LongTimeLurker Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 1 hour ago, neildrake said: Pretty sure that's my theatre of dreams named after the trees - Fir Park. you may be right: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Holly Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 12/08/2020 at 19:18, kingjoey said: When I was young and carefree, a while ago admittedly, I absolutely loved going to the old Hampden. If you were in the Mount Florida end at a Scotland game and we scored, it was just simply a dust storm, and you were blowing black stuff into your hankie for a few days. Loved it. likewise. when scotland scored we used to push down and cause a surge then grab any cairy oots in our path.it was also well worth hanging about at the end and seeing what you could find.cairy oots,money,watches,lighters etc kept us youngsters happy. oh aye,you needed 3 baths before school the next day to get rid of the hampden dust. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 11 minutes ago, Buddie Holly said: likewise. when scotland scored we used to push down and cause a surge then grab any cairy oots in our path.it was also well worth hanging about at the end and seeing what you could find.cairy oots,money,watches,lighters etc kept us youngsters happy. oh aye,you needed 3 baths before school the next day to get rid of the hampden dust. Did you find my specs? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buddie Holly Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 specs were a common sight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullydee Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 23 hours ago, tamthebam said: Pure guess Flybhoy but could it be Cathkin Park? Looks like Fir park Motherwell to me. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tullydee Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 15/08/2020 at 10:18, 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? Looks like Fir Park Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 15/08/2020 at 10:22, Sergeant Wilson said: 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. An opponent of Airdrie was sent off as opposed to carried off ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 On 14/08/2020 at 07:21, Academically Deficient said: They were a very good team. Is that the season they won promotion? They drew Motherwell in the Scottish Cup and there was huge hype about that game. I went with my Dad to Fir Park to watch it, cos he'd heard so much about how good St Mirren were, the crowd was big (maybe close to 20,000) and there was a great atmosphere. Motherwell were brutal and kicked St Mirren black and blue. Craig Brown was Motherwell assistant at the time I think, and was on the radio recently, chuckling away at his memory of his pre-match instructions which were, in essence, "make sure you kick them black and blue". Any Saints fans have similar memories of this game? Motherwell fans probably recall it as a typically robust performance and routine victory from their 70s team Good old Craig ! and I felt sorry for him having to suffer Cosgrove and Cowan after we drew with the Faroes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 3 minutes ago, ewan14 said: An opponent of Airdrie was sent off as opposed to carried off ? That was way before that reputation had been acquired. They would have been any worse than anyone else at the time. MoVie stood out a bit at the time, but there plenty of others like him. Come to think of it Airdrie had Willie McPheat and Davie Marshall who were animals. I think it was the recently departed Tam Forsyth who told the story of his debut and tackling one of them ( I can't remember which ). As they recovered Tam expected the other to roll away from him and get up. However the player rolled towards him, got up and stood on Tam's legs and walked up his body and stood on his head. Happier, simpler times! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) The corners in question... Fir Park: East End Park: Not convinced it's either tbh, but EEP (which was my instant guess) looks the more likely of the two (take the current floodlights out of course). Edited August 16, 2020 by Hedgecutter 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hedgecutter Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) Aberdeen v Third Lanark (late 50s or early 60s) with a coal-pile in the gas works behind the South Stand at Pittodrie, harking back to a pre-North Sea gas era in which gas had to be generated from coal. Edited August 19, 2020 by Hedgecutter 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 On 16/08/2020 at 20:49, Hedgecutter said: The corners in question... Fir Park: East End Park: Not convinced it's either tbh, but EEP (which was my instant guess) looks the more likely of the two (take the current floodlights out of course). Looking at the photo of Crerand, with the lowish terracing at the corner in front of the trees, it has to be Fir Park. The terracing in the corner is too high at East End Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 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. The trees made me think Cathkin as well. You're photo does appear to suggest otherwise though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Looking at the photo of Crerand, with the lowish terracing at the corner in front of the trees, it has to be Fir Park. The terracing in the corner is too high at East End Park.I think there's a possibility, looking at pictures of the time, that it could be Douglas Park.The picture below is the 'wrong way around' in relation to the Crerand photo but certainly looks possible, the covered terrace and the trees in the bottom corner. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Did Celtic ever play at Douglas Park in Crerand's time? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Did Celtic ever play at Douglas Park in Crerand's time?I have no idea, that did cross my mind but certainly going by the picture it's a possibility it's that ground. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 (edited) 12 minutes ago, scottmcleanscontacts said: 15 minutes ago, Jacksgranda said: Did Celtic ever play at Douglas Park in Crerand's time? I have no idea, that did cross my mind but certainly going by the picture it's a possibility it's that ground. For no reason whatsoever I thought it might be Annfield. Edited August 19, 2020 by Jacksgranda sllepnig 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Pack Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 Muirton Park 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottmcleanscontacts Posted August 19, 2020 Share Posted August 19, 2020 For no reason whatsoever I thought it might be Annfield.Think there's a very good chance you could be right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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