turns out the writer was there when he spotted news of Presley's death. I'm not exactly all shook up by this.

The state of Scottish football (and I mean what a state). Same competition Same ground Two weeks apart

Was it 'Ya shower of useless bastards?'

Costa 10% off if wearing a poppy

Lots of praise for the Champions League format now in its second season. But consider this. Halfway through eleven of the top twelve are from the 'big five' leagues. Galatasaray the gatecrasher. Then look at this. Two of the giants of club football rooted to the bottom. No longer able to compete.

They can GTF. Watson (& agent) should look to England, Italy or Spain. He'll most likely be benchwarming for a bit regardless but this lad is a natural talent, capable of playing at a higher level than the SPFL. The best Killie have produced since the days of Kris Boyd & Stevie Naismith.

Bert Patenaude, who scored the first World Cup hat-trick, was born on this day in 1909 in Massachusetts, USA. Patenaude scored the hat-trick vs Paraguay in the groups of the 1930 tournament and helped USA reach the semi-finals — their best performance at a men's World Cup.

Wish win % was dropped when looking at managerial stats. Two examples. Both have ten games in charge A wins five loses five. Win rate 50% B wins four draws six. Win rate 40% A has won 15 pts, PPG 1.5 B has 18 pts, PPG 1.8 PPG is a much more accurate reflection of how a manager has performed.

Here's how bad the Scotland goalkeeper problem is. One will be 43 next month. One is second choice at his club. One was given a free transfer at the end of last season. I'd go with the soon-to-be-43.

There is one time & one time only when you can get away with breaking manifesto pledges on tax & that's right after you've been elected when you can justifiably say 'sorry but things are much more shit than THEY told us.' Rank amateurism to wait a year and a half. Same goes for 'due to Brexit.'

Toughie but I'll take a stab at it. Could it be because one is scoring goals and the other isn't?

A sentence you may never see again in several lifetimes. Sunderland replace Bournemouth in the Champions League positions.

This. A thousand times this.

This guy is worse than Arsene Wenger for using this excuse...

You want to talk Xmas in November? Okay, here's your early Xmas present.

Gerd Müller, arguably the greatest pure goalscorer of all time, was born on this day in 1945. He is the last player to have scored two hat-tricks in one World Cup (1970) and only Lionel Messi at Barcelona (672) has scored more goals at a top-level European club than Müller's 566 at Bayern Munich.

Just when Wednesday fans thought they could see some daylight ahead.

#DanceTypesInASongOrMovie Anything by Waltz Disney

Glorious sunshine this morning My wife: "Might go to the allotment." Me: "Think I'll go watch the egg-chasers" The Heavens: "D'ye think so?" #Monsoon

She deliberately added that 'e' didn't she?

Lincoln Bathroom. The latest up and coming prodigy on the PGA tour.

Sod off Sainsbury's. Is this real? Do people eagerly wait for supermarket midwinter festival ads to drop? Do they love seeing them before Bonfire Night? I'm presuming there must be an audience out there. Otherwise why irritate customers?

There’s now an Earl of Inverness slot going begging. Big renovated castle and all. Should be a shoo in for Billy Connolly.

That's about as appropriate a Hallowe'en line-up as you could get.

More '71 humiliation for Celtic as the prize-winning Mrs. Dymock (Partick Thistle) shows Mrs. Stewart (Celtic) who's boss at the Halloween party… 🎃 thethistlearchive.wikidot.com/celtics-humi...

@privateeyenews.bsky.social on the money again.

OCTOBER How it started How it's ending

🎵See the mice in their million hordes From Ibiza to the Norfolk Broads. Rule Britannia is out of bounds🎵

The King has banished his brother to NORFOLK. The most merciless act of royal brutality since the Princes in the Tower.

Thoughts and prayers at this difficult time wth the Telegraph, Mail, Sun, Express, Farage & Badenoch as Rachel Reeves moves off the front pages.

Rachel Reeves story explained in full.

Evergreen headline

High time this was said www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...