GNU_Linux Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 If certain events/happenings in Scottish football down the years had panned out differently the landscape of Scottish football could've been different. What things do you wonder about & what theories do you have? Few I've wondered about include: Would Third Lanark still be around today if Hiddleston hadn't got involved with the club? How would certain stadiums look if the 10000 rule had never been brought in? If the intermediate dispute was never resolved what shape would non-league have taken? If Queens Park had went professional when everyone else did how would they have faired & where would they be today? If Rangers had gotten their way & the five had been expelled from the SFL what would've become of those clubs? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 1 minute ago, GNU_Linux said: If Rangers had gotten their way & the five had been expelled from the SFL what would've become of those clubs? What's this? What did I miss? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 7 minutes ago, The Gypsy King said: What's this? What did I miss? We're talking 60 years ago... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNU_Linux Posted February 10, 2020 Author Share Posted February 10, 2020 What's this? What did I miss?Back in 64 the oldco tried to force league re-construction from 37 to 32 teams that would've seen the 5 clubs with lowest gate receipts Berwick Rangers, Albion Rovers, Stenhousmuir, Brechin & Stranraer kicked out of the SFL. The 5 backed by Celtic chairmen Robert Kelly took it it to the Court Of Session & the proposal was dropped. In sweet sweet Karma Berwick put Rangers out of the 66-67 Scottish Cup at Shielfield thanks to a Sammy Reid goal.https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers-newco-1964-bid-to-eject-minnows-could-come-back-to-haunt-club-1-2375352 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, GNU_Linux said: If Rangers had gotten their way & the five had been expelled from the SFL what would've become of those clubs? It was for their own good! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonS Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Clyde were leading Inverness Caley Thistle in the penultimate round of games in the First Division in 2003-04. Had they held on they'd have won the league and been promoted (stadium issues notwithstanding). But Caley Thistle pulled it back to win 2-1. Would Caley Thistle have gone on to have an established run in the top flight? Would Clyde have become, if not an established top flight side then at least a Livingston or a Hamilton Accies? Or would Clyde's financial troubles been blown open in the Premier League and they'd have done a Gretna? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richey Edwards Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Just now, GNU_Linux said: Back in 64 the oldco tried to force league re-construction from 37 to 32 teams that would've seen the 5 clubs with lowest gate receipts Berwick Rangers, Albion Rovers, Stenhousmuir, Brechin & Stranraer kicked out of the SFL. The 5 backed by Celtic chairmen Robert Kelly took it it to the Court Of Session & the proposal was dropped. In sweet sweet Karma Berwick put Rangers out of the 66-67 Scottish Cup at Shielfield thanks to a Sammy Reid goal. https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/rangers-newco-1964-bid-to-eject-minnows-could-come-back-to-haunt-club-1-2375352 1 minute ago, Jacksgranda said: We're talking 60 years ago... Ah, I didn't know about that. I thought I had missed some tear-stained statement from the banter years calling for five clubs to be kicked out of the league. That wouldn't have surprised me in the slightest. Cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairney The Dinosaur Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 If Baird hadn't touched O'Hara's goal bound effort from an offside position against Rangers... Scotland would have finally had a striker worthy to lead the line. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Title race of 1991 was a proper sliding doors moment Aberdeen only needed a point at Ibrox to win the league No 9IAR for the Oldco if we’d not shat it 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) If Tom Rogic had scored in the 2016 shoot out v Rangers 2012 and we'd won that semi final penalty shoot out we may not have gone for Brendan Rodgers as manager (the **** directors jumping about in Dermot Desmond's face was rumoured to have been behind it) meaning we may not have gone on to win ten domestic trophies in a row and, also denied the craziest and funniest Scottish Cup Final ever that year and the biggest collective heads gone ever by an entire football club who were utterly raging from boardroom to supporters level. Edited February 10, 2020 by Flybhoy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyrTroopMajor Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 David Murray and Ayr United springs to mind... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, AyrTroopMajor said: David Murray and Ayr United springs to mind... Aye, you'd have been The Ayr United now. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 2 hours ago, AyrTroopMajor said: David Murray and Ayr United springs to mind... You got another construction magnate though, and look at the stadium he built you! Wrong town tbf, but you can't have everything. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zenon Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Would the old Gretna still be around today if James Grady had not scored that last gasp winner that promoted them to the SPL? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 24 minutes ago, zenon said: Would the old Gretna still be around today if James Grady had not scored that last gasp winner that promoted them to the SPL? Just a personal opinion but probably not, regardless of what league they were in the wages they were paying were unsustainable if Brooks Mileson's money dried up or, if as happened less than a year later he became ill and died, it was a house of cards and was always going to crash and burn the minute the money from Mileson stopped for whatever reason. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gannonball Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 3 hours ago, Flybhoy said: If Tom Rogic had scored in the 2016 shoot out v Rangers 2012 and we'd won that semi final penalty shoot out we may not have gone for Brendan Rodgers as manager (the **** directors jumping about in Dermot Desmond's face was rumoured to have been behind it) meaning we may not have gone on to win ten domestic trophies in a row and, also denied the craziest and funniest Scottish Cup Final ever that year and the biggest collective heads gone ever by an entire football club who were utterly raging from boardroom to supporters level. Yeah Ive thought about this a few times, an absolute blessing is disguise. Whole club needed a kick up the arse by this point, I hate to think what our attendances would be like now if we stuck with Deila and gave him f**k all money. As much as folk like to say its the ‘return’ of Rangers that caused the spike in season book sales it was clearly Rodgers, wasn't until that he was appointed that season tickets sales went up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 3 hours ago, GordonS said: Clyde were leading Inverness Caley Thistle in the penultimate round of games in the First Division in 2003-04. Had they held on they'd have won the league and been promoted (stadium issues notwithstanding). But Caley Thistle pulled it back to win 2-1. Not quite. Clyde needed a draw. Liam Keogh put ICT ahead. Ian Harty equalised from the spot with less than 20 to go. At this point Clyde would be champions. But Stevie Hislop headed the winner with about 10 mins left. Just as relevant, if the chairman had allowed Yogi Hughes to speak to United in 2016, barely a year after we won the Scottish and finished third in the league, our club wouldn’t be totally fucked and we’d probably still be in the Premiership. Instead his attempt at a show of strength turned out to be a weakness, Yogi went in the huff, came out of the huff long enough to sign a 4 year contract, re-entered the huff, the parting of the ways happened, so did Richie Foran and we went down like a concrete parachute. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigkillie Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 Clyde were leading Inverness Caley Thistle in the penultimate round of games in the First Division in 2003-04. Had they held on they'd have won the league and been promoted (stadium issues notwithstanding). But Caley Thistle pulled it back to win 2-1. Would Caley Thistle have gone on to have an established run in the top flight? Would Clyde have become, if not an established top flight side then at least a Livingston or a Hamilton Accies? Or would Clyde's financial troubles been blown open in the Premier League and they'd have done a Gretna? They had agreed to play at Rugby Park if they had been promoted. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 (edited) If SG & Co hadn’t seen off Reg Brealey? Edited February 10, 2020 by pozbaird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshmallo Posted February 10, 2020 Share Posted February 10, 2020 If Ryan Flynn had scored at Rugby Park, would we have just got relegated the next year cause Steven Pressley is an absolute fanny and a terrible, terrible manager? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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