It is with very deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of our former player and manager, Bertie Auld, at the age of 83. who a day earlier became the first athlete to win the 100m at consecutive Olympics, was inside the stadium to see the reaction to the protest. The two athletes took off their shoes and wore black socks on the podium to highlight black poverty. Smith also had a black scarf to represent black pride, while Carlos had a necklace of beads to remember people who had been lynched. It could come down to a tit-for-tat tactical game, last time they both went at each other and it will be the coach that can calmly get their team through the intensity that might make the difference.