realmadrid Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 2 hours ago, tamthebam said: If that's the East terrace why is the roof missing? Apparently the shed was built in the 1950s. Muirton covered enclosure was built in summer of 1961 into the autumn 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutankhamen Posted April 10, 2020 Share Posted April 10, 2020 On 8 April 2020 at 16:44, topcat(The most tip top) said: Green white and yellow is the flag for the sparsely populated county of Offaly in west Leinster It maybe that thousands of Celtic fans just happened to have some connections with that county But that would be ... ... an Offaly strange coincidence I’ll get my coat Offaly had a great team in the mid 1970s 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 21 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Simon Weston on the right as well. Pre 1982 obviously 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brockers61 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Stolen from the COYB Facebook page. Jinky and Sir Stanley Matthews finally fulfil their boyhood ambitions to pull on a Falkirk shirt. Charity match at the Grangemouth Stadium, early 70's. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 11:21, realmadrid said: A 1/3 complete Muirton Park enclosure with floodlights that the league said were only fit for training. St Johnstone 4-3 Partick thistle 2/9/1961 in the final group game of the league cup that season Our club historian Brian Doyle stated on twitter that number 8 in the photo is Ronnie Wright who had just scored the fourth and winning gaol. Saints were 2-0 down at half time and 3-2 down in the second half. That result means Saints win the section eliminating Celtic whom we beat home and away, and Hibs, who "Hibsed it" losing there last two games to go from top of the group of 4 to 3rd in the table. Thistle finished last with 3 points from their 6 games. The attendance was around 10,000 That's a proper Thistle strip. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Jacksgranda Posted April 11, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 11:31, realmadrid said: Tactics at Muirton Park. Their next match must have been at Easter Road. 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 On 10/04/2020 at 11:35, realmadrid said: The Perth and Kinross Archives have been posting a lot of Saints images in the last month and this one is from a game vs Motherwell in the 60's with a packed main stand and stand enclosure. And that's a proper Motherwell strip. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 Sad times as East End is ruined. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andy_K_97 Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 1 hour ago, DA Baracus said: Sad times as East End is ruined. I still like EEP as a ground, but I would have loved to have gone to a game there with the terraces. Would have been a smashing experience. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DA Baracus Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 (edited) 4 minutes ago, Andy_K_97 said: I still like EEP as a ground, but I would have loved to have gone to a game there with the terraces. Would have been a smashing experience. Oh it was, and I only experienced it for a few years, and only stood on it for a few games (my old man and me usually sat in the main stand until he stopped taking me). All seater grounds are an anachronism I think. The future is a mix of seating and standing, but with top facilities for all. 'Safe standing' is a con and needs to get to f**k. It will hold clubs back. There's nothing wrong with regular terracing. Many clubs in English Leagues 1 and 2 prove this. Edited April 11, 2020 by DA Baracus 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 11, 2020 Share Posted April 11, 2020 3 minutes ago, Andy_K_97 said: I still like EEP as a ground, but I would have loved to have gone to a game there with the terraces. Would have been a smashing experience. I was at their first game in the then Premier Division in 1987, an exciting 3-3 draw with Hibs in the sunshine. It was a rocking atmosphere with the terraces full that day. Even when half full it had a good atmosphere. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranaldo Bairn Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 One of the most fun/scary bounce around on the steep terrace opposite the main stand there, when Greg Shaw nodded in the equaliser in 1994. Great stuff. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevieKTID Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 10 hours ago, Andy_K_97 said: I still like EEP as a ground, but I would have loved to have gone to a game there with the terraces. Would have been a smashing experience. My first Killie away game was at East End park in the 1988-89 season, John Watson ripped us apart, Pars won 3-0, it was a great day out regardless of the result, it soon became apparent that the season wasn't going to go our way. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tree house tam Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 15 hours ago, Andy_K_97 said: I still like EEP as a ground, but I would have loved to have gone to a game there with the terraces. Would have been a smashing experience. As a young lad standing at the segregation fence I was glad they had netting above it as by half time it usually had darts and golf balls stuck in it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mantis Posted April 14, 2020 Share Posted April 14, 2020 City Park, Edinburgh, 1992. Look at the state of that pitch. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Another couple of Muirton Park images that have been shared at the weekend. The first is an early image from before the construction of the enclosure and it shows the importance of the railway line back then. This second one has the enclosure but is pre proper floodlights. Lowland league side Jeanfield Swifts old ground Simpson Park can be seen in the top right with what looks like someone playing on it. Saints training pitches/carpark runs along the bottom left. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
realmadrid Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 Some press photos as 31 years ago today a part time Saints held Rangers to a 0-0 draw in the Scottish cup semi final. In the days before mobile phone technology we had no idea of what had happened in Sheffield as we played out the game at Celtic Park. I remember walking back to the buses after the game , everyone outside was singing then the people on the supporters buses were all sitting in silence. I cannot remember a word being said on the way back as everyone listened to the radio. A very strange day with 9000 saints fans in one corner of the Celtic Park terrace and half the main stand. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 14/04/2020 at 20:31, The Mantis said: City Park, Edinburgh, 1992. Look at the state of that pitch. Aye, yon Spartans ruined Edinburgh City's ancestral home And now we're ruining theirs.. The pitch wasn't helped by having two teams play on it- Craigroyston shared with Spartans at the time. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LincolnHearts Posted April 15, 2020 Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 14/04/2020 at 20:31, The Mantis said: City Park, Edinburgh, 1992. Look at the state of that pitch. Used to remember walking up Pilton Drive North and accessing City Park through a hole in the fence at the brow of the hill. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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