cloughy Posted April 1, 2017 Author Share Posted April 1, 2017 Blantyre Vics Jock Stein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Alec Cheyne...reputed to be responsible for the Hampden Roar.....signed for Aberdeen from The Town.. Bobby Russell. ..joined Rangers as a 20 yr old I had a wee feature on Bobby Russell today in programme. Had a longer spell than I would have thought at Rangers! Won Scottish Cup with Motherwell in 1990 too,I was just too young to remember but good interesting reading about him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aidan Posted April 1, 2017 Share Posted April 1, 2017 Ernie Copland and Gordon Smith played for Montrose Roselea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Really beginning to test the parameters of "famous" here. Thread started off with European Cup winners and now we're on to Adam Strachan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The chassis Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 On 01/04/2017 at 07:53, glensmad said: Robert Prytz Doubler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The chassis Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 20 hours ago, Stillseekfedup said: Craig Patterson Alex Kennedy Adam Strachan Tommy brown Stuart mauchlen Derek mccutcheon Ted McMinn Craig Bingham Just off the top of my head Lol just saw the word famous in the title, perhaps not all famous Henry smith?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Quote: Wum Wallace was desperate to play for his boyhood team but at the time the rabs were just about the best team in the country and it never came about for one reason or another so he had to make do with kilsyth He came to Kilsyth along with his pal, Jim Storrie, both were playing for Kirky team, Kelvinside Thistle, In the late 50's. When they came to us we were a far more successful team than Rob Roy. Also Frank McGarveys' first junior team was Kilsyth, farmed out by St Mirren to gain Junior experience. The greatest Celt of all time, Jimmy Quinn, played junior with Smithestone Albion, from very close to what is now Croy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednblack Posted April 2, 2017 Share Posted April 2, 2017 Pushing it a bit imo Jimmy Quinn greatest Celt of all time though obviously a star in his day. Point is wum must have have been gutted that he never got the chance to play with his boyhood team [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfie Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 On 31/03/2017 at 19:24, The Bluebells Are Blue said: Good thread,this. Didn't realise just how many pro's came through from the Juniors! Aye but the thread's been hijacked. Think the OPs point was which players STARTED in Juniors before finding fame at Senior level? Not about all the has-beens who took a bob or three in their veteran days with the Juniors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonewolfie Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Frank McAvennie - Johnstone Burgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 15 hours ago, rednblack said: Pushing it a bit imo Jimmy Quinn greatest Celt of all time though obviously a star in his day. Just ask anyone who saw him play! Point is wum must have have been gutted that he never got the chance to play with his boyhood team He probably did have the chance, but decided to come and play for a TOP junior club! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKRR1878 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Ah the 50s, we were on Scottish cup number 2 by then. Even back then Kilsyth were playing catch up to the Rabs [emoji6] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muirkirk J.F.C Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Eric Caldow, Muirkirk to Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 6 hours ago, LeeKRR1878 said: Ah the 50s, we were on Scottish cup number 2 by then. Even back then Kilsyth were playing catch up to the Rabs Between 1950 and 1959, number of league titles, cups open to both clubs (x/c respective County cups) won by each club. Rob Roy 8 (inc. 1 Dunbartonshire & 5 Charity cup wins) Kilsyth 21 (inc. 8 Stirlingshire cup wins) Playing catch up? I don't think so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wylieboy Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 The legend at Darvel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeKRR1878 Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Between 1950 and 1959, number of league titles, cups open to both clubs (x/c respective County cups) won by each club. Rob Roy 8 (inc. 1 Dunbartonshire & 5 Charity cup wins) Kilsyth 21 (inc. 8 Stirlingshire cup wins) Playing catch up? I don't think so! Ah but the big cup? [emoji1]I think in seriousness though both Roy and Kilsyths best periods of success came around the 50s and 60s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rednblack Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 Between 1950 and 1959, number of league titles, cups open to both clubs (x/c respective County cups) won by each club. Rob Roy 8 (inc. 1 Dunbartonshire & 5 Charity cup wins) Kilsyth 21 (inc. 8 Stirlingshire cup wins) Playing catch up? I don't think so! Wum told me himself his preference was to play for Rob Roy no matter how good or bad kilsyth were it just didn't work out . Like nowadays kilsyth have been playing catch up to us for the majority of there history only natural we are the bigger club from the bigger town and have had more famous names play for us just the way it is [emoji4] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 13 minutes ago, LeeKRR1878 said: Ah but the big cup? I think in seriousness though both Roy and Kilsyths best periods of success came around the 50s and 60s You mean the Coronation cup? Kilsyth 4 Rob Roy 2 But you are right, although we dominated in the 50's, it was always a great game against the Roy with big crowds and they did what we failed to do in 1962 by getting the Scottish cup and league double. We narrowly missed that one in 1957 losing to Aberdeen reserves, aka Banks of Dee, in the 1957 Scottish cup final Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shanner Posted April 3, 2017 Share Posted April 3, 2017 2 hours ago, Muirkirk J.F.C said: Eric Caldow, Muirkirk to Rangers didn't know that, had a wee look at his Wiki page there. Very interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cloughy Posted April 3, 2017 Author Share Posted April 3, 2017 John Hamilton RFC Cumbernauld Utd to Hibs then Rangers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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