Jacksgranda Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 52 minutes ago, Drew Brees said: Fans in The Tall Cranes pub for the England v Scotland game in 1967 The guy second left seems more interested in the bar maid. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 From what I can remember of the goals, Scotland somehow didn't actually score in the clip being watched! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 8 hours ago, Lurkst said: Presumably a screening of a film of the game long after the event? Some impressive haircuts. Nice to see mods and rockers getting along. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted December 24, 2020 Share Posted December 24, 2020 14 hours ago, Drew Brees said: Fans in The Tall Cranes pub for the England v Scotland game in 1967 Pretty sure that's the same boozer that guy who ran the Celtic supporters club, The Govan Emerald CSC had for a while before he got jailed for punching a polis horse before a Scottish Cup game with Airdrie a couple of year ago, I'm sure you know the guy I'm referring to, absolute maniac of a fellow. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Clydebank entertain St Mirren at Kilbowie in front of 7500 fans on Christmas Day 1976. The last time Scottish games were played on today's date... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 The Boys Book of Soccer for 1948. It’s not Scottish but does mention Derby County paying Greenock Morton £15,000 for Willie Steel who was better known as Billy Steel when he eventually moved to Dundee. The photographs in the link from the 1947 FA Cup Final has at least 1 Scottish player, Chris Duffy ex Leith Athletic. He scored the only goal in extra time to help Charlton Athletic to win their one and only FA Cup Final win. He also played in the Final the year before when Charlton lost 1-4 to Derby County. https://www.isthmian.co.uk/an-annual-event-the-boys-book-of-soccer-1948-64848 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RawB93 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 18:56, Dundee Hibernian said: Scottish Football League XI - 1934/5 at Stamford Bridge. Back (left to right): Massie (Hearts), Cooper (Aberdeen), Kennaway (Celtic), McGonagle (Celtic), Herd (Hearts). Front: Main (Rangers), Miller (Partick Thistle), McCulloch (Hearts), Napier (Celtic), Reid (Hamilton Academicals), Reid (Rangers). Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewan14 Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 33 minutes ago, RawB93 said: Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. and did you know ... ? Denis Law played for the Italian league ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 1 hour ago, RawB93 said: Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_Football_League_XI Lack of interest stopped them and fixture congestion would prevent any resurrection...as well as the same lack of interest. You might get some mileage from an occasional England, Spain, Italy, Germany tournament. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, RawB93 said: Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. The last Scottish League XI may have been assembled for a game against Scotland National team to celebrate the League's centenary in 1990. I was at the game and Hampden wasn't exactly full.. There have been Highland League XI and East of Scotland League XIs assembled in the last 20 years as they supplied players for a Scotland Non-League team. Two Edinburgh City players, Ross Macnamara and Steven Clee played against England C who had a player that went on to better things- Steve Morrison of Leeds, Norwich and Cardiff. Edited December 27, 2020 by tamthebam 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 hours ago, RawB93 said: Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. There was an Inter League Championship (for the "British Empire Trophy"), equivalent to the Home Nations Championship... It was contested by the Football League, Scottish League, Irish League and League of Ireland. It was played annually until 1961-62 and then biannually until 1971-72. Unsurprisingly the Football League won almost two-thirds, with the Scottish League winning most of the rest. Before the Great War the Southern League participated. In the early 1950s the Welsh League played in a number of matches but never joined the championship. During the 1950s the Irish League also played an annual challenge match against Western Command. First-ever inter-league international was Football League v Scottish in Bolton in April 1892. Scottish League had only been formed the previous season. Usually the Irish leagues met home-n-away each season (in Dublin on St Patrick's Day then in Belfast on Easter Monday)... After it went biannual the Football League and Scottish League continued to meet annually as it still got decent crowds. They forced the tournament to go biannual from 1962 to free-up dates for more glamorous opponents (like the Italian League and Belgian League). Games against the Italian League were especially popular as players like John Charles, Gerry Hitchens and Denis Law had moved to Italian clubs then were being picked for their league select. There were 68,000 at Hampden for Scottish League 1-1 Italian League in November 1961 and this was regarded as a big disappointment... 100,000 were expected, but there was torrential rain. Record attendance for an inter-league match was 90,000 at Scottish League v Football League at Ibrox in 1949... and it was on a Wednesday afternoon! There was also an annual Scotland v Scottish League game from 1958 to 1965. It acted as a trial match to help decide who should be picked for the home and inter-league internationals. There were also one-off inter-league matches for commemorative occasions and against special opponents like Staevnet (aka Copenhagen XI), Hesse, the USA and Australia. Scottish League v Football League was last played in 1976. Since then there have been games not involving top-tier players from time to time. However the only games involving true best were Glasgow v Football League in 1977 (for HM Queen's Silver Jubilee); Football League v Rest of the World in 1988 (for the Football League centenary); then Scotland v Scottish League in 1990 (for the Scottish League centenary). 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 6 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: There was an Inter League Championship (for the "British Empire Trophy"), equivalent to the Home Nations Championship... It was contested by the Football League, Scottish League, Irish League and League of Ireland. It was played annually until 1961-62 and then biannually until 1971-72. Not biennially? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 As this is supposed to be a 'Photographic History' thread - here are some programme covers from Scottish League games against the different regular opponents. Unsurprisingly most home games v Irish League were at Ibrox and most v League of Ireland were at Parkhead - although this wasn't always the case (as you can see in 1958). After the 1920s the only game taken out of Glasgow was Scotland v Scottish League in 1958 at Hibs (plus Scottish League Second Division v Irish League in 1980 at Motherwell). 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 8 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Not biennially? Apologies aye: biennial not biannual. For last decade each championship lasted 2 seasons so Scottish League met Irish League in even-numbered seasons and League of Ireland in odd-numbered. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 3 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: As this is supposed to be a 'Photographic History' thread - here are some programme covers from Scottish League games against the different regular opponents. Unsurprisingly most home games v Irish League were at Ibrox and most v League of Ireland were at Parkhead - although this wasn't always the case (as you can see in 1958). After the 1920s the only game taken out of Glasgow was Scotland v Scottish League in 1958 at Hibs (plus Scottish League Second Division v Irish League in 1980 at Motherwell). I had this one. My old man's mate used to drive team buses and got me that among others. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Wembley ‘77 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Celtic park 1968 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drew Brees Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Rangers fans at 1966 Scottish cup final v Celtic. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 30 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I had this one. My old man's mate used to drive team buses and got me that among others. That was the last-ever Scottish League v Football League game. I've got an almost complete set of inter-league programmes... some of them are more artistic than others. Here's a few of the better ones in the SFL v FL series, from searching online. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Academically Deficient Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 9 hours ago, RawB93 said: Being in my 20s, the idea of a Scottish League XI coming together for a game seems quite mental. When was the last time this happened and why did it stop? Only comparable thing that I've seen is during testimonials, but I'd love to see now what the team would look like. Mind you, it'd probably be a Celtic/Rangers* XI with an Aberdeen or Hibs player on the bench. I've a vague memory of attending one of these in the 70s at Fir Park. Maybe against League of Ireland? Anyway, this David Cassidy lookalike was playing. For the Scottish League. And he didn't look like David Cassidy anymore. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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