Big weekend coming up. Heading off in the early hours of Friday to London for the England v Scotland game. Just to be clear, I go with no expectation of Scotland winning. At all.

I love 6N away trips, it’s just such a great party atmosphere no matter where you go. If you’re a football fan you’ll never have experienced anything like it. There’s still a good bit of banter but as long as the beer keeps flowing, the songs keep ringing and the bar staff get used to Scottish currency, everyone is generally happy.

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An update on the rugby, since I haven’t mentioned it for a while.

Saturdays game wasn’t spectacular, however did produce an exciting finish. With Biggar leading 16-15 into injury time, an onslaught of their 22 eventually provided Hamilton with a penalty and the opportunity to win the game with the last kick of the ball. Unfortunately our goal-kicker missed the fairly easy kick and the game was lost. Read the rest of this entry »

First win since our logo was put on the strips, woohoo!

Enjoyed a trip to the borders last weekend to watch Jed-Forest v Hamilton, where we snatched defeat from the jaws of a draw, losing to a penalty in injury time. It was pointed out that Hamilton haven’t won a game since we had our logo put on the strips!

Currently sixth in the league, here’s hoping we can get the season back on track next Saturday when Stew Mel come to visit. Break the jinx!

Had an extra bit of excitement going to watch the rugby on Saturday afternoon. Not only were we playing the league leaders Stirling County, but the team’s new sponsored strips were making their debut.

Yup, that’s right, that’s our logo!

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