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Redwedge77 Third Division Apprentice Gold Members 296 581 posts My Team : Alloa Athletic Report post Posted 5 hours ago Garry Murray scored last in a 4-2 defeat. Murray got the last ever goal there . Can’t remember who got the first for us. Murray emigrated to Australia afterwards and later came back to play with the shire. Redwedge has a different take on the last goalscorer than the Herald - Murray rather than Smith. As he is a Wasps fan, I think I'd go with him, rather than some Herald reporter !

The Herald did have a report. Thanks for the info Redwedge. The Herald report (provided by Magyar1) gives a different goalscoring sequence. That agrees it was an Alloa scorer, but implies it was Angus Smith, not Gary Murray. Of course, an Alloa fan might be a much better guide on such things, than a Herald reporter (who probably was a Rutherglen boy !) - so I'll go with your memory, not their report ! And the fact that you obviously followed Murray's career, gives me much more confidence that you will have remembered if he got that goal !

That is brilliant Magyar ! Thanks so much. The Herald report is really valuable and does help 'recreate' that day so well. I'd completely forgotten the scoring sequence. The Evening Times article just makes me sad for those lost Shawfield days though ! One thing I'd pick up on though, is the attendance given in the Rothmans. I had it down as 1312 - and that is what the Clyde website also says. It would be interesting to find out which is the correct one - but we'll probably never know for definite. When I was there, it felt like a lot more than 1300 - but I was lot younger of course !

That is If it was a recent book, I think a stiff complaint to the Editor would be in order ! But I guess, we'll just have to let that one lie now !

Thanks for the complete teams Ranaldo. Great information - and the Wasps had a very different team from that originally set out in the programme ! I don't know your source (an Alloa one I guess ?), but there was just one thing wrong. Ferguson got one Clyde goal, not Gillespie. I made a note at the time that it was Ferguson and that is given on the Clyde website. It also was confirmed in the post Magyar1 just made (above ?). He copied a couple of reports on the game - notably the short report in the Herald, which sets out the scoring sequence. It's interesting - check it out. Thanks again anyway - and I hope your Bairns carry on with the good work and a return to the Championship. I've a soft spot for Falkirk, since Uncle Billy took me in 1981 (a 0-0 against the Jambo's !) - for only my second game ! Billy lived in Falkirk (Camelon Road), but he was a real Wasps fan - and had to keep quiet in the Shawfield Stand, as Clyde fans celebrated the goals, the win and the final minutes there !

Brilliant ! Thanks so much Clydeside. A couple of Alloa guys also just told me it was Murray & Smith. As I said to them, you can always rely on P&B posters. It is such a great site, with true footballing people on - no matter who they support !

Cheers WIM - for the full names and guessing the Alloa team - you were only a couple out. From the programme, I've got:- Lowrie, Haggart, Thomson, Dall, Sullivan, Barr, Sorbie, Jamieson, Murray, Smith and Cole. Murray was originally listed as 12, but I've got a pencilled note that he started, coming in for Doyle (?) - who was in the 11 originally listed. Lynch was the other Sub. I've no idea if my pencilled note was totally right though, hence me asking if anyone definitely knew of team changes.

Brilliant ! Thanks very much Ranoldo. You can always rely on P&B posters ! I'll make a note in the programme - so that it's kept for posterity - and for me to reminisce in my (even) old(er) age !

Thanks for checking it out anyway WIM !

Can anyone tell me who were the Alloa scorers for the Clyde game (last match at Shawfield) in April 1986. I was there, I got the programme, but never made a note of the Alloa scorers (or whether there any team changes). In my dotage, I'm reminiscing about the first League match I ever went to and would love to fill in the blanks !

Thanks Ian, I thought it might be a challenge ! The Mitchell is an option. Another is to see if I can get the Wasps programme for the home match the following week (Forfar), in the hope that the Club published a match report for the preceeding game (assuming they did that season - the oldest Alloa progarmme I've got, is from 1990 - and they did then). And of course there might (still) be a Wasps fan who remembers - or who has a programme !?

Can anyone tell me who were the Alloa scorers for the last game at Shawfield in 1986. I was there, I got the programme, I wrote down the Bully Wee scorers, but never made a note of the Alloa scorers (or team changes). In my dotage, I'm reminiscing and would love to fill in that blank, as it was such a significent game in my footballing history !

Can anyone tell me who were the Alloa scorers for the last game at Shawfield in 1986. I was there, I got the programme, I wrote down the Bully Wee scorers, but never made a note of the Alloa scorers (or team changes). In my dotage, I'm reminiscing and would love to fill in that blank, as it was such a significent game in my footballing history !

I heard from the physio at Broadwood, that Queens were going to offer a contract to Marc McCusker this week.

I've been told that Queens are in for Marc McCusker - top scorer at Clyde last year with 14 goals (not bad, considering they were bottom !). He had a trial with an English League 1 club and was offered a deal, but turned them down because he wanted to say north of the border (also turned down a big offer - by their standards - from Clyde to stay). Don't know if he's up to a move to Div 1, but could be OK. I think this possibility has been posted on the Clyde P&B thread.