This was most definitely a game to forget for us and even before Danso’s dismissal, the writing was on the wall as we looked all over the place at the back. Roefs was rightly criticized last weekend but he played a blinder today and though it’s little consolation, this could have been a lot worse without his efforts. BEFORE We slipped into the bottom three yesterday but a win today could, depending on other results, give us a good boost upwards. I think we can just about do it but we need to...

Born on this day is former Scotland international and Sunderland forward, Ally McCoist. It’s safe to say that McCoist played his best football after leaving Wearside, where he joined Rangers. A lot of football fans don't even know that Ally was a Sunderland player! The young striker joined the lads from St Johnstone at just 18 years old. Manager Alan Durban had managed to fend off competition from a number of clubs to sign the highly-rated McCoist. He showed a lot of promise, and upon signing...

Alkmaar proved to be talented opposition but we deserved our win. If this is Europa League, give me more. BEFORE I'm old enough to remember those games against Vasas Budapest and Sporting Lisbon back in 1973 and it sounds strange to me when I keep hearing that it was all fifty-three years ago. I'm very happy that we're back in Europe again but I have to say that the structure of the competition is still a bit of a mystery to me. I'm just looking at it as a beautiful bonus to what's already a...