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 Name: Dave Tennant (Tennant’s Lager)
Role: Webmaster
Age: 24
The first time I was ever exposed to the game of fitba was
when I was a mere 4 years old, watching the TV with my dad in the living room
of our house in deepest suburban Paisley.
He was watching the ’87 cup final, and explained it all to me. As a Glasgow
born Celtic supporter was simply watching it as a neutral. He thought that, as Dundee United were in the
UEFA Cup final that year that they were the better side and wanted them to win.
I asked him one question.
“If we live in Paisley, then why
aren’t you supporting St. Mirren?”
I’ve held to that ever since, and was quite delighted to see
us win that day, though the enormity of the achievement was somewhat understandably
lost on me for many years.
Similarly, it took me a long time before I went to my first
game. Dad thankfully, was never one to
take me to the Potato Bowl having given up going to matches after a number of
bad experiences during Old Firm matches so when I went to my first match at the
age of 15, it was to see St.Mirren play, and lose 2-0 against Falkirk.
Despite the loss I really enjoyed the day out, and despite
thinking myself somewhat of a jinx during the 99/00 season (I must be one of
the only people to have not been to a match we won that season) from 00/01
onwards I’ve only missed 1 home game. I
also regularly get to away trips on the infamous/legendary Jolly Buddies bus,
of which I help out in a ‘treasurer’ role, keeping track of who’s paid what and
how much is in the bank.
I joined SMiSA because I believe in the fans standing up and
making a difference to the lot of our club.
Whether it’s buying shares so that all Saints fans can have a stake in
the club, no matter their financial position; or organising events in the local
community to help raise the profile of St.Mirren I think SMiSA can be and
indeed is a force for good. Like in any
trade union, we are capable of achieving things through strength in numbers
that otherwise simply would not be possible.
The webmaster role was something that intrigued me as it’s
something I could, with my skills base, take on and contribute to the
association while issues such as that of the club’s complex finances go more
over my head. If I can help explain what
SMiSA is, who it is and what it does then I will have done my bit.
Likes: Seeing St.Mirren do well, wrestling, cars, Top Gear,
Blues Brothers, Mad Max, Transformers, Ninja Turtles, good films like the
Shawshank Redemption, The 80s, Qi, Red Dwarf, Homer Simpson, old school computer
games, Subbuteo, Punk, Rock, Classical, 80s Pop, Metal, nostalgia, Panini
Stickers, the ending to Only A World Cup (‘90) Excuse, alcohol, The JBs bus, Paisley’s
skyline, the sight below you coming over the Glennie Braes at night, a bottle
of icy Magners on a summer evening, the smell of burning wood or creosote, roaring
fires at wintertime, Christmas & New Year.
Dislikes: Seeing St.Mirren not do well, The Old Firm, Fake
Plastic Teams, Teams bankrolled to success they could not possibly achieve by
normal means, Teams that go into administration to avoid paying players they
bought and cannot afford, New Labour, Tories, Scotland not being Independent,
people saying Scotland cannae be independent, grounds with only 2/3 decent
stands and empty sides/wendy houses, Paisley having so few decent shops, clubs
opening shops where they don’t play, meeja that pander to the Old Firm,
hypocrites, racists, Nazis, druggies, neds, Gr**n*ck, the Buckfast Triangle.
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