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Gimme the Fife: East Fife 2-0 Edinburgh City

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The last game I watched in Scotland was very much unbeknownst to me given that it happened before the pandemic, and before I made plans to leave Glasgow for good back in 2020. That game was a 4-1 win for Pollok at Neilston on 29th February in the snow - a leap year and a leap into the unknown once COVID hit. As Futbology ominously tells me: nobody else was there. I mean, others were there, but still... It seems strange writing about my return well over four years on given my unwavering love for Scotland and Glasgow in particular, but life happens in mysterious ways, and it often passes in the blink of an eye. Now I find myself in the final week of a summer job in Newcastle, which has allowed for at least one trip back over the border.  The game in question would of course be East Fife v Edinburgh City - from what I've heard, one of the league's favourites against some relegations candidates who could only amass 8 points last season. The plan was to meet up with Tom for the firs...