Illuminati-R-Us

13 man concussion ball starts in a few minutes when hopefully the Convict Colony will crush Eng-ger-lund. Rather disappointingly England have a player with the same first and last names as me which suggests someone from Clan the Ba' went south and liked it so much they stayed. Or more likely they were on the run from the polis and couldn't come back. Either way they are blackening our otherwise spotless family name.

Arneb wrote:Hertha BSC 1 - 1 Werder Bremen

I know this was September, but I have only just noticed who the ref was. How very modern.

Edit: I know it is common these days but it still amuses me that Scottish refs are sponsored by a chain of opticians.

Heid the Ba' wrote:

Arneb wrote:Hertha BSC 1 - 1 Werder Bremen

I know this was September, but I have only just noticed who the ref was. How very modern.

She's been around the lower leagues for a while, and she made got a good name there. She's a cop, and she has totally no problem at all dressing down man a foot or two larger than her and making a gazillion times the money. The only problem is that she is a solitaire who'll be in the Bundesliga for few years and then disappear. She is not the tip of an iceberg of capable woman refs taking the lower male leagues in a storm.

That is often the way, but if it inspires other women it will take a few years but they'll get there.

I'm not sure if there are any in the Scottish Football Leagues but there are a couple of women reffing high level men's rugby. Perhaps because male refs are smaller than the players the lack of stature makes no difference, and the best ref in rugby is openly gay.

Arneb wrote:

Heid the Ba' wrote:

Arneb wrote:Hertha BSC 1 - 1 Werder Bremen

I know this was September, but I have only just noticed who the ref was. How very modern.

She's been around the lower leagues for a while, and she made got a good name there. She's a cop, and she has totally no problem at all dressing down man a foot or two larger than her and making a gazillion times the money. The only problem is that she is a solitaire who'll be in the Bundesliga for few years and then disappear. She is not the tip of an iceberg of capable woman refs taking the lower male leagues in a storm.

Heid the Ba' wrote:I'm not sure if there are any in the Scottish Football Leagues

Rangers v Berwick Rangers, 2013. Yes, there are some - mostly seem to be fourth officials or linesmen linespersons assistant referees, but there are two or three I believe.

SpVgg Geuther Fürth 2 - 1 SV Sandhausen
Hertha BSC 2 - 1 Hamburger Sportverein

Two wins from my teams? Must be one of those rate moments....

Played 68, won 28, drawn 14, lost 26.

Excellent! But just to make sure we’re all still grounded, and restore balance to the universe:

Aberdeen 2- 1 Ross County

Played 69, won 28, drawn 14, lost 27.

Lino works for me as a gender neutral term.

Three out of four, Hertz 1 : 3 Rangers

Played 70, won 29, drawn 14, lost 27

Hertha BSC 2 - 0 Zorya Luhansk
We can win in Europe
Of course, we are still last of the table, against giants like Bilbao, Lugansk and Östersund.

Still, Played 71, won 30, drawn 14, lost 27

Rangers 3 - 0 Pertick
Ross County 3 - 2 Motherwell

Played 73, won 32, drawn 14, lost 27

No support f4om aceoss the Channel:
SV Jahn Regensburg 3 - 2 SpVgg Greuther Fürth


Played 74, won 32, drawn 14, lost 28

There’s still Hertha to come, er, never mind . . .

Hertha are making hard work of this.

Aren't they. I guess you call being 2-1 down at the half lucky, after two offside goals and a squandered penalty for the opposition.

Goooooooooooooaaaaalllllllll! That wasn’t quite as scrappy as their third.

Oh, and the Scottish Rugby League team is now three men down as they were too drunk to be allowed onto the flight to the next game.

Oooff

VfL Wolfsburg 3 - 3 Hertha BSC

Must have been fun to watch if you aren't actually stricken with HSS (Hertha Suffering Syndrome)

Played 75, won 32, drawn 15, lost 28

Heid the Ba wrote:Oh, and the Scottish Rugby League team is now three men down as they were too drunk to be allowed onto the flight to the next game.

Exemplary my dear Watson!

Hertha now in 11th 6 points below Europe, 6 above relegation playoffs. Did someone say 'mid-table mefiocrity'?

Heid the Ba wrote:I know this was September, but I have only just noticed who the ref was. How very modern.

Female refs moving up the tree in rugby union.

Just a friendly raising money for charity, so shouldn’t count for our tally, but it was against the forces of darkness so mentioning it:

Ross County 3 - 2 Inverness Caley Thistle

In more do-friendlies-count? related news:

Scotland 0 - 1 Clog Wearing Cheese Munchers

I'd say not, though beating ICT ought to count double.

Heid the Ba wrote:I'd say not, though beating ICT ought to count double.

It certainly does in terms of The Great Struggle, and the balance of good and evil in the universe.

What is evil about Inverness in particular? I falways found the name Caledonian Thistle quite charming.

Proximity to Dingwall, home of Ross Chuffing County. So the local rivals. I'm sure Lianachan can give you chapter and verse as to their many and varied faults.