Birthday boy

Another year older and 63 years on this planet after the 16th of March,didn’t think I’d make that but the party goes on till I get the phone call to go home.My dear old Dad died at 47 and not till your 63 do you realise how young that was😢I noticed i shared my birthday with blues legend Tony Gallagher,met him a year back at the Challenge cup reunion,looked as though he could still pull on a Stranraer shirt,he really was in great shape.I digress and the blues travelled to Ochilview on Saturday for another ‘cup final’ got to admit not many TV cameras about for a cup final.The gaffer made no changes for this vital encounter against Stenhousemuir and with good reason as the players almost earning a point against East Fife last Saturday.The plastic pitch had been cleared of snow by some Stenny and Stranraer fans and we got going.A very edgy opening with both teams knowing the high stakes of the game,a victory to go along way to secure League 1 status.The opening and only goal of the game was scored by Stranraer on 33,good play saw Kyle Turner play in Innes Cameron to score his 8th of the season and his 5th this Calender year.The second half saw both teams with chances,but the Stranraer defence stood firm and collected all 3 points.No real failures in the game for the blues and you could see how much this meant to the players,even Jao Victoria was tracking back😲Amazingly we now go only 3 points behind 5th place Montrose,what a crazy crazy League.Well done to the blues supporters who braved the elements yesterday and made a good old noise.Probably one of my favourite bits of the afternoon was captain Jamie Hamill giving it back to the tanked up brigade in hospitality for Stenny,brilliant stuff.We move onto runaway leaders Arbroath next Saturday at Stair Pk,hopefully the Red Lichties will bring a few and give the blues some hard earned cash,looking forward to it,my preview will be online about 11am on Wednesday morning.And finally some robbers broke into my house and stole my Limbo(dance)trophies,how low can you get😎⚽️