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Gary Gillespie challenging during Scotland's 2-1 win in Norway, the opening match of our successful (just) qualification campaign for Italia 90 in September of 1988, I say 'just' because we almost made a complete arse of it taking one point from the last six available in the two points for a win era after getting off to a flyer in the first few games. We scraped over the line with a draw against Norway at Hampden on the final game despite a then customary howler from Jim Leighton, letting a last minute 40 yarder from Erland Johnson slip through his hands when we were 1-0 ahead, edging out France of all teams for second spot in the group and a place in the finals where Costa Rica awaited

Guni Torfason hat trick

Oh well then

Same as most people who get into football, family and friends nearly all Celtic fans, hope that's okay with you.

I know mate, the mess of the place by council tearing it up for box ticking cycle lanes that barely get used is a fucking joke.

If Celtic manage a comfortable win like the 7-1 tanking we gave them at Celtic Park in February it would provoke severe meltdowns from the **** given the recent pitch fiasco and the email spam folder incident from the pandemic. That will go down as a rare blot on an otherwise fantastic first season back in the top flight for Dundee and a first season as a manager for Tony Docherty. Useless bit or irrelevant trivia, I remember him as a teenager for Stirling Albion in the early 1990s when he was nicknamed Tony the tiger by the Albion fans and he had a shocking wavy perm hairstyle. Second piece of irrelevant trivia, his brother Vinnie was my maths teacher at St Modans High in Stirling around then. Business end of the season and squeaky bum time, performances, individually and collectively matter not a jot, especially with our difficulty in seeing games out from narrow winning positions is a concern so it would be nice to record a comfortable, nerve free win here but any sort of victory will suffice given the importance of the three points.

Ally McCoist in a cracking Scotland away strip in Belgium in 1987 on a night we were skelped 4-1 against a Belgian side inspired by Nico Claesen who scored a hat trick. Paul McStay scored a belter on an otherwise night to forget from a Scottish perspective, neither side made it to the European Championships in West Germany the following year, we actually finished above Belgium, coming third in the group, this was the campaign a late Gary Mackay winning goal in Bulgaria prevented them from qualifying and allowing Ireland to make it to their first major tournament.

Captain Willard drank in the Brazen Head

England were deliberately placed on the island of Sardinia during Italia 90 as the authorities didn't want them and the challenges of policing their fans on the Italian mainland and potential clashes, here they are with a friendly looking police presence prior to kick off against The Netherlands. I've always felt the trouble that tends to follow the English national team's physce comes from the arrogance and rhetoric espoused by historians, politicians and even journalists that Britain, or more specifically England is the subliminal master race, the British empire, the Commonwealth, we civilised many countries and races and gave them our language and all that fucking bullshit, thick dull brain racists buy into all that shite and you get scores of meat heads following the national team who feel it is their duty to stand, bare chested in town squares drinking pints, singing Rule Brittania and shouting abuse and throwing the odd punch or plastic chair at anyone who looks at them the wrong way.

I personally have no problem with players getting a bit carried away and running towards the crowd when scoring a dramatic and/or late important goal, its highly emotional game at times and that, to me is a natural emotional reaction. I think the reasoning for it being a yellow card is for it to be a deterrent as, occasionally that can cause fans to rush down stairs and even spill onto the pitch which, in some circumstances could result in, and probably has at some point, people being injured in crowd rushes like that so, can understand both arguments for and against yellow cards here

Hopefully that attention seeking *** from Wales who has milked the f**k out the Dundee postponement for freebies and sympathy has another awful trip to Scotland.

I was at the game yesterday then pub afterwards but was aware of the hoo-ha over the non penalty award in extra time for Aberdeen. Just catching up with the highlights earlier on BBC iPlayer. The tackle by CCV in isolation would be a penalty kick, absolutely no doubt but, its a clear foul as the original cross goes over, staggering and hilarious in equal measure this is being ignored, Hoilett clearly barges Johnston in the back.

Good post mate will read again

Blah blah, bigot brothers, blah blah won't be watching etc. I actually think whoever wins the league will be slight favourites for this as the psychological blow of missing out on the title will be a factor, as will obviously the boost of winning the championship for the other side, possibly clutching at straws a wee bit but the bookies I think will have Celtic slight favourites. Hoping Maeda is back as he always give Tavernier a hard time and nullifies him to an extent going forward, other than his obligatory penalty of course.

No they don't. Complete made up nonsense forum for this pish. I can see why Celtic and Rangers having traditional 'ends' of the stadium would annoy some people even if it is irrelevant on the basis of neutrality but the dressing rooms claim is absolute shite, they are decided on who comes out the hat first or, in the case of the final I believe its a coin toss.

Aye let's play a match that would be a sell out of circa 52,000 in a stadium that holds about 15k. Totally sensible and well thought out idea.... Scotland must genuinely be the only country in the football world that has scores of people who actively want to stop people attending matches, having thousands of empty seats at matches to satisfy keyboard warriors who don't want visiting fans in them is one thing but this fucking crackpot suggestion is the daddy of insecure pettiness........fucking hell Can you imagine Liverpool v Arsenal in the FA cup final being played at Molinuex in front of 40k instead of 95k at Wembley because Arsenal are from London where the national stadium is? Obviously that wouldn't happen because the English aren't as fucking embarrassing as some people up here, they have their faults and their football is a bit money orientated and tourist league but they would rightly cringe at some of the pish like this.

Get well soon mate.

The club to have some sort of loyalty points scheme, Big Rab who had two season tickets, spent around £200 a year on merchandise and subscribes to the club TV channel gets a minute applause. Wee Boab who was a season ticket holder till he fell seriously ill two years ago can get fucked

I'd absolutely observe a minutes applause during a match for a supporter if it was comforting for their family, a decent thing to do. Obviously football clubs will have a minutes applause or silence for ex players or, on the odd occasion a high profile player or manager in that country, Craig Brown being a prime example, I'd obviously support and observe things like that. Moving on you have tragedies that affect clubs/communities such as Hillsborough, Ibrox disaster, anniversaries of things like this you'd have to be an absolute cretin to disrupt. That's where it should end, political and religious figures, heads of state including Pope's, Prime Ministers and Royal Family have zero connections to clubs and football and by nature can be divisive and the cause of conflict between people so that can get in the bin for me. I'd also add remembrance Sunday at the football, I'll always observe it and wouldn't disrupt it but again, war or quite specifically the British military somewhat questionable recent history of conflict and conduct has more than a degree of ambiguity about its morals and merit, I personally feel the ramping up of it all, the poppy w**k fest and the almost insistence on people displaying poppies, almost in a garish fashion is an attempt to curry favour for the military and in particular the reprehensible foreign policies of successive UK governments, I feel very strongly about this having no place at football, as I said I'd never disrupt it but remembrance Sunday should be a solemn mark of respect and one of choice, not some garish jingoistic display of loyalty to Britain and its military at football stadiums.

I recall reading an interview with one of the players from the Scotland side of that era, prior to Italia 90 Costa Rica played a friendly against Wales and their keeper was at fault for a goal after flapping at a cross or something. Tactical genius Roxburgh decided our main tactic in the opening match in Genoa against them would be to batter endless crosses in, utilising the 'talents' of that useless fucking carthorse Alan McInally, oh and the keeper naturally had a field day dealing with our innovative pan as we made a complete arse of ourselves against the supposed group minnows. I remember to this day launching my Italia 90 cube alarm clock off my bedroom wall at full time, resulting in me being late for school on several occasions

Did Cowan not have a meltdown about someone on here calling out his pish 'yer da' type misogynistic outdated attention seeking humour and post details about said poster all over his Instagram in a lame, cringeworthy retort? I actually followed his IG around then for no other reason than Isa style nosiness and it generally consists of pictures of him going for a curry with Chic Young, Jonathan Watson and the likes with pish Sidney Devine or Englebert Humperdink songs playing over the selection of 'lads night out' pictures. Absolute puddle drinking moron who no doubt thinks the likes of Bernard Manning and Jim Davidson are genuine comic geniuses unfairly maligned by the woke Brigade.

For obvious reasons I'm not repeating the rumours about Richard Gough that have been kicking about for three decades now that seemingly were *allegedly the reasons for the premature end to his international career but I'm sure everyone on here has heard them at some point. One would like to think they are bullshit slanderous nonsense but many others are vociferous about them being true, chances are we will never know but, if so you can understand why Craig Brown vowed to keep it to himself.

Serves them right the Welsh for not bringing Aaron Ramsay on to take a penalty.

Alan Rough got the lucky draw in this strip launch for Scotland before the 1982 World Cup. Not a chance this kind of thing would be even considered today, sadly using attractive girls in kit launches or at the beginning of Grand Prix's and at the stage walk in the darts is deemed offensive.... it all started with Soccer AM binning the 'Soccerette" in my opinion.

Another testimonial, from 1980 and no introduction needed for these three legends before Danny's match against Liverpool.