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1 hour ago, Otis Blue said:
The old East End was a cracking stadium. Remember going to one of the first Sunday cup ties there in the mid 70s - unfortunately Queens lost 1-0 that day with John Dempster somehow clearing the crossbar from the middle of the 6 yd box. Grand day out though.
Much as it pains me, I agree with you on it being a cracking ground. The atmosphere was immense under the shed on the north side, especially in the dark where you could hear, but barely see what was on the other side.
The noise cranked up when the teams used to emerge from separate doors, rather than a tunnel, in the main stand and had to trot down the steps on to the pitch.
We actually used to win an odd game or two through there when it was like that.
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1 minute ago, Beachbum said:
Anyone know if there are supporters buses running to Ibrox?
There was information on bus travel on the website.
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7 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:
My brother was at that. And still fumes at the refereeing injustices to this day.
I can't remember an awful lot about that game, other than the fact United must have won as they played Motherwell in the final.
If you want to talk about refereeing injustices, fast forward a few posts to the photo of Moyes and Watson re the 1991-92 league cup semi.
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6 hours ago, Steve McQueen said:
We played Dundee Utd at East End Park in 91 so maybe its just the west coast clubs that have expectations of Hampden.
League cup semi between Raith & Airdrie was at McDiarmid in 94
United v St Johnstone at East End in 1991.
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20 minutes ago, jagfox said:
John Lambie - born on this day in 1941 - gone, but not forgotten.
When you think of John Lambie, Frank Connor, Ally MacLeod, Eddie Hunter, Jock Wallace and Jim Leishman, you soon realise how bland and sterile today's managers are.
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1 hour ago, Steve McQueen said:
We played Dundee Utd at East End Park in 91 so maybe its just the west coast clubs that have expectations of Hampden.
League cup semi between Raith & Airdrie was at McDiarmid in 94
East End hosted the 1979/80 League Cup semi final between Dundee United and Hamilton as well.
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Sad news.
A great servant to your club and fitting that you named your Main Stand after him.
His teams always played good football and produced a conveyor belt of young talent.
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1 minute ago, Ro Sham Bo said:
There's no danger we're overhauling a gap of 5 or 6 points on two of Morton, Ayr and Thistle.
Especially with Morton and Ayr having a game in hand against each other.
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9 hours ago, tazz1903 said:
Nobody gives a shit, Just saying
You should ask an adult nicely if they'll take you to the game as you'll get in for free.
You can't have had many opportunities to attend a Cup Final of any sort. I'm sure you'll enjoy it.
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11 hours ago, R.R.FC said:
Colin Steven getting wiped out was a flare worthy moment tbf.
I'm surprised none of our players took the opportunity to tread / stamp on him when he was down (accidentally, of course).
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7 hours ago, Zen Archer (Raconteur) said:
During lockdown everyone made impulse buys, for some it was easy to justify upgrading your power tool collection.
At least that Dremel would become useful sometime, alas...
There was a wee incident in Still Game involving a Dremel, although it was somewhat overshadowed in the same episode by Boabby's video.
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5 hours ago, Grant228 said:
Does that include the amount paid to Clyde, and the wages paid to Goodwillie while he was at the club?
So much money to then cause so much grief.
Not that it makes good reading whichever way you spin it, but that £105,000 termination figure probably includes James Keatings as well as Goodwillie.
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A frustrating night for Rovers, and probably Ayr fans are feeling the same.
If it's not your night and nothing is quite clicking in the final third, it's just a case of make sure you don't lose the game, so in that respect, take the point and move on.
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A man on the end of the front row who led his own army all the way to Argentina.
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1 hour ago, Flybhoy said:
Scotland squad for the 1986 World Cup in Mexico wearing some pretty awful suits, I had no idea Arthur Albiston was such a short arse.
Ralph Slater might have a bit to answer for here.
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1 hour ago, kingjoey said:
He was.
Cheers
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47 minutes ago, kingjoey said:
Can’t believe that you didn’t recognise one of the key players in the our 1979/80 League winning squad!
Was Scanlon part of the deal that took Peter Weir to Pittodrie?
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1 hour ago, bagpuss said:
Colin Steven twice in a month. Who have we upset at the SFA ?
Wonder which Rovers players he'll send off for not very much this time.
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In Friday's programme:
- A chat with man of both clubs Craig McEwan (also Friday's FPA guest),
- A tribute to former Rovers goalkeeper Andy Graham,
- An interview with Ryan Nolan,
- A top of the table memory match from January 2009,
- Seeing as the BBC are here, a chat with pundit Leanne Crichton about her playing, coaching and media career,
- Rovers doctor Katy Green's new arrival,
Plus all the usual features including:
- Manager's Notes,
- On This Day,
- Mascots feature,
- Motherwell and QP match reports and pics,
- Stats, Quiz and Pics from past games.
On sale in and around the ground for only £3
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It's the Wonga logo on the trackie bottoms that really adds the touch of class.
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Steven sent an Inverness player off tonight.
Flabbergasted.
Remember him awarding a penalty at Tannadice on Christmas Eve against Craig Gordon when the poor guy was lying a heap with his leg hanging off?
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8 minutes ago, Ewanandmoreagain said:
A *** referee disallowed a Dundee Utd screamer in some cup final the ***s eventually cheated
81/82 League Cup Final with United 1-0 up at the time.
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On 20/02/2023 at 18:53, Dundee Hibernian said:
Keeping the theme of players giving the 'v' on the park................
......Billy Bremner, one of 5 Scots playing for Leeds United in the 1975 European Cup Final in Paris. The others were David Stewart, Frank Gray, Peter Lorimer and Joe Jordan. Another Scot, Eddie Gray, came on as substitute in a match in which Leeds felt harshly teated by the French referee.
I recall watching on TV, and thinking Franz Beckenbauer was getting away with an awful lot of influence over the officials.
There's an absolutely brilliant series available online and on YouTube called Leeds United the Wilderness Years.
It starts with that game in Paris and charts their subsequent decline. I won't give too much away, but there's one episode of absolute gold (possibly episode
where the referee is standing in the centre circle on a microphone telling fans to clear the pitch as he isn't going to abandon the game.
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5 hours ago, AuAl said:
Raith 3-0 Ayr
I shouldn't have thought so.
The last time Rovers beat Ayr 3-0 at Stark's Park was Ally MacLeod's swansong as Ayr manager.
I think we've won 3-0 at Somerset since then, and you've dished out a few to us (twice in 2017/18 including a missed penalty).
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where the referee is standing in the centre circle on a microphone telling fans to clear the pitch as he isn't going to abandon the game.
A Photographic History Of Scottish Football
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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I would reckon that could well be true, unless someone did it for Clydebank when they had consecutive promotions in the mid 1970s.
I'm sure the Pars fans nicknamed him Winker and the Rovers fans called him something very similar.