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Scottish 2nd Division
Gretna 1-0 Ayr
Scorers: Juanjo

Juanjo and Scott Walker both made their debuts in the game today, and both were exceptional. Juanjo is a quality player with experience in the SPL, and i firmly beleve he will help this club in its promotion chase and in seasons to come. He scored a superb chip over the keeper after David Hannah's hrough ball had sent him through, and we held out at the other end with Scott Walker making a last minute goal-line clearance. Another good 3 points today

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"I can't believe that they let him go for such a song Simon. The guy oozes quality, he is way too good for this division anyway"

"That's so true. Scott looked good aswell, Brechin must have good defenders if he couldn't get in the team"

"Well, they are both top quality players and I'm delighted to have them here at Gretna. Juanjo's celebration was nice, he ran over to me on the touchline, and thanked me for giving him the opportunity to play football again"

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"I never thought I would play football again boss. No matter what I did or how hard I worked they wouldn't play me. That is why I am grateful to you for bringing me here, and taking a chance on me"

"I am not taking any chance on you Juanjo, you are a quality player and will bring quality to this football club. You only had to listen to the fans when you scored, they have taken you to heart already. I would love you to finish your career here, and help me get this team to the top-flight, where it belongs"

"Boss, I would like nothing more. Show me the contract and I will sign it"

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Scottish Cup 3rd Round
Gretna 1-1 Clyde
Scorers: Juanjo

Juanjo scored his 2nd in two games for us, and we showed what we were made of here against a well established division 1 team. Clyde took the lead on the half hour, a well crafted team goal. We came back straightaway though, Kenny threading the ball through for Juanjo, who rounded the keeper and slotted it home. Scott Walker was magnificent at the back again, as was young keeper Mike McGovern, making his debut. Lets hope we can get something in the replay

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Scottish Cup 3rd Round Replay
Gretna 2-3 Clyde
Scorers: McGinty, Tosh

We played better than Clyde, had more chances (16-4) and ran riot. We were actually leading till deep into injury time, the 4th minute to be exact (should have only been 3) when Clyde got a late equaliser. They then scored in the last minute of injury time aswell to condemn us to a very undeserved defeat. Well, we have the league to concentrate on I suppose....

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"I dont really care to be honest Si. There was meant to be 3 minutes of injury time, yet Clyde equalise in the 4th. Thats a joke. I'm not going to complain officially now becuase no action will be taken but its so frustrating when things go against you..."

"I know boss, but look on the bright side. We are flying high in the league and we can concentrate fully on that now"

"Yes, you're right. Lets get promoted and have something to celebrate"

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Scottish 2nd Division
Gretna 2-1 Morton
Scorers: McAnespie, Bingham

This wasn't the best game to watch for either set of fans really, but we got 3 points so I am sure our fans wont mind. Morton came out with a game-plan, which was to try and scupper our front two, and it worked for 56 minutes, until our left-back Kieran McAnespie gave us the lead with a cross-cum-shot that found the bottom corner. Morton pulled back level in the 67th minute, but David Bingham scored from free-kick in the 86th minute to secure the 3 points. Good result against the team in 3rd, who are slowly falling away from ourselves and Partick.

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Nick walks into his house to find he has been broke into

"What on earth....Fiona, are you in?"

Picks up the phone and dials

"You home yet Si? When you get in, check that everything is alright, I think someone might try and rob your house, because they have done mine"

"What? Right, I'm coming round, wait there"

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"...its got to be something to do with Dale and everything else thats been going on hasn't it?"

"I dont understand what they want from us though, I'd rather they just tell us straight up what they want"

"You going to tell the police?"

"No, keep them out of it, they will only cause more trouble"

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Scottish 2nd Division
Gretna 4-0 Peterhead
Scorers: Bingham (2), Graham, Baldacchino

We were absolutely phenomenal here, and Peterhead did not know what to do with us. We controlled the game from start to finish, racking up an incredible 32 shots on goal, and we could have easily reached double figures if it wasn't for the Peterhead 'keeper, who should have been MoM for saving his side from embarassment. Fantastic is a word best used to describe how we played today.