BendtnerBairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Not sure if I’m going off topic here as I’ve not been on in weeks but what’s everyone’s memory & thoughts about Chris Waddle at FFC? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawson Park Boy Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Grossly unfit and over the hill but suuuuuuublime. Far too good for us. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokeville Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Not sure if I’m going off topic here as I’ve not been on in weeks but what’s everyone’s memory & thoughts about Chris Waddle at FFC?Came for 1 month and put smiles on supporters faces. If I remember right the guy Binnie (Brick company) paid for it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 8 hours ago, Chinatoon Bairn said: Lot to take in here the day.. Now just need to make a decision on who's talking out their arse and who's no. I'd humbly suggest that the guy touting Alex Rae, might just be talking out of his arse. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Think it might have been against Clydebank. He tied their full back in knots on the enclosure side of the Watson Street end to the point where the guy fell on his arse. CW kind of stopped playing, gave the lad a hand back to his feet, and then got on with the game.As mentioned above....way beyond his best, but several levels above every other player on show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Bairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Waddle standing with two feet on the ball with his "Looking into the sun" hand on the forehead before megging the full back and running around him was pure gold. Think it was against Hamilton iirc? Players nowadays would fall off the ball, land in a heap and be out injured for 3 months. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Reading on Teletext that FFC had signed Chris Waddle is probably similar to hearing we've signed Rooney nowadays. Everyone under 30 frantically googling Teletext. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dufresne Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 4 minutes ago, Broken Bairn said: Waddle standing with two feet on the ball with his "Looking into the sun" hand on the forehead before megging the full back and running around him was pure gold. Think it was against Hamilton iirc? Players nowadays would fall off the ball, land in a heap and be out injured for 3 months. It was Clydebank it think 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz FFC Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, Broken Bairn said: Waddle standing with two feet on the ball with his "Looking into the sun" hand on the forehead before megging the full back and running around him was pure gold. Think it was against Hamilton iirc? Players nowadays would fall off the ball, land in a heap and be out injured for 3 months. His 4 games for Falkirk were Clydebank, St Mirren, Airdrie and East Fife 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Bairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Apologies. The memory not quite as sharp as it was- Too many sessions in the Ellwyn with Keithgy all those years ago!! Clydebank it was. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PG.Colossus Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Reading on Teletext that FFC had signed Chris Waddle is probably similar to hearing we've signed Rooney nowadays. Everyone under 30 frantically googling Teletext.‘Waddle Wings His Way to Falkirk’ was the BBC headline on page 302 if I recall correctly! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Even better, the Bankie in question was the notorious wee gonk, James Grady. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, PG.Colossus said: ‘Waddle Wings His Way to Falkirk’ was the BBC headline on page 302 if I recall correctly! There was a player before Waddle and Stainrod that had that class. George Connolly ! George Miller got him on loan from his old Dunfermline boss Jock Stein at Celtic. Ball control and vision was something to behold. There was a bit of skill 45 years ago that is still clear in my mind. Falkirk were kicking down to the car park end and Connolly won the ball at a corner at the railway end. He proceeded to walk the ball out of the box beating 4 or 5 players. He even managed to get a player to turn his back on him and run away convinced he was running beside him. Mitchell the left winger was standing alone near the 1/2 way line beside the stand. The look of bewilderment as this ball trundled up to his feet with a ' where did that come from ' look. Here was a player that had the potential to be world class and I mean it. The poor guy could not handle it's and a case of what if of unfulfilled potential. He only played a few times for Falkirk but it was one of the great moments as a Falkirk supporter go have seen greatness in a Falkirk jersey. Anybody else remember that memory. I can't remember the opposition that day. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbrbairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 McKinnon for Hearts? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopeStreetWalker Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 17 minutes ago, Bigbrbairn said: McKinnon for Hearts? Levein for Falkirk ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bud1876 Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 There was a player before Waddle and Stainrod that had that class. George Connolly ! George Miller got him on loan from his old Dunfermline boss Jock Stein at Celtic. Ball control and vision was something to behold. There was a bit of skill 45 years ago that is still clear in my mind. Falkirk were kicking down to the car park end and Connolly won the ball at a corner at the railway end. He proceeded to walk the ball out of the box beating 4 or 5 players. He even managed to get a player to turn his back on him and run away convinced he was running beside him. Mitchell the left winger was standing alone near the 1/2 way line beside the stand. The look of bewilderment as this ball trundled up to his feet with a ' where did that come from ' look. Here was a player that had the potential to be world class and I mean it. The poor guy could not handle it's and a case of what if of unfulfilled potential. He only played a few times for Falkirk but it was one of the great moments as a Falkirk supporter go have seen greatness in a Falkirk jersey. Anybody else remember that memory. I can't remember the opposition that day. He was class.Mate of mine played in goals a few times for Tulliallan juniors when George Connelly was with them. Connelly told my mate to give him the ball any chance he got. He did as told and said hed never seen anything like it. Connelly was just pinging the ball with ease right onto whoever he was aiming for... never ran... gentle jog was all he could manage then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BendtnerBairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Thanks for all that lads. Just stared up a Scottish football mag so doing a piece on Waddle. Catch me on @Stonewallermag on Instagram if you fancy. Cheers! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauriestonBairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Came for 1 month and put smiles on supporters faces. If I remember right the guy Binnie (Brick company) paid for it. I work with Binnies ex wife. She told me that Gaza’s sent a fax to Falkirk with “Waddell, if I’ve f*cked it then what the f*ck have you done?” 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Long Suffering Bairn Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 19 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said: There was a player before Waddle and Stainrod that had that class. George Connolly ! George Miller got him on loan from his old Dunfermline boss Jock Stein at Celtic. Ball control and vision was something to behold. There was a bit of skill 45 years ago that is still clear in my mind. Falkirk were kicking down to the car park end and Connolly won the ball at a corner at the railway end. He proceeded to walk the ball out of the box beating 4 or 5 players. He even managed to get a player to turn his back on him and run away convinced he was running beside him. Mitchell the left winger was standing alone near the 1/2 way line beside the stand. The look of bewilderment as this ball trundled up to his feet with a ' where did that come from ' look. Here was a player that had the potential to be world class and I mean it. The poor guy could not handle it's and a case of what if of unfulfilled potential. He only played a few times for Falkirk but it was one of the great moments as a Falkirk supporter go have seen greatness in a Falkirk jersey. Anybody else remember that memory. I can't remember the opposition that day. I remember being at games where George Connolly played. I remember him taking free kicks and he'd hit them so hard defenders would dodge out of the way. One game in particular sticks in my mind at Brockville, it was dark so a midweek game. He was very overweight, couldn't run but he could hit a ball like no-one else and he got a lot of respect from the other players. I am glad I got to see him in a Falkirk Shirt. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BairnBrainBrian Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 13 minutes ago, HopeStreetWalker said: Levein for Falkirk ? He still has a job. Youth operations, whatever that is. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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