Final Fever

A long and busy day out in Glasgow at the Scottish Cup Final. Dunfermline v Celtic at Barclay's Hampden Park. Nice to think that some distant member of my family owns/sponsors a football stadium. Their ticket app and system actually works really well, much to my surprise. Ticketing apps and apps in general and their silent domination of our lives are not my favourite things.On reflection the best part was the pub time spent with family and friends in a sunny beer garden in Battlefield as a foot soldier in a muddled up army of fans. Many of whom, (mum, dad and the kids decked out for the day) don't really attend matches often so they don't quite know how to behave or react. They've not done the full training regime; watching mid winter muddy defeats or mind numbing goalless draws, but whatever, it all adds something to the atmosphere. I do alot of people watching. My SAS training kicks in.Scottish football has a number of ingrained problems but I'm not going to list them here, it's…