tamthebam Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 On 24/12/2023 at 18:57, bluearmyfaction said: From the Ebenezer Scrooge department...the SFA puts East Fife back in their box for swankery: (Scotsman, 16 August 1938 In retrospect I demand that their 13-2 win against Edinburgh City be struck from the record! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 (edited) Surprised this didn't merit a mention during Match of the Day, but 60yrs ago - Boxing Day of Thursday 26th December 1963 - probably the most remarkable set of scorelines for any single day in English football history happened. Certainly the most incredible top division card in peacetime. In those days festive double-headers were arranged home-&-away on Boxing Day and the Saturday after. (Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City had been brought forward to Tuesday 5th November, in case their Fairs Cup tie v Liege had gone to a playoff earlier in the week). No games in Scotland as it wasn't a major holiday! Edited December 26, 2023 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 20 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: Surprised this didn't merit a mention during Match of the Day, but 60yrs ago - Boxing Day of Thursday 26th December 1963 - probably the most remarkable set of scorelines for any single day in English football history happened. Certainly the most incredible top division card in peacetime. In those days festive double-headers were arranged home-&-away on Boxing Day and the Saturday after. (Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City had been brought forward to Tuesday 5th November, in case their Fairs Cup tie v Liege had gone to a playoff earlier in the week). No games in Scotland as it wasn't a major holiday! "A photographic history of English Football" thread for this pish. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 The second incident (in the space of a fortnight, following the Bobby Thomson red card against Rangers) which saw our strong start to the 79-80 season being undone. Drawing 1-1 at Parkhead, in a top-of-the-table clash, Celtic scored a 2nd goal which, as was later agreed by everyone, should not have stood. After lengthy protests from our team (which saw a couple of bookings) the game continued. We later awarded a throw-in - Jim Holmes went to take it and told the linesman "it's about fucking time you gave us something", and was sent off. Celtic won 3-1. I've seen footage of Doyle's cigar-tapping goal celebration - fair sticks in the throat given how un-easy the game had been for Celtic until the officials intervened. Thankfully, neither them nor the other cheek won the league that season. Always found it ironic that Dom Sullivan later played for us. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 A rugby XI playing football? No- a Rugby XI. From the era in which reserve sides were often given the name of the senior club ground, the Queen's Park Hampden XI being probably the most famous in period, and the explanation for why the Medda have such a curiously retro monicker. This is from the Scottish Junior Portfolio of 1897, an invaluable archive of a few dozen Junior clubs from the period. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 45 minutes ago, bluearmyfaction said: A rugby XI playing football? No- a Rugby XI. From the era in which reserve sides were often given the name of the senior club ground, the Queen's Park Hampden XI being probably the most famous in period, and the explanation for why the Medda have such a curiously retro monicker. This is from the Scottish Junior Portfolio of 1897, an invaluable archive of a few dozen Junior clubs from the period. Fake! The man at bottom right is wearing boot cut jeans...with turn ups! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 54 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Fake! The man at bottom right is wearing boot cut jeans...with turn ups! A time traveller. !! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 23 hours ago, bluearmyfaction said: A rugby XI playing football? No- a Rugby XI. From the era in which reserve sides were often given the name of the senior club ground, the Queen's Park Hampden XI being probably the most famous in period, and the explanation for why the Medda have such a curiously retro monicker. This is from the Scottish Junior Portfolio of 1897, an invaluable archive of a few dozen Junior clubs from the period. Was it a thing back then to leave the 'c ' from names like Mc...? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennie makevin Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 26/12/2023 at 21:16, kingjoey said: Interesting little snippet at the right hand foot of the page. A 13 year old Paul McStay signs S-Forms for Celtic. Well on his way to becoming one of the ten most overrated players in the history of Scottish football. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, hk blues said: Was it a thing back then to leave the 'c ' from names like Mc...? Yes, quite common to replace 'ac' or 'c' with an apostrophe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Yes, quite common to replace 'ac' or 'c' with an apostrophe. Which was rough on the Cowlairs forward McBawsa Ritchie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 26/12/2023 at 23:54, HibeeJibee said: Surprised this didn't merit a mention during Match of the Day, but 60yrs ago - Boxing Day of Thursday 26th December 1963 - probably the most remarkable set of scorelines for any single day in English football history happened. Certainly the most incredible top division card in peacetime. In those days festive double-headers were arranged home-&-away on Boxing Day and the Saturday after. (Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City had been brought forward to Tuesday 5th November, in case their Fairs Cup tie v Liege had gone to a playoff earlier in the week). No games in Scotland as it wasn't a major holiday! Didn't Ipswich turn over Fulham at Portman Road a couple of days later ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 27/12/2023 at 00:18, Walter said: "A photographic history of English Football" thread for this pish. Hunders of Scottish players involved in these games. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto Spencer Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 Christmas Eve 1977 I was at Gayfield for the Arbroath 0 Hearts 7 game. First half was all Arbroath but Willie Gibson (not "Park" as per the paper) scored a "Van Basten" volley from the edge of the box near the bye line. He meant it as there was no support in the box! Second half was a procession though and those days a hat-trick meant a case of whisky being awarded to the player. Gibson took a penalty for his third (Eamonn Bannon was the regular taker) and Busby also got his crate of whisky. Buzz-bombs was funny as he'd been clattered by the keeper earier so chased in a cross with intent of revenge. The keeper saw him coming and curled up in a ball and let the cross bounce away. Busby realised "crate of whisky" would trump revenge so scored. Bannon got a crate the next game three days later so I'm surpised the team managed to keep their eye on promotion after that . Gayfield was good to Hearts that season as the 1-0 win in the last game confirmed promotion along with Morton. Pre-social media Dundee fans invaded Cappielow after a 3-2 win there when a rumour was started that Arbroath had equalised so Dundee would have been up instead of Hearts. Pictures of Dundee fans celebrating were in all the Sunday papers. I used to carry a small radio so I could get Sportsound (yes, been suffering Chick Young a looong time!) You could just not trust ANYONE to tell you the correct score....... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 On 26/12/2023 at 23:54, HibeeJibee said: Surprised this didn't merit a mention during Match of the Day, but 60yrs ago - Boxing Day of Thursday 26th December 1963 - probably the most remarkable set of scorelines for any single day in English football history happened. Certainly the most incredible top division card in peacetime. In those days festive double-headers were arranged home-&-away on Boxing Day and the Saturday after. (Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City had been brought forward to Tuesday 5th November, in case their Fairs Cup tie v Liege had gone to a playoff earlier in the week). No games in Scotland as it wasn't a major holiday! Were Morecambe playing in the World Club championship finals as I don’t see them listed? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted December 29, 2023 Share Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, O'Kelly Isley III said: Didn't Ipswich turn over Fulham at Portman Road a couple of days later ? That's correct having crashed 10-1 they promptly won the return 48hrs later 4-2... we also find West Ham having crashed 8-2 at home to Blackburn bouncing back by winning 3-1, and Burnley having won 6-1 against Manchester United on the Thursday then lost 5-1 on the Saturday, while Sheffield Wednesday 3-0 Bolton was followed by Bolton 3-0 Sheffield Wednesday . Mad couple of days. Stoke v Liverpool was postponed and not played until late April when appropriately the Potters redeemed their 6-1 defeat at Christmas by winning 3-1. 44 minutes ago, Molotov said: Were Morecambe playing in the World Club championship finals as I don’t see them listed? Mighty Morecambe were sadly only good enough to be ambling their way to mid-table in Lancashire Combination in those days. Edited December 29, 2023 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted December 30, 2023 Share Posted December 30, 2023 On 29/12/2023 at 11:27, Ranaldo Bairn said: Yes, quite common to replace 'ac' or 'c' with an apostrophe. If anything, M' is more common than Mc in the Victorian papers, and Mac is not common at all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 (edited) Edited December 31, 2023 by GNU_Linux 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 4 hours ago, GNU_Linux said: So Bill Hunter was a Ger after all 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 On 26/12/2023 at 23:54, HibeeJibee said: Surprised this didn't merit a mention during Match of the Day, but 60yrs ago - Boxing Day of Thursday 26th December 1963 - probably the most remarkable set of scorelines for any single day in English football history happened. Certainly the most incredible top division card in peacetime. In those days festive double-headers were arranged home-&-away on Boxing Day and the Saturday after. (Arsenal 4-1 Birmingham City had been brought forward to Tuesday 5th November, in case their Fairs Cup tie v Liege had gone to a playoff earlier in the week). No games in Scotland as it wasn't a major holiday! Manchester City fans would have been happy! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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