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On 3/27/2019 at 23:08, tamthebam said:

somebody mentioned on another website that the terracing that collapsed was designed by Archibald Leitch, the famous architect who designed many a football ground's stand, including Ibrox and Firhill. 

It may be that the builder of the terrace used below quality wood leading to the collapse. Personally and maybe with the experience of looking back 100 years later that wooden terrace looks bloody dangerous even if good wood was made. 

Firhill is a copy of Leitches design by someone who used to work for him. :geek

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33 minutes ago, Le Tout P'ti FC said:

Start of Tutti Frutti ep1 (1987), I see a football ground in the background. Is this Parkhead maybe? 20190401_213029.jpg

White covered roof to the left went up in 1986 replacing the old late 1950s roof. Kinda waste of money since Fergus pulled the whole lot down 8 years later.

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tbf Bobby Flavell was Scottish so there is some interest there..
"Flavell was born in Annathill, North Lanarkshire in 1921. He joined the senior game by signing for Airdrie, but had to wait until the 1946–47 season to make a league appearance, due to the Second World War. During the war, Flavell had made guest appearances for both Arsenal and Tottenham. When the Scottish Football League resumed in 1946, Flavell scored over a goal per game for Airdrie and won his two caps for Scotland, which convinced Hearts to pay £10,000 to acquire his services.
He again scored frequently at Hearts, but he became a football outcast on 12 June 1949 by signing for Millonarios, of the breakaway Colombian league, a move that Hearts manager Dave McLean said meant he would "never play for Hearts again". Flavell played alongside the legendary Alfredo Di Stefano in Bogota, but at the end of the Colombian season returned to Scotland in December 1950 He was punished heavily for his actions in going to Colombia, attracting far stronger sanctions than English players who had made a similar move. He was fined £150 - then a record fine for a Scottish player - and suspended from playing until May 1951. He was transfer-listed by Hearts in February 1951, before signing for Dundee in April, making his debut for the club in a Dewar Shield game against St Johnstone on 5 May 1951. Flavell scored goals in both the 1951 and 1952 Scottish League Cup Finals, which helped Dundee win the cup in successive years. He also played in the 1952 Scottish Cup Final, which ended in a 4–0 defeat by Motherwell. He also played for Kilmarnock and St Mirren before retiring as a player.
Coaching career[edit]
Flavell had five stints as a manager at three clubs, starting with Ayr United in 1961. He quickly moved to St Mirren, whom he guided to the 1962 Scottish Cup Final. He briefly returned to Ayr, before having two spells at Albion Rovers. Flavell later became a director of Albion Rovers."
Flavell was not the last Scottish football player to be controversially linked with things Columbian either..
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As you note, Bobby Flavell was born in Annathill, a mining village near Coatbridge of a few hundred inhabitants, that served Bedley pit. Just after WW2, it provided four Scottish internationalists including Flavell. Three played in the same side, Frank Brennan of Airdrie, Newcastle et al, Jock "Tiger" Shaw of Rangers and Airdrie, and his brother Davie. Quite remarkable.
In later years, Drew Jarvie, of Airdrie, Aberdeen an St. Mirren, also capped for Scotland, hailed from Annathill too.
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On 3/24/2019 at 13:46, paulbrucerick said:

Cracking picture, I love those old posed shots! Is that the WDE in the background? If so when did it get changed?

Fairly sure it was for the start of season 81-82,  paid for by the sale of the likes of  Neil Orr and Joe McLaughlin.

Anyway - a few randoms.

Andy Ritchie scoring against QoS with a sparse Wee Dublin End behind him.

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Match report from 63-64 featuring a team which only lasted for that season.

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Some bloke takes over at St. Mirren.  They could have been conquering other continents by now....

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Panini couldn't get a proper photo of Edvaldsson so they just pasted his face on someone else's picture.

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Tom Gracie scores the winner for Hearts against his former club Morton in 1915. He would later lose his life as a result of the War.

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Hal Stewart trolls Celtic by sending Morton out for a semi final in a very un-Morton like strip. Gerry Sweeney and John Hughes are the players. We had a day-glo green change strip too - guess who got to see that one....

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8 minutes ago, The Mantis said:

:lol::lol::lol: there’s been better Paint efforts on here! He was built like a brick shithouse btw. 

Apparently it was Paul Wilson's body they used - and they changed the background too.

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Colin Stein, Tommy McClean and Derek Parlane pictured before Rangers European Cup 2nd round match in St Ettiene in October 1975, the French side won 2-0 then 2-1 at Ibrox, going all the way to the following years final at Hampden where they lost 1-0 to Bayern Munich who won their third EC in a row.

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Des Bremner wins a header for Hibernian in the 1979 Scottish Cup Final that Rangers won after about 42 replays (this is replay number 1 apparently) Bobby Russell is, I believe the Rangers player nearby and think that may be the superb perm of Tony Higgins with his back to the camera. 

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Des Bremner wins a header for Hibernian in the 1979 Scottish Cup Final that Rangers won after about 42 replays (this is replay number 1 apparently) Bobby Russell is, I believe the Rangers player nearby and think that may be the superb perm of Tony Higgins with his back to the camera. 
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Can't be Bobby Russell. He's upright.
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Just now, Big Chief Toffee Teeth said:
22 minutes ago, Flybhoy said:
Des Bremner wins a header for Hibernian in the 1979 Scottish Cup Final that Rangers won after about 42 replays (this is replay number 1 apparently) Bobby Russell is, I believe the Rangers player nearby and think that may be the superb perm of Tony Higgins with his back to the camera. 
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Can't be Bobby Russell. He's upright.

Not sure that that is Tony Higgins either. He’s moving too fast - even in a still photo.

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