Bogbrush1903 Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 4 hours ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said: Coincidence indeed! So much so that you just notified me that Scott Brown had retired, I really pay so little attention to the top leagues these days. Would definitely recommend you skip the Lowland League and visit some of the delights further down the pyramid. Millburn Park is a gem from a bygone era, no better place to start. I am mostly continuing my boycott of the Lowland League. This season I've only been to games at Edinburgh Uni, Dalbeattie and Bonnyrigg, three of the "good guys" who voted against the Colts. Will get to the other two (Civil Service and Bo'ness) eventually and that will be as far as I'm prepared to go this season. Will be watching the vote for next season with interest. Sorry, I got Vale of Leven mixed up with Vale of Leithen. I've been doing the English FA Cup sequence this season which has taken most of my time (and money), starting at the extra-preliminary in Penrith, I follow the winners of each round. My last match was at Southampton (Wednesday night vs West Ham) but I went to Weymouth on the following Saturday. I'm attracted to having a go at the North Caledonian League. I've done Tain St Duthus and Loch Ness but that was during Covid. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 From a "Big Match Revisited" on ITV4. 1st Feb 1980. George Best top left scoring for Hibs v Celtic. Obviously it was deemed that there was no colour clash!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 66 years ago today... Monday 12th March 1956 British Olympic Appeal international Scotland 2-1 Anglo-South Africa at Ibrox, Glasgow 60,000 History books will tell you that Scotland first encountered Africans in the shape of Zaire at WC 1970 in West Germany, and didn't host a team from that continent until Egypt came to Pittodrie in 1990. However this unofficial match to help fund the British Olympic team for Melbourne 1956 bordered on a full international in all but name, the visitors being the cream of South African talent playing outside their home country - including Rangers pair Don Kichenbrand and Johnny Hubbard. First half goals from Lawrie Reilly and Bobby Collins were enough to suppress a spirited South African side, who halved the deficit with a late Hubbard penalty. With no Rangers player starting for Scotland much of the Ibrox crowd backed the Springboks. It was all in a good cause too as a large attendance raised £8,000 to fund the Olympians travel and acccomodation down under. Some novelty facts: there were no match fees - Olympic spirit being amateur - so the winners instead received "beautiful tartan rugs". Scotland wore British Olympic red and South Africa their traditional green. HT entertainment was provided by the Womens Royal Auxiliary Corps. John Hewie had previously been capped by Scotland B - despite never having previously set foot north of the border (his parents were Scottish but he was born in Pretoria); then represented South Africa in this game; and played well enough to earn himself a full Scotland cap against England the following month, going on to have a fine international career. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 13, 2022 Share Posted March 13, 2022 Also played that night... Monday 12th March 1956 Anglo-Scottish Floodlight League Newcastle United 1-1 Partick Thistle at St James Park, Newcastle 13,790 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boghead ranter Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 On 12/03/2022 at 13:37, Le Tout P'ti FC said: First visit today to Millburn Park, Alexandria. Home of Vale of Leven FC. 10th most Scottish Cup Final appearances (seven). Three wins, four defeats. Last final was 1890, but never say never... Sixth most wins, i.e. same number of cup wins as Hibs, Killie, St Mirren and Clyde. Founder member of the SFL in 1890. Delighted to make it here finally. In the valley, the lovely vaaaa-leeeeyyy, where the Leee-Ven flows.... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) 15 years ago today... Tuesday 13th March 2007 European Celebration Match Manchester United 4-3 Rest of Europe at Old Trafford, Manchester 74,343 Sir Alex Ferguson lead Manchester United to victory in this special match commemorating 50 years of the EEC, which the UK didn't actually join until 1973. Sadly no Scot made it into a star-studded Europe side. Rooney's brace, Brown and Ronaldo's stunner for the hosts; Malouda and Diouf's double for the visitors. Edited March 14, 2022 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 On 13/03/2022 at 16:42, Piquet said: From a "Big Match Revisited" on ITV4. 1st Feb 1980. George Best top left scoring for Hibs v Celtic. Obviously it was deemed that there was no colour clash!! I was born in 1976 and from as long as I can remember, Celtic and Hibs wore their regular kits in matches against one another nearly all the time up until the late 1980's when replica kit sales, aided with increased television coverage was a factor, several cup finals between the sides in the 60's and 70's played with no change kits. Celtic started using a yellow change kit at Easter Road around 1987 but, bizarrely Hibs still wore their regular kit at Celtic Park for a few years after that, I recall this in a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park in February 1990, that may have been the last time this occurred in the fixture I.e both sides wearing the first choice kits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 16, 2022 Share Posted March 16, 2022 Perfect conditions for a goalless draw between Wales and Scotland at Cardiff City's Ninian Park in 1971. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leith Green Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Flybhoy said: I was born in 1976 and from as long as I can remember, Celtic and Hibs wore their regular kits in matches against one another nearly all the time up until the late 1980's when replica kit sales, aided with increased television coverage was a factor, several cup finals between the sides in the 60's and 70's played with no change kits. Celtic started using a yellow change kit at Easter Road around 1987 but, bizarrely Hibs still wore their regular kit at Celtic Park for a few years after that, I recall this in a 1-1 draw at Celtic Park in February 1990, that may have been the last time this occurred in the fixture I.e both sides wearing the first choice kits. I have never really seen much of a problem with Celtic and Hibs wearing their home strips (like in that photo). I am a few years older than you and its the same for most matches of my youth - both teams wearing their "normal" kit and nobody really had much of an issue with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlandmagar Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Perfect conditions for a goalless draw between Wales and Scotland at Cardiff City's Ninian Park in 1971. When football was football and men were men. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 9 hours ago, Highlandmagyar Tier 3 said: Ninian Park: When football was football, men were men and sheep were scared.... FTFY 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 17, 2022 Share Posted March 17, 2022 Walter Smith having a chat with the referee at a wintry Celtic Park in December 1973 as Dundee United drew 3-3 with the home side, these days they wouldn't even bother with a pitch inspection for a day like that although, with the advent of under soil heating conditions like that are more easily overcome. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 The first Ibrox disaster was almost 120 years ago, in early April 1902. 25 fans died and over 500 were injured when a section of a recently constructed structure collapsed on the west terrace during the Scotland v England match. The match continued to a 1-1 draw, but was voided afterwards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 It was a wooden terrace, made of substandard wood, that gave way. When you look at it with modern eyes you think "there's no way I'd have stood on that" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Reminds me of a picture in "The Football Grounds of Great Britain" book where an end terrace at Roker Park was constructed in a similar design, albeit with reinforced concrete instead of wood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 On 18/02/2022 at 00:38, HibeeJibee said: 64 years ago today... Monday 17th February 1958 Representative match Rangers 1-1 Scotland at Ibrox, Glasgow 60,000 Scotland continued their World Cup build-up with a club-v-country game against the Scottish champions, but only drew before a partisan crowd largely backing the Govan men. Max Murray put their favourites ahead after 5mins - Jackie Mudie of Blackpool struck Scotland's equaliser 12mins later. Eric Caldow faced his own employers. Gary Imlach’s biography of his father Stewart Imlach, My Father and Other Working Class Football Heroes, won the William Hill Sports Book of the Year (2005) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDee1893 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 15 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: Reminds me of a picture in "The Football Grounds of Great Britain" book where an end terrace at Roker Park was constructed in a similar design, albeit with reinforced concrete instead of wood. That is a cracking photo of Roker Park. I never knew the open terrace had been built like that, just assumed that it would be the traditional mound that had been created with ash terrace and then later concreted over. Do you know if the structure was always able to be viewed like that or was it filled in to look more substantial? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) This is another angle of the terrace, showing the 'gap' through which the spectators fell. Archibald Leitch designed the terrace but despite this, he had a long, successful career. Among his designs were Ibrox, Roker and Goodison. They all shared his "Saltire" facing on the front of the top deck of the stand. Edited March 27, 2022 by Piquet Typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 'Leach' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Le Tout P'ti FC Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 The Academy Award for outstanding Scottish footballer goes to... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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