stuthejag Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 Alan Munro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 I don't recognise him from that angle Stuthejag...I've seen a few arses playing for Thistle over the years. Thanks to EKJ II for the further details - I was at the friendly match against Rot-Weiss Essen in 1972 so I must have seen Alan Munro play. The game was preparation for our European Campaign😮 He actually scored 71 goals for Clydebank before we signed him...I'm sure the reported fee was £10,000 which was probably a club record at the time - 3 games and 1 goal in a friendly for Thistle. He definitely had injury issues and I am surprised he was still with us if only for the team photo in 1974.  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted January 5, 2023 Report Share Posted January 5, 2023 Most/all(?) of my ??s were incorrect but old age does that to you!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 3 hours ago, stuthejag said: The Great John Paul McBride, methinks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 Lovely seeing a photograph of the weird and wonderful Alf stamp in that thistle squad picture. Affectionately known as the ',unthinking man's Denis mcquade...' 6'4" Alf was a collector's item of a winger. The equally ptecious Molly stallon used to man the firhill phone line on Friday afternoons before a reserve game to answer the inevitable query : "do you know if Alf will be playing tomorrow...? ' he could add many hundreds to the reserve gate. Capped 4 times by new Zealand Alf, like Denis, was one of those players whose feet operated independently of his brain. A true thistle man... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastjag Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 7 hours ago, stuthejag said: Is that at Seaview? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rid Skwerr Posted January 11, 2023 Report Share Posted January 11, 2023 I forget the name of the ground, but it is Crusaders park in Belfast, during a pre-season friendly. I think Gerry Collins was manager then. There is a small stand on the far side of the pitch with a bit of terracing off to the side of it. In between is a short passageway at the side of the stand which had written on the wall, in big friendly letters, "this is NOT a toilet" Ah, happy days... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastjag Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 9 hours ago, Rid Skwerr said: I forget the name of the ground, but it is Crusaders park in Belfast, during a pre-season friendly. I think Gerry Collins was manager then. There is a small stand on the far side of the pitch with a bit of terracing off to the side of it. In between is a short passageway at the side of the stand which had written on the wall, in big friendly letters, "this is NOT a toilet" Ah, happy days... I was at that match. I'm a Crusaders season ticket holder. Though this season I've nearly seen more Thistle matches. You should see Seaview today, unrecognisable. Proper toilets and running water. The last twenty years are a great example of how a club can be turned round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 12, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 On 1/6/2023 at 3:30 AM, East Kent Jag II said: This was indeed the Alan Munro who joined us from Clydebank. I've attached his Archive profile below. He only played for the first team on three occasions, and he did score one goal, in an away friendly against Stenhousemuir, which we won 2-1. The 3rd match he played in ( Not listed in the profile) was a friendly against Rot-Weiss Essen at Firhill on Monday 4th September 1972. We won 3-2. I used to attend quite a few matches at this time, but I don't remember him either.  I seem to remember that we paid 10,000 pounds for Munro, or as the Bankies fans called him, "Munro the Goal Scoring Machine".......! I also seem to remember that being the biggest transfer fee we'd dished out at the time, though I'm less sure of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 15 hours ago, belfastjag said: Is that at Seaview? Aye Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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michael m Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 17 minutes ago, stuthejag said: Stumped as to who is back to camera - other three are James Grady, Stuart Taylor and Jamie Mitchell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael m Posted January 12, 2023 Report Share Posted January 12, 2023 Just now, michael m said: Stumped as to who is back to camera - other three are James Grady, Stuart Taylor and Jamie Mitchell And the steward in the background is the late Alan Wylie - sadly no longer with us - he was quite a character! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 21 hours ago, michael m said: Stumped as to who is back to camera - other three are James Grady, Stuart Taylor and Jamie Mitchell It looks a bit like the back of Britton’s head, but not sure if he was playing at the same time as them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael m Posted January 13, 2023 Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 34 minutes ago, Lenziejag said: It looks a bit like the back of Britton’s head, but not sure if he was playing at the same time as them I’m kinda thinking David Rowson but not with any certainty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 13, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2023 Wild guess: Kenny Milne. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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michael m Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 11 hours ago, stuthejag said: Argh one again!!  Gerry Britton, Matthew Shields, Joe Boyle, Stephen Pinkowski, Colin Miller, ?, Chic Charnley David Wilson, Martin McBride, Gavin Rushford, Willie Howie, Andy Gibson, Paul Cassidy, Manny Panther 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 14, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 Nor sure if this one has already featured here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted January 14, 2023 Report Share Posted January 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: Nor sure if this one has already featured here.... I think the Dundee defender is Doug Houston who, in the company of Craig brown, came to langside primary school on the south side of Glasgow as PE student teachers around 1961-62. Not unnaturally they ran the school football team in which I saw myself as Kurt hamrin for reasons lost in the mists of time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 How about the Jag and the Dundee goaiie, Robphil? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted January 16, 2023 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 What this photo reminds me of especially is watching matches from the shed in brilliant sunshine, early in the season. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted January 16, 2023 Report Share Posted January 16, 2023 37 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: How about the Jag and the Dundee goaiie, Robphil? Ally Donaldson? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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