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The National Galleries of Scotland posted this image on Facebook. So I pinched it.
It's a 1930s charity match between Edinburgh Women and Rutherglen. In the background is the stand at The Royal Gymnasium, home of St Bernards, as this was the venue for the game.
When St Bernards folded, the newly formed Stirling Albion put in a bid for the stand but rationing restrictions meant that eventually it only ended up as far as Old Meadowbank where it was used by Leith Athletic and the speedway until redevelopment in 1968.
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1 hour ago, realmadrid said:
I went along to this to see the new Meadowbank
its not as bad as some have made out, we were in the back row and able to stand up so the whole thing did not seem miles away.
The crowd was a lot bigger than i has expected, i also think that was the case with the catering as by half time they had ran out of everything bar tea and coffee (with complimentary biscuit) but we could hear them then say they could only offer black tea or coffee not long after that.
The game only really came to life near the end
The Edinburgh ultras were in the McDonald's opposite the stadium after the game just making as much mess as they possibly could until a local challenged them. They were all mouthy in the restaurant but legged it along the road as he chased them as they all left at once. Probably the highlight of a wet night.
A polis car then turned up... probably half an hour after the event!
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"unexplained fires are matter for the courts"...!
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Just now, carpetmonster said:
; you get a whole wall of beef jerky, that type of thing.
don't they have ranches for that kind of thing?
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When the Doc examined him he had More Than a Feeling he was dead
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5 hours ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:
I’ve only ever been to Wales twice. One to Cardiff to examine a PhD which was shite,
Aha! He's been pretending to be a concrete magnate all this time but in fact he's actually the infamous Professor of "Work Colleagues" thread fame.
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18 hours ago, RandomGuy. said:
Is it fair to be comparing Livingstons "dormant" support to that of Kilmarnock?
Far as I can see Livingsons move in 1995 virtually forced them to rebuild their fanbase from scratch so it's not as if there's thousands of generational fans just waiting for an upturn to crawl out the woodwork when things are going well.
We Meadowbank fans were assured by Bill Hunter and chums at the time that there was a ready and willing set of fans just waiting for a football club to come to Livingston. This was apparently based on standing in Almondvale Shopping Centre and asking passing folk if they'd like a football club in the town.
Lies were told then. Lies are still being told now. Lies will be told in future unfortunately.
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22 hours ago, Boghead ranter said:
I went to Eastfield once- Penicuik played Meadowbank in a testimonial match for one of their players. A certain Lee Bullen was playing for Penicuik and Meadowbank signed him.
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the plot thickens
Thanks to Old Man Bam being a watcher of the Antiques Roadshow when we were kids (we called it the Old Junk Roadshow) I did pick up some rudimentary knowledge regarding silver hallmarks. For those who don't know hallmarks on silver are used to certify that a piece is actually genuine silver and not some ersatz rubbish.
I had a shufty at the hallmarks on the City Cup last night:
There is a head of Queen Victoria so the Cup was made in the reign of Queen Victoria
There is a Thistle so the Cup is Scottish
There is a Castle so the Cup was made in Edinburgh (the castle being the hallmark for Edinburgh. Should you ever see an anchor mark that is for Birmingham, oddly enough!)
There is a makers' mark which I can't remember exactly what it was. I think it was the mark for Mackay and Cunningham who were apparently an Edinburgh jewellers. James Hamilton worked for them until 1866 when he went into partnership with his nephew Robert Inches to form Hamilton & Inches who still exist. There may still be in existence order books for Mackay and Cunningham but that's beyond my ken.
There is a date mark- each year has it's own letter and on the City Cup is a capital Y. This corresponds to the year 1880-81 which gives credence to the suggestion that it was a replacement Second XI Cup.
So the actual silver cup is 144 years old. Those students better take care of it!
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4 hours ago, VillaKnollBoy said:
Oh dear....
Well, at least we have something in common-
You'll never win that, you'll never win that, Montrose and Edinburgh City, the East of Scotland (City) Cup- you'll never win that!
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1 hour ago, Melanius Mullarkey said:
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13 hours ago, Eder said:
Allowing teams like Bonnyrigg Rose with the most basic of ground facilities into the league set up.
New Dundas Park has hot water, covered toilets, a roof and a pie stall.
That's luxury for some of us oldies.
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4 hours ago, Brummo said:
Will the wounded beast react....
or not?
I think he's playing for Glasgow United these days.
If you mean will the Links Park Dynamo scrape through with another penalty given against City then probably. Mind you we could be Cup winners by Saturday
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3 hours ago, coprolite said:
It's a peninsula twice a day, because of the causeway. Not a real island imo.
Scilly can feel rightly aggrieved
But it'll look like an island if the fog on the Tyne obscures the peninsula.
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Ultravox to the Ultimate Box
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2 hours ago, superbigal said:
Are baldy, specky fat c***s protected from abuse
Tam Cowan found
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On 31/03/2024 at 22:38, Molotov said:
I was there too. Awful feeling. Many gut wrenching memories following Scotland down the years.
Spare a thought for those poor souls who witnessed 1-1 against Iran in 1978.
Arguably our worst result ever at a major finals given the talented players at our disposal.
Kevin "Bloody" Wilson on the right there.
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If you remember the auld QOS lad that died in tragic circumstances at the next Queens home game against Edinburgh City there was a tribute from folk in the stand holding up their mobile phone torches. I thought that was quite a nice touch- it might not work so well on a summer day though.
I want a minute's "For F*ck's Sake" when I go. It was the way I watched football mostly.
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I fear the only fun to be had might be guessing when Stirling Uni get their inevitable penalty and that this chap and his chums will be celebrating at the end of the game:
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Clocks go forward and it's Easter Sunday.
I've already had to get up in the middle of the night with indigestion and was looking forward to a lie in.
Naw. Some fanny has to do some noisy DIY across the road on a Sunday morning.
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Banksy, Alloy and Jihad were registered as Scottish baby names last year.
I can't help but think Jihad Palestine McNeill Francis Walfrid O'Malley would be a very Green Brigade name.
One kid was called Oakley. Obviously the parents have never been to Oakley. Unless said child was conceived in the bus shelter next to Oakley Juniors.
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3 hours ago, ekok said:
Silly sending off for John Robertson, the epitome of genius and quite frankly stupidity.
You'll get that with Robbo. When he played with City I liked the fact he put himself about but there was a bit of combustibility as well.
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Stirling Albion v Edinburgh City, February 2017. City's on-loan No 3 is now a Scotland International. I think the others have all retired now, except for Number 17 who is at Civil Service Strollers.
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It comes from the Clan Badge of the Sutherlands, the local clan. The area of Sutherland (from the Norse "Southern Land" is known as "Cataidh" in Gaelic. The word comes from the name of the inhabitants "Catti". It is thought "Catti" means "cat people". The name "Caithness" also supposedly comes from the Norse "Katones" or "Peninsula of the Cat People*".
An old myth says the Catti landed in Scotland and were attacked by Wildcats (or Smudger's ancestor) and were so impressed by their ferocity they adopted the wildcat as their symbol.
I'll get my book about Football Club badges out sometime or other..
*I've been to Caithness. Not many of them look like Natasha Kinski (film joke).
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Off The Ball - Is it good?
in Scottish Premiership General Chatter
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Anent Richard Gough:
When, to my mind and a lot of others at the time, he flounced out of the Scotland team he was playing fairly well for Rangers and so, naturally, certain tabloids launched a "Gough for a Scotland recall" campaign.
There may be some comment regarding this in the old copies of The Absolute Game I have but life's too short to go and find it. I'm sure a lot of Scotland fans were of the opinion at the time that Gough could go and do one.