Donny, Donny, Donny

On Tuesday 1st April, after 3,682 days, game 27 became 28 when I finally saw Doncaster Rovers play at home again. This is no April’s Fool, merely an acknowledgement that for largely ten years of my life I had given up on travels south, and indeed north to my beloved Inverness too, who had only … Continue reading Donny, Donny, Donny →

Hop to it ’25

The annual Scottish Groundhop, always an early signal of spring, and the downward slope to the season’s conclusion. The weather at these gigs hasn’t always been warm sunshine and fine sunsets though. Indeed, togging down at Glenrothes one giddy Saturday morning due the temperature rising was a rare climate high for these occasions, where waterlogged … Continue reading Hop to it ’25 →

Brora Brora

The village of Brora, with a population of just over 1,200 is perhaps an unlikely recent success story in Scotland’s Highland League. Having been going for over 135 years without a title, to now sit with four on their CV is testimony to a remarkable turnaround. Given the size of the village, for many a … Continue reading Brora Brora →