June 4Jun 4 Gordon McQueen scoring the first of the two Scotland goals against England on 4th June 1977.
June 4Jun 4 England v Scotland 4th June 1977. 51 mins of bbc Highlights. John Motson and Jimmy Hill commentating.
June 4Jun 4 Ticker tape reception as Argentina and Holland line up before the 1978 World Cup Final. 25th June 1978.
June 5Jun 5 The former home of Scarborough F.C.The Athletic Ground, on Seamer Road Scarborough built in 1898. It became ‘The McCain Stadium’ until Scarborough F.C. were dissolved in June 2007. The site is now a Lidl Superstore.Happily,Scarborough were rebounded as Scarborough Athletic F.C. Society Ltd and are a supporter owned club currently playing in the North East League.
Monday at 04:315 days The type of surface we played on from mid 1970s - mid 1980s! No sliding tables or fancy coloured boots on those pitches…😀😀😢
Monday at 04:345 days And yes, the above picture was of a pitch I played on for my secondary school back then! 😀😀😀
Wednesday at 05:213 days Ravenscraig Stadium in Greenock. Played on it in the early 1980s.Yes, just occasionally we did play on a grass pitch back then!It was the venue for the first official Scotland v England’s women’s international football match in November 1972.
Thursday at 04:122 days Poland have just scored n their 2-1 win over Italy, in the 1974 World Cup Group Match. June 1974.The Poles went on to take third place in the tournament.
Thursday at 18:271 day John Wark scoring one off his two goals for Scotland against New Zealand. World Cup Group Stage. Seville.on 15th June 1982. Scotland won 5-2. They were 3-0 at half time. Dalglish and John Wark scoring and Scotland were seemingly cruising to victory. However, this is Scotland in a World Cup tournament.New Zealand scored two goals before the 65th minute! John Robertson and Steve Archibald then both scored and this eased the Scottish nervesGoalscorers. Scotland . Dalglish 18, Wark 19, 32, Robertson 73, Archibald 79. New Zealand Sumner 54 and Wooddin 64.
1 hour ago1 hr A bank of yellow. Brazil supporters at the Brazil v Argentina game in the 1982 World Cup.
1 hour ago1 hr Western Park, former home of Renfrew Juniors. My local Scottish Non League Side.Renfrew played at Western Park from their formation in 1912 until 2014. The club moved to their new ground in 2015.They moved literally 200 metres or so west to ‘New Western Park’ (not much thought went into that name!) 😀‘The Bonnie Prince’,Charlie Cooke, played briefly as a teenager for Renfrew Juniors, before signing for Aberdeen.
1 hour ago1 hr A rare picture of one of the grass pitches in my old home town I played on as a youngster. Rare, because it’s not pouring with rain and the pitch isn’t a sea of mud or almost waterlogged. And, yes, of course we played on it in all three conditions!
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