Jaggernaut Posted November 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Jimmy McD said: The framework top left was the half time score board.. In the matchday programme it gave you the games being played elsewhere with a letter beside each game ...So at halftime you married up the match letter with the score board...simples     Yeah, I loved that old system. Like I loved looking into the tv sets in the shop windows near Queen's Cross to get all the scores after our match had finished. What shop? Radio Rentals, or something like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 4 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: Yeah, I loved that old system. Like I loved looking into the tv sets in the shop windows near Queen's Cross to get all the scores after our match had finished. What shop? Radio Rentals, or something like that? Also buy the pink Times and green Citizen after a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaggernaut Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Tommy Cooper in the middle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 9 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Tommy Cooper in the middle. you mean Gary Peebles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG1970 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 2 hours ago, jaggy said: you mean Gary Peebles? Sammy Johnston on the left but don’t recognise the player on the right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael m Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 24 minutes ago, JAG1970 said: Sammy Johnston on the left but don’t recognise the player on the right Think it’s John Buckley 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe the driver Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 Was this one of the pre-season tours of the highlands? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 19 hours ago, michael m said: Think it’s John Buckley It's John right enough, end of season 1991. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QXBoy Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 7:09 PM, East Kent Jag II said: The other Jagsman in the foreground is Bobby Howitt Bobby Gibb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QXBoy Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 On 11/23/2020 at 1:18 PM, Jimmy McD said: think this one might have been posted some time back. That huge wall was already gone and the terracing had been extended when I first started going to Firhill. But is there anybody on here who still remembers when the city end was like that? When I started my spot was right at the front just about above the letter E on the wall. Having said that I remember being in the stand at Thistle v a team from south of the river when the crowd was so big that some people were on the grass in front of the wall. That game is etched in my brain - 3 January 1959 - George Smith 2 h*ns 0! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbank boy Posted November 26, 2020 Report Share Posted November 26, 2020 1 hour ago, QXBoy said: When I started my spot was right at the front just about above the letter E on the wall. Having said that I remember being in the stand at Thistle v a team from south of the river when the crowd was so big that some people were on the grass in front of the wall. That game is etched in my brain - 3 January 1959 - George Smith 2 h*ns 0! Wasn’t the HT scoreboard moved to the middle and  rear  of the city end Before being removed? Or is that just my memory playing tricks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 4, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 (edited) Here's the original black-and-white version of that colourized pic showing the old city terracing, along with an early picture (1909) of what looks remarkably like today's bing. So my question is, was that original terracing already around the size it was most recently (when it got demolished a few years back), reduced in size and elevated so they could build the high wall for the greyhound racing, only to be levelled and extended again when the dugs were no longer a source of income? With boxing, the greyhounds, rugby, some non-Jags matches and more formal ground-sharing arrangements, as well as making available to visiting teams for training etc., it can't really be denied that throughout its history the club has tried to earn some extra cash from the facilities (I mean the pitch, rather than conferences, weddings etc.). Edited December 4, 2020 by Jaggernaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted December 4, 2020 Report Share Posted December 4, 2020 On 10/26/2020 at 7:09 PM, East Kent Jag II said: This looks to be Shawfield, and a complete guess at the players and year. I think around 1953. Jags no 6 is Andy Kerr. The other Jagsman in the foreground is Bobby Howitt.  Don't know who the Thistle player in the background is. Could the Clyde player who (I'd imagine) is challenging for the ball be Tommy Ring? The only thing I feel I may have got right is the ground being Shawfield, but I'm sure you'll let me know! it broke my young heart when andy kerr left for manchester city. many, many years later when i interviewed bert trautmann, i mentioned 'handy andy' (as he was known because he could play in attack or defence.) "And it broke my heart playing behind him..." sighed bert 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle4celtic1 Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 11/22/2020 at 10:21 PM, Jaggernaut said: I think this one might have been posted some time back. That huge wall was already gone and the terracing had been extended when I first started going to Firhill. But is there anybody on here who still remembers when the city end was like that? Is that the framework of the old tote board for the greyhounds, seen in this photo.... Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted December 5, 2020 Report Share Posted December 5, 2020 Bottom photo looks like John Harvey? Spot the Ball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted December 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: Bottom photo looks like John Harvey? Spot the Ball Is that Firhill? If so, it looks like either the canal end of the north terracing where it joined the shed-side terracing, or the same at the city end. But I have no recollection of that brick structure in the middle of the terracing. It must have been already gone by the early 60s.  ETA: Great picture. It looks like that series of ET portraits of players like McParland, Duncan, Coulston etc. that were taken with the north terracing in the background., but this one is clearly different. Edited December 6, 2020 by Jaggernaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaggernaut Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Andy Anderson. Don't recognize the opposition. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Kent Jag II Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Andy Anderson. Don't recognize the opposition. Motherwell.  1972 - 73? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 10 minutes ago, East Kent Jag II said: Motherwell.  1972 - 73? I think you're right. But the fairly reliable Historical Kits site suggests that that 'Well strip got introduced in 1976. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 We had the pale blue away strip around 77 or 78 I think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifexile Posted January 19, 2021 Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, jaggy said: We had the pale blue away strip around 77 or 78 I think Spot on 1976-77 season. The team photo was in Shoot! If I knew how to add a decent image of it. Edited January 19, 2021 by fifexile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 7 hours ago, fifexile said: Spot on 1976-77 season. The team photo was in Shoot! If I knew how to add a decent image of it. Is this the photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2021 Here's another from 1976. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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