Saturday's appetizer was served at a muddy Westfield Park, Denny. I'd only ever seen Denny in the holiday catalogues so it was nice to finally get there in person.
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| Westfield Park can fair fill up |
The Pace (Dunipace Juniors) were hosting The Undertakers (Port Glasgow Juniors) in a Central District Divison One game.
Junior football is smashing but I'm afraid this was just a flying visit.
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| The guy trying to get the ball got nutmegged several times |
Next stop that afternoon was Ochilview in the Stenhousemuir/Larbert area for East Stirlingshire v Queen's Park.
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| Queen's keeper Neil Parry's crucial save from Andy Stirling with the game at 1-1 |
I was on match-reporting duty for a local paper and got treated to a pulsating game which ended with a 93rd minute winner for Queen's Park, courtesy of the Scottish Football League 3rd Divison's top scorer Jamie Longworth.
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| Queen's Park's David Anderson assisted for the winning goal |
Tuesday night saw me join 413 other football fans at Hampden to see Queen's Park host Berwick Rangers.
Now, perks of the press pass at Ochilview the previous Saturday started and ended with free entry to the game.
However, at Hampden it was an altogether different affair.
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| That's some of my fingers on the left |
Yes, at the national stadium there was access to a half-time home-baking extravaganza. Whole platefuls of goodies were the centre-pieces of many circular tables and I managed to secure a tremendous slab of Rocky Road.
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| Rocky Road: one of your five-a-day |
Oh and the game finished 2-2 with injury time goals for both sides.
Thursday night's location was St.Mirren Park in Paisley, but not for a game this time. This was to be part of an audience during a live recording of BBC Radio Scotland's Sportsound programme.
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| Some of The Borrowers got front row seats |
Hosted by Jonathan Sutherland, it was really interesting to watch Jim Traynor, Chick Young, Billy Dodds and Steven Thompson discuss football's hot topics and take questions from the audience.
So there you go, four stadiums in six days.
Tomorrow it's back to Hampden for Rocky Roa.......I mean Queen's Park v Stranraer.
Kenny,
ReplyDeleteSounds like some good road trips have been going down. I fear you are on the "rocky road to ruin" as you move from being on the pitch to being on the pen, if you eat much more of those! Good to hear your latest news.
Mitchell