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To stand or not to stand that is the question!

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Having just heard that the Hamilton game is off due to lack of covers on the pitches I am wondering if I should take a wee trip in the Barcelona rain and look for match! This wee serving of paella and bovril is from last weeks match against Falkirk! A lovely 2-2 draw that sounded positive from Raith in the first half with a 2 goal advantage. But in usual style it was not meant to be and we got a 2-2 draw in the end.  PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME  RAITH 2 - 2 FALKIRK  JAN 2012 Paella and Bovril Anyone who has visited Barcelona and has taken a baby step off the tourist routes surely would have noticed that the city has a fair few football pitches, on top of car parks and “on top” of one of the main motorways round the city! Well, when I say football pitches, they aren’t the grassy fields with the massive white council goalpost that I used as a kid but purpose built artificial surfaced centres. The main reason for this being that there are no grassy fields in

I will huff and I will puff and I will blow your stadium away

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Roman Stadium "almost" still going after a few hundred years and I bet a few hundred K of winds! So hurricane bawbag and his big dangly bro have been slapping Scotland hard with a wee bit off wind! Between this a very short lived Raith Rovers cup run, the new from the homeland has been a bit dismal. Must be post Christmas blues!  Oh well! Chin up folks, we have a few weeks of "good" football left and everyone needs to get behind their teams! enjoy this serving of Paella and Bovril.  PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TEAM AND IT'S MATCH DAY PROGRAMME! Paella and Bovril With 2012 well and truly here, Christmas a distance memory and those annual New Years resolutions back to being resolved next year, our thoughts turn to the next big thing, summer.   Where to go on holiday, what will the weather be like, how much rain will London receive during the Olympics and the biggest question of all, how to fill the close season between May and Augu

26 floors, Fireworks and it's all about the Refs (again)

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Happy New Year! I saw the bells in with some fireworks and 26 floors above Barcelona so it was a great start to the year. Well not so happy now (let us get the bad stuff done early on I say), a Raith defeat and my washing machine has just unloaded onto the neighbours below!  It seems to come round every year, a bit like the recent festive period, referees and their deision making. Did it cross the line, was it a penalty, should It have been a card the list could go on.  This time round I have decided to give you a a mix a letters and paella. This first serving of Paella and Bovril is an old one but still a fresh topic.  The second is just a wee observation.  Enjoy! PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL TEAM AND IT"S MATCH DAY PROGRAMME  Letters from Barcelona You cannot escape it, Christmas time is here again! I know it is only November but here in Barcelona the Christmas lights are up and shops are full of decorations and yummy treats. As for many people Christmas is