Club X

Looking forward to hearing who the new addition to the SFL will be. I think most people's money is on Spartans and I will be amazed if it is not them that are selected. I suspect it will be between them and Annan but I think Spartans have the most potential. Surely, if done properly, an SFL team can prosper in Edinburgh. It seems to me that Spartans have the right community spirit about their club. They have numerous under age teams and are in the process of building their own purpose built ground. Interestingly for us I think we are scheduled to be Club X's first opponents at home. Given that Spartans ground is unlikely to be ready in time I wonder if they will simply play their first few games away from home. I hope so. Summer holidays mean I will miss the first couple of league games so I would hate to think I was missing out on a trip to a new ground - whoever it turns out to be. Euro 2008 continues apace and it has been a great tournament for all sorts of reasons. With neither Scotland or England qualifying it means that we can sit back and not worry too much about the outcome of the matches. Unless of course you have a wager on Russia to win the tournament at 12-1, in which case you are no longer the neutral observer; all of a sudden I find myself taking more than just a passing interest in Zhirkov, Akinfeev, Arshavin and Co.