23/04/05 It's "football" Jim, but not.....

My fantastic sister Ann, who does the best two finger whistle I've ever heard in my puff, treated myself, my Dad and her partner Julia's Dad, Pip, to a hospitality package at Starks Park to see Raith Rovers play the mighty Hamilton Academicals.
She'd also announced the happy news that she and Julia were going to make their relationship Official by using the new Civil Partnership legislation to tie the knot.
This gives same sex couples, the same legal rights as married couples and is long overdue. Well done Tony Blair. We marked the occasion with a tasty bottle of champagne. And another party to look forward to. Yee Ha!
My younger sister Janie also announced recently that her and Max are getting married. The pressure is now intensifying. A Park "hat trick" possibly?
My Dad was born and brought up in the hot streets of Hamilton and was/is a keen Accies man.
As we drove into Kirkcaldy, we passed a tanning salon called "Tanfastic".
This prompted a chuckle.
It definitely is the only way to see a football match.
You can drive right into the ground. You get a welcoming chat from the Raith officials, then shown to your table, and then proceed to drink and eat rather a lot before being escorted to your seats in the Stand.
The football itself was not of the highest order, although there were a few deft flicks from the Accies.
There was an air of resignation amongst the home support. They're getting relegated and the "Raith Rovers 2004/05 Season" DVD is not expected to shift a lot of units.
There was quite a funny little scene to observe though. An old Rovers fan decided to wear a match programme on his head, at a jaunty angle. This looked very comical and I noticed someone stealthily taking a picture of him with his mobile phone.
I wondered where in the world that photo might be getting sent to, and speculated that it might cause a global mexican wave of laughter as it was passed from person to person, crossing continents.
Although, he probably just sent it to his mate in a pub in Kirkcaldy, and that would be the end of it.
Accies won 2-0 ,fairly comfortably, much to my Dad's delight!