[Northern Ireland Hibby]

Last night's official NI Hibs night on the razzle was a cracking night.

It was described by a bar-girl as a 'male bonding session'. Considering she was quite tasty and that I thought she had said 'female bondage session' her words distracted my concentration for a while.

The goodturnout was a credit to those who came along - apologies accepted from U What? who's moving house and is about to be ruined by his solicitor's bill.

We were delighted to meet sound as a pound Edinburgh bloke Mike, who's very welcome as a new member.

Before the proper drinking began and I started getting very serious and frowny on a range of subjects, the following was decided:

- There's something wrong with IAte's arse. I think something must have crawled in there and died.

- The excellent suggestion was made by Ned that we have a very special guest at our function next March. We could fly him and a guest over, put him up in a hotel and provide a driver. We could make a 'lifetime achievement' award at the function and hopefully he would treat everyone to a few wee stories. He could also accept the raffle money on behalf of the Former Players' Association. Ned also suggested a possible venue who'd be happy to take us and wouldn't be too fussy about closing time - a social club up past Grosvenor Road direction. This will happen on the weekend of March 11th and any member not attending will no longer be a member!

- It's about time we had a meeting about the supporters' club. Mike made the excellent suggestion that we divvy up a few jobs (I don't have time to organise travel for example - we could be going across more often if it was well organised). How about MOnday 6th December for this???

I forgot to tell Mike that the Belfast lads usually meet at about 7.30pm on the last Thursday of every month - I'm sure he'd be welcome.

NIH