Northboy

In Asia you often see people wearing clothes with phrases that have been badly translated. I saw a Chinese girl in Australia last year with a t-shirt saying 'I AM FLEE SPIRIT'.

I used to work for a boss who generally wasn't a bad bloke but he was a bit old school and had a slightly pompous way about him. One day when his car was in for service he asked a young lab technician if he could drop him off at the garage on the way home. As it was on his way the technician agreed and waited in the car park for him after work. The boss turned up and promptly settled himself in the back of the car like he was being chauffeured. The technician lad was too young and quiet to say anything but several people in the car park at the time noticed and the next day it was all around work. The boss was ribbed for it for years up until he retired and to be fair he took the wind ups in fairly good faith.

When my kids were young they had a book about life in some town and all the people who lived and worked there. The characters all had fantastic names but the only one I remember was the vet - Mike Atsill.

In what way is "Dundee move off bottom spot" or "Cosgrove Double as Dons breeze past Accies" positive to the home team? Just what I though too. Ironic given the title of this thread.

He's right in one way - it isn't the best story on the world.

It's well known that goalie gloves were invented by sticking the dimbled rubber from cheap table tennis bats onto gardening gloves. Rumour has it this was on an early 70s version of Dragon's Den.

That was the year Rovers ordered all the strips in the same size. The company wouldn't take them back, so players were signed they would fit. They must have had a good deal from the kit company especially as some of the socks look to have been through the wash a few times. On first sight I thought this was a youth/school team until I clocked the moustache and on the guy at the front of the line up (guy behind him could be his brother).

He didn't even look particularly great then.

Only since the late 18th century apparently.

I did think about that too - although he is described as the BBC's tennis correspondent we all know that in practice he is the BBC's Andy Murray correspondent.

Yes, probably our best performance at a tournament finals. As always we failed to progress but it was a tough, tough group and I remember us playing particularly well.

The chase is giving me the rage these days, I'm sure they're deliberately selecting thickos. I'm always suspected that quiz shows, particularly in prime time slots, have a restriction on anyone with any serious knowledge. Part of the appeal is watching someone who can't answer the questions when you can.

Is he trying to get in or out? Is the old boke standing as lookout? Judging by the apparent lack of people, vehicles and general activity I'm guessing this may not actually be a match day.

There is an argument that the Scotland v England match was the only one that mattered and that both nations combined to sh#t on Wales and Northern Ireland but keep the glamour fixture going in the form of the Rous Cup. The success of Scotland, England and Northern Ireland in qualifying for Spain 82 and the anticipation that they might (and did) repeat the feat at Mexico 86 raised questions about where the Home Internationals could fit in the football calendar. Scheduling was also difficult due to the regular participation of English clubs in the final stages of European competition which in that era also involved numerous Scottish, Welsh and Irish players as well as English. I always liked the Home Internationals but in hindsight it had become stagnant and probably a bit parochial too.

In reality if a group of big clubs want to form a European Super League then it is going to happen. UEFA/FIFA may well threaten penalties but experience in other sports shows that top level breakaways tend to become the established norm. I've considered a European Super League as inevitable for some time. The challenge for football as a whole is to ensure that a Super League is structured so that any club from any country has the possibility to reach if they can.

Looks like it. I've got no recollection of that game, though. I thought I could remember just about every Scotland -England game from about 1973 until the late 80's I like to think I also have a good memory for matches in this era but I can't recall anything about this one.

Would this have been a midweek match? My memories of Home Internationals was that Scotland usually starter with Wales on first weekend, NI midweek then England the last weekend.

Eric Black?

Stuart Munro on the far right ? Don't think that other one's Davie Dodds , but I don't know who it is Far right is a mystery to me but a mate has suggested Brian Scott, the former Celtic physio who also worked with the Scotland squad.

Looks like Eamon Bannon behind Eck. I thought it was Bannon too, in the days when he had hair.

When you pay by cash at Tesco self service tills why does your change have to be given in the maximum possible number of coins?

Scotland vs Northern Ireland at Hampden in late 60s, crowd just over 7000. Bring back the Home Internationals!

Not a pish advert but I'm impressed by the current INDEED jobs agency TV advert where they've been open minded enough to use a middle aged white man as the successful jobseeker.

Agreed, I've never understood why Dubai and Doha are so well organised yet Abu Dhabi is a nightmare to transit through.

Someone has just told me that breathing creates vast amounts of CO2. As a committed environmentalist I think we need to consider banning it.