Jambo'ness Posted April 21, 2019 Author Share Posted April 21, 2019 1 hour ago, 8MileBU said: John Sludden? Afraid not. Think the scorer has a sister Elsie in Edinburgh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standalone Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 18 minutes ago, Jambo'ness said: Afraid not. Think the scorer has a sister Elsie in Edinburgh. Must be Inglis. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boheesian Posted April 21, 2019 Share Posted April 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Standalone said: Must be Inglis. On the ball 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 To complete a hat-trick of Fauldhouse matches, we now go to 1950 and a Brown Cup semi-final held a Bathgate. The BU's were deserved winners by 4-1 through doubles from Willie Gardiner & Robert Balderston. The main talking point was the goal-posts, however! No fewer than six shots by the BU's came back off the square posts, generating talk of replacing with the rounded variety we know today. The team was: Graham, Mitchell, Tennant, Hogg, Thomson, McKie, Morrison, Dick, Gardiner, Sproull, Balderston 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 Today in 2006, which future BU player lined up for Whitburn against us? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Today in 2006, which future BU player lined up for Whitburn against us?Ryan McGurk? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 22, 2019 Author Share Posted April 22, 2019 3 hours ago, 8MileBU said: Ryan McGurk? No, the answer appeared later than him 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 Forward to 1983 and it was Junior Cup semi-final day, with the long trip to Kilmarnock to face Auchinleck Talbot. Obviously the underdogs, playing on Talbot's doorstep, the BU's pulled off a magnificent 1-0 win, courtesy of a Frank 'Doodles' Wilson goal. The team was: Kirkwood, Dunleavie, Breen, Robertson (Wilson), Forster, Wilkes, Shields, Balanowski, Beaton (Dunn), Miller, Reid 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 23 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: Today in 2006, which future BU player lined up for Whitburn against us? BUMP! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 23 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: To complete a hat-trick of Fauldhouse matches, we now go to 1950 and a Brown Cup semi-final held a Bathgate. The BU's were deserved winners by 4-1 through doubles from Willie Gardiner & Robert Balderston. The main talking point was the goal-posts, however! No fewer than six shots by the BU's came back off the square posts, generating talk of replacing with the rounded variety we know today. The team was: Graham, Mitchell, Tennant, Hogg, Thomson, McKie, Morrison, Dick, Gardiner, Sproull, Balderston i doubt that anything other than square section goalposts and crossbar existed in that era and the idea that anything else would supersede them was most unlikely. I have photos showing the old wooden square posts still at Hampden well into the 1960's and they probably still exist at a few of the old grounds to this day. Last junior ground I remember seeing them was Showpark at East Kilbride not more than 6 or 7 years ago. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted April 23, 2019 Share Posted April 23, 2019 BUMP!Colin Strickland 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 23, 2019 Author Share Posted April 23, 2019 6 hours ago, garrellburn said: i doubt that anything other than square section goalposts and crossbar existed in that era and the idea that anything else would supersede them was most unlikely. I have photos showing the old wooden square posts still at Hampden well into the 1960's and they probably still exist at a few of the old grounds to this day. Last junior ground I remember seeing them was Showpark at East Kilbride not more than 6 or 7 years ago. It was the Journal itself that raised the topic. I know square posts were only banned in 1987 by FIFA. For some strange reason, square posts were more popular in Scotland than anywhere else. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 A day etched on many a Bo'ness fans memory, as it was 1976 and Junior Cup Final day. Darvel were to be faced at Hampden. The match itself was fairly easy, a 3-0 win, Andy Scobie, Ian Miller & Willie Temperley netting. It was the reaction when the team got home that amazed. Newtown was filled as the open-top bus approached. Both brass and pipe bands played on the players laps of honour. The team who gave everyone that great day was: Ferguson, J McQueen, McGuinness, Miller, McGeachie, I McQueen, Scobie, Balanowski, Mitchell, Anderson, Temperley subs McIntosh, Robinson. Anyone with special memories of that day, please add them here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boness4ever Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) My first trip to Hampden as a 10 year old,,3 things spring to mind,as the 3rd goal goes in ,a Darvel supporter wakes up,must’ve been on. night shiftand says”we’ll equalise shortly. my cousin trying to climb a barrier,wearing a full length sheepskin jacket and getting himself lifted, the day before my mum got me a brand new denim jacket,which I left on tam mulhollands bus,never to be seen again Edited April 24, 2019 by boness4ever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 15 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: It was the Journal itself that raised the topic. I know square posts were only banned in 1987 by FIFA. For some strange reason, square posts were more popular in Scotland than anywhere else. Interestingly my official SFA copy of the Laws of the Game, published 2006, does not specify the actual cross sectional shape of the posts and crossbar. It only states that they should be the same width and depth (5ins/12cm). They could be square, circular or presumably even multi faceted, hexagon, octogonal or even auld thrupenny bit shaped. That would make for some very interesting rebounds off the post! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standalone Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 5 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: A day etched on many a Bo'ness fans memory, as it was 1976 and Junior Cup Final day. Darvel were to be faced at Hampden. The match itself was fairly easy, a 3-0 win, Andy Scobie, Ian Miller & Willie Temperley netting. It was the reaction when the team got home that amazed. Newtown was filled as the open-top bus approached. Both brass and pipe bands played on the players laps of honour. The team who gave everyone that great day was: Ferguson, J McQueen, McGuinness, Miller, McGeachie, I McQueen, Scobie, Balanowski, Mitchell, Anderson, Temperley subs McIntosh, Robinson. Anyone with special memories of that day, please add them here. There you go. On of the many great days in our history. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 1956 and it's a St Michaels Cup semi-final replay against Linlithgow Rose. After drawing 1-1 at Broxburn, a toss of the coin earned the BU's staging rights and they took full advantage, winning 3-0. Goals from Jim Glennon, John Hunter & Gibby Ormond settled matters. The team was: Wren, Taggart, MacKay, Collumbine, McGregor, McBlain, Marshall, McCarroll, Glennon, Hunter, Ormond 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Teaser is from 2009 and a 1-0 home win over Bathgate. Who was the Jags' 'keeper? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boness4ever Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Andy Carlin?? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 5 minutes ago, boness4ever said: Andy Carlin?? Quick off the mark but not right, sorry. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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