HoBNob Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Dunfermline away at Ibrox in 1970, saw it on Facebook a couple of days ago and can't remember the exact details. It's either a really disgruntled Pars fan in Doc Martins with the Dunfermline player in a choke hold but it's probably safe to assume it's an Rangers fan. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Now an interlude into a forgotten area of our football history - the police leagues and cups. Back in the day when we had more than one force. Pinnacle of achievement was the Scottish Police FA's Counties & Burghs Cup. Here - in black and white stripes?! - are the victorious Lanarkshire polis of 1927-28. Front right - James Henry: later the Detective Superintendent who led the Peter Manuel murders enquiry. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 They must have thought shiny shirts and shirts would show up better under the lights. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Renton, "Scotch" world champions from 1887. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 (edited) Rangers fans seek a better view at St James's Park v Newcastle United, Fairs Cup semi final May 1969... Edited March 27, 2019 by Lurkst 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie McSquackle Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 I'm guessing that was carnage. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer (Raconteur) Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 21 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Now an interlude into a forgotten area of our football history - the police leagues and cups. Back in the day when we had more than one force. Pinnacle of achievement was the Scottish Police FA's Counties & Burghs Cup. Here - in black and white stripes?! - are the victorious Lanarkshire polis of 1927-28. Front right - James Henry: later the Detective Superintendent who led the Peter Manuel murders enquiry. Ex Dundee United player Derek Stark turned out for Fife Constabulary. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 Scotland v England at Ibrox in 1902. At the dark patch in the crowd - at the top directly above the goalposts/below a chimney - the terracing has just collapsed, killing 25 and injuring well over 500. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 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. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 50 minutes ago, Lurkst said: Rangers fans seek a better view at St James's Park v Newcastle United, Fairs Cup semi final May 1969... 1920s... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 http://www.scottishpolicemedals.co.uk/scottish-police-force-galleries-men-equipment-insignia/edinburgh-city-police-welfare-association-football-section/ some more stuff about the polis. Talking of the Emergency services there was also a Scotland Fire Brigade side - IIRC Jim McQueen and Jim Bowie of Meadowbank Thistle were fireman and Scotland caps as were Evan Balfour (Airdrie) and Mike Megginson (Cove Rangers) and I think there was an Ambulance Service side as well which Mike "Korky" Korotkich (HIbs, Meadowbank and Berwick) may have played for. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eednud Posted March 27, 2019 Share Posted March 27, 2019 1 minute ago, tamthebam said: http://www.scottishpolicemedals.co.uk/scottish-police-force-galleries-men-equipment-insignia/edinburgh-city-police-welfare-association-football-section/ some more stuff about the polis. Talking of the Emergency services there was also a Scotland Fire Brigade side - IIRC Jim McQueen and Jim Bowie of Meadowbank Thistle were fireman and Scotland caps as were Evan Balfour (Airdrie) and Mike Megginson (Cove Rangers) and I think there was an Ambulance Service side as well which Mike "Korky" Korotkich (HIbs, Meadowbank and Berwick) may have played for. I'm sure there was a game at Tannadice in the early 70's between the Scottish or Dundee or some other combined Fire Brigade and the Swedish or Gothenburg Fire Brigade as ex United player Lennart Wing was in the Gothenburg fire brigade. and either due to play in the game or was managing them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boo Khaki Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 29/12/2018 at 00:29, Eednud said: This is what the Forfarshire Cup looks like. The caption on the Tully's Blether with Broon page says it was 2002 after Montrose beat Dundee United but the Scottish Football Historical Archive and Wikipedia site lists Montrose's last win as 1991/92. Anybody know when this happened? Knowing the Forfarshire Cup, chances are the final of the 1991/92 edition wasn't actually played until 2002, so it's anyone's guess really. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 It was the 2001-02 Final held-over to Saturday 27th July 2002 and finished Montrose 2-0 Dundee United.https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/matchdetails.php?id=4919http://www.montrosefc.uk7.net/Montrose FC Galleries/matches0203/montrosevdundeeutd270702/album1.html For some reason SFHA gives it as 5-1 to Dundee United. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenconner Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 20 hours ago, 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. The only architect that starts with a horrendous disaster and ends up a cult figure in the world of football geeks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 Denis Law about to score for the Rest of the World to draw level with England at Wembley in 1963. Jimmy Greaves scored the winner for England almost on FT. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 On 27/03/2019 at 00:46, Grant228 said: Dunfermline away at Ibrox in 1970, saw it on Facebook a couple of days ago and can't remember the exact details. It's either a really disgruntled Pars fan in Doc Martins with the Dunfermline player in a choke hold but it's probably safe to assume it's an Rangers fan. Can’t believe that most of the players are getting on with the game, as a Pars player appears to be fighting for his life. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 (edited) 6 Royal Army Medical Corps Depot & Training Establishment Oswestry 0 64th Royal Artillery Training Regiment Crookham Action from the Army Cup Final of 1948-49 at a busy Command Central, Aldershot. Starring for RAMC were Scottish international Bobby Flavell and Ivor Allchurch - while Bob Stokoe featured for the 'gunners'. Edited March 28, 2019 by HibeeJibee 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: 6 Royal Army Medical Corps Depot & Training Establishment Oswestry 0 64th Royal Artillery Training Regiment Crookham Action from the Army Cup Final of 1949-50 at a busy Command Central, Aldershot. Starring for the RAMC were Bobby Flavell and Ivor Allchurch - while Bob Stokoe featured for the gunners. A Photographic History Of Scottish Football. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted March 28, 2019 Share Posted March 28, 2019 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.. Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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