Monkey Tennis Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 I love that these hearings were filled with laughter. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 8 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: That's magnificent. Is it real? Where is this gem to be found? I'm guessing it's somewhere in England if genuine. I want Morris dancers gamboling around that Maypole while a match is in progress. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 6 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: That's magnificent. Is it real? Where is this gem to be found? I'm guessing it's somewhere in England if genuine. I want Morris dancers gamboling around that Maypole while a match is in progress. On the contrary: it's in Scotland. I don't think it's held a formal game for decades, but I've a clipping about a match played on it about 40yrs ago which I'll post once somebody gets the village. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 8 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: On the contrary: it's in Scotland. I don't think it's held a formal game for decades, but I've a clipping about a match played on it about 40yrs ago which I'll post once somebody gets the village. Swinton 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkey Tennis Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 27 minutes ago, HibeeJibee said: On the contrary: it's in Scotland. I don't think it's held a formal game for decades, but I've a clipping about a match played on it about 40yrs ago which I'll post once somebody gets the village. Was the monument thing in place for this 40 year old match? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 50 minutes ago, Arch Stanton said: Swinton 30 minutes ago, Monkey Tennis said: Was the monument thing in place for this 40 year old match? 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 4 Share Posted February 4 At the tail end of Meadowbank's existence Thistle played a friendly (I think it was at Whitestone Park, Peebles) where part of the pitch had been roped off as grass seed had been put down (it may have been to do with the cricket which gets played at Whitestone). Almost as farcical as Blobby Hunter's attempts at running a football club. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 3 hours ago, Monkey Tennis said: I love that these hearings were filled with laughter. The Dundee Courier loves its stage directions (they're in court reports as well). I wonder how much of them came from the Dundee rep M'Culloch, who seems to have been something of a stand-up in these meetings. E.g. when a team from Wick applied to join the SFA in 1889 he suggested that, given the Scottish Cup was still regionalised in the first rounds, they be given a region to themselves. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluearmyfaction Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 I've found out why Jamestown protested Vale of Leven Hibs in 1888 - the previous year's tie had been somewhat contentious...Jamestown won 3-2, the game was replayed (twice) after a Hibs protest about rough play, and, after Jamestown finally got through, there was an outbreak of rowdyism that night... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O'Kelly Isley III Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 14 hours ago, bluearmyfaction said: I've found out why Jamestown protested Vale of Leven Hibs in 1888 - the previous year's tie had been somewhat contentious...Jamestown won 3-2, the game was replayed (twice) after a Hibs protest about rough play, and, after Jamestown finally got through, there was an outbreak of rowdyism that night... The Vale of Leven, a place you can walk for 3-1/2 miles and never leave the scene of the crime. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specky Ginger Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 An ariel view of Hampden during the 1938 Scottish Cup Final apparently. Found it on Pinterest. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piquet Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 I saw a history of Annfield at this link: https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/gone-grounds-annfiel 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 The late, great Billy Thomson. I can remember Thomson playing for Dundee United (by which time Hamish the Goalie had departed for Raith Rovers) and what I can remember of seeing him live and on the telly he was a pretty good goalie. Wikipedia says he played once for Partick Thistle before going to St Mirren. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tamthebam Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 1 hour ago, Piquet said: I saw a history of Annfield at this link: https://readtheleague.com/the-big-feature/gone-grounds-annfiel Footnotes (Tam the Bam style): 1) Tom Fergusson tried to buy the grandstand from the defunct St Bernards but post war rationing restrictions prevented it from being moved from Edinburgh to Stirling. It was to move to Old Meadowbank where Leith Athletic played and was demolished in 1968 when the Commonwealth Stadium was built. 2) The last game on grass at Annfield* was in May 1987 when Stirling beat Meadowbank Thistle 3-1. Meadowbank were promoted though as results went their way elsewhere. This was also the young TTB's first away trip. He was impressed (?) by the six foot nettles growing out of the urinals... *Scottish League game anyway. I'm sure someone said there was a Reserve East League game after or something. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Joe and Gerry Baker. They were brought up in Scotland, with Scottish parents but due to laws at the time were unable to represent Scotland and played for England and USA, respectively. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 1 hour ago, jagfox said: Joe and Gerry Baker. They were brought up in Scotland, with Scottish parents but due to laws at the time were unable to represent Scotland and played for England and USA, respectively. There is a highly recommended book about them. https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1909715336/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr= Fabulous! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 Good article on Joe here @jagfox https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/12/07/how-joe-baker-one-of-britains-most-underrated-strikers-saw-his-career-turn-after-a-tumultuous-year-at-torino/ BTW it says in this article that their father George was English. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagfox Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 36 minutes ago, Molotov said: Good article on Joe here @jagfox https://thesefootballtimes.co/2018/12/07/how-joe-baker-one-of-britains-most-underrated-strikers-saw-his-career-turn-after-a-tumultuous-year-at-torino/ BTW it says in this article that their father George was English. Interesting article indeed. Confirms FA rules, at the time, were players represented the country of their birth. I wonder when that changed? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molotov Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 49 minutes ago, jagfox said: Interesting article indeed. Confirms FA rules, at the time, were players represented the country of their birth. I wonder when that changed? There were different rules depending on where you played your football. For many many years the “Home Nations” adopted different rules to other countries. For us it’s quite a recent change that allows grandparents birthplace to allow for nationality. We now have a situation that was probably never considered where someone is eligible through grandparents to play for the national team and earn loads of caps but their kids are ineligible as they were born “abroad”. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_eligibility_rules 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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