8MileBU Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 And Bo beats 8 mile to the punch. Waaaaay before my time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Standalone Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 1 hour ago, garrellburn said: And who did he play for before Bo'ness? And after Bo'ness? Sauchie Juveniles then Hibs. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 2 hours ago, Standalone said: Sauchie Juveniles then Hibs. Wikipedia credits him with being at Kilsyth Rangers, not 100% on that, that will be why garrellburn asks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 4 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: Wikipedia credits him with being at Kilsyth Rangers, not 100% on that, that will be why garrellburn asks. Wasn't really asking for info, just adding another question for afficianados of this thread. My records show him coming to Kilsyth early in the 1952-53 season and his first goal came in a 1st round Pompey cup game against Shawfield Juniors on 230th September. He scored fairly regulaly thereafter getting a total of nine goals, a long way behind our top scorer, Martin Mulhall with 38. Two other, Arthur Walls on 13 and John Glover with 10 were ahead of him. Jimmy's final goal for us came in a 4-3 defeat at Wishaw on 2nd May 1953. That was the day of the Stanley Mathews cup final which was the first game I ever saw on television in a local cafe. I had missed the supporters bus for the game at Wishaw which was our first loss in 26 games . Presumably Jimmy Harrower joined Bo'ness for the 1953-54 season as he did not figure in our team afterwards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 5 minutes ago, garrellburn said: Wasn't really asking for info, just adding another question for afficianados of this thread. My records show him coming to Kilsyth early in the 1952-53 season and his first goal came in a 1st round Pompey cup game against Shawfield Juniors on 230th September. He scored fairly regulaly thereafter getting a total of nine goals, a long way behind our top scorer, Martin Mulhall with 38. Two other, Arthur Walls on 13 and John Glover with 10 were ahead of him. Jimmy's final goal for us came in a 4-3 defeat at Wishaw on 2nd May 1953. That was the day of the Stanley Mathews cup final which was the first game I ever saw on television in a local cafe. I had missed the supporters bus for the game at Wishaw which was our first loss in 26 games . Presumably Jimmy Harrower joined Bo'ness for the 1953-54 season as he did not figure in our team afterwards. Having checked, he began the 53/4 season at Sauchie Thistle, then in May of 1954 played a couple of trial games and was snapped up. In 7 games at the end of that season he scored 6 goals and won two cup finals. Not a bad start! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, Jambo'ness said: Having checked, he began the 53/4 season at Sauchie Thistle, then in May of 1954 played a couple of trial games and was snapped up. In 7 games at the end of that season he scored 6 goals and won two cup finals. Not a bad start! Didn't realise he had gome back to juveniles but I presume he would have been scoring a barrowload of goals at that level. Maybe if he had stayed at Kilsyth he would have got 5 cup medals as that was our haul in 53-54 season. But we has signed an ex-Bo'ness centre forward to replace him from Forth Rangers, Alex Querrie, and he got 60 in that season. Did Jimmy stay with you till end of 54-55 season and what was his goals total? He would presumably been playing alongside Alex Scott and I would imagine that combination would have got a formidable total between them. I had relations who lived in Bo'ness and when we visited there were some great discussions as to the relative merits of our teams. Didn't come to blows but it did get a bit heated! Edited April 16, 2019 by garrellburn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 16, 2019 Author Share Posted April 16, 2019 12 minutes ago, garrellburn said: Didn't realise he had gome back to juveniles but I presume he would have been scoring a barrowload of goals at that level. Maybe if he had stayed at Kilsyth he would have got 5 cup medals as that was our haul in 53-54 season. But we has signed an ex-Bo'ness centre forward to replace him from Forth Rangers, Alex Querrie, and he got 60 in that season. Did Jimmy stay with you till end of 54-55 season and what was his goals total? He would presumably been playing alongside Alex Scott and I would imagine that combination would have got a formidable total between them. I had relations who lived in Bo'ness and when we visited there were some great discussions as to the relative merits of our teams. Didn't come to blows but it did get a bit heated! Scott left for Rangers in the middle of the season having scored 23 goals in 26 games. Harrower played the full season, had 45 appearances scoring 38 goals. He played all along the front line so wasn't exclusively the centre. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boness4ever Posted April 16, 2019 Share Posted April 16, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, garrellburn said: Wasn't really asking for info, just adding another question for afficianados of this thread. My records show him coming to Kilsyth early in the 1952-53 season and his first goal came in a 1st round Pompey cup game against Shawfield Juniors on 230th September. He scored fairly regulaly thereafter getting a total of nine goals, a long way behind our top scorer, Martin Mulhall with 38. Two other, Arthur Walls on 13 and John Glover with 10 were ahead of him. Jimmy's final goal for us came in a 4-3 defeat at Wishaw on 2nd May 1953. That was the day of the Stanley Mathews cup final which was the first game I ever saw on television in a local cafe. I had missed the supporters bus for the game at Wishaw which was our first loss in 26 games . Presumably Jimmy Harrower joined Bo'ness for the 1953-54 season as he did not figure in our team afterwards. 230th of September!!! Must’ve been some month Edited April 16, 2019 by boness4ever 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 2010 saw the BU's closing in on the title but the match at Kelty Hearts was never going to be easy. Kelty had been the first team to beat the BU's in a League match that season in the reverse fixture and the BU's were coming off a 3-0 loss at Hill of Beath. Not surprisingly, it was a tight game and an early Andy Shirra goal wrapped up the points, 1-0 The side was: Longmuir, Snowdon, Fleming, Forrest, Duffin, Hay, Ballantine (Donnelly), Shirra, McFadyen (Shields), Gribben, Walker (G Brown) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Back to 1993 for a teaser and I'm looking for the hat-trick hero in a 6-0 demolition of West Calder. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 (edited) 13 hours ago, boness4ever said: 230th of September!!! Must’ve been some month Yes, it did drag on a bit! 13 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: Scott left for Rangers in the middle of the season having scored 23 goals in 26 games. Harrower played the full season, had 45 appearances scoring 38 goals. He played all along the front line so wasn't exclusively the centre. I seem to remember Bo'ness were having a very good Scottish cup run that year but lost to Ashfield in the 6th round which was played in mid March and presumably he left for Rangers immediately after that game. Also I believe he scored a hat trick against Falkirk on his debut. He did play against Kilsyth a couple of years later in a friendly game at Duncansfield which we won 2-1 with both our goals scored by Tommy Douglas, the Benburb legend, who had a season with us. Glasgow Rangers had a pretty strong team out that day including Scott, Don Kitchenbrand, goalkeeper Bobby Brown and some others with first team experience. Edited April 17, 2019 by garrellburn 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Back to 1993 for a teaser and I'm looking for the hat-trick hero in a 6-0 demolition of West Calder.A guess. Jimmy Burns 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 20 minutes ago, John S said: 4 hours ago, Jambo said: Back to 1993 for a teaser and I'm looking for the hat-trick hero in a 6-0 demolition of West Calder. A guess. Jimmy Burns For once you are wrong. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8MileBU Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Back to 1993 for a teaser and I'm looking for the hat-trick hero in a 6-0 demolition of West Calder.Russel Cheap? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Clue - Surname normally a first name. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuzz Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 Daryl Drew? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 17, 2019 Author Share Posted April 17, 2019 Came from Bathgate, went to Kilsyth. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S Posted April 17, 2019 Share Posted April 17, 2019 4 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: Clue - Surname normally a first name. On one knee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo'ness Posted April 18, 2019 Author Share Posted April 18, 2019 This day in 1953 saw a semi-final replay in the St Michaels Cup, against Newtongrange Star, at neutral Prestonfield. The first game had finished 1-1 at Arniston but the replay was settled by a double from Alec Ross, as the BU's won 2-0 The team was: Ronald, Mitchell, McKeeman, Hogg, McBlain, Paterson, McAra, Simpson, Grieve, Ross, Ormond 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garrellburn Posted April 18, 2019 Share Posted April 18, 2019 (edited) 11 hours ago, Jambo'ness said: Came from Bathgate, went to Kilsyth. Kenny Neil? He scored a hat trick on his debut for us. Edited April 18, 2019 by garrellburn 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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