The Mantis Posted March 4, 2018 Share Posted March 4, 2018 18 hours ago, tamthebam said: Never seen photos of Old Meadowbank Tam, cheers. My uncle took me there one Saturday morning to pick up his boots and we had a wee kick about on the park. Was maybe about 1968 so he might have played for Leith among his many clubs. On 02/03/2018 at 16:06, Flybhoy said: The legendary Tommy Gemmell passed away a year ago today, here he is, sometime in the 1960's removing a can of beer that a patron of the jungle sportingly offered to the referee, so impressed he no doubt was with the whistler's performance. My uncle mentioned above was a good mate of Tommy Gemmell after they met on holiday in Spain. Sadly he dropped dead 30 years ago on xmas day at the age of 46 so he was about the same age. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 5, 2018 Share Posted March 5, 2018 5 hours ago, The Mantis said: Never seen photos of Old Meadowbank Tam, cheers. My uncle took me there one Saturday morning to pick up his boots and we had a wee kick about on the park. Was maybe about 1968 so he might have played for Leith among his many clubs. My uncle mentioned above was a good mate of Tommy Gemmell after they met on holiday in Spain. Sadly he dropped dead 30 years ago on xmas day at the age of 46 so he was about the same age. Jim Gardiner is the man to ask about Leith Ath, Mantis- he seems to have good knowledge and is on Twitter. Oor ain Alick was going to write a history 30 years ago and never got round to it, alas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtart1972 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 The Dunbar End, South Terracing Easter Rd, even when Hearts were at their lowest the fans still turned out for the Derby game, this match was played in 1979 and as usual saw a large away support congregate on the terracing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamtart1972 Posted March 7, 2018 Share Posted March 7, 2018 (edited) After a long wait of 36 years (not far off 114) the Scottish Cup came to Tynecastle, this remains the best day of my life supporting the Hearts. Edited March 7, 2018 by jamtart1972 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Flybhoy Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 A last minute header from Billy McNeil saw Celtic beat Vojvodina Novi Sad of the former Yugoslavia on this day in 1967 to book a place in the European Cup semi-final, any excuse to show this belter of a picture, Celtic in an all green away strip despite being at home. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Always annoys me to see players wearing opposition colours at a trophy presentation after swapping shirts with opponents, get your swap done after the pictures with the trophy, this Scotland team with the 1985 Rous Cup after Richard Gough's header had beaten England 1-0 at Hampden on a typically pishing with rain May afternoon in Glasgow just doesnt look right. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Jock Stein shares a word with Neville Southall after persuading the Scotland fans to return the footballs kicked into the crowd during the pre match warm up at that tragic game v Wales at Ninian Park in 1985, Stein tragically passed away at the conclusion of the match. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ian Durrant and Tony Sheperd tussle in the first Scottish Youth Cup final in 1984 which Celtic won 2-0 against Rangers at Celtic Park. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funky Nosejob Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 27/02/2018 at 21:46, stuthejag said: Partick Thistle v Abereen, Premier League, Nov 1992 The game featuring the legendary “Firhill Broom”. The game started with no snow anywhere, but heavy snowfall during the first half necessitated the intervention of the ground staff to clear the lines at half time. It appeared that there was only one brush available for this task and the head kept falling off the handle at regular intervals causing much hilarity and embarrassment. The referee finally decided to abandon the game during the second half when an Aberdeen player picked up the ball to take a throw-in and was penalised for handball as the linesman decided it hadn’t gone out of play. The rapid exit from the shed following the abandonment turned what snow had fallen into hard packed ice and there was much slipping and sliding on the way out. After 25 years, I have managed to wipe the memory of the replayed match completely. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowdenbeath Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 On 3/4/2018 at 18:40, The Mantis said: Never seen photos of Old Meadowbank Tam, cheers. My uncle took me there one Saturday morning to pick up his boots and we had a wee kick about on the park. Was maybe about 1968 so he might have played for Leith among his many clubs. My uncle mentioned above was a good mate of Tommy Gemmell after they met on holiday in Spain. Sadly he dropped dead 30 years ago on xmas day at the age of 46 so he was about the same age. I've seen the bottom one before but never the top one good picture. The old Meadowbank was long before my time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 The old main stand at Brockville under the lights for a game v Rangers in the 1960's. Stand and ground in general changed very little in the intervening period between then and demolition in 2004. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Celtic panini stickers page from 1984. Always annoyed then as a kid that players of English side were a full sticker and Scottish players were a half sticker each, symptomatic of the apathy we were and are treated with in footballing and political terms by the English. Some quality players in that set mixed with some utter shite. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Celtic panini stickers page from 1984. Always annoyed then as a kid that players of English side were a full sticker and Scottish players were a half sticker each, symptomatic of the apathy we were and are treated with in footballing and political terms by the English. Some quality players in that set mixed with some utter shite. Got, got, need, need, got, swap ye two for the badge! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Just now, 8MileBU said: Got, got, need, need, got, swap ye two for the badge! Back then that was the only reason for going to school, to swap your doublers in the playground. Amazing how, at about 8 years old you could instantly tell within a split second if you had or needed a certain sticker out of five hundred odd !!! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
K77 Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 13 hours ago, Funky Nosejob said: I have managed to wipe the memory of the replayed match completely. My memory of that game is that I stayed in the ground to the final whistle just in case we scored 8 in the last minute. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 A spectacular own goal by a Walter Smith of Dumbarton in the 1976 Scottish Cup semi final v Hearts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 4 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Celtic panini stickers page from 1984. Always annoyed then as a kid that players of English side were a full sticker and Scottish players were a half sticker each, symptomatic of the apathy we were and are treated with in footballing and political terms by the English. Some quality players in that set mixed with some utter shite. Mark Reid is my aunts brother. One of many decent players to come from Saltcoats! Bobby Lennox, Roy Aitken, Mark Reid, Ray Montgomerie to name but 4! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 34 minutes ago, Squirrelhumper said: Mark Reid is my aunts brother. One of many decent players to come from Saltcoats! Bobby Lennox, Roy Aitken, Mark Reid, Ray Montgomerie to name but 4! Scored a few vital penalty kicks, excellent record from the spot. Ended up at Charlton did he not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted March 9, 2018 Share Posted March 9, 2018 Back then that was the only reason for going to school, to swap your doublers in the playground. Amazing how, at about 8 years old you could instantly tell within a split second if you had or needed a certain sticker out of five hundred odd !!! I also remember the aching jealousy towards whoever completed the album first cos it was usually the c**t whose parents bought them stickers the most. Was probably too young to get what a ‘spoilt wee c**t’ was in the playgrounds of the 80’s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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