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My name is Taylor Rockwell.

This week, we're delving into a topic that recently led to angry ranting from Graham Ruffin.

Postponements.

Graham, why did such an innocuous little topic fill you with barely controllable rage?

So while most Soccer 101 episodes are evergreen, they do have some sort of news hook,

something that makes them relevant in the present moment.

So the news hook for this

episode is my ever-growing hatred of Dumbarton Football Club and their cabbage patch of a pitch.

At this point, I maybe know more about postponements than any football fan on the planet

because Tuesday night saw Sterling Albion's crunch promotion match against Dunbarton postponed for a fourth time this season.

So, yeah, and to make matters worse, that each postponement has been later than the last. So last night, I was

inside the stadium. I'd had my pre-match pie in Bovro, and it was called off 20 minutes before kickoff. And this was my third

trip to Dumbarton this season. And I have yet to see an actual match. I mean, Dumbarton is just a regular town. It's fine, but it's not that nice. I wouldn't have visited it three times this season if there hadn't been the promise of a football match on the end of it that hasn't happened as of yet.

So we did the background for this episode, we were going to do a different topic entirely.

Then my suggestion was that we do an episode that is just why Graham Ruthven hates Dunbarton.

Graham, ever the consummate professional, came up with the idea that maybe we could connect

this to postponements and not just be Graham

ranting. But I do think it's an ample opportunity for Graham to be annoyed at Dunbarton. So what were

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