Voice of Reason: 8 April 2009

Apr 10 2009 by VoR

SERIOUS note to start this week. Allister Boyd was a young man from Ayrshire who gave new meaning to the word ‘inspirational’.

It’s an overused term – but cut this lad in half and he bled spirit.

Diagnosed with terminal cancer in his teens, he could have curled up and died.

Many in his position would have.

Instead, he lived every day like it was his last and raised more than £100,000 for charity.

They should have knighted him. Tragically he passed away at the weekend, aged just 20.

Lessons to be learned? Life sucks.

But if we can live it the Allister Boyd way, we won’t be doing too badly.

R.I.P sir.

IN other news, we’re a week closer to next season’s Ayrshire derby.

The wheels have fallen off our very poor relations and they’re dive bombing towards Division One.

Hard times indeed at Rugby Park.

The bigger issue is whether they’ll stay alive to see the lower leagues.

Which is why the VoR is launching a unique campaign to Save Kilmarnock FC.

That’s right my friends. We must do everything in our power to keep this mob afloat.

Just so we can thrash them four times next season.

BOOTROOM news. Ryan Stevenson is never a man to shirk publicity – but his new choice of footwear takes some beating.

Orange no less. The VoR demanded answers – and he got them.

Stevo reckons he’s been having a poor season by his standards. So a change of boots was the remedy to his problem.

But it’s giving the rest of us a darned headache.

Incidentally, loved the work of our midfield stronghold – Stevo and Keenan – on Saturday. Brick walls the pair of them.

CONGRATULATIONS are owed to Ayr United’s Tracy McTrusty. The club’s operations manager turned 42 on Saturday.

But some would say she looks a good 20 years younger.

Mrs McTrusty is a new-age woman who boasts business suit, clipboard and lashings of authority.

In fact, she’s every inch a candidate for Sir Alan Sugar’s Apprentice boardroom.

But she wouldn’t be someone the VoR would fire in a hurry.

Mrs McTrusty – we salute you.

THE fat lady is approaching her chorus in betting corner.

Dougie Morton slipped out of touch long ago and frankly he needs to be put down.

No time for sentiment here. So let’s make it a swift ending for the old boy. He trails 27-22 and, with just five weeks to go, it don’t take Einstein to work out he’s a beaten man.

This weekend, I’ll cement my lead with Ross County 2, Clyde 0. Dougie, who is now flying distress signals, weighs in with Wigan 0, Arsenal 2.