Eednud Posted October 31, 2021 Share Posted October 31, 2021 1 hour ago, Flybhoy said: Northern Ireland v Scotland in 1970 at Windsor Park and a dejected George Best trudges off the pitch having been sent off Next time they met at Windsor Park wasn’t until 1980. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) This dissheveled programme from Dundee United's first-ever Scottish Cup Final appearance (officially 'War Emergency Cup') sold for over £1,000 on Ebay earlier . Hampden was limited to 50% capacity. Edited November 1, 2021 by HibeeJibee 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arabdownunder Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Clearly onside. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingjoey Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Arabdownunder said: Clearly onside. Let it go. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant Wilson Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Randora wine sounds lovely, quite a high class aperitif, no doubt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Sergeant Wilson said: Randora wine sounds lovely, quite a high class aperitif, no doubt. Provided your supply wasn't sunk on its way from the Cape by pocket battleship, U-boat torpedo, magnetic mine or long-range raiding aircraft...! It is actually quite eye-opening to put that Final in contemporary context. It was played on Saturday 4th May. On the preceding Thursday the last British and French troops had evacuated from Norway which was about to fall. Neville Chamberlain resigned on the following Friday (after unconvincingly winning a vote of no confidence): and as it happened the Germans invaded the Low Countries and France that same day. So by the time Dundee United took the field again at home to Hibs in SFL East; plus Dawson and Venters of Rangers were playing for Scotland v England in 1-1 draw at Hampden before 62,000; the war felt in a very different place. By the time the league ended a fortnight after that the Dunkirk evacuation was in its full swing - indeed same night as Rangers and Clyde were contesting the Glasgow Charity Cup Final at Hampden the Clyde paddlesteamer Waverley went down with the loss of several hundred men. Crowd that night was only 12,000... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) Andy Lynch scoring his first goal for Celtic against Arbroath in a League Cup tie in 1973, originally a winger he was soon converted to a left back, the former Hearts man, who also played a few seasons in the USA is probably best remembered for his winning goal penalty against the **** in the 1977 Scottish cup final Edited November 1, 2021 by Flybhoy 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dundee Hibernian Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 (edited) 8 hours ago, Arabdownunder said: Clearly onside. Glasgow officials, nothing changes. 7 hours ago, kingjoey said: Let it go. Can't. 13 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Arthur Baxter, right half to use the correct term of the period, was the lad who played the free kick in, which hit Willie Woodburn and fell to Tommy Adamson to 'score' for United. After the match, Baxter returned to his army unit with the Gordon Highlanders. In his earlier career, he'd played with Falkirk and notably Dundee for three seasons, and he returned to play a couple of matches for Aberdeen during wartime. He was killed during the Battle of Rimini in September 1944 and was buried in Italy. Edited November 1, 2021 by Dundee Hibernian Missed 'A' on 'scorer'. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 13 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: This dissheveled programme from Dundee United's first-ever Scottish Cup Final appearance (officially 'War Emergency Cup') sold for over £1,000 on Ebay earlier . Hampden was limited to 50% capacity. A. Milne of Dundee United was Arthur Milne who played for Hibs. During the War he was given permission to turn out for Dundee United and before being called up for the forces he also played for Aberdeen. He played in the infamous Hibs Scottish Cup loss to Edinburgh City in 1938 and according to the match report was "utterly dejected" at the final whistle. Arthur Milne died aged 82 in Edinburgh in 1997. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Flybhoy said: Andy Lynch scoring his first goal for Celtic against Arbroath in a League Cup tie in 1973, originally a winger he was soon converted to a left back, the former Hearts man, who also played a few seasons in the USA is probably best remembered for his winning goal penalty against the **** in the 1977 Scottish cup final Totally unrelated to the guy in the picture, but when and why did celtic stop wearing numbers on the shorts? I recall them still having them in early 90's, but did they go when names and numbers on back of shirts became mandatory? Given celtics ability to release many shirts in a single season, are they not missing an opportunity of having a 3rd kit with numbers on shorts? As a wider point, I'd have a game each season where teams wear a version of retro kits with a portion of kit sales going to charity or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Celtic wore numbers on the shorts only until 95/96, that was the first season of wearing numbers on the back with the exception of European fixtures which, from what my dad tells me stipulated numbers on the back of shirts from the early 1970's. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flybhoy Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Jackie McNamara junior and senior 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Jackie McNamara junior and senior Looks more like senior and junior. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theyellowbox Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 30 minutes ago, Flybhoy said: Jackie McNamara junior and senior Going by the Scotland kit, must have been early 00's. Junior must be about ages now as Senior was in that pic. McNamara (Jr) was one of those annoying players for opposition fans, probably under rated, so you kind of assumed him to be weaker than others, but in reality was a fine player. I sort of think he is one of those more suited to today's game than when he played. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted November 1, 2021 Share Posted November 1, 2021 Faatha and Biffa Bacon....! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Remember that time a Greenock Morton player scored a hat-trick in the Final of the European Championship? Me neither but it happened 75 years ago today... the place: Berlin... the man: Billy Steel. Sunday 3rd November 1946 - kickoff 2:40pm Allied Nations European Championship Great Britain 6-3 Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 40,000 GB Scorers: Steel (3), Lee, Parsons, Thompson HT: 3-0 Mills of Great Britain sent-off 89mins Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark) Pre-match and HT entertainment came from the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment band. Medals were presented by General Lucius Clay: Commander-in-Chief Europe. Here are the results from earlier in the tournament. In a sign of the descending 'Iron Curtain' note the Russians and Poles withdrew: Group A Czechoslovakia walkover - Poland and Soviet Union refused to enter Group B Luxembourg 12-0 United States of America Belgium 18-0 United States of America Belgium 2-1 Luxembourg Group C Great Britain 5-0 Denmark Denmark 2-1 Norway Great Britain 6-0 Norway Group D Netherlands 4-3 France - Greece entered too late Semi-Finals Czechoslovakia 8-4 Belgium Great Britain 8-0 Netherlands 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloPerth Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Looks like the alternative ending of escape to victory for that USA team, the one where Sly and the lads do decide to f**k off at HT. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 8 hours ago, HibeeJibee said: Remember that time a Greenock Morton player scored a hat-trick in the Final of the European Championship? Me neither but it happened 75 years ago today... the place: Berlin... the man: Billy Steel. Sunday 3rd November 1946 - kickoff 2:40pm Allied Nations European Championship Great Britain 6-3 Czechoslovakia at the Olympic Stadium, Berlin Attendance: 40,000 GB Scorers: Steel (3), Lee, Parsons, Thompson HT: 3-0 Mills of Great Britain sent-off 89mins Referee: Valdemar Laursen (Denmark) Pre-match and HT entertainment came from the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment band. Medals were presented by General Lucius Clay: Commander-in-Chief Europe. Here are the results from earlier in the tournament. In a sign of the descending 'Iron Curtain' note the Russians and Poles withdrew: Group A Czechoslovakia walkover - Poland and Soviet Union refused to enter Group B Luxembourg 12-0 United States of America Belgium 18-0 United States of America Belgium 2-1 Luxembourg Group C Great Britain 5-0 Denmark Denmark 2-1 Norway Great Britain 6-0 Norway Group D Netherlands 4-3 France - Greece entered too late Semi-Finals Czechoslovakia 8-4 Belgium Great Britain 8-0 Netherlands You're an absolute mine of information! I thought I knew a fair bit about football in general (primarily in the UK), but you're in a different league. Fascinating stuff. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toby Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Good to think that Luxembourg put 12 past the USA and Belgium 18, yet only four years later, the States managed to beat England at the World Cup. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacksgranda Posted November 3, 2021 Share Posted November 3, 2021 Morton issued this programme for their Summer Cup tie with Third Lanark in 1964 (Morton only got invited because East Stirlingshire withdrew - top flight clubs only in the Summer Cup - Celtic & Rangers didn't participate) to celebrate their record breaking promotion season of 1963/64, 67 points (2 points for a win) from 36 games, only 1 league defeat (away to East Fife) and 135 goals scored with 37 conceded. Morton also reached the League Cup Final, losing 5-0 to Rangers. On the left of the photograph, looking rather dapper in his suit, is Jimmy Wilson, who later played for the Dons, Motherwell, Dundee and Falkirk. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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