Sergeant Wilson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 8 hours ago, tamthebam said: Albion Rovers bought the Cathkin Park stand seats and the boardroom sideboard when Thirds went bust. I don't know if the sideboard is still there but presumably the current wooden seats in the Cliftonhill Stand are the old Thirds seats The stand is built with wood from the Ark. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 11 hours ago, tamthebam said: Albion Rovers bought the Cathkin Park boardroom sideboard when Thirds went bust. Probably filled with half full bottles of Smirnoff from Vic Kasule's days. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) In the context of Celtic having to play their Europa League game yesterday on a weekday afternoon: I noted that precisely 50 years ago today (Wednesday 20th October 1971), both Celtic and Rangers played home European ties simaltaneously. Evidently the City of Glasgow Police were made of sterner stuff than Police Scotland when it came to having 2 key matches on the same night. Wednesday 20th October 1971 Celtic 5-0 Sliema Wanderers (29,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Rangers 3-2 Sporting Lisbon (50,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg Latter tie's return famously finished by same scoreline of 3-2 in Portugal a fortnight later, went to extra-time during which it became 4-3, but referee mistakenly took it to penalties which Sporting won by the itself unusual scoreline of 2-0 (visitors missing all their opening 4 attempts). UEFA ultimately awarded the victory to Rangers making it "the shootout that never was": Edited October 20, 2021 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 4 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: That was "proper" football reporting 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 22 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: In the context of Celtic having to play their Europa League game yesterday on a weekday afternoon: I noted that precisely 50 years ago today (Wednesday 20th October 1971), both Celtic and Rangers played home European ties simaltaneously. Evidently the City of Glasgow Police were made of sterner stuff than Police Scotland when it came to having 2 key matches on the same night. Wednesday 20th October 1971 Celtic 5-0 Sliema Wanderers (29,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Rangers 3-2 Sporting Lisbon (50,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg Latter tie's return famously finished by same scoreline of 3-2 in Portugal a fortnight later, went to extra-time during which it became 4-3, but referee mistakenly took it to penalties which Sporting won by the itself unusual scoreline of 2-0 (visitors missing all their opening 4 attempts). UEFA ultimately awarded the victory to Rangers making it "the shootout that never was": I was at Airdrie v Huddersfield! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 2 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: I was at Airdrie v Huddersfield! Dundee v Cologne for me. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) Seems to have been near enough a yearly occurrence for Glasgow to host 2 games in European competition on the same night during 1970s: Wednesday 20th October 1971 Celtic 5-0 Sliema Wanderers (29,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Rangers 3-2 Sporting Lisbon (50,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg Wednesday 22nd March 1972 Celtic 1-1 Ujpest Dozsa (70,559) European Cup QF 2nd leg Rangers 1-0 Torino (75,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup QF 2nd leg Wednesday 19th April 1972 Celtic 0-0 Inter Milan (4-5p) (73,724) European Cup SF 2nd leg Rangers 2-0 Bayern Munich (80,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup SF 2nd leg Wednesday 3rd October 1973 Celtic 3-0 TPS Turku (15,969) European Cup R1 2nd leg Rangers 4-0 Ankaragucu (30,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 2nd leg Wednesday 18th September 1974 Celtic 1-1 Olympiacos (36,828) European Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 1-3 Southamptton (40,000) Texaco Cup QF 1st leg Wednesday 5th November 1975 Celtic 3-1 Boavista (37,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R2 2nd leg Rangers 1-2 St Etienne (51,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Wednesday 15th September 1976 Celtic 2-2 Wisla Krakow (30,000) UEFA Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 1-1 Zurich (35,000) European Cup R1 1st leg Wednesday 14th September 1977 Celtic 5-0 Jeunesse Esch (22,000) European Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 0-0 Twente (40,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg (Partick Thistle 2-0 Bristol City in Anglo-Scottish Cup QF 1st leg was played Tuesday 13th) Wednesday 27th September 1978 Celtic 1-2 Burnley (27,000) Anglo-Scottish Cup QF 2nd leg Rangers 2-0 Juventus (44,000) European Cup R1 2nd leg Edited October 20, 2021 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) It then happened twice in 1984: Wednesday 3rd October 1984 Celtic 3-0 Gent (32,749) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 2nd leg Rangers 2-0 Bohemians Dublin (31,000) UEFA Cup R1 2nd leg Wednesday 7th November 1984 Celtic 3-0 Rapid Vienna (48,813) European Cup-Winners' Cup R2 2nd leg Rangers 3-1 Inter Milan (30,594) UEFA Cup R2 2nd leg Celtic v Rapid Vienna was marred by crowd disorder, during which a Rapid Vienna player was struck by an object thrown from the crowd. Having won tie 4-3 on aggregate Celtic were made to contest a playoff at Old Trafford which they lost 1-0. Wednesday 22nd October 1986 Celtic 1-1 Dynamo Kiev (47,858) European Cup R2 1st leg Rangers 2-1 Boavista (38,772) UEFA Cup R2 1s leg Wednesday 30th July 1997 Celtic 5-0 Inter Cardiff (41,537) UEFA Cup QR1 2nd leg Rangers 6-0 GI Gotu (44,433) Champions League QR1 2nd leg That seems to have been the last time. It never seems to have occurred in Edinburgh, Dundee or Falkirk. Edited October 20, 2021 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 8 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: The stand is built with wood from the Ark. Where did they gopher that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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craigkillie Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Seems to have been near enough a yearly occurrence for Glasgow to host 2 games in European competition on the same night during 1970s Curiously, both Dundee United and Rangers played in Valetta, Malta on the same day back in September 1983. Dundee United beat Hamrun Spartans 3-0 in the European Cup and Rangers beat Valetta 8-0 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Even more amazingly than that, both were played in the same stadium as a double header. Edited October 20, 2021 by craigkillie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Stiles Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Seems to have been near enough a yearly occurrence for Glasgow to host 2 games in European competition on the same night during 1970s: The days before Accountants and Health & Safety ran the world of course. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 11 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Curiously, both Dundee United and Rangers played in Valetta, Malta on the same day back in September 1983. Dundee United beat Hamrun Spartans 3-0 in the European Cup and Rangers beat Valetta 8-0 in the Cup Winners' Cup. I remember reading a news article from just before these matches where the Maltese FA were planning to hold both games in the same stadium as the double header, but I've never seen any confirmation of whether this actually happened. It appears they did... Glasgow Herald on the day of the game says "United take on Maltese champions Hamrun Spartans in front of an anticipated 20,000 crowd some 15 minutes after Rangers have hopefully done the business" with the fixture list box having the ties at 3pm and 5pm (BST). Following day both match reports describe the games as having been in "the national stadium" with the Arab's report noting "United, unlike Rangers who immediately beforehand had gone on a scoring spree, had to spend much of the time leaping to avoid ugly tackles" and Jim Reynolds seems to have written both. Probably unique. Edited October 20, 2021 by HibeeJibee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul wright scores Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, HibeeJibee said: Seems to have been near enough a yearly occurrence for Glasgow to host 2 games in European competition on the same night during 1970s: Wednesday 20th October 1971 Celtic 5-0 Sliema Wanderers (29,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Rangers 3-2 Sporting Lisbon (50,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg Wednesday 3rd October 1973 Celtic 3-0 TPS Turku (15,969) European Cup R1 2nd leg Rangers 4-0 Ankaragucu (30,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 2nd leg Wednesday 18th September 1974 Celtic 1-1 Olympiacos (36,828) European Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 1-3 Southamptton (40,000) Texaco Cup QF 1st leg Wednesday 5th November 1975 Celtic 3-1 Boavista (37,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R2 2nd leg Rangers 1-2 St Etienne (51,000) European Cup R2 1st leg Wednesday 15th September 1976 Celtic 2-2 Wisla Krakow (30,000) UEFA Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 1-1 Zurich (35,000) European Cup R1 1st leg Wednesday 14th September 1977 Celtic 5-0 Jeunesse Esch (22,000) European Cup R1 1st leg Rangers 0-0 Twente (40,000) European Cup-Winners' Cup R1 1st leg (Partick Thistle 2-0 Bristol City in Anglo-Scottish Cup QF 1st leg was played Tuesday 13th) Wednesday 27th September 1978 Celtic 1-2 Burnley (27,000) Anglo-Scottish Cup QF 2nd leg Rangers 2-0 Juventus (44,000) European Cup R1 2nd leg Rangers and Celtic played European semi finals on the same night the year Rangers won the European Cup Winners Cup in 1972. Rangers played Bayern Munich and Celtic lost to Inter Milan. Edited October 20, 2021 by paul wright scores Typo 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 29 minutes ago, craigkillie said: Curiously, both Dundee United and Rangers played in Valetta, Malta on the same day back in September 1983. Dundee United beat Hamrun Spartans 3-0 in the European Cup and Rangers beat Valetta 8-0 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Even more amazingly than that, both were played in the same stadium as a double header. 18 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: It appears they did... Glasgow Herald on the day of the game says "United take on Maltese champions Hamrun Spartans in front of an anticipated 20,000 crowd some 15 minutes after Rangers have hopefully done the business" with the fixture list box having the ties at 3pm and 5pm (BST). Following day both match reports describe the games as having been in "the national stadium" with the Arab's report noting "United, unlike Rangers who immediately beforehand had gone on a scoring spree, had to spend much of the time leaping to avoid ugly tackles" and Jim Reynolds seems to have written both. Probably unique. Separate programmes for the matches, though: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 8 minutes ago, Dundee Hibernian said: Separate programmes for the matches, though: "Hopleaf Pale Ale" sounds a bit different from the standard Mediterranean euro fizz. I wonder what it was like? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiegoDiego Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 Curiously, both Dundee United and Rangers played in Valetta, Malta on the same day back in September 1983. Dundee United beat Hamrun Spartans 3-0 in the European Cup and Rangers beat Valetta 8-0 in the Cup Winners' Cup. Even more amazingly than that, both were played in the same stadium as a double header.It wasn't played in Valetta. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 The Rapid Vienna player feigned getting hit by the bottle didn't he? I seem to recall a big stooshy about him cheating. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 1 hour ago, speckled tangerine said: "Hopleaf Pale Ale" sounds a bit different from the standard Mediterranean euro fizz. I wonder what it was like? https://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=21687 Fill yer boots. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speckled tangerine Posted October 20, 2021 Share Posted October 20, 2021 18 minutes ago, Sergeant Wilson said: https://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/Beer/Beer-Ratings.asp?BeerID=21687 Fill yer boots. So, absolute shite then. That's one of the worst ratings I've ever seen on that site. My god. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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