Largs Thistle legend George Wall writes for the News about football matters local, national and international...

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It was super to see that Largs managed to get three points against Arthurlie on Saturday.

A great start to the new year. No change though to the league position, so Largs will be looking to see if they can repeat their home win against Pollok from the end of last season.

It was pleasing to see Joe Wilton and Liam Lapsley back as I feel both of them do make a difference - Joe especially, they need to keep him fit.

Pollok is a game I always look forward to which brings back good memories.

Elsewhere, Saturday saw another defeat for Irvine Meadow, who are still firmly rooted at the bottom of the Premier Division table. Former Largs player George Sewell recently signed for them, and I think it’s a great signing for the Medda, but his debut did not go to plan with a 3-0 defeat to St Cadoc's.

Each game now is massive for the Medda. They need to start picking up points to avoid relegation - especially with teams around them starting to pick up points, as Glenafton did at Pollok on Saturday.

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Friday night football last week was Inverness v Dundee United - and what a poor quality game it was.

The live TV games from the Championship on a Friday night are usually good to watch, but by no stretch could you call that a good or entertaining game.

On Saturday it was Morton v Partick for me - a much better game which was livened up by the referee. It seemed he was determined not to send anyone off.

He managed to book 11 players, but no way was anyone getting a second booking by the look of it, and a good, feisty game ended 1-1, which was probably a fair result.

Morton did have a couple of clear chances to go 2-0 up, and if they'd taken one they might have gone on to win the game.

It was great to see such a big crowd at Cappielow - more than 3,000 - for the game too.

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I got into a discussion the other day about football coaching.

One of my Northern Ireland teammates, when he was a kid, was given this advice: "Play draughts and badminto. There are some things to make you a better player that you can't always teach through a football exercise.

"Badminton teaches you to defend and exploit a 10x10 area and in draughts you are always thinking three moves ahead."

I'd never heard that one before, but every day is a school day where football is concerned.