End Of Season Review

Another long football season comes to a close, although pre-season fixtures are already being lined up for early July. I can't wait. Over the course of the 2008/09 football season I managed to attend seventy-six games, something I'll aim to beat next campaign. Surprisingly I didn't see any penalty shoot-outs, although one cup game went to extra-time.

Being on holiday meant I missed the majority of pre-season friendlies but when away I managed to see Toronto play hosts to Colorado Rapids. A few familiar faces from the British game were playing such as Tam McManus, Danny Dichio (who scored a peach of a volley) and Rohan Ricketts (who was by far the best player on the park).

The majority of my season was spent watching Queen's Park eventually fail to maintain their SFL2 status after being relegated by Stenhousemuir in the play-off's. I still enjoyed three trips in the gale to Peterhead, the winding roads to Stranraer, a glamour cup tie away to Celtic and the rare victory. The end of Queen's season meant I could watch my second priority, Pollok, as they cram in their remaining fixtures in the lighter summer nights. Also witnessed Motherwell's home European game to Nancy, Scotland's latest failings, a few reserve, under nineteen and other junior matches.

Biggest crowd from my attended games was Scotland's home 0-0 draw with Norway, the game where Chris Iwelumo had a début open goal miss to forget, 50,205 people where there in the flesh to witness a 'my granny could've scored that' moment. Highest scoring match was a end of season friendly between Arthurlie and Neilston, an eleven goal thriller that The Farmers Boys from Neilston edged 6-5. Unfortunately I had to endure seven scoreless encounters, the most painful being a toothless display that confirmed the relegation of The Spiders. Over the course of the seventy-six matches I witnessed 213 goals, an average of 2.8 goals per game.

A full list of my attended fixtures throughout the 2008/09 season can be found here, and my current grounds attended here.

Fixtures Attended 2008-09

Listed below are all the games I've attended so far this season, with a few more junior games to go to before the season is completed meaning that I will have been to just over seventy games throughout the season.

Date Comp. Fixture Score

1. Sat 14/06/08 MLS Toronto FC v Colorado Rapids 3-1
2. Tue 08/07/08 FR Queen’s Park v Dumbarton 2-3
3. Tue 22/07/08 FR Queen’s Park v Q. of the South 0-2
4. Sat 26/07/08 CC1 Partick Thistle v Queen’s Park 2-1
5. Wed 30/07/08 FR Pollok v East Kilbride Thistle 2-1
6. Sat 02/08/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Stranraer 2-2
7. Tue 05/08/08 CIS1 Clyde v Queen’s Park 4-1
8. Sat 09/08/08 SL2 Raith Rovers v Queen’s Park 2-0
9. Wed 13/08/08 SLCg Pollok v Neilston 2-1
10. Wed 20/08/08 INT Scotland v Northern Ireland 0-0
11. Sat 23/08/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Brechin City 1-1
12. Sat 30/08/08 SL2 Ayr United v Queen’s Park 2-1
13. Wed 10/09/08 INT Iceland v Scotland 1-2
14. Sat 13/09/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Peterhead 0-1
15. Sat 20/09/08 SL2 Arbroath v Queen’s Park 1-1
16. Sat 27/09/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Alloa Athletic 1-0
17. Thu 02/10/08 UEFA Motherwell v Nancy 0-2
18. Sat 04/10/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Stirling Albion 1-1
19. Sat 11/10/08 INT Scotland v Norway 0-0
20. Sat 18/10/08 SL2 Stranraer v Queen’s Park 0-0
21. Sat 25/10/08 SL2 Brechin City v Queen’s Park 2-1
22. Mon 27/10/08 RES Queen’s Park Res v Stranraer Res 1-2
23. Sat 01/11/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v East Fife 0-0
24. Sat 08/11/08 SL2 Peterhead v Queen’s Park 4-1
25. Sat 15/11/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Ayr United 0-3
26. Wed 19/11/08 INT Scotland v Argentina 0-1
27. Sat 22/11/08 SL2 Alloa Athletic v Queen’s Park 1-3
28. Mon 24/11/08 RES Queen’s Park Res v Clyde Res 1-3
29. Sat 29/11/08 SC3 Albion Rovers v Queen’s Park 1-2
30. Sat 06/12/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Arbroath 1-2
31. Mon /08/12/08 RES Queen’s Park Res v Airdrie Res 3-1
32. Sat 13/12/08 SJC3r Pollok v Kilbirnie Ladeside 2-0
33. Sat 13/12/08 SL2 Queen’s Park v Raith Rovers 1-2
34. Sat 20/12/08 SL2 Stirling Albion v Queen’s Park 0-3
35. Sat 03/01/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Peterhead 2-1
36. Sat 10/01/09 SC4 Peterhead v Queen’s Park 2-2
37. Mon 12/01/09 RES Queen’s Park Res v Partick Res 0-3
38. Sat 17/01/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Brechin City 0-0
39. Tue 20/01/09 SC4r Queen’s Park v Peterhead 1-0
40. Sat 24/01/09 SL2 East Fife v Queen’s Park 4-2
41. Sat 31/01/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Stranraer 1-1
42. Sat 07/02/09 SC5 Celtic v Queen’s Park 2-1
43. Sat 14/02/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Alloa Athletic 1-2
44. Sat 28/02/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Ayr United 0-3
45. Wed 04/03/09 SL2 Ayr United v Queen’s Park 1-1
46. Sat 07/03/09 SL2 Peterhead v Queen’s Park 1-1
47. Sat 14/03/09 SL2 Stranraer v Queen’s Park 2-2
48. Tue 17/03/09 SL2 Raith Rovers v Queen’s Park 1-0
49. Sat 21/03/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Stirling Albion 3-1
50. Sat 28/03/09 INT Holland v Scotland 3-0
51. Wed 01/04/09 INT Scotland v Iceland 2-1
52. Sat 04/04/09 SL2 Brechin City v Queen’s Park 2-0
53. Sat 11/04/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v East Fife 3-1
54. Sat 18/04/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Arbroath 0-1
55. Sat 25/04/09 SL2 Alloa Athletic v Queen’s Park 0-0
56. Sat 02/05/09 SL2 Queen’s Park v Raith Rovers 0-1
57. Mon 04/05/09 RES Queen's Park Res v Dunfermline Res 2-0
58. Mon 11/05/09 SL2 Stirling Albion v Queen’s Park 4-0
59. Wed 13/05/09 RES Queen's Park Res v Ross County Res 1-3(aet)
60. Thu 14/05/09 SL2(P) Stenhousemuir v Queen's Park 2-1
61. Sun 17/05/09 SL2(P) Queen's Park v Stenhousemuir 0-0
62. Mon 18/05/09 JUN Kirkintilloch Rob Roy v Pollok 1-2
63. Wed 20/05/09 JUN Pollok v Irvine Meadow 1-2
64. Mon 25/05/09 JUN Pollok v Glenafton Athletic 2-1
65. Tue 26/05/09 U19 Livingston U19's v Queen's Park U19's 2-0
66. Fri 29/05/09 JUN East Kilbride Thistle v Girvan 0-1
67. Sat 30/05/09 FR Arthurlie v Neilston 5-6
68. Sun 31/05/09 SACF Queen's Park XI v Hurlford Thistle 3-1
69. Mon 01/06/09 ETCPR Rutherglen Glencairn v Beith 2-1 Report
70. Tue 02/06/09 JUN Auchinleck Talbot v Pollok 3-1 Report
71. Wed 03/06/09 FR Queen's Park v SAFA Select 1-0 Report
72. Mon 08/06/09 ETCPR Pollok v Auchinleck Talbot 3-1 Report
73. Thu 11/06/09 ETCQF Largs Thistle v Pollok 1-2 Report
74. Sat 13/06/09 ETCSF Pollok v Dalry Thistle 8-0 Report
75. Mon 15/06/09 JUN Neilston v Auchinleck Talbot 3-1 Report
76. Thu 18/06/09 ETCF Pollok v Irvine Meadow 0-1 Report