Open All Gubs
I shouldn't really have cheered. That was a mistake. I was in the wrong place at the wrong time. To be precise, I was outside Ibrox Stadium in Glasgow just as hundreds of Rangers fans began streaming from the ground and just as Inverness Caley Thistle had scored from a stoppage-time penalty to win . I was listening to the match on the car radio and, like I say, I shouldn't have cheered. Not wise.
I blame Richard Gordon. He does such a great job presenting Sportsound, especially as ringmaster of the 'open all mics' format. We introduced this on ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Radio Scotland last year. On a night when five or six SPL games are being played simultaneously Richard can bounce from one match to the next and each commentator is allowed to seize control of the airwaves to report any goal-mouth action. The idea has proved popular with the majority of listeners although there are times when so much is happening at once that you can easily get confused. That's when we rely on Richard to break through the babble and tell us what's what.
The Watson's Wind Up team poke fun at the programme by calling it 'Open All Gubs' which is a form of flattery, I suppose.
Anyway, back to last night and how a bout of insanity had prompted me to drive from the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ at Pacific Quay in search of a late-night supermarket. Once I reached Ibrox I was going nowehere fast. The police tend to cordon off the side streets to keep the traffic moving on the main roads. I was, of course, trying to head against the flow of traffic. I estimate my speed at one inch an hour.
Then the phone rang. I have a hands-free device with a massive speaker on the dashboard and suddenly the voices of my wife and son were blaring around the car. Back home in Inverness the celebrations had begun. Caley Thistle are no longer bottom of the SPL table. I joined in the banter. I joked, laughed and cheered. Anyone looking into my car must have seen a man with a face more animated than Mickey Mouse.
The people looking in, however, turned out to be a group of sullen Rangers fans in a mini-bus.
Oops.
P.S. You can read a report and watch video highlights from the game by .
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