Tayport

We did a little thread on Twitter.

We picked a few games and we predicted that they would... be involved in a cup set and they were, obviously beating Queen's Park at Stair Park on penalties but then you had the drama of the ineligible player, they get booted from the Scottish Cup, this season they're flying, they've just gone through in the Scottish Cup, difficult game at home to Tayport and now they've got Clackna Cuddon at home in the Scottish Cup as well so I know that's an opportunity for Stranraer to make it and hopefully make amends for what was a bit of a disaster last season but what a club man what a team it's brilliant to see similar motives to any just maybe a club I don't know I keep saying that they're punching above their weight I don't know if Stranraer are doing well in Scottish League 2 is them punching above their weight but when you consider the teams that were in League 2 last season and maybe the money that they were spending and then the squads that they had when we started properly paying attention to Stranraer it felt like they were really punching above their weight maybe this season it's not quite the same because the teams in League 2 are maybe a little bit more evenly matched across the board but still the job that Chris Aitken's doing down there is fantastic

No, absolutely brilliant.

And I think one thing you can say is you sort of brought up that Scottish Cup tie there unrelated.

Obviously, it's not.

So, on the 21st of November, they're due to play against Tayport in the Scottish Communities Cup third round at 2.30 kick-off.

But then they host Dunipass, 65 miles away.

Forgive my pronunciation for any of these.

I'm pretty sure Tayport is correct 65 miles away in the lowland league cup first round at 3 p.m now the situation has risen because neither of their opponents were sort of willing to shift from the saturday on saturday afternoon kickoff times now that does suggest stubbornness and a little bit of you know apparently come on but apparently I quote the article, all options were explored and they just simply because of the fixture pile up or whatever, they couldn't do it.

Fixture pile up

already in November.

There's an incredible quote from the club themselves about this.

Of course, we could all trust Wikipedia, right? He's a Scotsman who fasted for 382 days.

From the 14th of June of 1965 to the 30th of June 1966, he subsisted on tea, coffee, sparkling water, vitamins, and yeast extract while living at home in Tayport, Scotland.

And wow.

So yeah, he basically went, I mean, I think about, yeah, about a year more or less of just like not eating solids at least.

When did you first cross paths with Douglas Dunn?

It would have been sort of in the late 80s I had just started to write poetry and rather ambitiously having just read Elegies decided I'd write to Donne and see if he would look at some of my poems and I found out a kind of Jungian twist that he was living in Tayport where my parents are from so I thought this is auspicious so he very kindly agreed to look at some of my stuff.

So I turned up on his doorstep and tapered with my poems in my hand and he made me lunch and I promptly threw up.

I was so terrified of eating them.

He should be in the house contemplating what's happened, looking at how he can put this right instead of being out on the bevy the day.

So, Dundee Downfield are sitting 8th in the Midlands League just now, so they've got East Craig's, Broughty Athletic, Carnoustie, Tayport, Blair Gowery, Dundee North End, all above them, so they're not a bad side, do you know what I mean? Played 13 games already this season, won 6, drawn 1 and lost 6, so, do you know what I mean? I'm

not sure I know.

A mixed bag team then?

So they've been, I'm sure they've been gutted, not just to go out, but the manner of how they played and to be beaten 4-0.

And then the other, the last game to mention was Wick Academy losing 3-0 away to Tayport.

And really, Wettkank from being in the game at 0-0 after half an hour left just gave themselves too much to do by losing two frankly abysmal goals really like preventable just sort of defensive mistakes mix-ups cost them 2-0 down and they were never really able to recover from that so that was frustrating for the The score is clearly, and there's a few, that's the teams that were knocked out, and certainly some of us, like, you know, well beaten but some as well a few disappointments or hard luck stories or frustrating stories within there as well it's a shame and you you pipped me in the predictions last week as well you said we'd get seven three so why are

you getting your four in early I

Civil Service Strollers 0 for Martin United 2.

Clachna Cuddin 2, Bonnyrigg Rose 0.

Devonvale 2, Troon 3, Forest 0, University of Stirling 1, Keith 2, Stonehaven 1, Kirkintilloch Robroy 1, Banksidee 1, after extra time Banksidee 1, 9-8 on penalties, Lochie United 3, Inverurie Locos 2, Musselburgh Athletic 2, Lossiemouth 1, Nairn 0, Gretna 2008 1, Rothes 0, Brora Rangers 9, Strathspey Thistle 3, Dalbeattie Star 2, Tayport 3, Wick Academy 0, and Threave Rovers 3, Invergordon 2, and finally, Trenent Juniors 3, Turriff United 1.

That's it for this week's show.