Kilmarnock and Motherwell ended this year with the dubious honour of getting to play Rangers and Celtic when both were needing to win to determine the title.
It is depressing enough playing the Old Firm at any stage in the season. 1/3rd of your stadium will be filled with scummy Glasgow travelling support and 'die hard' locals who haven't missed bragging about a Celtic win in 6 years and have given up their regular seat in the home stand. On top of that, you almost always have no chance of getting a result; the best you can hope for is patronising praise from the national media.
There are in fact many teams in Scotland that are not named Rangers or Celtic, yet none of us, the unlucky buggers stuck supporting them, ever feel that we are in the majority. We lepars down in the lower leagues get no recognition at all, but to be honest even that is preferable to having to support a team like St. Mirren or Killie, where life must seem like being endlessly kicked in the nuts.
It would help the cause, of course, if the other teams showed even a modicum of professionalism when put in the spotlight. Fine, playing the best team in the country when they need to win is a tough, tough ask. But Kilmarnock today were absolutely abject. They were a pitiful face to a pitiful league. The 'performance' put in by their midfield and centrebacks was amongst the worst I have ever seen. And I watched Blackpool versus Bolton yesterday!
Oh yeah, that reminds me of the worst part of the final day. Just imagine looking forward all day to tuning in to MOTD2 and watching the excitement of the Premiership relegation scrap, sitting down on the sofa with a cold beer and some toast (food of kings I tell you), turning on the TV and finding...Sportscene Scotland for a whole hour of Kyle Lafferty, Billy Dodds and Neil Lennon's face.
An independent Scotland must be prevented at all costs!
GM
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