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Klepto

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  1. They've still an outstanding cup tie to play v Dunipace
  2. Rossvale 3 v 4 Dunipace, Espener free kick at 2-3
  3. I think they're aw pissed in that photie
  4. http://img573.imageshack.us/img573/8138/37701925387793160061449.jpg Back ,W Coyle, A Dunion, H Dunigan, T Garner, J Mcneil, C Mcmahon, A Crossley, P Mcbride, J Odonnell, M Ryan, Middle, B Kelly, J Mcnally, H Grant, J Grant, O Mcmahon, J Mcmullen, J Mcateer, J O'hanlon, P Ryan, F Hannon, Front, M Mckenna, A Mcneil, Father Obrien, J Dunnigan, Father Maguire, O Dunnigan.
  5. A piece I dug for another site a while back: Dunipace famously gave Celtic Davie Adams, Denny Athletic gave them Willie Loney (the obliterator). But most famously of all Denny Hibernian produced a young fella called Matt Busby: According to Old Trafford folklore, when the doctor placed her new-born son into Nellie Busby's arms in the family's cramped pitman's cottage, he ran his eyes over the babe's thrashing, stocky legs and prophesised: "A footballer has come into this house this day." (The date, incidentally, was May 26, 1909 and come that day in 1999 Manchester United would celebrate the 90th anniversary of Matt Busby's birth by completing a historic treble with victory over Bayern Munich in the European Cup final in Barcelona.) The five Busbys lived crammed into two small rooms - kitchen and bedroom/living-room - there was a single outside tap to wash off the coal dust and a shared lavatory a 75-yard sprint away. But as devoted Roman Catholics they had their church for comfort, one another for love and, in young Matt's case, his football for fun as he progressed from the village team to Alpine Villa (with whom he collected a Scottish Under-18 Cup winner's medal) before signing for crack junior side, Denny Hibs. Busby's father was to be killed by a German sniper in the first world war, leaving Busby without a father at a young age; he also lost three uncles to the same war. Busby would often accompany his father down the coal pits but always had, from a very young age, an aspiration to become a footballer. As a teenager, Busby's mother applied for a visa to move to the USA, a move which at the time would have ruined any chance of Busby becoming a professional football player. Luckily, there was a nine month wait for a Visa and during that time Busby found himself playing part time football for a team called Denny Hibs. It took just a few games for Denny Hibs before English second division side Manchester City snapped him up, meaning that Busby could pursue his dream.
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