W6er

Great stuff! I agree, The Northbank have improved the atmosphere. I love what the murals, too.

I'm sure the ground used to hold just over 8,000? Most online resources state it's 8,023. Was that before the disabled section was put in in M1?

Full house tomorrow.

I hope we've given them the entire stand, and not closed off the section close to the North Bank! In which case we're looking at 7,900+ tomorrow.

According to P&B, Killie have 150 tickets left. I hope that's true. Could be a proper sell out tomorrow, if so.

So you are known as Mr TPAFKA Jersey 2? 😉 What's the story behind that? W6er is my one and only alias on here.

Fair point. I sometimes wonder if there are only about three regular users on this site! 🤣

I have heard folk refer to Jim as a 'snake'. He's nothing of the sort, IMHO. He's a great bloke, as exemplified by the fact he stopped for your son, despite apparently being in a rush. Nobody can fault him for taking a job that pays a lot more, given he has a family to support. Who wouldn't do the same? I wish him success in the future.

If Shull does indeed operate sock puppets, I would suggest that would make him the puppeteer. Unless Shull is, in fact, @div's sock puppet! 🤣

You're correct, I'm certainly not au fait with the type of thing; I thought folk mostly used it to watch films and sports by disguising their real location, so as to circumvent regional streaming restrictions. You have to admit, it will come in handy to those who want to have various sock puppets on the forum. However, I'm not accusing you of being a sock puppet and I had no idea such accusations had been levelled at you before last night. I count dots (seats) in my spare time, so it would be ridiculous and hypocritical for me to give advice about how one should more fruitfully occupy their time, but if there really are folk who create sock puppets so that they can endorse posts made by their 'main' identity, presumably in a bid to 'win the day', then that is hysterically funny. 🤣 I would love to believe that's true.

🤣 Just the one account's more than enough for me! I take it you're going to the match tomorrow?! 🤩

I was accused of being another poster when I first joined the forum, in fact my accuser was none other than @faraway saint! Was it St. Ricky I was mistaken for? I cannot find his username, but folk used to call him Fricky, IIRC. I would therefore caution folk about jumping to conclusions. However, @Albanian Buddy did say he chose his username because that was where his IP address was located, so he stated (or perhaps implied) that he was using a VPN, which I did find a little odd. He seems very hostile towards me, however, whereas Faraway's mostly pleasant. I would say I don't care, but having written the above I imagine that will be considered dishonest. Truth is I cannot stay off here at the moment, due to my excitement for the game on Saturday. I feel like a kid at Christmas, I just hope I don't receive a lump of coal.

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@Albanian Buddy, I sing it and I like it in a way. I just cringe a bit, as I feel a bit old to sing it. Every time I watch Footy Adventures every group of Ultras seem to sing the same tedious song. I came across that Swansea song and thought it was a nice tune and easily adapted. Anyway, I suppose it will be up to the boys on the Northbank. ETA: I think W7 can still be referred to as the Northbank, as it is the north end of the ground, albeit located on the West side.

Fewer than forty-eight hours to go... I hate it when I get this excited about the Saints, as it's usually an anti-climax. Plus, the downside of a sell-out is I can't do a dot count. Also I have stopped drinking, so even if we win 5-0 I cannae have a celebratory drink. I will just go home and watch it all again in Gaelic...

It's not a bad song. I always feel a tad embarrassed singing 'North Bank Aggaro, we'll take you on whoever you may be'... I sing it regardless, but I'm in my forties now and feel a bit daft. Anyway, it's not to replace a song...there can be two Northbank songs.

Folk looking for tickets:

We wore the black and white stripes before Newcastle, Juve and Notts County. As of yet I have not found a club that wore them before us.

According to historicalkits.co.uk we wore black and white stripes in 1884: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Scottish_Football_League/St_Mirren/St_Mirren.htm Notts County first wore them in 1890: http://www.historicalkits.co.uk/Notts_County/Notts_County.htm

Here's one: Paisley, oh Paisley, Saint Mirren sang I I'll be standing on the Northbank until the day I die Take me to Saint Mirren Park, down in Paisley Where I will follow the mighty Saints Saint Mirren FC

If we make 4th, we recoup that £million we lost previously. But finishing third would perhaps set us up for a few years. We really need to win on Saturday, but I will take a draw.

How about a new song? This is one that Swansea City used to sing, which I think is class, and is easily adaptable... New Northbank Song.mp4 Paisley, oh Paisley, St Mirren Sang I I'll be standing on the Northbank until the day I die [This is where you need to be a little bit creative] Some features from our history that I think are worth mentioning: We played Barcelona in 1922 - https://www.stmirren.com/all-news/4444-the-barcelona-cup-100-years-on We were the first club in the world to wear black and white stripes (as far as I can tell - ours pre-date Newcastle's, Notts County's and Juventus's) Plus, of course, there's our cup wins and the fact we hate the Old Firm & Morton Maybe some of our more talented members could compose some more lyrics to the tune? @div could even make it a competition.

If we finish 6th we get £200k more (than 7th) in prize money and no European spot. So I would suggest our games post-split will be massive too. Conversely, if we finish in the bottom six, the season's over - we're just playing for a greater share of prize money...which, of course, is preferable to a relegation battle. Source: https://www.totalsportal.com/football/scottish-premiership-prize-money/ Third spot is massive, getting an extra £1 million! But is that realistic? It's possible. If we finish in the top-six and beat Aberdeen in the first game, we can surely dream. But, I too am getting ahead of myself. 🤪

That's good news. Do you think we will have given them the section closest to the Northbank? We seem to not offer that nowadays. Anyway, they have 400 left, apparently (which is basically what you wrote, too):

Really that cannot be overstated. If we finished third we'd stand to receive £8.5 million from the European ties and prize money combined. That's massive for us. We really could finish third, though I would suggest 4th is more realistic.