A FUNNY OLD YEAR

JANUARY

This Linlithgow fan was overcome by emotion before the Scottish Cup clash with Ross County. Nobody had been so excited about gaining entry to Victoria Park since the last convict to escape the old County clink clambered over the wall at the Jail End. Gary Harkins took the acclaim of an adoring public after scoring at Hamilton and one Dundee fan timed his trip to the lavvy perfectly as it let him get a closeup view of his hero. Shame his goal was just a consolation. The year started on a sour note as Jags icon Kingsley cried foul after losing to the Paisley Pandas in a mascot race, tweeting: “Steward’s inquiry, they both tripped me up with their corner flags.” There may have been fights before the North London derby but Spurs got segregation spot on by setting up a “bampots only” section for Piers Morgan and Alan Sugar. Hamburg tried to inspire their team by letting some air stewardesses have a kick about before their Bundesliga clash with Bayern Munich. But they were soon handing out the sick bags as Bayern won 2-1. Hats off at Ascot to these Hibs fans who showed their love for John McGinn after a famous derby win of their own. If yyou fancy meeting Lio Lionel Messi just ge get a massive tattoo of him on your leg. Th That’s how Chilean Ca Carla Miranda se secured an audience wi with the Argentine m maestro when he was on international duty in Santiago. Celtic’s celebrations after sealing the title at Tynecastle were soured a little when Mikael Lustig snuck up behind Colin KazimRichards and tugged on his dreadlocks. The standard of UEFA’s drug testing policy at Euro 2016 was brought into doubt as this picture emerged of Gareth Bale giving a urine sample after the win over Slovakia. If that was how United chairman Stephen Thompson felt before kick off you can only imagine how miserable he was after watching his side lose on penalties to Hibs in the Scottish Cup semi. Here’s why so many locals were cheering on Poland in their last-16 win over Switzerland in St Etienne. This memory will warm the cockles of this old codger during many a game of boules. This gutted Hibs fan got on the blower in a desperate bid to find a new seat after finding out he was sitting next to the Honey Monster at the Scottish Cup Final. Either that or former player Brian Welsh had vowed not to shave until the Hibees ended their Cup curse.