Thu 24th - Daily Tabloid - Gough is gambling with Livi's future!

Exasperated Livi' fans are welcoming the chance to put their SPL woes behind them for a day as they prepare to travel to Tynecastle this Sunday for a Scottish Cup Quarter Final Clash, but yesterday they warned, erm, manager Fug Gough that regardless of Sundays result, an 8th straight league defeat at home to Kilmarnock in the league next Wednesday would surely signal the end of his short and disastrous tenure at Almondvale.

Ever the fans champion, The Daily Tabloid has been pounding the streets of West Lothian this last couple of days (reason for no Tabloid yesterday, honestly!), in an attempt to gauge how Livi supporters are bearing up, as rumours continue to fly in the national press that the future of the club, after over a year in administration, is still up in the air, coupled with the team lying seemingly marooned at the foot of the SPL looking destined for the drop to the lower echelons of the Scottish Football League.

One long time fan known only as 'Dove' was looking forward to Sundays game, but warned that a result against Hearts would only be a 'bonus', and that the more important game was next Wednesdays at Almondvale where a defeat would leave Livingston, under the tutelage of Fug Gough, looking at an unwanted record of 9-in-a-row straight league defeats.
"Aye, Naw, likes, that better no happen, know? That Gough isnae interestit in the Livi, know? He came in here, gaen it aw, look it me, am the big man an that, know? He mibbaes is thinking that 'cos hes awready wun yin wi' the jers an that, naebdie ull notice if he gets another yin? Wrang! The Killie gemm is his last chance! The demo's ull start tae get him his books if he loses that yin, know" he eloquently told us whilst chugging on a half bottle of tonic wine, all the while warming his hands on a wheelie bin fire he'd started earlier.

Wish Gough was there!

Other supporters were less restrained in the comments. Mrs Liv Aye bristled with unbridled fury as she described what she'd do to him, given 5 minutes in a locked room with a pair of scissors. "First off, I'd cut that bloody stupid hair cut of his into a cute little bob. Then he'd know what it's been like as a Livi fan to walk about with everybody laughing at you and making fun of you. Seriously though, he has been an unmitigated disaster in his short time at Almondvale. The fans would support him if they felt he was at least giving a hoot about the clubs current predicament, but it looks as though he has already been browsing through the flight brochures in anticipation of a rapid return to pre-school soccer in the states! If we lose at home to Killie next week, then he must be sent back to Kansas! Do you think he would send us a postcard?".

There have even been reports that East Calder primary school children have spelt out 'TAXI FOR GOUGH', in snow, on a school wall, possibly in a desperate plea for Pearse 'Brosnan' Flynn to put us all out of our misery and show Gough the door if the unthinkable becomes closer to reality and if defeated by Killie next Wednesday the Lions have to travel to Dens Park a week on Saturday with the dreaded '9-in-a-row' hanging over them?

So the Livi fans have spoken. And they would seem to be clear in their message that Gough should not be allowed to take Livi further down the road to ridicule by guiding them to 9 straight league defeats in a row.

Defeat by Killie and it's surely all over for Gough?

The Daily Tabloid says "Pearse - Gough may have already have one 9-in-a-row under his belt, but please don't let him gamble away Livi's future with crazy team selections and tactics? The Killie game has to be Goughs last chance? Defeat and he has to go!"



Meanwhile Livingston fans have welcomed the news that Sundays Cup tie at Tynecastle has been changed from 'all ticket' to a 'Pay At The Gate' game after it was thought that they would only have 2 and a half hours to purchase their tickets. Apparently the club cupboard is open only for 30 minutes a day, Mon to Fri but continued pleas to extend the opening hours would appear to have fallen on deaf ears!