Well, with the international break in full swing, not much to report on the football front so it will be short with just a hint of sweetness.  I can`t resist mentioning, however, that the odd Southampton player has featured in one or two international successes over the weekend.  

The lethal combination of Stuart Armstrong and Che Adams contributed to Scotland`s 2-0 World Cup qualifier win away at Moldova and Moussa Djenepo helped Mali to a 3-0 win away in Rwanda - a difficult place to go to I imagine.  I had expected to see Saints` Chelsea loanee Slough born Albanian centre forward Armando Broja appear against England on Friday evening but it seems he was either injured or unwell.  Saving himself for Norwich away next Saturday I hope.  Meanwhile, our Norwegian playmaker Mohammed Elyounoussi  played in the 0-0 draw with Latvia and Jan Bednarek featured for Poland in their 4-1 win in Andorra.

On the domestic minnow-watching front Vale of Leithen went down by the narrowest of margins - just 2-1 - against The Spartans in the Lowland League and Maidstone drew 0-0 against Havant and Waterlooville and away from minnow land, Gillingham secured a creditable 1-1 draw away to Sheffield Wednesday and Aldershot Town finally managed a 2-1 win at home to Grimsby.  

Truro City play today against Bognor Regis Town but neither Fort William nor Stoke Gabriel had a game yesterday;  which leaves Brechin City to be the star of the show this week with a 5-0 away win at Formartine United in the Highland League Cup.

Today however I shall mostly be concerned with the cricket T20 World Cup final in the hope that New Zealand finally get their hands on that trophy.  C`mon you Kiwis....