The Official Scottish Championship Thread

The Jags are far bigger than Celtic.

That's for sure.

Then again, us Meadowbank Thistle lads from the 80's would oft gie the Gorgie Boys a guid kicking.

Were you there, Alias? 

It makes a helleva difference finishing second as oppossed to third as us Gers fans well know. WD to the Bairns and to the bairn and oor willie.

*helluva

Marvellous scenes at Easter Road this evening.

Should the HIVS survive Kirkcaldy, the mighty Bairns will surely batter them again?

All good Stewarty? just a quick word on who is a falkirk fan and who isn't . I am, the bairn isn't. Speaking purely as neutral of course

All is well oor willie. Trust you are the same. Shocked to hear about the bairn. He has carried the kidology well for a long time now.

Allright bud hope you are getting a few quid , no harm to the other fella but i dislike the way that he spouts all the anti celtic garbage and at the same time claims to be a ffc fan.True falkirk fans don't give a flying you know what about any of the two of them.

I know what you mean wullie. You'll be hard pushed to see me post anything about Celtic for for the reason you give above. I've no real interest in any other club although I hope Newcastle go down and that's only because of Mike Ashley whom I have no time for.

Nice to see Hibs getting dragged into extra time today and they still have to play the final which can only be in Falkirk's favour.

Not punting too much at the moment until the flat pans out a bit more. Hopefully you are taking plenty off the layers or backers whatever your choice is.

Hivs runnin into a fixture jam if they finish below Falkirk.
Bad enough 4 play-off games without 6 to face.

Also very quiet on the punting front as well stewarty , i am a out and out backer so waiting for some decent ground for the turf , all weather has been bang average this winter.That is usually where in the past, i have always had an edge ,not this time. Small fields and slowly run races make races difficult to read.

Bouncing at the moment wullie after beating that wee club from the east end of Glasgow.


Not a huge fan of the AW myself, too unpredictable for me. Having said that if I've had a decent day I sometimes lay a few short priced Favs in handicaps if there's a night meeting at Wolverhampton or Dundalk.

Who would have thought that 2 Championship sides would be competing for the Scottish Cup.
1/3 Rangers and 2/1 Hivs outright on here. Hope that doesn't go to penalties.
The Hivs goalie looks fearsome so with a place in Europe also at stake I'm hoping for a 90 mins win.

We can't get carried away aka as we've not won it yet but if things go to plan we will be four players stronger. That should seal it for me.

Hivs will certainly be up for it Stew and I think it'll be as hard a game as todays was but if we show the same commitment I think we'll win.

Here's hoping Rangers can do Falkirk a favour tonight against Hibs. The game on Sunday will have taken a lot out of the players but Rangers will be going for the win to try and gain a psychological advantage for the cup final. Even a draw will suffice imo.

Speaking purely as a neutral of course.

Tonight Matthew for one night only i am a currant bun fan

Tonight Matthew I will be cheering on the gers as I have done all my life.


Signed

the bairn. (speaking purely as a neutral of course)

**cheers.

I was wondering if the bairn could lend me one of his scarfs for tonight.

Sunday will have taken a lot out of the players both physically and mentally so not as confident for tonight.
King and O'Halloran will be back to freshen the team but I think it'll be tough against a Hivs team desperate for points.

Thats made me feel so much better aka

I hope I'm wrong.

1-0 though penalty claim by Rangers denied.
V 12 yet again.

Oh dear,The £5 million rated goalkeeper made a bit of an arse of that.

2-0 Foderingham mistake.

Another goalie blunder.

2-1 Bargain of the year Holt gets one back.

at least this match lets rangers know that hibs players will dive all over the pitch in the cup final and will get every decision if we have another ref like this one.

only a matter of time before a red card here.

3-2 Are Hivs gonna Hivs this again?

Sorry oor wullie and the bairn but Falkirk are still in pole position.

Are you posting from the game,aka?

No shock tonight given Sunday's hard shift put in by the Gers but on the bright side it's still in Falkirk's hands as they have a superior goal advantage.

Remaining ties

Saturday
Morton v Hivs
Raith v Falkirk

Tuesday
Hivs v Dumbarton

Sunday
Falkirk v Morton
Hivs v QotS

Obviously from our point of view it would be ideal for Falkirk to finish 3rd giving Hivs an extra 2 games to fit into their schedule.

Their last league game is the 1st of May with the 1st of the playoffs scheduled for the 4th and 7th.
The next play off rounds are the 11th and 14th with the final games the 19th and 22nd.
However with the Final to be played on the 21st these games will have to be rearranged.
Does anyone know the alternative arrangements?

King aka,I think that you meant to say 'for Falkirk to finish 2nd'.

Anyway,in advance of either of the semis someone on a Hearts fans forum put up a thread asking who would we prefer to win if the new Huns and the Hobbits got to the Final.Of approximately 300 respondents,91% voted for the new Huns,on account of the 1902 thing.I didn't vote but had I done I would have been in the 9% category.

I do not hate Hobbits,but as you will be well aware I most certainly hate Huns and huns.

Well iam you say you hate both sides of the OF but hate Rangers the most yet yet again you missed a chance to have a go at celtic for Sundays performance. I've also never seen you post anything about the Hearts other than this that you've just posted.
The proof of the pudding etc etc suggests you are a celtic supporter.
BTW do you really need to use the sectarian term Hun?

only celtic supporters use that term - everybody knows that.

going by all the verbal bigotry and hatred coming from him, there can be no doubt about which team he supports.

Anyways, the bottom line is this. Falkirk win their last two games they finish second. I'm actually thinking of sticking a few bob on them to beat Raith Rovers at appox. 6/4. Not on here I may add due to no liquidity. It will be a case of trolling the city centre and hoping to get on here and there.

5.30 KO so I presume it will be televised.

I would wait until tomorrow sb , one or two players struggling for saturday. Will know more midday Friday. Upside is if you were the rovers manager wouldn't you want to rest as many players as possible? I  have no IN at starks park so i will get the team news just before kick off. 6/4 doesn't look a bargain to me unless raith choose to field a weakened. team. I would rather wait and see the team news.

King akabula,I attended my first ever Hearts game in 1962.It was against Aberdeen and ended 2-2.Norrie Davison scored for us.

I was there at that sad day in the final match of the season in 1964 when Willie Waddell's Kilmarnock pipped us on the now out-dated 'goal average' as we were miles ahead on goal difference.Killie won 2-0.I can still recall a shot from Alan Gordon which looked goal bound until tipped over by Bobby Ferguson.A 2-1,or even 3-1(Ithink)defeat would have won Hearts the title.

Believe it or not, I attended the same primary school as Waddell and at one stage was given a text book previously assigned to him 30 years previously.Children were obviously more careful and considerate in those days.

Anyway,no more of saying that I'm not a Hearts fan and,btw,the majority who is not a hun prefers to refer to The Rangers as 'The Huns'.It's what the rest of us think of you.

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Thanks for the info oor wullie. Personanlly I think the bairns will be well up to it whatever the side. Having said that, I look at the table and as I've mentioned before Falkirk would be well clear of Hibs had it not been for the record amount of draws they have produced. That's my main concern tbh.

Stew do you know the revised play-off dates. I can't find them online.

Sorry aka, I can't find that info either.

2 doubtful for tomorrow sb , shouldn't weaken us too much , enough there to get a result. I think they are leaving it till saturday before finalising team. good luck

Cheers oor wullie. Do yo get involved with football betting wise yourself?

Not to any great extent , my 2 boys do some work on it and have a kitty for the season , we do ok overall 99% is on the asian market.

A bit like myself wullie. 95% of my betting is horseracing. Having said that I've had a few decent wins on the golf in my 14 years on here. Having said that, 5% of my bets have been on US and Assie racing. (espesially if I've had one too many)

I've lost overall on the US racing but surprisingly I've made a wee profit overall on the Aussie racing. Nothing major but I have already mentioned to you that I'm not a big AW fan.

Anyways, I'm going into the city centre tomorrow to back Falkirk. My aim is to have five singles on and two doubles with Spurs on Monday.

No point in mentioning sums involved as I will not be able to proof the bets.

Come on the Bairns, don't let me down!

I would never ask anyone to show or proof bets because basically its none of my business. In my opinion if you have a tenner left in the whole world and you have half it on a horse then that makes you a massive punter. As i have said in threads a few times in the past i have one source of income so i have got to be right, luckily in the past i have been right enough times to get a decent enough living at the game , full time since 1995 ish and semi for 10 years before that. I am going to the game tomorrow ,few beers pre and after so will burn the midnight oil tonight trying to find a winner or 2 for saturdays cards. GOOD LUCK  with your bets pal.

Cheers wullie. If Falkirk let me down there will be no bitterness from me. If they win it will be Moet time for Ms stew and myself.

Some time in the future wullie I will swap stories with you re: being a bookie. Can't give too much away but I lasted one year but had no expenses due to my "premises". I struck while the iron was hot and sadly was grassed off in the end.

I loved every minute of it due to the fact I was betting to an average  130% of a book, including taking greyhound bets as you will know what I mean.

Anyways wullie, good luck for tomorrow whatever you back.

MAY
19 Premiership play-off final, 1st leg
21 Scottish Cup Final
22 Premiership play-off final, 2nd leg

Lifted that from the SPFL official site. Going to be difficult but must be rearranged.
Surely they cant wait to see if Hivs qualify?
And they won't be able to move the Cup Final because of our tour of Japan.

Can't say too much aka but nothing surprises me where SPFL are concerned

Just back from the city centre after too much booze last night. Hair of the dog didn't help too much.


I only had to visit three bookmakers to get matched on Falkirk at 11/8 including a double with Spurs at 2/9.


Didn't back it but nice to see Spinter Sacre win easily. Must be a huge contender for Cheltenham next year.

Meanwhile I'm so confident of Falkirk winning I've cracked open a bottle of Pinot Grigio to share with Ms stew.

I plan to go to my local pub to watch the game but in all honesty I might not see the match!

Good luck to all with your bet (s) today.

Come on the Bairns, don't let me down!!!

So how many points will the Mini_Jambos have less this season than the Jambos got last season?

And as someone else has pointed out,the new Huns have lost more games in the Chumpionship than Sellik have in the Premiership.

What can I say? you pay your money you take the chance. Having said that I thiughtFakirk were a good bet in a must win game.


As I have said before, and I quote...


Thanks for the info oor wullie. Personanlly I think the bairns will be well up to it whatever the side. Having said that, I look at the table and as I've mentioned before Falkirk would be well clear of Hibs had it not been for the record amount of draws they have produced. That's my main concern tbh.


That's thirteen draws out of thirty five now, (37%) more than a third of the games they have played.

On a brighter note, Hibs also drew which means Falkirk's new stadium will be bursting at the seems next week as a win makes them finish second.

I will not be getting involved financially, but all the best to Falkirk in securing second place.

Was a much needed point for Falkirk Stew.
I'd imagine they'll go in on the final day level on points.
Hard call.

Wotchutalkinabaht, aka?

Bairns are guaranteed 2nd position man!

and by the way, nice one to Oor Wullie having been there for the equaliser!

and finally, to thebairn ... speaking purely as a Bluenose,

We arra peepl

aka, where's that Blue Sea Of Ibrox song?

Any word from Westy?  He'd a been a bit pissed of wi the 1-1 yesto?

Beware the Warbinator.

Apr 24, 2016 -- 10:45PM, akabula wrote:

Kin 'ell, is that the Equalizer?

Don't terminate your call

I've posted on the celtic manager thread who they've been chasing trilby. Big name btw.

Can't blame Rangers for taking their foot off the gas having already won the title. Having said that, some players better beware if they're looking for a new/extended contract...

Totally forgot Gers were playing last night.  I was grooving on chitchat with The Clash.

Result for Hibs last night gives the Bairns only a 3 goal cushion.

Much as I like Morton, Falkirk should put at least 2 past them, leaving the HIVS needing 5 agin QOTS.  Nae danger

By the way, since when were Queen Of The South known as QOS?  Only this season I noticed that.

You have new PM, Aka.

Lemme ken mate.

Cheers will check shortly.

You can't get enough of That Moment.

Will Dun Utd grace this division or will common sense prevail.

Hibs scrape through against Raith. Falkirk next which can only bode well for Rangers in the cup final. Any got any dates please?

*Anybody

Tuesday Easter road. Friday little ibrox

Cheers sevey.

According to the SPFL website if they get through this tie the second leg of their game v Killie is the day after the Final v Rangers.

"'Whoever has been advising Stephen Thompson, no Sultan of Spin can help the Dundee United chairman now"

Guess who said that only hours before being offered and accepting the job as Utds new spin doctor...

Not sure how it will all work out as Jimmy Ping's normal reaction to criticism on twitter is to block.

Well, the ball is firmly in Falkirk's court now. I hope they pull it off. A worrying thought came into my head last night and that is Hibs could be more successful than Rangers this year.


They get into the SPL and win the cup. God forbid..

If you're looking in oor wullie, any change of luck on the horseracing front?

Just had a look at the betting for the return leg. Falkirk look very good value at 11/5 imo. Will stick a few bob on for an interest given that the new stadium will be rocking full of bairns!

Nice 1 Stew. Spend yer winnings wisely.
A last minute winner as well but with Hibs involved it wasn't really surprising.
A good all action game.

Cheers aka. As it happens I neve rsaw the game as I was out for a meal last night plus a few too many drinks. My heed is nipping but I'm hoping G.Mosse can do me a favour today.

Well done to the Bairns, the bairn and last but not least oor wullie.

*saw

but I'm hoping G.Mosse can do me a favour today



Having read the form again I've decided to leave this beast well alone......even if it's at my peril.

I came back from york early sb (wish i hadn't gone in the first place) to see the game , we have some bottle to do what we have done lately. 2 more games to see it through here's hoping.And my form is just as bad as it was a couple of weeks ago. . Been here before though and it has always turned in the past..Gonna go to both games so strong possibility that my liver will be in a worse state than it is now by next monday.

Good luck, oor wullie.  I hope you guys make it.

GL wi the liver too

Best of luck oor wullie and let's hope we are both out of this league when the new season starts.

PS just put up a 5/1 winner on the horseracing forum.

Thanks fellas, mon the bairns

Are you going on Thursday wullie? Looking at the betting 6/4 looks fair for Falkirk with hillybilly's given the adrenalin must be pumping. They way I see it is that Falkirk really need to pull off some sort of win to get back up.


I don't attend myself due to BF and punting and if I'm honest it would take an old firm game or European game before I tried to cadge a ticket.

Used to follow them all over but an armchair fan now.

Anyways, hope to be talking to you next season but not on this thread.

Gonna go to both games


Sorry wullie missed that part of your post.

The Falkirk v Hibs games were brilliant with both teams going all out but I think these next two games could be cagey affairs with very few goals.

A pleasing result for Falkirk last night and I believe if they score on Sunday they will be in the SPL next season.

As for tomorrow's final I can only hope that Hibs keep up their record.....they have lost the last ten Scottish cup finals they have played in. Here's hoping they make it eleven.

Both teams will be up for it but I fancy Rangers to take control of the game and take the oldest football cup in the world back to where it belongs.

No shoe in but Rangers worthy favourites.

Last game of the season today for a Championship side and hopefully Falkirk will do the buisness and join Rangers in the SPL next season.


As for yesterday some pitiful schoolboy errors from Rangers to hand Hibs the cup. Having said that they deserved it over the ninety minutes and good luck to them in Europe next season where they get a bye for the first round and go straight into the second round so to speak whereas Aberdeen and Hearts have to start at the begining.

Anyways with a few shrewd buys next season hopefully we can put in a decent shift and get at least a top four finish.

An unexpected result yesterday oor wullie. Not much I can add pal but to wish your club all the best for next season.

Hope you chip in in the new thread that will be started and hope your luck turns around soon on the punting front. Likewise I may add.

should be a competitive league next year.  the betting will have hibs as very strong favourites with united and falkirk behind them, st mirren, morton, raith and queens in the next betting group but the team ill be backing each-way will be dunfermline assuming the price is right.

im expecitng them to be priced up as more likely to go down than up.