Planet Football has had a soft spot for the mighty Cowdenbeath ever since their Ross County rivals composed "they come frae near Loch Gelly, they havnae got a telly, they're dirty and they're smelly, the Cowden Family".
In fairness, though, Cowdenbeath retaliated in fairly spectacular style on their `When the Sun Shines' website with . . . what's the difference between a Ross County fan and the Rolling Stones? The Rolling Stones have a song called Hey you, get offa my cloud and the County fan has one called Hey McCloud, get offa my ewe. Cough.
Anyway, the third division leaders are just a win away from clinching their first title - and only the third in their history - in 62 years. If they do it they will, no doubt, celebrate with a rousing rendition of their sublime anthem (to the tune of When the Saints go marching in): "There was a coo (i.e. cow) on yonder hill, there was a coo on yonder hill, it's no' there noo, it must've shifted, there was a coo on yonder hill".
If history repeats, though, the celebrations might be cut a bit short - the last two times they won the title world wars broke out (1913-1914 and 1938-1939). Batten down the hatches, we can hear the rumble of tanks.
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