hk blues Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 6 hours ago, Bairn in Exile said: Yer maw? Couldn't be prouder if she was. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 On 03/08/2024 at 10:25, Eednud said: John White in action for Spurs in their 3-1 defeat of Burnley in the 1962 FA Cup Final. This is from an interesting BBC article on his son who was only 6 months old when lightning struck. I’m lucky enough to have seen John White in action on TV for both Scotland and the great Spurs teams of the early 60’s. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cv2gd3jr387o Musselburgh Athletic host the Honest Toun 5s for the John White Memorial Trophy during Musselburgh's gala week last month. There used to be teams from Hibs, Hearts and Meadowbank who entered- Meadowbank won the competition once or twice but this year it seemed to be local amateurs who took part, presumably due to the earlier and earlier starts to Scottish football these days. To be honest I was surprised the 5s were still going as I hadn't seen any mention of them for years. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowdenleith Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 1 hour ago, tamthebam said: Musselburgh Athletic host the Honest Toun 5s for the John White Memorial Trophy during Musselburgh's gala week last month. There used to be teams from Hibs, Hearts and Meadowbank who entered- Meadowbank won the competition once or twice but this year it seemed to be local amateurs who took part, presumably due to the earlier and earlier starts to Scottish football these days. To be honest I was surprised the 5s were still going as I hadn't seen any mention of them for years. I was there a couple of weeks back as my daughter’s Musselburgh Windsor team were ballgirls. You’re right, I can remember going maybe 30 years ago on just one occasion and the big clubs sent teams. Strictly amateur now, with local teams made up of mates and local pub names, couple of under 20 teams, plus a ‘legends’ team which may or may not have included some local legends, I didn’t know any of them. Good fun though on a nice evening weather wise, as you can imagine there were some meaty challenges going in. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 5 Share Posted August 5 5 August 1972 Pre-Season Friendly Arbroath 0 Tranmere Rovers 3. Tranmere hod former Liverpool and Scottish International Tommy Lawrence in goal and Ron Yeats at centre half. They also hadn’tanother two Scottish born players playing, inside right Tommy Veitch (ex Hearts and later on played for Morton, Airdrie and QoTS) and inside left Tommy Young (ex Falkirk). Another ex Liverpool and Scottish international Ian St John played a few games for Tranmere that season. According to Wikipedia Tommy Veitch died on his 38th birthday in 1987. Match report https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=5150 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted August 6 Share Posted August 6 On 04/08/2024 at 16:19, GNU_Linux said: Fernando Ricksen promoting a 2005 phone recycling campaign. Can't believe how woke 2005 Scottish football was. Which one was it that McGee caught? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 On 31/07/2024 at 23:59, HibeeJibee said: Today in 1948 the Olympic football was underway and GB beat Netherlands at Highbury in R1. Matt Busby managed, and 7 of squad were Scots from QotS + QP (including Ronnie Simpson): The 1948 Great Britain Olympic Football Team | Scottish Football Museum QFs... GB 1-0 France... at Fulham: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto Spencer Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 41 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: QFs... GB 1-0 France... at Fulham: 4 goals for Gunnar Nordahl I see. Highest non-Italian goalscorer in Serie A history - and third highest all-time scorer, largely with AC Milan. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 7 Share Posted August 7 1 hour ago, Alberto Spencer said: 4 goals for Gunnar Nordahl I see. Highest non-Italian goalscorer in Serie A history - and third highest all-time scorer, largely with AC Milan. Likewise 4 goals for Denmark’s John Hansen who moved to Juventus after the Olympics. Scored 124 goals in 187 appearances for Juventus helping them win the Scudetto in 1948/49 and 1951/52. Serie A top scorer in 1951/52 in between Gunnar Nordahl being top scorer the 2 seasons before and 3 after. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 8 Share Posted August 8 The officials come out for kick off- the first men's senior* game in Scotland to have all female officials (afaik): Camelon v Newtongrange Star, 2015. Referee: Lorraine Watson Assistants: Hayley Irvine, Kylie McMullan Lorraine Watson was the first female referee to officiate in a Scottish League game- Edinburgh City v Berwick Rangers at Ainslie Park. Kylie McMullan ran the line in a couple of Premier League matches. Hayley Irvine wasn't a bad assistant ref either. (*it was a Juniors game but you know what I mean) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrshireTon Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 21 years go today, Morton faced Airdrie United in the Division 2 season opener at Cappielow. With the score at 1-1, Referee Somers was injured and one of the assistant took over. Cowboy McCormack came over to the Cowshed and picked out Chic Kavanagh to run the line, to the consternation of the away support. In truth, Kavanagh had very little to do. The replacement referee was nice enough to award the free kick and penalty which we scored our 2nd and 3rd goals from. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 On 02/08/2024 at 13:18, megaspinnernet2 said: Jim Brogan - Frank McLintock - Bobby Clark The state of the pitch!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted August 9 Share Posted August 9 It's 50 years since Meadowbank Thistle played their first competitive game (get it up ye Highland League) Acknowledgement to Andy Mitchell for this cutting and, no, I've never seen a photo of the Go-Go dancers... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted August 10 Share Posted August 10 6 hours ago, Piquet said: The state of the pitch!!! Pfft...this is what you call a waterlogged pitch 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted August 11 Share Posted August 11 On 09/08/2024 at 23:59, tamthebam said: It's 50 years since Meadowbank Thistle played their first competitive game (get it up ye Highland League) Acknowledgement to Andy Mitchell for this cutting and, no, I've never seen a photo of the Go-Go dancers... A 1-1 draw on a Friday evening IIRC in front of around 4,000. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Like this picture from the opening day of the 1961/62 season at Palmerston Park. Queen of the South 1 Arbroath 0 in a League Cup group game on 12 August in front of 4,917 fan’s although the report gives the attendance as 5,500. There is no caption for the photo but it’s from the excellent Arbroath Archive site https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=5893 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Not a replica kit in sight on the opening day of the season at Gayfield in 1933. https://www.arbroatharchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=3864 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 On 31/07/2024 at 23:59, HibeeJibee said: Today in 1948 the Olympic football was underway and GB beat Netherlands at Highbury in R1. Matt Busby managed, and 7 of squad were Scots from QotS + QP (including Ronnie Simpson): The 1948 Great Britain Olympic Football Team | Scottish Football Museum On 07/08/2024 at 22:32, HibeeJibee said: QFs... GB 1-0 France... at Fulham: SFs... defeat: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted August 12 Share Posted August 12 Tuesday 13th August 1985 Festival Cup Edinburgh Select 2-1 Bayern Munich Irvine '50, Robertson '62 Mathy '60 Smith saved penalty '51 at Tynecastle Stadium (10,000) Note: this was distinct from the Festival Trophy of 1979 and the Festival Cup of 2003 & 2004 PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted August 13 Share Posted August 13 (edited) A day late but two Saints wins at Ibrox on the Glorious 12th. 1978, Bobby Torrance scores with 5 minutes to go and is mobbed by Frank McGarvey, Peter Weir, Billy Abercromby and John Young. 1989 Kenny McDowall scores after a howler from Chris Woods. I was at both games. Edited August 13 by Arch Stanton 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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