well what concern is it of yours if someone takes a dislike to say one of my posts surely the person that takes offence can take it up with me ,then thay would be told the same ,its my opinion like it or lump it mate ,thats the simple answer thay would get from me lol .
Fair enough, I stand corrected on that aspect.
Like you I totally support free speech on here within the context of it being within grounds of what is legal and decent. If people from the club and/or the players are upset by any criticism on here then in all honesty it says more about them than it does about those who post. Nobody forces them to read it. If they don`t like what they see don`t read it going forward. Caring about the content and being upset by anything adverse aren`t the same thing.
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Scottish League Championship Falkirk 3 Queen of the South 2 Admission £14 (concession), although there appears to be a £2 surcharge for paying on the day. Programme £3 (dreadfully short of material, packed with advertising, a very poor effort). Macaroni Pie £1.90 Tea £1.50 (both very good and very reasonably priced).
I had intended doing Montrose on the Saturday but when I saw the cost of a day return from Glasgow, where I was staying, had second thoughts. It was £31 even with my senior railcard and only a pound less to Arbroath so these were both discounted in favour of two teams I had never seen before - Airdrieonians and Alloa; no problems with the weather here as it is 3G. However, on making a routine check on the club's twitter feed the following morning I discovered to my chagrin that it had been called off following a pitch inspection, particularly perplexing as temperatures had risen consider4ably overnight. So as Livingston was also off it had to be Falkirk.
Falkirk Grahamstoun - the closest station to the ground - is served by trains from Glasgow Queen Street and the journey takes 40 minutes. From the station, which is right next to their former Brockville home now a Morrisons store, it is a good 30 minute walk, which I broke up with a visit to the disappointing Behind the Wall GBG entry. Falkirk Stadium looms up quite soon as you walk from the town but when you get there you are faced with the strange sight of three very impressive stands and a gaping hole on the far side. The West Stand, the only initial construction is a huge two tier 4200 seat affair and two stands have been built at either end, each with a capacity of 2000. The club hope to build another 2000 seater stand here but there is no time scale for this. As the stadium falls within the disaster area around the Grangemouth Petro-Chemical works the capacity has been restricted to 10000 by the local authority. As it is the effect of what would otherwise be an excellent stadium is spoiled by the absence of any structure on that side. The North Stand which has 6 blocks was not in use, with the few away fans put in the end block of the West Stand, whilst the South Stand with five blocks and a disabled area at the front at either end was populated by the Falkirk ultras. The pitch here is 3G and played very well in an entertaining encounter in which Falkirk, without a home win this season to that point, raced into a 3-0 lead immediately before half time before Queen of the South pulled one back in stoppage time. The visitors dominated the second half but could only pull back one goal deep in stoppage time. Sad to see the club relocated so far out of town but an enjoyable day out nonetheless ... and 16 more Scottish League grounds to do.