O'Kelly Isley III Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 9 hours ago, AuAl said: I find seeing the grounds that came before to be very interesting. Sadly too young to have experienced the likes of Broomfield, Brockville, Boghead etc. While Somerset has always had an "old" feeling I can't say I've ever felt anything was unsafe. Dumbarton and East Fife's grounds are the most awful examples of "new" I've been to. Completely soulless and uninteresting to me (sorry to Dumbarton and East Fife fans). I'm very excited for the redevelopment of the north side of the ground at Somerset and extremely happy that it will remain terraced (with some seats added behind) as that is where I tend to stand. We'll see what else is implemented down the line in the next couple of decades (if anything), but I think the plans for the North Terrace have made clear that terracing is here to stay. Hopefully any new builds (if there are any in the coming years other than Lesser Hampden) will feature terracing and allow viewing from all sides. No offence taken, and when I reach my dotage it will be memories of Boghead I recall as opposed to our current ground. FYI, there's a wonderful panoramic double-page picture from the 1950's in one of Steve Finan's latest book. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 I was at this match 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 Rowan Alexander at his testimonial match at the start of the 95-96 season. He didn't play for us after this and was soon off to his local club, Queen of the South. We'd had a number of testimonials in the years before this - 1986 - Jimmy Simpson (v Rangers) 1990 - John McNeil (v Rangers) 1994 - Martin Doak (v Rangers) We also seemed to play endless pre-season friendlies against Rangers in that era too. I told the Chairman at a Q&A session that I was sick of seeing us play Rangers, and from his reply I got the impression that he was too. The committee in charge of Rowan Alexander's game came up with a game against......Falkirk. Our next testimonial match in 1997 for David Wylie, saw Rangers invited again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 To be fair, in May 1995 we had just finished 5th in the top flight, and missed out on Europe by a single digit number of points. I won't mention what happened in 95/96 though as my memory appears to have deleted those files temporarily. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 1 hour ago, jagfox said: I was at this match So was I. I worked with him at the time in Airdrie Social Security. He used to come to 5 a sides, take the pish out the rest of us, then go to training. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: To be fair, in May 1995 we had just finished 5th in the top flight, and missed out on Europe by a single digit number of points. I won't mention what happened in 95/96 though as my memory appears to have deleted those files temporarily. The match programme did mention "Premier League side Falkirk" and it did mean that for once we won a testimonial match (1-0, Rajamaki). I'd been hoping for Brentford, the club we got him from (and they got him from St. Mirren). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewanandmoreagain Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 On 29/12/2022 at 19:40, HibeeJibee said: Associated ( alleged ) trivia 1 ) Billy Bremner was booed by the home crowd for man MARKING Pele 2 ) Pele knocked out four of B.B.s teeth 3 ). Willie Bell very allegedly head butted Pele 4 ) Brazil equalised from a corner ! 5 ) Jim still looks Slim despite having left rangers 6 ) John Clark was in defence 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted December 31, 2022 Share Posted December 31, 2022 The Cowshed at Cappielow in 1995, back when there was a segregation fence and away fans got a large chunk of it. By 2000 the new chairman had done this to it, despite promising us a new all-seater Cowshed. And here it is now. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eder Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 40 years ago today Too many from the line ups gone too soon. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 16 hours ago, AyrshireTon said: The Cowshed at Cappielow in 1995, back when there was a segregation fence and away fans got a large chunk of it. By 2000 the new chairman had done this to it, despite promising us a new all-seater Cowshed. And here it is now. I used to love the derby games when both sets of fans were housed in the Cowshed. Your ground lost so much atmosphere when it was made home only in that section. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 4 minutes ago, Eder said: 40 years ago today Too many from the line ups gone too soon. Why can’t we go back to playing games on New Years Day? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Eder said: 40 years ago today Too many from the line ups gone too soon. And the fact they have specified the Yellow Section ties in with what @RandomGuy.and others were discussing on the crumbling stadia thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 (edited) Johan Cruyff at Love Street. Shortly before the following conversation took place as he signed my match programme. Johan Cruyff: Your page is wet. Me (turning page): Can you sign there, then? Johan Cruyff: No. Picture comes from @NoordFey on Twitter, who has posted a few other Feyenoord photos from the era, and judging by their content, he was almost certainly involved in the punch up that took place outside Love Street after that game. Edited January 2, 2023 by Dirty Sanchez 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyAnchor Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 On 22/12/2022 at 03:15, shuggz said: In the Celtic pic, I notice a Crilly....Father Teds granda? That would be an ecumenical matter 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty Sanchez Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Michel Platini pretending to be enjoying a St Johnstone v St Mirren cup tie at McDiarmid Park in 2008. Sepp Blatter was there as well but obviously thought better of being seen sitting next to any of these guys. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtart1972 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 On 31/12/2022 at 21:27, AyrshireTon said: The Cowshed at Cappielow in 1995, back when there was a segregation fence and away fans got a large chunk of it. By 2000 the new chairman had done this to it, despite promising us a new all-seater Cowshed. And here it is now. 2 different games back in 1980/81 and latterly 1978/79. Good crowd in The Cowshed for both games. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 26 minutes ago, jagfox said: I'll be in that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 11 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I'll be in that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Think it's been posted before - but this was half a century ago today. Colin Stein scored and Peter Lorimer also played. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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