August 18, 20205 yr Inter Milan 1976/77. Steep terracing. Will try and find a larger picture to do it justice.
August 18, 20205 yr 17 hours ago, bluehaze said: You used to get these outside shops for the spastics society and I think the blind. You could lose the S and stick a L between the P & A and stick them around The Bridge for certain members of our fan base to donate to. Problem is none of them have ever made it to The Bridge.
August 18, 20205 yr 2 hours ago, erskblue said: Looks like the kit Scotland wore when they beat England at Wembley in 1967. Eddie played in that game. Here's a picture from the game. Typical Slim Jim with his socks rolled down.
August 18, 20205 yr 49 minutes ago, Boyne said: Looks like the kit Scotland wore when they beat England at Wembley in 1967. Eddie played in that game. Here's a picture from the game. Typical Slim Jim with his socks rolled down. Good shout.
August 18, 20205 yr Scotland players at Wembley after the game in 1967. Eddie has obviously swapped jerseys 😀
August 18, 20205 yr Above picture is Arsenal v Sheff Wed in Dec 1967. Match abandoned, unsurprisingly.
August 19, 20205 yr 7 hours ago, Scott said: Mid to late 1970s. Judging by the admiral strip. Can’t ever remember seeing them wearing that yellow away strip.
August 19, 20205 yr 15 minutes ago, erskblue said: March 1954 And not one of the players is wearing gloves. A bit different from now when the gloves go on when there is a slight dip in the temperature.
August 19, 20205 yr 4 hours ago, Boyne said: And not one of the players is wearing gloves. A bit different from now when the gloves go on when there is a slight dip in the temperature. True enough.
August 19, 20205 yr One of my great grand-fathers - he is in the middle of the back row - was a founder of Larkhall Thistle. One of my cousins is now a sponsor. Edited August 19, 20205 yr by Boyne
August 20, 20205 yr Stewart iHouston is 71 today. Here seen playing for Man Utd v Juventus in 1976. My old man was his coach when Stewart was a Youth Player at Port Glasgow Rangers . He moved directly from Port Glasgow Rangers to Chelsea in 1967, Stewart did, not my old man😀
August 20, 20205 yr 12 hours ago, Scott said: A number of Thistle players have represented their country and five captained Scotland. From Thistle's wikipedia page: The Jags are credited with having the most players to step up be capped by the national Scotland senior team, one for the Ireland National Football Team and one for the United States. Thirteen ex-players have been capped by Scotland and five have gone on to captain their country. Scotland captains in bold. Paddy McConnell - Ireland national football team, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Southport, Shelbourne, Boston United, Hibernian Gerry Baker - St Mirren, Hibernian, Ipswich Town, United States Billy Boyd - Clyde Tommy Cairns - Rangers Jimmy Carabine - Third Lanark John Clark - Celtic Jock Ewart - Bradford City Tommy Ewing - Partick Thistle Jimmy Gibson - Partick Thistle, Aston Villa Neilly Gibson - Rangers, Partick Thistle Jock Govan - Hibernian John Hutton - Aberdeen, Blackburn Rovers Andy McLaren - Preston North End Willie McStay - Celtic Alex Raisbeck - Liverpool Hugh Burns - Rangers, Kilmarnock Edited August 20, 20205 yr by Boyne
August 21, 20205 yr Happy 50th of my old school team mate David Hopkin. He turns 50 today.🍺 Edited August 21, 20205 yr by erskblue
August 21, 20205 yr 17 hours ago, Boyne said: A number of Thistle players have represented their country and five captained Scotland. From Thistle's wikipedia page: The Jags are credited with having the most players to step up be capped by the national Scotland senior team, one for the Ireland National Football Team and one for the United States. Thirteen ex-players have been capped by Scotland and five have gone on to captain their country. Scotland captains in bold. Paddy McConnell - Ireland national football team, Bradford City, Doncaster Rovers, Southport, Shelbourne, Boston United, Hibernian Gerry Baker - St Mirren, Hibernian, Ipswich Town, United States Billy Boyd - Clyde Tommy Cairns - Rangers Jimmy Carabine - Third Lanark John Clark - Celtic Jock Ewart - Bradford City Tommy Ewing - Partick Thistle Jimmy Gibson - Partick Thistle, Aston Villa Neilly Gibson - Rangers, Partick Thistle Jock Govan - Hibernian John Hutton - Aberdeen, Blackburn Rovers Andy McLaren - Preston North End Willie McStay - Celtic Alex Raisbeck - Liverpool Hugh Burns - Rangers, Kilmarnock Some fine players in that list.
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