Flybhoy Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Seen this image of Pat Crerand on a Celtic fans Facebook page, no mention of the ground but I'm thinking possibly East End Park, Dunfermline? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 23 hours ago, Academically Deficient said: He even looks ready to take the photographer. Seen him.sent off twice in 4 says against Airdrie. Either a two legged cup tie or a cup game followed by a league game in the days before automatic suspension. Edited August 15, 2020 by Sergeant Wilson 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parsforlife Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 14 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Seen this image of Pat Crerand on a Celtic fans Facebook page, no mention of the ground but I'm thinking possibly East End Park, Dunfermline? I don’t think so. It looks similar but no sign of floodlights which were put in in 1959. As far as I can make out he didn’t play in the 1958 game at eep so I don’t think he would have played at eep pre floodlights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 23 hours ago, well_said said: An extremely gifted ball player, lol. Update on gifted ball player Willie McVie. Recently retired as publican at Larkhall's Royal Bar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 37 minutes ago, Academically Deficient said: Update on gifted ball player Willie McVie. Recently retired as publican at Larkhall's Royal Bar. An extremely gifted pint puller as well. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 40 minutes ago, Academically Deficient said: Update on gifted ball player Willie McVie. Recently retired as publican at Larkhall's Royal Bar. By the look of his customers, it might've been their last drink as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 52 minutes ago, Academically Deficient said: Update on gifted ball player Willie McVie. Recently retired as publican at Larkhall's Royal Bar. I'm guessing his big team wasn't Motherwell then? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Couldn't let the sad news about Tam Forsyth pass without posting this image of his netbursting winner in the 1973 centenary Scottish Cup final. It was also a historic occasion with the crowd of 122,714 being the last 6 figure attendance at a match in Britain not only Scotland. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 2 hours ago, Lurkst said: I'm guessing his big team wasn't Motherwell then? Well, you've got to cater to the local demand I suppose Not much of a future for O'Shaughnessy's Irish Bar in downtown Larky. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Lurkst said: I'm guessing his big team wasn't Motherwell then? Would explain a rather spectacular own goal against Rangers that was on either Scotsport or Sportscene. Think the result was 4-3 for Rangers but it's been a while. Willie McVie also starred for Blantyre Vics in a junior cup final against Baillieston at Ibrox. Captain with the trophy is Tommy Coghill, who also played for Hamilton Accies at one point: Edited August 15, 2020 by LongTimeLurker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulbrucerick Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Lurkst said: Couldn't let the sad news about Tam Forsyth pass without posting this image of his netbursting winner in the 1973 centenary Scottish Cup final. It was also a historic occasion with the crowd of 122,714 being the last 6 figure attendance at a match in Britain not only Scotland. Heard a lot about this tackle as well in the last day or so. Just before my time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 50 minutes ago, paulbrucerick said: Heard a lot about this tackle as well in the last day or so. Just before my time. Good tackle but Roughie had it covered. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 10 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Seen this image of Pat Crerand on a Celtic fans Facebook page, no mention of the ground but I'm thinking possibly East End Park, Dunfermline? Pure guess Flybhoy but could it be Cathkin Park? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Jo Jo Junior Shabadoo Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 12:32, ropy said: 33,000 of them were StMirren fans The infamous "Captain Sensible" constant. I'm sure I saw Jim Al-Khalili do a program about it once. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raidernation Posted August 15, 2020 Share Posted August 15, 2020 Seen this image of Pat Crerand on a Celtic fans Facebook page, no mention of the ground but I'm thinking possibly East End Park, Dunfermline?Look at they beets!I’ll bet you never had a broken metatarsal in one of those beauts! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LongTimeLurker Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: Pure guess Flybhoy but could it be Cathkin Park? Top of the terracing looks too low for Cathkin and were the trees there in the late 50s like there are now? Old photos suggest otherwise. Think we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss East End Park. Can't think of any other Scottish league ground from that era with scope for having trees like that, because usually there isn't higher ground behind the top of the terracing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 16 hours ago, paulbrucerick said: Heard a lot about this tackle as well in the last day or so. Just before my time. Magnificent. At the time I could already see Channon celebrating with that annoying windmill arm thing he did. It was a bit like the Chris Iwelumo miss but in reverse. There was a moment of disbelief "why isn't the ball in the net"? A perfect day for Scotland. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neildrake Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 52 minutes ago, LongTimeLurker said: Top of the terracing looks too low for Cathkin and were the trees there in the late 50s like there are now? Old photos suggest otherwise. Think we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss East End Park. Can't think of any other Scottish league ground from that era with scope for having trees like that, because usually there isn't higher ground behind the top of the terracing. 7 hours ago, Raidernation said: Look at they beets! I’ll bet you never had a broken metatarsal in one of those beauts! Pretty sure that's my theatre of dreams named after the trees - Fir Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 09/08/2020 at 09:29, SouthLanarkshireWhite said: Clyde 4 RC Lens 0 Another European tournament was in the offing though. The French Football Federation came up with a concept involving eight of their clubs playing against eight sides under the combined banner of Scotland and England. The Scottish League rejected this however, so two Friendship Cups were created instead; one for the English to compete against four French clubs, with the other four taking on Scottish teams. Clyde were invited to take part after a fine 6th place finish in the old First Division in 1959-60. Did they allow floodlit League/Cup matches back then? It took a while to catch on and some tournaments (including the European ones) were more or less made up to get some use out of them. There were still Floodlit Cup contests listed in the Rothmans into the 1970s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buchan30 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 Did they allow floodlit League/Cup matches back then? It took a while to catch on and some tournaments (including the European ones) were more or less made up to get some use out of them. There were still Floodlit Cup contests listed in the Rothmans into the 1970s.I remember being told that the league cup in england was introduced to get the use of them. What year that was, i am not sure. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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