Triple saver...

Playlist
Various Composers - The Ultimate Baroque
Various - Last 100 Acquisitions

Up at 6 and working again - more uploading - takes a while...

At 10 out and down to drummer Keith's to pop a CD of Kat's demos through his door re work to be done this week...

Into town and to Patisserie Florentin for breakfast...

Today, a long leisurely and very enjoyable one with my mum's old friends Lex and Moira and my childhood chum Lindsay and her husband, Guy...

Excellent chat and some funny tales of a kitten found behind a fridge and adopted and a wedding the night before in Doune castle based around various well-known Monty Python sketches...

The Spanish Inquisition and some comfy chairs made an appearance...

Home and suspecting my two memory sticks (one of which was my 32GB 650 album stick) which resided in the Cloudland Blue mobile have been snaffled by some unscrupulous auto servicers...

Goddammit Arnie...

Not to worry...

A brief stop back home then round to Jane and Bobby's to pick up Nephew Olly for his third footie match this week...

Having seen Blackpool see off Crystal Palace and Hearts' miraculous recovery yesterday to beat Ross County, today we were off to Livingston to see Queen of the South, Division 2 Champions take on 1st Division leaders, Partick Thistle in the Ramsdens Cup Final...

Today, Olly was an honorary Doonhamer...

In we went...

..and took our seats amongst some fanatical fans...

Your correspondent continued to be affected by the lurgi...

The game was being covered live by BBC Alba...

...and Dougie the Doonhamer was in attendance...

Kick off was late at 4:05 to accommodate the TV...

This was our view...

An exciting end to end game post Queens withstanding Thistle's initial onslaught in the first ten minutes, before holding their own...

0-0 at full time though, with chances having been few and far between - highest goalscorer in the UK this season, Nicky Clarke, missed a tap in late in the first half and had an excellent shot in the second well saved...

In the first period of extra time though, he got Queens' 100th goal of the season with a header, after a shot from Carmichael came back off the bar with the goalie beaten...

The crowd went wild...

With seconds of extra time to go, Partick were awarded a penalty for a foul which, when we watched it back later, was outside the box...

Justice was done though when Queens' keeper Lee Robinson tipped the kick over the bar...

In the resulting melee, Thistle's penalty taker was sent off for headbutting and breaking the nose of QoS's captain (who, to be fair had been taunting the hapless spot kicker re the save)...

We thought it was all over - but no, with the last kick of the game, Partick bundled the ball over the line for an equaliser...

1-1...

Their fans were singing about our fans not singing anymore...

Penalty shoot out...

Queens scored then Robinson saved Thistle's first...

Then Queens missed and so it went on...

Much gamesmanship from Mr Robinson but he was the hero of the day...

He even took and scored a penalty as one the Doonhamers' five...

In the end he saved a third spot kick (including the one in extra time) and Queens won 6-5 on penalties...  

We went mental - while the Jags went home...

Their half of the ground was empty just eight minutes later when Queen of the South lifted their second trophy in eleven days...

Goalscorer and hero keeper...

Hero keeper and hero manager...

By the time we left the ground it was around 7:30 - five hours in the freezing cold...

Well worth it though...

A happy wee boy dropped off and home...

...where we watched the best bits again, having recorded the coverage whilst attending the match...

Some other TV and off to bed, a happy chappie...

Highlight of the day : Queens lift the cup...