A Photographic History Of Scottish Football

[Ranaldo Bairn]

Oh yeah, and sorry for spamming, but the size of that crowd might be partly due to Falkirk fielding their WORLD TRANSFER RECORD centre forward, Syd Puddefoot (£5000).

[Mr Heliums]

15 hours ago, Ranaldo Bairn said:

By the way, was this in the days of "in case of clash, home team wore their change strip"? The blue looks fairly pale, so I guess not.

That's Saints in the darker shirts (blue: we'd only adopted it a couple of seasons before); Falkirk in white. It's the Falkirk goalie managing to cope with our lacklustre attack.

On the crowd size (Falkirk Herald estimated it as 12,000 by the second half) – I think it was due to it being Saints' first-ever home game in the top league – though Puddefoot might have been an added attraction. The Second Division Championship flag was hoisted – by a Falkirk director – before the game.

Edited February 6, 2018 by Mr Heliums

[ICTJohnboy]

Surprised not to see this classic on here from the 1960's. 

Great quote here from Dave McKay on Bremner...

 “He was a brilliant little player but a dirty little b******. He kicked me in the leg I’d just come back from breaking twice. If he’d kicked the other one, I could have accepted that. But he kicked the broken one and that really annoyed me. I could’ve killed him that day.”

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by ICTJohnboy

[7-2]

2 hours ago, ICTJohnboy said:

Surprised not to see this classic on here from the 1960's. 

Maybe because it happened in English football.

[EdTheDuck]

 

Derek 'cup tie' McKay scores the only goal in the 1970 Scottish Cup semi final vs Kilmarnock, played in front of anything from 25,000 - 31,000 at Muirton Park, depending on who you believe.

Apparently there was a fair bit of fisticuffs and bottle throwing but then it was the 1970s when such things weren't seen as the end of civilisation

 

 

Edited February 6, 2018 by EdTheDuck

[resk]

 
Derek 'cup tie' McKay scores the only goal in the 1970 Scottish Cup semi final vs Kilmarnock, played in front of anything from 25,000 - 31,000 at Muirton Park, depending on who you believe.
Apparently there was a fair bit of fisticuffs and bottle throwing but then it was the 1970s when such things weren't seen as the end of civilisation

 
 

Look at those kits. Fkin class.

[Estragon]

That's what all cup semi finals should look like...contested exclusively by TB4.

Unfortunately Kilmarnock had been drawn against Motherwell in the quarters that year, so had to settle for 75%.

[Arch Stanton]

1 hour ago, EdTheDuck said:

 

Derek 'cup tie' McKay scores the only goal in the 1970 Scottish Cup semi final vs Kilmarnock, played in front of anything from 25,000 - 31,000 at Muirton Park, depending on who you believe.

Apparently there was a fair bit of fisticuffs and bottle throwing but then it was the 1970s when such things weren't seen as the end of civilisation

 

 

Why did you delete the b&w picture? Showed the old covered terracing.

[Squirrelhumper]

1 hour ago, EdTheDuck said:

 

Derek 'cup tie' McKay scores the only goal in the 1970 Scottish Cup semi final vs Kilmarnock, played in front of anything from 25,000 - 31,000 at Muirton Park, depending on who you believe.

Apparently there was a fair bit of fisticuffs and bottle throwing but then it was the 1970s when such things weren't seen as the end of civilisation

 

 

Aye my dad said it was wild. 

Football specials were eventful on way home to Killie. 

[EdTheDuck]

8 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said:

Why did you delete the b&w picture? Showed the old covered terracing.

It wasn't the actual goal but here it is

Edited February 6, 2018 by EdTheDuck

[Daydream]

It wasn't the actual goal but here it is

Tremendous picture!

[tree house tam]

2 minutes ago, Daydream said:

Tremendous picture!

Tremendous ground.

[Daydream]

Tremendous ground.

Was never there unfortunately. Does look good.

I’ve been to the Asda a few times [emoji57]

[tree house tam]

6 minutes ago, Daydream said:

I’ve been to the Asda a few times

It's just not the same

 

Everything in those last 2 pictures is sadly flattened. 

[paul wright scores]

2 hours ago, EdTheDuck said:

 

Derek 'cup tie' McKay scores the only goal in the 1970 Scottish Cup semi final vs Kilmarnock, played in front of anything from 25,000 - 31,000 at Muirton Park, depending on who you believe.

Apparently there was a fair bit of fisticuffs and bottle throwing but then it was the 1970s when such things weren't seen as the end of civilisation

 

 

It was wild.  Went with my dad and his father and there was a lot of fighting.

There was a load of trouble at Fir Park in the quarter final too.

 

 

[EdTheDuck]

5 minutes ago, tree house tam said:

It's just not the same

 

Everything in those last 2 pictures is sadly flattened. 

And Derek McKay died in 2008 aged just 59

He only ever scored 4 goals for AFC.  The only goal in the QF against Falkirk, that game winning goal against Kilmarnock in the semi and then 2 in the final.

[paul wright scores]

Just now, EdTheDuck said:

And Derek McKay died in 2008 aged just 59

He only ever scored 4 goals for AFC.  The only goal in the QF against Falkirk, that game winning goal against Kilmarnock in the semi and then 2 in the final.

That's why his nickname was 'Cup Tie McKay'.   Think he emigrated to Australia not long after the final

[EdTheDuck]

12 minutes ago, paul wright scores said:

That's why his nickname was 'Cup Tie McKay'.   Think he emigrated to Australia not long after the final

You're right, he did. This bit written by Aberdeen Journals is quite sad.

Derek’s hopes of building on his cup heroics in 1970 were wrecked when he asked Turnbull for a pay rise.

Derek said: “Eddie told me I wasn’t going to get any more money and that he would sit me in the stand to teach me a lesson.

“He did, until my contract ran out.

“That was the end of my Aberdeen career.”

Derek then had spells with Crystal Palace and Barrow before playing in Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia, where he eventually settled.

He became a window cleaner and also worked as a hospital porter.

Derek survived serious injuries suffered when he was involved in a car accident near Perth in 2003

[paul wright scores]

10 minutes ago, EdTheDuck said:

You're right, he did. This bit written by Aberdeen Journals is quite sad.

Derek’s hopes of building on his cup heroics in 1970 were wrecked when he asked Turnbull for a pay rise.

Derek said: “Eddie told me I wasn’t going to get any more money and that he would sit me in the stand to teach me a lesson.

“He did, until my contract ran out.

“That was the end of my Aberdeen career.”

Derek then had spells with Crystal Palace and Barrow before playing in Hong Kong, South Africa and Australia, where he eventually settled.

He became a window cleaner and also worked as a hospital porter.

Derek survived serious injuries suffered when he was involved in a car accident near Perth in 2003

That's a terrible way to treat someone who did so much in these 3 cup ties. 

Turnbull is proof of how badly players were treated years go by managers, even though on paper he was a successful manager.  No wonder the Bosman ruling evolved.

[paul wright scores]

Just now, paul wright scores said:

That's a terrible way to treat someone who did so much in these 3 cup ties. 

Turnbull is proof of how badly players were treated years go by managers, even though on paper he was a successful manager.  No wonder the Bosman ruling evolved.

Correction - that's a terrible way to treat anyone, irrespective of what he did in these 3 cup ties.