What an opening weekend!
Rangers' good victory overshadowed by alleged sectarian chants.
The champions being held by the team they dramatically beat to win the title last season.
An ego-maniac gatecrashing Gretna's proudest moment in their history and compounding a heavy defeat.
A last-minute winner at Pittodrie to leave Jimmy Calderwood red-faced (well, more red-faced than usual).
And the Edinburgh Derby is still to come.
Yes, Scottish football is back with a bang, banishing the last few weeks of friendlies, golf and tennis with one big punt up the park.
It's probably too early to make any serious observations but most people are agreeing it will likely be a closer title race this time round. Here's hoping.
As for Rowan Alexander, in the words of Barry Ferguson - "What a fud." His stage-managed stunt played out in front of the waiting photographers was a self-serving ego trip. What great preparation that would have been for the players. Had he got by the entrance, would he have walked into the changing room? I doubt it. In fact, the word coming out of Gretna would suggest he would have been kicked back to Dumfries. It's undoubtedly a messy situation, not helped in any way by Brooks Mileson's lack of leadership or clarity on the issue.
Regardless of Alexander's (lack of) personality traits, he did devote years of his life to a previously rudderless club who were going nowhere, and for this he deserves a show of respect and appropriate compensation from his employers.
Gretna's challenge this season is already mammoth and this nonsense will only add to their problems.
The following quote from club captain Chris Innes would suggest that Alexander will find no sanctuary with the club's players. "Are these the actions of a sane man? To come into an SPL team on a Saturday in the biggest game of our careers at two o'clock - what's that trying to achieve? Maybe a couple of columns in the paper. I'd advise him to stay well away from the club and not give us any more distractions. The last thing we need on a Saturday is him at the door."
One weekend in and already there's enough sub-plots in the SPL to keep us entertained. It's going to be an interesting season.
Quote of the weekend: "I have never seen a transsexual or transvestite at Celtic Park." Eamonn Dickson, of Uddingston, in response to the anti-discriminatory advice issues to clubs by the SPL.
Eamonn obviously didn't follow the Celts when big Pierre was mincing his way around Parkhead.
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Good start for your boys, definitely and a drab one for the Hoops.
As for the Gretna pantomime, it just gets better and better. "I am the manager!" "Oh no you're not!" "Oh yes I am!".
I fully expect to see Mick Wadsworth with a big curly moustache and a black cloak at the next home game!
A good start to the spl for a bluenose like myself.
Gretna have already overstayed there welcome in my book,
1st is they dont have there own stadium which in this day in age for even our own mickey mouse league is not acceptable.
2nd is teams with a decent fan base such as st johnstone or partick even clyde would bring much needed revenue to gates at away grounds as you would find that if these teams where in the spl there fans would come out the woodwork.
Dont get me wrong well done to Gretna on what they have achieved but enough is enough!!!
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