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Tom Boland

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  1. On 01/10/2023 at 13:00, HibeeJibee said:

    Remember that time the great Stanley Matthews played for Clyde?

    Me neither... but seems he did 70yrs ago v Everton at Celtic Park in Belfast, in fundraiser for the De la Salle Boys Orphanage.

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    That wasn't the only time Matthews 'assisted' a Scottish club. In April 1940, under the special registration conditions of wartime,  he was spirited into the Airdrie team to play Dundee United in the semi-final replay of the Emergency War Cup (the Scottish Cup in all but name). Though within the rules at the time it was regarded as sharp practice and reports stated that the majority of the 20,000+ crowd at Easter Road backed United as a consequence. Whatever, United won 3-1 and Matthews didn't score.

  2. On 06/07/2023 at 09:05, kingjoey said:

    Tannadice is completely rebuilt, but Dens looks the same as it did in the 60s. When was the rebuild of Dens, genuinely have no idea.

    Tannadice didn't get a complete rebuild. The George Fox was opened in 1992, the East Stand (now the Eddie Thompson Stand) two years later and the Fair Play Stand in 97 (now named for Jim McLean). The Shed merely had seats installed in it in 94 and has had nothing done to it since. Apart from plastic seats replacing the original wooden ones, the L-shaped main stand is pretty much as it was when built in 1962. 

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