well_said Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 20 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Willie Henderson sporting a quite magnificent tache in a friendly between QPR and Rangers in 1969, I vaguely remember as a kid, sure it was in the early 1980's that they had a bizarre some would suggest laughable policy of insisting players were clean shaven, probably in some staunch Presbyterian edict suggested by someone, I remember a newspaper article about Dougie Bell having to shave his beard when he joined from Hibs, any older posters recall this and who implemented and scrapped it? According to my rangers supporting colleague this photo was taken from a thread on follow follow .Imagine a Celtic fan reading a rangers forum . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 5 minutes ago, well_said said: According to my rangers supporting colleague this photo was taken from a thread on follow follow .Imagine a Celtic fan reading a rangers forum . I saw it on a Scottish football nostalgia page on Facebook and thought I'd share it on this thread. Swing and a miss. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
well_said Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 2 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: I saw it on a Scottish football nostalgia page on Facebook and thought I'd share it on this thread. Swing and a miss. Aye very good. Obsessed with rangers. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 19 hours ago, Buddie Holly said: john greig was allowed to grow a beard when rangers won the cup winners cup Pretty sure he grew it because he suffered an injury earlier on which made shaving awkward. He then promised to shave it off as soon as the CWC run ended. I vaguely remember them on TV going round Ibrox with the cup and the fans chanting "we want the beard off". 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, well_said said: Aye very good. Obsessed with rangers. 1 hour ago, well_said said: Aye very good. Obsessed with rangers. Okay, let's recap...... You saw my picture on this thread, you showed it to a 'friend' who is on Follow Follow who pointed out it was on that forum? Yeah that sounds 100% accurate and I'm sure you aren't on FF yourself. Why would you see a random picture on here and decide to just share it with someone who frequents a Rangers forum who would just coincidentally recall it being on there, methinks you have just outed yourself brother. Either way, I saw it on a Facebook page that has nostalgic Scottish football stuff on it, if you look at my posts on this thread you will see lots of similar types of images I've seen and shared on here as I had thought they would be of interest to some who, like me enjoy this thread and the nostalgia of it, some are Celtic related with me being a Celtic supporter but many aren't and centre round the national team, other Scottish clubs or Scottish players down in England or on the continent, obviously these pictures came from FF as well? But aye, I'm on Follow Follow because I'm obsessed with Rangers Edited May 9, 2023 by Flybhoy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 5 hours ago, buchan30 said: When i started watching football in the 90s and Even now looking back at some of these photos, every Scottish footballer looked like they were in their mid 40s-50s. Bobby Ford aged 31 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 8 hours ago, kennie makevin said: Clearly nothing to do with staunch Presbyterian edicts as the Celtic of the Stein era had a similar no facial hair rule. Check Alfie Çonn at Spurs and subsequently at Celtic for confirmation.. Motherwell may have had the same rule. I remember someone telling me goalkeeper Stewart "Basil" Rennie was allowed to grow a beard as it covered a scar sustained when he made a save at feet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 22 minutes ago, Specky Ginger said: Bobby Ford aged 31 Bobby Ford actually did play a game in his 50s for Whitehill v Edinburgh City. It was the end of the season, Welfare had won the League and had a Cup Final a few days later. Ford and Mike Lawson became probably the two oldest subs with a combined age of 102. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 08/05/2023 at 10:40, Buddie Holly said: was it not speedway? Edinburgh Monarchs were Coatbridge Monarchs for a while This bike featured in the 100 years of Cliftonhill Exhibition a couple of years ago 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted May 9, 2023 Share Posted May 9, 2023 On 08/05/2023 at 15:28, HibeeJibee said: It was 25yrs ago today Eire beat Italy by 2-1 at McDiarmid Park to win U16 Euros... last tournament hosted in Scotland except for 2019's Womens U19 Euros. In disappointing showing Scotland finished bottom of their group. 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship - Wikipedia According to tournament programme Scotland's 30-boy squad was: Mark Brown, Garry Hamilton, Barryjohn Corr, Jon Connolly Marc Cocozza, Maurice Ross, Chris Doig, Darren Goldie, Kevin Milne, Stephen Crainey, Kevin McDonald, Graham McGhee, Steven Reilly Billy Gibson, Gareth Williams, Paul McHale, Ryan McCann, Ian Murray, Joe McAlpine, Sean Kilgannon, Lee Johnstone, Brian Mulholland Burton O'Brien, Brian Kerr, Liam Keogh, Oliver Gruber, Stephen McConalogue, Stuart Kelly, Tam McManus, Stephen McPhee achieved U21 cap achieved B cap achieved full cap That photo was driving me mental for a few minutes there! I was going to start arguing that it wasn’t McDiarmid Park despite every other photo and report confirming the final was played at McDiarmid. I was thinking there was no S before the T and we only have one stand with writing on the seats, so it must be the start of a sponsor’s name at Broadwood or Forthbank. But I finally worked it out.. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estragon Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 On 27/04/2023 at 22:53, Flybhoy said: The quality of this photograph is absolutely unbelievable btw. Honestly, if someone had said this was their pal and their brother on a boys holiday last year I'd have believed it. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 15 hours ago, Specky Ginger said: Bobby Ford aged 31 The late Derek Whiteford around the same age (circa 1978). 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 The timeless Ernie McGarr... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 16 hours ago, Specky Ginger said: Bobby Ford aged 31 I might be wrong and haven't Googled it, but I think that he scored the first goal of the Premier League era, which was against Aberdeen at Dens. I was there. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cairn Terrier Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 41 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: The timeless Ernie McGarr... 25?? Doesn’t look a day over 50…..he must have had some paper round. Strangely enough he would appear to still be alive, now 79. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 (edited) On 08/05/2023 at 15:28, HibeeJibee said: It was 25yrs ago today Eire beat Italy by 2-1 at McDiarmid Park to win U16 Euros... last tournament hosted in Scotland except for 2019's Womens U19 Euros. In disappointing showing Scotland finished bottom of their group. 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship - Wikipedia According to tournament programme Scotland's 30-boy squad was: Mark Brown, Garry Hamilton, Barryjohn Corr, Jon Connolly Marc Cocozza, Maurice Ross, Chris Doig, Darren Goldie, Kevin Milne, Stephen Crainey, Kevin McDonald, Graham McGhee, Steven Reilly Billy Gibson, Gareth Williams, Paul McHale, Ryan McCann, Ian Murray, Joe McAlpine, Sean Kilgannon, Lee Johnstone, Brian Mulholland Burton O'Brien, Brian Kerr, Liam Keogh, Oliver Gruber, Stephen McConalogue, Stuart Kelly, Tam McManus, Stephen McPhee achieved U21 cap achieved B cap achieved full cap I remember reading that shortly before the Tournament started, Brian Kerr took the whole Irish squad to Dunblane. The forerunner, I suppose, of Klopp's comment that Football is the most important of the least important things in life. Edited May 11, 2023 by Piquet 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 12 hours ago, Dundee Hibernian said: The late Derek Whiteford around the same age (circa 1978). started his own company renting out ghosts after retiring from football: can't beat the topical references to 45 year old childrens' tv programmes, eh? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 11 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: The timeless Ernie McGarr... That's surely a misprint re his age. I remember Ernie McGarr playing for Cowdenbeath in the very first season I watched football (77/78) and he'd been around a good while before that (East Fife, Pars, Aberdeen, possibly others). I'm sure he was at Airdrie the first time they were promoted to the Premier (79/80?) and he'd be older than 25 by then. I'm sure I read somewhere that he still attends occasional games at East Fife and is by all accounts a really decent spud. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 On 08/05/2023 at 15:28, HibeeJibee said: It was 25yrs ago today Eire beat Italy by 2-1 at McDiarmid Park to win U16 Euros... last tournament hosted in Scotland except for 2019's Womens U19 Euros. In disappointing showing Scotland finished bottom of their group. 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship - Wikipedia According to tournament programme Scotland's 30-boy squad was: Mark Brown, Garry Hamilton, Barryjohn Corr, Jon Connolly Marc Cocozza, Maurice Ross, Chris Doig, Darren Goldie, Kevin Milne, Stephen Crainey, Kevin McDonald, Graham McGhee, Steven Reilly Billy Gibson, Gareth Williams, Paul McHale, Ryan McCann, Ian Murray, Joe McAlpine, Sean Kilgannon, Lee Johnstone, Brian Mulholland Burton O'Brien, Brian Kerr, Liam Keogh, Oliver Gruber, Stephen McConalogue, Stuart Kelly, Tam McManus, Stephen McPhee achieved U21 cap achieved B cap achieved full cap I was at that game. I remember there was a few at McDiarmid from that tournament. Assumed that we'd maybe see a future superstar and in reality, I don't think anyone of note was involved, although I think Spain had one or two who got full caps, think Casillas was in squad, but could be wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 17 hours ago, Cairn Terrier said: 25?? Doesn’t look a day over 50…..he must have had some paper round. Strangely enough he would appear to still be alive, now 79. He would've been about 35 in that picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.