LondonHMFC Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 2 hours ago, Eednud said: Floodlight opening was a few years earlier. Never knew about that fixture, however can recall playing Saints in the late 90s, as well as Dunfermline and Motherwell. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 9 hours ago, Mr Heliums said: Seemed to be the standard way of doing things. Presumably because the away team were the selling point in local posters, programmes etc at a time when attendances were more variable. See also this poster advertising a game at Muirton against Third Lanark Certainly had changed by the 1970s. That photo must be pre-1934. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 10 hours ago, Mr Heliums said: Real Madrid asked for the friendly as preparation for the upcoming Cup Winner's Cup Final against Chelsea to give them a flavour of British opposition. Aye they were impressed with that Saints team and requested the friendly. By all accounts it was a cracking footballing side who'd done well in the Scottish league and had qualified for Europe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomGuy. Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 18 minutes ago, tamthebam said: That photo must be pre-1934. Records show they play on March 11th 1929. No other March date comes as close to the poster as that, so assume it's an error on the records part. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Heliums Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, RandomGuy. said: Records show they play on March 11th 1929. No other March date comes as close to the poster as that, so assume it's an error on the records part. It's 1955 – the date exactly matches the fixture that year v Thirds (we lost 3-1 in front of 3,500 – how little things change). The other clue is that there was an election that year, which accounts for political poster* and its complaint about lack of action on the Forth Road Bridge and the Tay Road Bridge, both issues in the 1950s (not so in the 1920s – even the Kincardine Bridge hadn't been built then). Errol Airfield, built in 1939, had been abandoned by the War Ministry after the war. The big political argument in the late 1940s and early 1950s was the continuation of an air service. Finally, it couldn't have been 1929. Not only were we in the top league then, but the A/B Division setup mentioned in the poster only existed between 1946 and 1956. * Can't fully explain the 'National Party' bit of the poster, as the National Party merged with SNP in the 1930s, but assume it was local shorthand for the SNP. Edited April 24, 2018 by Mr Heliums 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted April 27, 2018 Share Posted April 27, 2018 A fans picture of Frank Mcavennie scoring the winner against Dundee United in the 1988 Scottish Cup Final that sealed the centenary season double, from the excellent Celtic Wiki 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On this day in 1962 sitting listening to the game on radio downing a bottle of Robertson's cream soda or some other flavour. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On this day in 1962 sitting listening to the game on radio downing a bottle of Robertson's cream soda or some other flavour. What a time to be alive! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 28 minutes ago, Daydream said: What a time to be alive! I was, as I was born a week earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7-2 Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 9 hours ago, Eednud said: On this day in 1962 sitting listening to the game on radio downing a bottle of Robertson's cream soda or some other flavour. Ah, yes. The Sporting Post. The finest football publication the game has ever known. Saturday nights were never the same if you couldn't get your hands on one, misprints and all. Sadly missed. RIP. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 They're fairly unsung, they're one of the less objectionable clubs and their soup isn't too bad so while Mo fans get rat arsed tonight here is John Sheran with the Division 2 trophy 34 years ago: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottyDee1893 Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 15 hours ago, tamthebam said: They're fairly unsung, they're one of the less objectionable clubs and their soup isn't too bad so while Mo fans get rat arsed tonight here is John Sheran with the Division 2 trophy 34 years ago: Sure that's my old mate Mark Bennett beside him, great sweeper in his day 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 Game on at Firhill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Roy Aitken holds up the league trophy won in Celtic's centenary season in 1988 and, is part of the side parading the 1977 Scottish Cup, next to Alfie 'he used to be a *** but he's alright now' Conn. Couple of pictures again I saw on the brilliant Celti Wiki website, do any other Scottish clubs have an equivalent site with an extensive history of match reports and pictures? Im a bit of a football nostalgia geek and love all that stuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 3 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Couple of pictures again I saw on the brilliant Celti Wiki website, do any other Scottish clubs have an equivalent site with an extensive history of match reports and pictures? Im a bit of a football nostalgia geek and love all that stuff. Not match reports but pictures of every programme issued for a match involving Saints (including lineups, scorers and attendances) at http://www.stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/index.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 there's good historic stuff on the londonhearts.com website, including a lot of the Ardath team photo cigarette cards from the mid 1930s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Bettermeddle is simply sensational for Bairns stats. Lots of souvenirs, programmes etc but it's not really the place for photos. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 (edited) Scotland in an all white strip before the 1-1 draw v Yugoslavia in Frankfurt at the 1974 World Cup. Edited May 8, 2018 by Flybhoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daydream Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 Scotland in an all white strip before the 1-1 draw v Yugoslavia in Frankfurt at the 1974 World Cup. Singing GSTQ ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted May 8, 2018 Share Posted May 8, 2018 5 minutes ago, Daydream said: Singing GSTQ ! Willie Morgan's reaction would suggest otherwise. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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