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A bastion of professional journalism as shown below. Managed 2nd place
in 1996-97 but walked away with the title
in 1997-98 before reverting to 2nd in
1998-99 and winning it again in
1999-2000 and 2000-01.
Their WWW site is here.
April 22nd - Killie Report says Johnson outleapt Murray for the
2nd - wrong it was McClune.
February 16th- Preview of the Livvy game says that it's Cuthberts
first start since October - wrong he played at the Death Star in December.
January 3rd- Report on the Hearts game has JR trying for a
consolation at the end - it was Paddy.
December 27th - Photo from the Fir Park game is captioned "Goalscorer
Peter MacDonald is mobbed by teammates" and either shows Peaso
mobbing himself or else it might just be that the photo was taken after
the first goal and shows Grant Murray being mobbed?
October 6th - Coverage of the new manager says that "a
club who last week announced a loss of pounds 1.5million" - try
300 grand and a month.
September 25th- Token wee bit about Saints mentions "tonights"
CIS Cup tie - wrong it's tomorrow.
September 24th- Hibs game lists Main as a sub - it was Bobby
Geddes. Thanks to croebuck9@hotmail.com
August 29th- Report about Clark, who weighed-up a French
trialist in a 3-0 Under-21 defeat against Dunfermline - nope we won
3-0. Idiots.
August 8th- Report on the Jeanfield game says Jones played - nope
he didn't.
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My daily read so expect a few entries here. Especially as they tend to
give some coverage to the non-OF teams. Excludes any drivel written by
Bill Leckie who has his own category.
May 13th- Report from the Hibs game has Nicol as a Saints sub - it
was Ferry, Nicol played for the HIVBees.
April 9thSays that the Scumdee game on Sky saying it's the first
Saints appearance on live TV this season. So the TFOE opener doesn't count
then?
March 23rd"Gary" Maher is playing today - who he?
January 14thReport on the Pars game mentions our striker "Paul"
MacDonald.
December 27th - Fat-boy Ewan Smith said Fir Park was our 4th win
of 2001 - wrong it was the 5th.
October 22nd - Three classic cases of mistaken identity in the
Rangers report. We've got Falconer identified as Tommy and Paddy called
Hartley and Falconer. 3 points.
October 10th - "And seven minutes into injury time Hamilton
crossed for the Goal" - it was only 3. Thanks to
tarvie17@hotmail.com
September 17th - Another mention for "Peter" Lovenkrands
playing for Saints courtesy of Ewan "Fatboy Not-So-Slim" Smith.
August 18th- Preview of Killie game says Peter MacDonald signed
for us last week - it was a fortnight ago.
August 4th- An article by Gordon Smith saying how Tommy has to
prove himself ("especially with his younger brother signing for
Rangers" - huh?). Pity the article is accompanied by a photo of Alan
Kernaghan
June 5th An early start with Tom Hendrie picking his team of SPL
out-of-contract players. Amongst them is Bollan who Hendrie remembers as
"playing against Celtic at the end of last season and Agathe
didn't get a sniff of the ball all night - that's how good he is."
- Actually Bollan didn't get a sniff either since Ross Forsyth was playing
!!!
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Sun columnist and reporter with a dodgy quiff and a
wonderful fetish about Barbour jackets. Thinks of himself as the champion
of the underdog but in reality is just another annoying wee shite.
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Not a regular read but always good for some errors.
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Another honest and fair paper. Excludes the page of McNee rants - he
has his own section (see here).
December 2nd- Report from Pittodrie had Tommy as the only booking
- it was Darren Mackie for a cruel assault on the Great Dane.
August 26th- Report on the Aberdeen game says it was our first
goal of the season - it was the 2nd. Also the team of the day contains
Weir and Kemble - with Killie strips? 2 points.
July 22nd- List of departures for the season in their pre-season
handout omitted Stephen Roberston and Alan Kernaghan
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Reasonable good coverage given that its a Scumdee Daily. Their WWW site
is here
with the Tele at www.eveningtelegraph.co.uk
November 19th- Tannadice report says Somers is a newcomer to the
SPL - must have been his clone refereeing one of our games last season
then.
August 22nd- Injury list talks about "Craig" Murray.
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Old Firm are Scottish Football so the rest don't matter - as you might
guess. Columnist Hugh Keevins has his own section
here. Their WWW site is
here
September 30th-Two mentions of our reserve keeper Keith
Cuthbert. 2 points.
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The Dundee radio station, famed for Dick Donnelly and George
Duffus - don't take it seriously
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Again, don't expect too much here - Gordon Bannerman and Danny Chalmers
usually know what they're talking about. Their WWW site is
here
March 26th"Gary" Maher is mentioned as playing at
Tynecastle. Shocking stuff.
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Frightening how little they know outside the OF Their WWW site is
www.scotprem.com
July 27th- Pre-match rubbish for the Celtic game says we've only
signed one player over the summer. Actually it's 4 now.
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Don't expect too much coverage unless we're playing the Old Firm.
Includes the on-line version.
January 18th- Crap article on the SPL TV channel talks about the
poor viewing figures for a Dundee v Saints match last season - it was
actually 1998. Bang up-to-date as usual.
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Aberdeen-based daily with some good coverage of the East Coast teams.
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With Saints in the Premier some coverage is guaranteed to be minimal as
last season - see here
for details.
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Mainly Radio Scotland. Excluding Chic the Pric (see here)
but including On/Off The Ball and the related websites.
.March 23rd- Report on the Hearts win credited "Peter"
Lovenkrands with 2 goals. Strange that eh?
.February 16th- Report on the Livvy win said it was our first
home SPL win of the season - it was the 2nd.
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"Official" WWW site of the Scottish Footbal League. Good for
commentaries but some interesting things to say about Saints. Located
here.
October 25th - Match preview of the Pars game mentions our new
left-back "Peter Lovenkrands".
August 18th- Killie preview talks about the 2-1 win last year (it
was 2-0) and mentions Peter Lovenkrands might be playing (it's Tommy)
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This could be a difficult one - do they actually have any listeners ?
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Onl-line site for the Sun and News of the World. Find
them at http://www.supergoals.com
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Wegie-centric so dont expect too much. Find them at
http://www.herald.co.uk
September 9th-Report on the Dundee game centred on 'Paul'
MacDonalds penalty claim, and the team list quoted an unusual
substitution with Cuthbert apparently coming on for Kemble. Two points.
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Including Extra Whine - again unlikely to feature much as Perth isn't
in Glasgow and they're too stingy to pay Sky for the rights to show the
matches. After missing out on the start of the season the STV show is back
with Jim "hes a right" Delahunt and Alan "Bankrupt"
McInally 1998-99 champions. This also includes
the digital S2 channel and C4.
January 19th- C4 Sports said the scorer at Parkhead was Billy
Dodds (it was Darren).
December 30th- Couple of classics in the Rangers coverage - let's
hear it for Erchie McPherson and "Rachel Djebooli" then Andy
Walker post-match talking about our next game against "Hibs" -
it's Hearts.
November 24th - Teletext reports that McLarens shot hit the bar in
the Killie game - nope it was over.
November 4th - Apparently Peter Lovenkrands was playing for us
yesterday.
September 29th - More keeper howlers with "visiting
keeper Alan Main" apparently stretchered off at McD during the
Well game.
September 18th - Who on earth is Kevin Cuthbertson?
September 16th - SPL Table shows Well still in 11th despite the
inferior goal difference
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Including the Friday Old Firm preview. With rights to the goals from
the SPL this season expect more mistakes than before. Also includes the
BBC On-line service at news.bbc.co.uk
March 23rd- Ceefax report on the Hearts game had Jones score the
penalty for our 3rd - it was McBride.
January 19th- Rob "Arent the OF Wonderful" McLean
mistook Grant Murray for Troy McClune
December 15th- "Paul" Lynch? Who he?
November 10th-Ceefax said Falconers headed goal at Killie came
from a Hartley "header" - funny type of corner that.
November 3rd- From the Sellik game, Gordon Smith called JR
Connolly and the commentator got the score of the last meeting wrong.
September 16th - SPL Table shows Well still in 11th despite the
inferior goal difference
September 15th-Ceefax headlines after Livvy game said "Livingston
win". As if.....
September 8th-Report on the Dundee game said Peter MacDonald
fouled Barry Smith for the penalty - wrong it was the other way.
August 21st-Report on ex-Saints keeper Allan Ferguson signing for
Airdrie said he was the no1 during his spell at McD - aye for all of 40
minutes.
August 1st-Report on Momo leaving describes him as an Ivory Coast
international. Wrong.
July 27th- Pre-match rundown of the SPL says we signed someone
called Maxwell from Liverpool in the summer. Out-of-date or what?
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The Guardian version of Soccernet as found at
http://www.footballunlimited.co.uk
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STV Sports Editor, ex-Sunday Mail Columnist and the nearest we've got
to a Scottish Jimmy Hill. Now writing for the News Of The World although
with his obsession with Man Utd there is little Scottish content any
more!!!!
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Satellite TV and Teletext for the masses - known to come to McDiarmid
when a defeat is in the air. With the new Scottish Premiership on display
and ex-Scotsport presenter Jim "the Hun" White at the helm
expect a better showing from this mob this season. Also includes On
Digital
September 8th - On super scoreboard program, when we scored the
presenter said we were playing at Tannadice when it was at Dens park
August 22nd- WAP article on Russell's injury says he's been out
since last November - wrong.
July 28th- Celtic commentary has Momo down as an Ivory Coast
international.
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Ibrox's most famous St. Mirren fan and living proof that you need
fuck-all knowledge to be a journo.
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Edinburgh daily that will be lucky to mention Saints outside of the Old
Firm meetings this season. The Pink is the Embra equivalent of the
Sporting Post except it licks the bottoms of the Hibs and Hearts and
includes a lot more Rugger Bugger stories. Their WWW site is
here
April 21st- Report on the Killie defeat mentions "Kenny
Cuthbert"?
April 7th- Report on the Well game has Murray setting up Saints
goal - it was Tommy.
February 12th- Evening News report from the Hibs U-21 game has a
photo of Fotheringham captioned "McBride".
December 27th- Report on the Well game confuses Paddy and Hartley.
November 24th - Killie report says Russell once signed for Man Utd
for £1m - nope it was City.
November 4th - Apparently Peter Lovenkrands was playing for us
yesterday - Two mentions, two points.
July 28th- List of arrivals mentions Layton Maxwell from
Liverpool. Pity he'd picked Cardiff a month ago !! Thanks to
gpferguson@zoom.co.uk for
that.
July 22nd- List of departures for the season in their pre-season
handout omitted Nathan Lowndes and Alan Kernaghan and doesn't mention the
signings of Rachid or Murray. 2 points.
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Saintees everywhere's favourite ex-Scotsman journalist. Amazing tunnel
vision since based in Embra he seems incapable of dealing with anything
other than the Wegie Unwashed. New for this year since hes bound to cover
some Saints games. Now writing for the Sunday Mason as the replacement for
McNee (some honour eh). This man is the MOST LOATHED journalist
amongst Saints fans.
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October 23rd-.A one pararagraph report on the Saints win over TFOD
has 3 errors stating that Rangers scored a penalty (Keegan Park)
and that Saints scored 2 (Charlie Miller and Momo Siller). Classic. Thanks
to mailto:neil@intra-europa.com
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Find them at http://www.thetimes.co.uk.
Sunday Times coverage is probably best for falsehoods.
November 4th- Picture captioned Kemble and Dods is actually Kemble
and Tommy.
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Not a regular read and probably qualifies for a discount given that its
Manchester based but what the hell. Their WWW site is
here
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As found at
http://www.sporting-life.com/soccer/scotspremteams/stjohnstone.html
- normally a fairly accurate site.
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Free paper distributed in Edinburgh and Glasgow. First year under it's
own heading but given it's tendency to rehash Press Association stories,
expect a few scores.
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Not a regular read. Don't expect too much coverage of Saints either.
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Alleged up-to-date phone service for Saints fans. It isn't - Also
available at
http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/foot/engl/t/stjo/index.html.
October 19th- Apparently "Paul Green" is injured
so can't play for us this weekend.
October 5th- Asst manager talks about next weeks game with Hibs -
it's Hearts.
August 23rd- "Brown Salutes New Chairman" says the
headline - wrong Ian Dewar is just a director.
July 16th- Apparently we're managed by someone called "Clarke"?
June 30th- The loss of Maxwell to Cardiff will be a blow to Sandy
Clark who has not signed any players this close-season. - So what is Grant
Murray then?
June 29th - Roy Baines, who has had a spell with Celtic
amongst others, has moved to a full-time post with Livingston and will be
unable to work with Alan Main and Stephen Robertson this coming season.
- that would have been difficult anyway since Robbo left in the
summer.
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Feeds most of the newspapers their falsehoods so a good chance of a
decent total.
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September 30th - Spotted on stjohnstone.net
-Latest headlines Saints2 - Clyde2 . Thanks to
tarvie17@hotmail.com
September 6th - PlanetFootball.com
reports that Grant Murray left us on 15/08/01 under freedom of contract.
The word bollocks springs to mind.
July 16th- C5 - in their coverage of the Canada v Brazil confed
cup game, Ray Houghton proclaims 'Canada have 7 british based players
- but only one of them plays in the top flight - and that's the keeper
Forrest as a reserve for Ipswich.' - he's obviously missed the fact
that Xausa, Dassa and De Vos were all playing.....
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