Gaffer is always in stands.. I’m claret & amber with envy
I MUST confess I’m very envious of the new Motherwell boss Graham Alexander.
Not because he’s the manager of my favourite football team.
Not because he won 40 caps playing for Scotland.
And not because he bears an uncanny resemblance to former Take That pin-up Howard Donald.
Nope, it’s because he sits in the stand every week watching the mighty Well!
That’s two red cards in three games for the Fir Park boss and, yep, I do feel awfully jealous when I see him parking his bum.
It’s almost a year since fans were locked out of football and it’s starting to drive me nuts.
In the supermarket this week, I saw some jars of Bovril next to the coffee and I nearly broke down in tears.
I’ve still had a presence at Fir Park this season – I was one of the Motherwell fans who paid £20 for a personal cardboard cut-out last summer and it sits behind the goals in the Cooper Stand.
Four times this season it’s walked out with half an hour still to go. PS The Betfred Cup Final between St Johnstone and Livingston wasn’t a classic but, based purely on the build-up, I thought Saints deserved to shade it.
Yep, Livi boss David Martindale’s line about getting dressed up for the Final – “I’ve only worn a suit twice in my life, the day I was sent to prison and my wedding day… don’t ask me which was worse!” – was a cracker.
But with fans locked out of the Hampden showpiece, I absolutely LOVED St Johnstone’s souvenir mugs emblazoned with the legend: “I wasn’t there!”
Well done, Saints.