Groanin' Jock

From East to West and back again, but still Groanin'.

Sunday, May 15, 2016

The Stone Roses - All For One

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Good things come to those who wait. Except they don't, do they? Ten years ago, no-one expected ever to hear new material by The Ston...
Saturday, April 25, 2015

The Groanin' Jock Montrose FC Player of the Year Award 2014/2015

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As I'll likely miss the playoff matches due to holidays, I'll not see Montrose again this season (and may not see them again in the ...

Season 2014/2015: Match 12: Montrose 2 Elgin City 1 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two) and Match 13: Montrose 0 Clyde 1 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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Montrose, already consigned to the relegation playoff, have spent their last two home matches attempting to build some momentum ahead of tha...
Sunday, April 05, 2015

Season 2014/2015: Match 11: Montrose 2 Queen's Park 2 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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It's all but over. Unless Berwick Rangers lose their remaining four matches, and Montrose win all theirs with a 43-goal swing in the p...
Sunday, March 08, 2015

Season 2014/2015: Match 10: Montrose 3 Arbroath 0 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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And so the fightback begins. Yesterday's big Scottish coupon-buster (unless Rangers drawing 0-0 at Cowdenbeath is still considered unu...
Thursday, February 19, 2015

Season 2014/2015: Match 9: Hertha Berlin 0 SC Freiburg 2 (Bundesliga)

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The impending marriage of a good friend took me to Berlin last weekend, a trip that included my first live Bundesliga match. As stadiu...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

Season 2014/2015: Match 8: Montrose 3 Albion Rovers 4 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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I'm sorry. It was my fault. With the stopwatch showing 92:30, I turned round to my press corps colleague and said: "This is the...
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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Season 2014/2015: Match 7: Montrose 0 East Stirlingshire 1 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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At half time today, the lights across Links Park were off. Although I'm talking literally, we may also soon be talking figuratively as...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Top 10 Albums of 2014

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Top 10 albums of the year: 1. Radio Moscow - Magical Dirt 2. Swans - To Be Kind 3. Kasabian - 48:13 4. Jimi Goodwin - Odludek 5. Pink ...
Saturday, December 27, 2014

Season 2014/2015: Match 6: Montrose 2 Elgin City 3 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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Freezing cold in the final minutes of today's match, my bollocks furiously burrowing their way into my lower intestines as they s...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Season 2014/2015: Match 5: Montrose 1 Queen's Park 2 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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I've now seen Montrose five times this season. Here's their record in matches I've been to: Played: 5 Won: 0 Drew: 0 Lost: ...
Saturday, November 08, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 4: Montrose 0 Clyde 3 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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A glutton for punishment, I was today accompanied by not one but two Jocklings at today's Montrose match, as I aimed for the perfect sto...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 3: Montrose 1 Arbroath 5 (The Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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Deja fucking vu. A fortnight between encounters, half an hour less of play, two more goals, one fewer goalkeeper by the end of the match. ...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 2: Montrose 1 Arbroath 3 (The William Hill Scottish Cup Second Round Replay)

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Since the last time I saw Montrose 'play football', I've been to Tokyo, Houston and London, occasionally working and occasionall...
Saturday, July 26, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 1: Montrose 0 Peterhead 3 (The Petrofac Cup Round 1)

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The last time I saw Montrose beat Peterhead was in November 2012. Since then, they've lost Martin Boyle and Jamie Winter, and have lost ...
Monday, June 09, 2014

Rivals

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MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS Formula 1 drivers, Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg, are great rivals off the track as well as on it. Watch this...
Sunday, April 27, 2014

The Groanin' Jock Montrose FC Player of the Year Award 2013/2014

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As my Montrose viewing is over for the season, it's now time to award the award that no awardee is waiting for, The Groanin' Jock Mo...
Saturday, April 26, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 14: Montrose 2 Annan Athletic 1 (Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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Having last seen Montrose win around six weeks ago, and having seen them ship five goals without reply in my previous two visits to the Mont...
Saturday, April 19, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 13: Montrose 0 Clyde 2 (Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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As my press corps colleagues and I departed the Basinside Bernabeu this afternoon, I canvassed some of my fellow punters for their choice of...
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Saturday, March 29, 2014

Season 2013/2014: Match 12: Montrose 0 Elgin City 3 (Scottish Professional Football League Two)

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Optimism and positivity tend to be in short supply in the stand, cow-shed and storm-ravaged terracing of Links Park, but today Montrose larg...
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