A Photographic History Of Scottish Football

[HibeeJibee]

Century ago tonight Hearts, Hibs, Leith and St Bernards instituted an emergency Edinburgh Rent Relief Fund Cup:



Wed 07 Dec 1921     SF     Heart of Midlothian 2-1 St Bernards     (5,000)     (£165 10s)
Wed 14 Dec 1921     SF     Hibernian 7-0 Leith Athletic

Regretably the Final at Tynecastle was postponed by bad weather... then delayed 5 months :

Wed 10 May 1922     Fin     Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Hibernian     (6,000)      (£250)

Another was staged 1yr later:

Tue 15 May 1923     Fin     Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Hibernian     (5,000)     (£220 9s)



Glasgow had established an equivalent tournament the previous month:

Tue 15 Nov 1921     R1     Partick Thistle 4-2 Clyde     (5,000)    (£255 15s)
Tue 22 Nov 1921     R1     Queen's Park 2-3 Rangers     (7,000)     (£270)

Tue 29 Nov 1921     SF     Celtic 2-1 Third Lanark     (6,000)
Tue 06 Dec 1921     SF     Rangers 2-0 Partick Thistle     (10,000)     (£536)

Tue 13 Dec 1921     Fin     Rangers 2-0 Celtic     (25,000 at Hampden)



SFA donated £1,000 to support Glasgow's tournament... but by 14 votes to 8 a proposed contribution of £500 for Edinburgh was reduced to £105 and then nothing .

[tamthebam]

39 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said:

Century ago tonight Hearts, Hibs, Leith and St Bernards instituted an emergency Edinburgh Rent Relief Fund Cup:



Wed 07 Dec 1921     SF     Heart of Midlothian 2-1 St Bernards     (5,000)     (£165 10s)
Wed 14 Dec 1921     SF     Hibernian 7-0 Leith Athletic

Regretably the Final at Tynecastle was postponed by bad weather... then delayed 5 months :

Wed 10 May 1922     Fin     Heart of Midlothian 0-1 Hibernian     (6,000)      (£250)

Another was staged 1yr later:

Tue 15 May 1923     Fin     Heart of Midlothian 2-1 Hibernian     (5,000)     (£220 9s)



Glasgow had established an equivalent tournament the previous month:

Tue 15 Nov 1921     R1     Partick Thistle 4-2 Clyde     (5,000)    (£255 15s)
Tue 22 Nov 1921     R1     Queen's Park 2-3 Rangers     (7,000)     (£270)

Tue 29 Nov 1921     SF     Celtic 2-1 Third Lanark     (6,000)
Tue 06 Dec 1921     SF     Rangers 2-0 Partick Thistle     (10,000)     (£536)

Tue 13 Dec 1921     Fin     Rangers 2-0 Celtic     (25,000 at Hampden)



SFA donated £1,000 to support Glasgow's tournament... but by 14 votes to 8 a proposed contribution of £500 for Edinburgh was reduced to £105 and then nothing .

In 1915 there was a rent strike in Glasgow when landlords took advantage of an influx of shipyard workers for the war effort and the fact that many Glasgow men were fighting at the Front to bully the women into accepting a 25% increase.

Led by Mary Barbour the women succeeded in forcing the Government to pass rent restriction laws for the duration.

Presumably when the soldiers came home the rent restriction laws were scrapped, hence the need for charity matches.

St Bernards and Leith Athletic themselves were in a bit of a state at the end of World War 1. The Gymnasium pitch had been damaged by use as a vehicle depot and Leith were semi-nomads on the lookout for suitable accommodation.

[Hawkeye the Gnu]

On 22/11/2021 at 15:53, Drew Brees said:

Mounted police keep an eye on the crowds at the Edinburgh derby in January 1950 at Easter Road. A record attendance of more than 65,000 fans saw Hearts beat Hibs by two goals to one.

 

Imagine the boys down the front having to look up at the horses bollocks, thinking, " I hope it doesn't chose this time to have a shite".

The horses and polis must have looked HUGE from down there.

 

[Drew Brees]

Edited December 3, 2021 by Drew Brees

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Hampden crowd 1960, no idea who these folk are except last one, James Maley, who fought in the 2nd world war and the Spanish civil war. 

[HibeeJibee]

Brazilian world tour of 1973:

May 27     Brazil 5-0 Bolivia
Jun 3          Algeria 0-2 Brazil
Jun 6          Tunisia 1-4 Brazil
Jun 9          Italy 2-0 Brazil                                          75th anniversary of the Italian FA
Jun 13       Austria 1-1 Brazil
Jun 16       West Germany 0-1 Brazil
Jun 21       Soviet Union 0-1 Brazil
Jun 25       Sweden 1-0 Brazil
Jun 30       Scotland 0-1 Brazil                                centenary of the Scottish FA
Jul 3            Shamrock Rovers XI 3-4 Brazil     charity match


    
 

[Dundee Hibernian]

1 hour ago, Drew Brees said:

 

 

That boy's armed with a Biro, no wonder the polis are taking no chances.

[Sergeant Wilson]

1 hour ago, Drew Brees said:

 

60000 at it and I stood next to another guy in a brown checked sports jacket!

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[HibeeJibee]

Argentine world tour of 1979:

May 22     Netherlands 0-0 Argentina (7-8p)     in Switzerland, for 75th anniversary of FIFA
May 26     Italy 2-2 Argentina
May 29     League of Ireland 0-0 Argentina
Jun 2          Scotland 1-3 Argentina
Jun 6          New York Cosmos 0-1 Argentina


    
 

 

[Dundee Hibernian]

41 minutes ago, Drew Brees said:

That Rene Houseman became an agent and along with his fellow agent and brother Marcelo he guided Jim McLean into signing Walter Rojas ("El Explosivo"), who turned out in zero first team matches, and one reserve fixture during his time on Tayside. However, the Houseman Brothers also encouraged United to sign Victor Ferreyra, who certainly knew how to hit the target................... with spittle.

Andy Goram and Jim Duffy were two of his victims, and after one incident when McLean asked Ferreyra whether he had actually spat on another player, the Argentinian confirmed it without any pangs of guilt or remorse. Nonetheless, Ferreyra was a class act in terms of his football, if not personality, contributing several outstanding performances in his short time with the club.

Houseman, who suffered from alcoholism even in his playing days, was a World Cup winner in 1978, playing as a right winger. He died in 2018.

[HibeeJibee]

There was a major surprise result at Montrose this weekend 90 years ago: rock bottom Edinburgh City won only the 2nd league game of their debut season and 1st away from home, securing only their 2nd ever cleansheet in the process:




Within days it was discovered the Montrose players had been offered bribes to throw the match:




City won only 3 more games all season and finished last, a dubious accolade they went on to emulate the subsequent 3 seasons.

[Ewan8472]

1 hour ago, Dundee Hibernian said:

That Rene Houseman became an agent and along with his fellow agent and brother Marcelo he guided Jim McLean into signing Walter Rojas ("El Explosivo"), who turned out in zero first team matches, and one reserve fixture during his time on Tayside. However, the Houseman Brothers also encouraged United to sign Victor Ferreyra, who certainly knew how to hit the target................... with spittle.

Andy Goram and Jim Duffy were two of his victims, and after one incident when McLean asked Ferreyra whether he had actually spat on another player, the Argentinian confirmed it without any pangs of guilt or remorse. Nonetheless, Ferreyra was a class act in terms of his football, if not personality, contributing several outstanding performances in his short time with the club.

Houseman, who suffered from alcoholism even in his playing days, was a World Cup winner in 1978, playing as a right winger. He died in 2018.

The one on the right looks like an Argentinian Frank McClintock !

[Ewan8472]

Ian St John said they nearly threw a game at Motherwell

[Ewan8472]

On 30/11/2021 at 12:54, Eednud said:

Don’t forget Scotland had to play-off against Czechoslovakia in 1961 after both ended up with 3:wins out of 4 and goal average didn’t count. Scotland lost 0-4 in Bratislava but won 3-2 at Hampden. The play-off was in Brussels and the Czechs won 4-2 aet. Czechoslovakia lost to Brazil in the 1962 Final.

 

 

 

 

That Lawman goal was rather wonderful !

[Lurkst]

4 hours ago, HibeeJibee said:

Jun 30       Scotland 0-1 Brazil                                centenary of the Scottish FA


     
 

Brazil's winning goalscorer, Derek Johnstone!...

[HibeeJibee]

1 hour ago, Ewan8472 said:

Ian St John said they nearly threw a game at Motherwell

Suspect more of it went on than people would like to admit - particularly between the wars. There were various instances of people reporting approaches to fix games... and occasional cases of managers, directors or players being charged or prosecuted for dodgy doings.

Most infamous of all Falkirk bribed and intimidated Ayr players to throw a league game toward the end of 1934-35 (both clubs were locked in an intense relegation race alongside several other teams). This was discovered; game voided and replayed; Falkirk fined £25; their manager banned for life; etc. Falkirk officials had even threatened an Ayr player with the sack from his day job at Alexanders Coachbuilders if he didn't feign injury... he did, alongside £3 bribe. He was fined £10 and banned for rest of season. Ayr won the replayed game 2-0 having lost original 2-3. Falkirk finished bottom and were relegated while those 2pts ultimately proved the difference in saving Ayr and relegating St Mirren.

Not everybody succumbed to cash incentives or physical threats. Stenhousemuir's goalie was 'encouraged' by a Falkirk bookmaker to throw their game v Broxburn in 1925 - if he did £50 would come his way - but refused.

Edited December 3, 2021 by HibeeJibee