The Glovers safe
“Yeovil are safe in the National League”
….not the headline that will sell many reads on this blog
Will Merry wins it late for Yeovil with a fantastic solo goal! 🤯 pic.twitter.com/8yCIb8TAtr
— National League on DAZN (@DAZN_NationalLg) April 3, 2026
The other Glovers
Let me not diminish the joy this goal brought, but it was matched when we re-entered Perthshire after a day abroad. This blog is dedicated to Perth and its football team who play today!
They are the other Glovers!
Outside Rannoch station
It has been more than a week that I’ve been in Perthshire and tension’s high in the bars of Perth which await the outcome of today’s crunch match for St Johnstone. Win and it is hard to see Perth’s Glovers not clinging on to go up automatically, lose and Glasgow’s Partick (with the support of Andy Young and Rob Reid) could consign Perth to another agony of a playoff to get into the Premiership.
In the absence of anything to get interested in, I’ll be glued to the action up North. Arbroath and Perth have been longtime rivals for religious prowess and now the church must play second fiddle to the football ground
From Football to Railways
For me, today will be spent on LNER to London yesterday it was on Scotrail, making a way through , rain , sun and finally snow to get from Rannoch to Mallaig and back. We have been on the east and west coast of Scotland now and have the benefit of the Rannoch Railways overground map to guide us.
Much of the growth in Mallaig in the twentieth century came from fishing, the boats of which came from the East and some from Fife (we learned at the excellent Mallaig heritage centre).
The fishing now is depleted and the west of the highlands is kept alive by tourism and most notably by Glenfinnan which provides the viaduct for Harry Potter and his pals to make their way (like me) from Kings Cross .
My brother (reflected in this photo) is sceptical of the myth building up around Harry Potter. What can’t be questioned is the revival in the fortunes of villages and towns from Fort William go Mallaig.
This photo shows the luxury of the magnificent West Highland Hotel in Mallaig to which we climbed for a cup of tea
The Western Highland Hotel on the hill above the Mallaig port
Last night the moon came out and shone on me in the wee hours when I was preparing to return to the South and to relief that Yeovil will not be going down.
The moon as I woke up to leave
May Perth see St Johnstone go up, may the best part of Glasgow (Partick) go up with it and may the snow allow us safely on to Pitlochry.
Schiehallion from this week’s living room
