If you were planning to travel to Germany for Sunday night’s Euro 2016 qualification opener against world champions Germany, don’t bother.
No, save your pennies. Save them for France two years hence. Because, dear reader, we (by which I mean Scotland) are qualifying for the finals.
Yup, after a 16 year absence from the footballing world’s top table, our nation is set for a triumphant return.
Not convinced?
Well, let me tell you I am not expecting you to take my word for it.
No, I am expecting you to take the word of a top boffin. Dr Nicolas Scelles no less. The Stirling University academic has used all manner of mathematical wizardry to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Scotland will qualify (in second place, just behind Germany but ahead of Poland and Ireland).
That’s that settled then. Hurrah.
It would perhaps be easy to be cynical about the aforegoing, but one piece of news in no doubt whatsoever is our revelation that love lives.
We have the tale of a dramatic proposal atop the Forth Road Bridge. Lovely stuff to ensure you start your Saturday with a smile.
You may, however, wish to harden your heart before turning to our referendum coverage.
Politicians saying yes, politicians saying no, politicians saying I told you so. Can’t they agree on anything? Yes. Or no. Depending on which side of the fence you are on. Jolly confusing stuff. Our man Kieran Andrews makes sense of it all. which is good of him. Although we do pay him to do so. Indeed it could be argued he is merely doing his job.
We also have a cracking Lego story. Everyone loves Lego. That’s pretty much the story, but for even fuller details be sure to snap up your essential weekend read (The Courier, for the avoidance of doubt).
There is a very real danger you’ll feel a bit low if you miss out on Saturday’s Courier and that would be a terrible shame. If you don’t fancy print, there is a ready alternative in the fiendishly cunning guise of our super digital edition. Yippee.