Shandon Par Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 minutes ago, johnnydun said: He is right, Jim Clark does have a statue near Cupar. Look the same to me anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 I've excluded anyone who was successful in minority sports (so that excludes Stephen Hendry, John Higgins and drivers - just don't think their achievements justify inclusion versus world class success in what I consider genuine world sports). I've only gone for one female, Liz McColgan, so I feel I may have overlooked some others due to my relative lack of knowledge - Rose Reilly should be nowhere near the list IMO. Alan Wells Denis Law Andy Murray Robert Millar David Wilkie Ken Buchanan Liz McColgan Peter Nicol Kenny Dalglish Sandy Lyle 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, johnnydun said: Why am I the only person to recognise Tom Stoltman in their top 10? Not a gripe just curious. Crowned the World's strongest man two years running and Britain's strongest man for 3 years running. That's got to count for something? I used to know his sister-in-law. She was somewhat attractive. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D Angelo Barksdale Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Andy Murray Steven Hendrie Eric Liddell Old Tom Morris Chris Hoy Alan Wells Sir Alex Ferguson Ken Buchanan Denis Law Liz McColgan 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caledonian1 Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 12 hours ago, Musketeer Gripweed said: Robert Millar I am sure you mean Philipa York 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maicoman Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 2 hours ago, johnnydun said: He is right, Jim Clark does have a statue near Cupar. What is his connection with Cupar? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 minutes ago, maicoman said: What is his connection with Cupar? Apparently he lived there for a bit. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 6 minutes ago, maicoman said: What is his connection with Cupar? He was born in Kilmany which is near Cupar. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 7 minutes ago, maicoman said: What is his connection with Cupar? He was born near there 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 Bobby Thomson. Bobby Thomson - Wikipedia Ed McIlvenny Ed McIlvenny - Wikipedia United States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup) - Wikipedia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VincentGuerin Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 On 27/03/2024 at 19:12, Bully Wee Villa said: It's Andy Murray. Second post; thread done. It's not even close. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 (edited) 2 hours ago, VincentGuerin said: Second post; thread done. It's not even close. Shite it is. I give you Willie Wood, king of the bowling green. Feckin’ perma-injured Andy. Edited March 28 by pozbaird 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, johnnydun said: Why am I the only person to recognise Tom Stoltman in their top 10? Not a gripe just curious. Crowned the World's strongest man two years running and Britain's strongest man for 3 years running. That's got to count for something? I've no intention of being judgemental on this, but the levels of anabolic steroids and other PEDs that someone has to take to become even close to competitive in WSM are absolutely staggering, and require great care (and probably a degree of luck) to avoid severe health problems. Even at cycle dosages that could never lead to that level of strongman competition, rates of complications and fatalities are very sobering, and dangerous usage (levels and management) goes down much further than anything not involved in strength sports would imagine. When I was a junior, someone from my athletics club with a background in strength training died in his late 20s, with causes that indicated steroid usage. He was ranked around 20th in Scotland. He wouldn't have been the highest-ranked steroid user in that list, to put it mildly. It's simply impossible to compete in WSM without quite dangerous levels of PEDs. It's still a great sporting achievement, requiring tremendous dedication; but I wouldn't be quick to admire it from a health/role model perspective. Maybe others feel the same way, and that's why Tom isn't getting more love in this thread. I could cite other specific cases and historic data in support of this, but I am definitely not trying to make the case that people taking PEDs are "bad"; I'm simply recording the facts that WSM required very high PED usage, and that such usage is dangerous. Last week, I was at an international competition for athletes of a certain age*. That included throwers from the 70s and 80s, and there was some discussion of maximum "natty" strength levels. The consensus from people who have been there is that WSM starts a couple of strata above where natty ends. But that in no way undermines the efforts and dedication that are required on top of the PEDs. It's still a tremendous achievement. * Where I was a team mate of Dwain Chambers - whose levels when he was banned for PEDs would have been at least an order of magnitude below WSM competitors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 4 minutes ago, pozbaird said: Shite it is. I give you Willie Wood, king of the bowling green. Feckin’ perma-injured Andy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invergowrie arab Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 10 hours ago, coprolite said: Driving a car is not a sport. Playing snooker, throwing darts or rolling bowls are not sports. Outside of football 1 Ken buchannan 2 Gavin Hastings 3 Chris Hoy 4 Andy Murray 5 David Wilkie 6 Liz Lynch /McColgan 7 That curling wifie that looks like Colin Hendry 8 bored now 9 we're not actually very good at sport are we? 10 John Hughes Hastings is wild. He wouldn't even be in the top 3 of the 1990 squad behind Sole, Armstrong and Calder. He's also a bottle merchant who cost us a world cup final. Calder obviously being the top from that lot having captained a winning lions tour. He was no Andy Irvine though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 (edited) One thing is for sure, a single comment from the Scotland v Norn Iron commentator has given P&B an entertaining thread to help see us through a pish international break. Now, where’s the Eve Muirhead photies? I just want to look at her eyes. If there’s a thread about the most gorgeous eyes in Scottish sport, it’ll be a short thread. Edited March 29 by pozbaird 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Joe Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 13 minutes ago, pozbaird said: One thing is for sure, a single comment from the Scotland v Norn Iron commentator has given P&B an entertaining thread to help see us through a pish international break. Now, where’s the Eve Muirhead photies? I just want to look at her eyes. If there’s a thread about the most gorgeous eyes in Scottish sport, it’ll be a short thread. She's got Dickie Davies eyes 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig fae the Vale Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 27 minutes ago, pozbaird said: One thing is for sure, a single comment from the Scotland v Norn Iron commentator has given P&B an entertaining thread to help see us through a pish international break. Now, where’s the Eve Muirhead photies? I just want to look at her eyes. If there’s a thread about the most gorgeous eyes in Scottish sport, it’ll be a short thread. I always thought her team mate Anna Ssloan had the best eyes. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 minute ago, Craig fae the Vale said: I always thought her team mate Anna Ssloan had the best eyes. Good shout. Curling is great. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hk blues Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 17 hours ago, velo army said: I always thought he was Irish no? Born in Stirling. He probably keeps it quiet though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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