Congratulations to Stranraer! Will East Kilbride EVER get promoted?!

Sam, thanks sooo much for your coverage of my boyhood Scottish team Stranraer who I have supported for over 50 years. You captured the spirit of the occasion perfectly and I was so relieved when Stranraer prevailed. Great job Sam and thanks again.

History trumps money. You love to see it.

That was epic. You really captured the essence of just how important a game it was. Loved the crowd going off - what a day for Stranraer.

The utter joy of watching Stranraer beating East Kilbride so they can host Elgin or Clyde on a wind swept December evening was magical. This is real football. Thanks.

Was at the game today and saw you on the park. You chose the right game. What a season. Celtic fan with an affection for Stenny who we have seen many times this season. Went to Stranraer to support a good old traditional club in an often forgotten part of the country. Pity because it is lovely and the drive from the west a treat. Probably the best football occasion I have experienced for a long long time. Well done Stranraer. Worth the over 4 hour round trip. Thanks for bringing this to us. If any of your viewers want to see the best highlights go to Stranraer TV. Their coverage of this match and the reaction of the commentators gives you an idea of just why wee love this stupid game so much.

What an atmosphere and what a game. The level of football doesn't mean anything with so much at stake and emotions running this high. Congrats to Stranraer on staying in the SFL.

My grandad was a guest player for hamilton during the war, and my father lived in isle of whithorn, so stranraers always bn on my map from driving past its ground....love to follow all aspects of the game but stories like these are brilliant , so thank you for puting them out there so well...all the best from the canary islands...

This is why we love football.

Don't normally comment but have to here, what a video Sam. Really captured the nervous atmosphere and the drama of this game. Keep doing what you're doing into next season!

Sam your videos are fantastic & you showcase Scottish Football in such a positive light 👏🏻👏🏻

I've watched a lot of Stranraer's games from Cyprus on YT this season and today's atmosphere was certainly a bit different from the rest of them....like two different clubs. Mind you the ground and its surrounds are improved by a bit of sunshine. I saw you being introduced on the pitch before the game, you even got a mention on the Stranraer presentation. Btw I love the enthusiasm of the two Stranraer TV commentators - straight from the heart. Thanks for another great vid.

No issues for me wanting Stranraer to win, traditional club, finished bottom but with 36 points which is a decent total for a bottom club. Stranraer would be missed and the drop could've killed them. Being an Accies fan, who have many fans from EK, no love for them. Money bags with 250 fans. EK Accies fans I know absolutely delighted with the result. Made our day at Inverness even better!

Well done Stranraer! Great to see them stay up

Yes you could feel it the emotional tension and thanks again for taking us on your football adventures cheers from Tasmania Australia

Well done Stranraer !!! And a Great Video

Wee Slaneys face tripping himself at the end on the coach lol

Just echoing everyone else sayihg what a quality video this is. Ive never been to Scotland but just love this content

Sam, thank you so much for doing the coverage that you do of the smaller clubs. This was a great occasion.

Love your videos, I’m a Coventry fan whose gone right around England supporting us, but I do have a love of te non league system too both in England and Scotland so it’s great to see your Scottish videos. One bit of advice, you interrupt quite a bit when you interview, I know you have time issues but it would be great to hear what people who work and/or play for these low level clubs have their say, fully. Nonetheless I’ll give you 9.5/10 for your videos and look forward to watching them

Peterhead and Elgin will be spewing, congrats Stranraer!

The Club 42 play off game needs more media coverage, maybe highlights of the first leg with live second leg.

Having been in that situation with Cowdenbeath a few times (although we are now non-league), you captured the raw emotion of seeing a club survive being relegated from league football. Congratulations to everyone at Stranraer, a great wee club.

Great vid Sam. Feelings are mixed about this result honestly. As a Dumfries and Galloway man I'm delighted for Stranraer. Very well done them. I'm also, however, gutted for East Kilbride. I've been following their progress for a good few years and have been hoping they would make it into the SPFL at some point. Fell at the final hurdle this time - but never give up EK. Go again in 24/25 👍

Very good coverage of the day and our club 👍

I first visited Stair Park a couple of years ago and fell in love with the place. I travelled up from Wrexham to be at this game... worth every minute and mile of travelling to be there. Well done Stranraer, see you next season 🔵⚪️

Great video , this is what footballs is about the highs & lows depending on who you support 👍

East Kilbride are a nothing club, have thrown money at it year after year and failed every time. There are some good people there I'm sure, but most of their "support" are old firm fans first with a passing interest in EK and the money project. Horrid club, really enjoyed their misery yesterday.

Sam you are deadass the hardest working youtuber in the game! love the vids

Good for you mate. Saw you at the match yesterday and your videos are excellent.

Another incredible vlog Sam. The way you promote the game at all levels up here is top notch. Makes me want to get out to these grounds 👍

Hi Sam, brilliant coverage all season, good lad!!!

Still remember when Hibs got relegated in 98, our first game down was against Stranraer at Easter Road, went thinking we would take 10 off them. Beat us 1-2 😞

Well done from Belfast

I was at stair park on the day. Absolute scenes

I feel for EK fans! Should go up if you win your league

Trouble is that, in Scotland, everything revolves around the Old Firm. It's hard for clubs like Stranraer to attract media attention and supporters away from the two Glasgow giants. You even see one young lad in this video with a Rangers away shirt on. Add Stranraer's geographic (relative) remoteness and they'll always have an uphill struggle. Glad they stayed up as Stair Park is a terrific wee stadium and a visit should be on every football fan's bucket list.

Cracking vid Sam, as ever.

The state of football in Scotland. Almost as many rangers jerseys as there were Stranraer. Probably never been at a Rangers game but dont go to Stranraer either

He's the manager ever. I love him ❤😊

I call the playoffs between Club 42 and lower league winner as Survivor Series.

got yourself a nice bit of sunburn too there, mate

Forget players from the central belt of Scotland,Stranraer should be looking at getting players in from either Northen England (Carlisle,Newcastle etc) or Northen Ireland (only 2 hours from Belfast on the Stenaline ferry). Another great vid Sam!

Just means EK will have to spend another billion next season & go through another 200 hunner players.

Credit to you mate going to this 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Hiya Sam, great upload this, will East Kilbride ever get promoted? maybe next season, I don't think they'll be much of a difference between the bottom league in SPFL or the top of the Highland or Lowland leagues, this is Choppy in Whitehaven, Cumbria, England

Brilliant as usual Sam

Get it round ee Si

great video mate!

Patrick thistle I instantly thought of when I saw that he title

Hate the play off system in Scotland should you win the league you should go up or even the final between highland and lowland. If your the worst team in the professional league system you should be relegated

Well done, Stranraer

What a cracking game!

Thankfully....no place for plastic football teams...and I deliberately used the word team...football club has a genuine long standing fan base, football team has not...and that is EKFC

Exactly the same with the Phoenix Nights and Stranraer 😂😂

Great video but a summary here - the Scottish league system desperately needs restructured especially the pyramid system amongst many other issues up here but get the promotion/relegation sorted and take a look at the league setups

Si Ferry AND Mick Kennedy 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Great to see. I just dont get the play off format in Scotland, nobody seems to like it. Im a Raith Rovers Fan so hoping we can win our playoff finals next week and win promotion. Been around 30 years since were last in the Premier League

Had a vested interest in this one as one side of my family were from (and most still live in) Stranraer, and I was gutted when Clyde somehow completed the great escape and pipped them to 9th...and in any other case, I'd have been 100% behind East Kilbride, but obviously not this time around. Mind you, 4:35 is exactly how I remember the lovely coastline the last time I went up to visit... 😅some things never change, but yesterday they did - Stranraer actually won a game of football!

CAN U COME DOWN TO OBAN...TO SEE OBAN SAINTS FC... SCOTTISH AMATEURS LEAGUE

Joao Balde should be made to walk home after they misses!

I love Stairs Park but I think you can drive to London faster from Glasgow!

Well done Stranraer but gutted for East Kilbride. Three times missing out in play-offs. It will be interesting how both teams fare next season

I am trying to work out why East Kilbride would have been in my list of Scottish Clubs, if I had to real them off.

Well done Stranraer fc.. (Scotland’a third oldest team) next season this will be somebody else and not them 😮 Sam do try to go to Scotland women’s match’s that is coming up.😅 1:30 inverness.. what a disappointment this result. Onto next video.

Make the most of the moment. But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white-then melts forever; Or like the borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. Robert Burns

Thought this was maybe a video about Rangers history there until I read on and seen the word saved and knew it wasn’t them

You're no a blasphemer, mate.

Come on the Blues

sensational viewing

Lanarkshire’s Wrexham bottling it once again lol

Justice done after how Buckie Thistle were robbed of the chance to take part.

the number of rangers tops at the game is utterly embarassing

Just came back from Caley vs accies Absolutely Gutted 😭 caley in league 1 Dumbarton and Kelty away WHY!!!!! anyway good vid Congrats to Stranraer for not going down But It is sad East Kilbride are not going up.

Where is me and Arran remember in the room

great, I love football at this level, you can afford a ticket and you might live next door to a player

Well done Stranraer. EK have nothing to offer the Lge system. No fan base, and lets face it do we really need another Team in Lanarkshire ? No.

Absolutely delighted for Stanraer, but equally disappointed for EK. More disappointed for myself. We set out to go, but the engine management light came on just as we left Dumfries. We didn't want to risk it. boo hoo. I don't know if they still do it, but I used to see the Stranraer team bus leaving from my local KFC cark park on the south side of Glasgow.

At first, I thought it was Backpacker Ben on the thumbnail 😂 Sad for East Kilbride.. SPFL should allow direct promotion for at least the winner of Highland vs Lowland League and give the other one a relegation game opportunity..

Wow

Bolton lost to Oxford yesterday, boo-hoo. Better luck next season. Great channel!

100%

Circus FC....get proper management team in rather than wanna be celebrities

🤣😂🤣Si Ferry😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

The amount of rangers tops at the game 👀😂😂😂

Great video, but I despise any system with promotion/relegation play-offs. Why should teams who've been cack all season get another chance to stay up, another set of gate receipts and (in the higher divisions) another bit of TV money? Not meant a knock on Scotland in particular - it annoys me when other countries like Germany do it as well!

Time for Scottish League Three.

Young lad in a Rangers top at 15:04 seconds, regardless of age no other team colours or tops should be allowed into a stadium that is not playing?

Celebrating failure always amused me in football..Well done for finishing bottom.

Weird seeing si ferry with his serious face and voice on

❤😊

No offence, but that pitch at EK.... That is really horrible

Hollie is to good. What a beautiful lady.

I see a few of the Sevconians are really Stranraer supporters!! 😂😂

A lot of wee guys with Rangers tops on.I guess Stranraer are just their "wee team".

Wish ek had won this tie, unfortunately they’ll probably just sign another 10 players and win the lowland again

so glad ek stayed down, hate si ferry with a passion especially his little tash

Glad EK got beat can't stand si ferry

I loved the little kid I don’t like to say we’ve been robbed but we’ve been robbed

At some point you need to do Nacional vs Penarol in Uruguay, it is much more than a game. Fans gather a day before the match begins. Makes the Glasgow derby look like a picnic.