Lurkst Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 4 minutes ago, Lurkst said: From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moomintroll Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Messrs Kelly & White must have had a particularly large 'leccy bill to pay that quarter. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel wickson Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Lurkst said: From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. I'm guessing this involved the new main stand? It was definitely open for a spell earlier in the season though, as I was in it, when we played Celtic in the Drybrough Cup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 8 minutes ago, lionel wickson said: I'm guessing this involved the new main stand? It was definitely open for a spell earlier in the season though, as I was in it, when we played Celtic in the Drybrough Cup. Unsure of the construction timeline. Here's a match report that touches on it (also mentions Killie's miserable record against Celtic in Glasgow, which would remain unmended for another 40 years!) Changed days with the season opener taking place in September. Celtic's next home game was also played at Hampden v Rangers. I did discover this great photo of the Celtic team emerging from a partly demolished stand in 1971... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billyg Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 4 hours ago, Lurkst said: From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. Alan Lee ,the Kilmarnock defender. Saw him play for Renfrew FC in the late 60s ! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 11, 2021 Share Posted July 11, 2021 44 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Unsure of the construction timeline. Here's a match report that touches on it (also mentions Killie's miserable record against Celtic in Glasgow, which would remain unmended for another 40 years!) Changed days with the season opener taking place in September. Celtic's next home game was also played at Hampden v Rangers. I did discover this great photo of the Celtic team emerging from a partly demolished stand in 1971... A quick Google of his work would give you the impression that Cyril Horne was part of the "Celtic family". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northboy Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 11/07/2021 at 09:20, Lurkst said: From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. I love how the nets are held on with string! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, Northboy said: I love how the nets are held on with string! They must've thought people's heids were held on with string if they expected anyone to believe there was only 11000 at that. Edited July 12, 2021 by Sergeant Wilson 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 hour ago, Sergeant Wilson said: They must've thought people's heids were held on with strong if they expected anyone to believe there was only 11000 at that. Well they got away with it for decades so they weren't that daft! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 1 minute ago, Ranaldo Bairn said: Well they got away with it for decades so they weren't that daft! I meant journalists addressing the wider public. I know the Celtic family lapped it up for years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 Ah yes. Not much a hack can do except state that "the crowd was given, with a straight face, as xx,xxx." And then they'd lose their privileges at that club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walter Posted July 12, 2021 Share Posted July 12, 2021 On 11/07/2021 at 13:18, Lurkst said: Unsure of the construction timeline. Here's a match report that touches on it (also mentions Killie's miserable record against Celtic in Glasgow, which would remain unmended for another 40 years!) Changed days with the season opener taking place in September. Celtic's next home game was also played at Hampden v Rangers. I did discover this great photo of the Celtic team emerging from a partly demolished stand in 1971... Here's a great photo the Partick Thistle team re-emerging from a total demolition that same year. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamba_trio Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 10/07/2021 at 06:54, Lurkst said: Say it with pri-I-ide.... You know, I'd always thought Italia 90 was a watershed moment in Scottish football. Enthusiasm for the team had been high - we'd had 50,000 at the qualifier v Cyprus and, to 9 year old me, it seemed like Scotland games were always packed. After the failure in Italy, we managed a mighty 12,000 for our next home game against Romania. No-one seemed to care anymore. Despite an excellent qualifying campaign for Euro 92, crowds remained garbage. Even in our final group match against San Marino, we only got 35,000. Basically, our home crowds halved in size between the two tournaments. And yeah, I'd always thought it was because of our performances in Italy. The defeat against Costa Rica. Jim Leighton and his hands of butter. Mo Johnson sending the last kick of the Brazil game into orbit, when an ounce of composure would have saw Scotland qualify. But I was wrong. It was because of this song. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 8 hours ago, Walter said: Here's a great photo the Partick Thistle team re-emerging from a total demolition that same year. Including their teeth by the looks of things. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Offside Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 On 11/07/2021 at 18:20, Lurkst said: From September 1972, Killie keeper Ally Hunter tries in vain to keep Celtic at bay in a 6-2 league defeat. The match was played at Hampden due to Celtic's stand undergoing construction work, with an experimental kick off time of 7pm on Saturday. Clearly an unsuccessful experiment as the official attendance is listed as being 11,560. If that attendance is correct, then the rest of the ground must have been practically empty. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted July 13, 2021 Share Posted July 13, 2021 12 minutes ago, Myles Offside said: If that attendance is correct, then the rest of the ground must have been practically empty. Some more pics showing the "11,560" crowd. First the North Stand and enclosure... And the South Stand / Schoolboys Enclosure... Reading into this more, Queen's Park had actually played at Hampden at 3pm that day, in those times before fitba on the Sabbath I guess they had to cram the game in on Saturday evening. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 Patsy Gallacher, the Mighty Atom, wearing the jersey of Ireland (the island), although he also turned out for Scotland, the Irish Free State, and went on tour with the 'Scottish FA' to Canada, games which weren't regarded as full international matches. A rumour of his time at Celtic was that he was 'retired' to save on his extravagantly high wages, and he went on to play six more seasons at Falkirk. That may have been the case, but he was 34 when he left Celtic, and in his early forties when he eventually did retire. Between his long spells at Parkhead and Brockville, he made appearances for New Bedford Whalers in the USA. Finally, he also pulled on the blue of Rangers to take part in a benefit match for Andy Cunningham, in 1922 against Newcastle United. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) 11 hours ago, Dundee Hibernian said: Patsy Gallacher, the Mighty Atom, wearing the jersey of Ireland (the island), although he also turned out for Scotland, the Irish Free State, and went on tour with the 'Scottish FA' to Canada, games which weren't regarded as full international matches. A rumour of his time at Celtic was that he was 'retired' to save on his extravagantly high wages, and he went on to play six more seasons at Falkirk. That may have been the case, but he was 34 when he left Celtic, and in his early forties when he eventually did retire. Between his long spells at Parkhead and Brockville, he made appearances for New Bedford Whalers in the USA. Finally, he also pulled on the blue of Rangers to take part in a benefit match for Andy Cunningham, in 1922 against Newcastle United. Is it Gallacher or Gallagher? What's the difference? Is one the Irish version and the other the Scots variant? I think ex-St Mirren striker Brian Gallacher (or Gallagher) who scored a hat-trick against Hammarby was Kevin's cousin, and thus both related to Patsy, but yet here below is the two different variants from the same publisher (Panini) with different variants. Edited July 16, 2021 by Bogbrush1903 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bogbrush1903 Posted July 16, 2021 Share Posted July 16, 2021 (edited) Actually, however you spell his name, a hat-trick against decent opponents away from is not to be sniffed at... Here's him NOT scoring in Stockholm Edited July 16, 2021 by Bogbrush1903 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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