Jaggernaut Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Scroll down to the last three photos at the bottom of the page. Sad, not only because it was the end of an era, but also because of the result and its consequences.... http://www.torquayfansforum.com/index.cgi?board=groundreviews&action=print&thread=2461 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Great photos of the Ayr game - that's where I was that day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Great photos of the Ayr game - that's where I was that day. Ditto....remember having a wee hauf bottle in the ground with me that day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie Thistle Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 ..........................aye I mind it! bludy players didny try a leg! they were too interested in the auld firm score! not a happy day all round! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I had forgotten just how many people were there that day. What an awful, awful letdown it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twinny Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I had forgotten just how many people were there that day. What an awful, awful letdown it was. I had remembered it as 7,000 odd, not the 8,653 quoted on that page. How many do you think we'd get for a similar match these days? That match was the end of my first season watching thistle, and was the first time I'd seen grown men cry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mighty Quinn Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 i've got a photo of my granda huggin alec mcspadyen at a dennistoun waverlay fundraiser. beat that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I had remembered it as 7,000 odd, not the 8,653 quoted on that page. How many do you think we'd get for a similar match these days? That match was the end of my first season watching thistle, and was the first time I'd seen grown men cry. Jackie Husband was full of Jags, main stand was full of Ayr, then the overspill to the terracing. Nightmare of a day, it almost killed us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Jackie Husband was full of Jags, main stand was full of Ayr, then the overspill to the terracing. Nightmare of a day, it almost killed us That first season in the 2nd division certainly wasn't fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peagreenboy Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 ... the first time I'd seen grown men cry. Nowt wrong with that, sir *wipes away tear* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted November 21, 2012 Members Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 i've got a photo of my granda huggin alec mcspadyen at a dennistoun waverlay fundraiser. beat that My brother played for Dennistoun Waverley in the 60's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lin1876 Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 I had remembered it as 7,000 odd, not the 8,653 quoted on that page. How many do you think we'd get for a similar match these days? Considering what was at stake for both clubs, we could well get over 5000 for a similar match these days. Let's just hope it's at the other end of the table next time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briogadh Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 Great photos of the Ayr game - that's where I was that day. " THe Homes of Football" from which the photo of the Ayr Utd game comes used to be available from the football shop of the same name in Ambleside - well worth a visit if you happen to be in the Cumbria area. My copy is somewhere in the house but can't lay hands on it at the moment. When I was last there the proprietor was waxing lyrical about the romance of Gretna ! A realo football man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 The player of the year dance was in the Lorne Hotel that night and there was a Celtic party in a seperate room celebrating their title win over St. Johnstone to prevent Rangers doing 10 in a row. Someone set the fire alarm off which ended in the two parties trading insults across the street and several polis cars turning up to maintain order! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Earl of Hathaway Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 " THe Homes of Football" from which the photo of the Ayr Utd game comes used to be available from the football shop of the same name in Ambleside - well worth a visit if you happen to be in the Cumbria area. My copy is somewhere in the house but can't lay hands on it at the moment. When I was last there the proprietor was waxing lyrical about the romance of Gretna ! A realo football man. Closed now and moved (I think) to the National Football Museum. Pity, the second best reason to visit Ambleside has gone - the first being the Ambleside Fair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belfastjag Posted November 21, 2012 Report Share Posted November 21, 2012 We conceded the worst goal i've ever seen from a Thistle free kick on the half way line. My wife was there for her first game at Firhill and she couldn't believe the sense of depression as we walked back into town. Our hotel was full of celebrating celtic fans, as was the plane. Not my best weekend in Glasgow. Great photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_mac Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 We conceded the worst goal i've ever seen from a Thistle free kick on the half way line. That, good sir, cannot be argued with. Absolute disaster of a goal. The worst bit about it was that no one even bothered to try and get back after the mistake was made. A dreadful day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter of '63 Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 That, good sir, cannot be argued with. Absolute disaster of a goal. The worst bit about it was that no one even bothered to try and get back after the mistake was made. A dreadful day. It was a stupidly taken quick free-kick but in fairness, the Ayr player was about 3 yards from the ball when he intercepted...I can still remember that feeling of numbness when there was no whistle and I knew he was going to run on and score. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One t in Scotland Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Was the game on a Sunday? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Was the game on a Sunday? No, it was a Saturday afternoon. You may be thinking of the Dundee United play off 1st leg which also drew a big crowd? That was played on a Sunday afternoon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norgethistle Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 It was a stupidly taken quick free-kick but in fairness, the Ayr player was about 3 yards from the ball when he intercepted...I can still remember that feeling of numbness when there was no whistle and I knew he was going to run on and score. Taken by Billy Macdonald if I remember correctly, was raging after that game and the way we capitulated to Ayr which nearly killed us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eff Tee Ohh Eff Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 To top it all off I got fined that night for relieving myself through the gates at the Botanics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
falklandal1 Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Taken by Billy Macdonald if I remember correctly, was raging after that game and the way we capitulated to Ayr which nearly killed us i too remember it as being wee billy,plenty of heart,no skill unfotunately! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted November 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 i too remember it as being wee billy,plenty of heart,no skill unfotunately! We are soul. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Earl of Hathaway Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 (edited) Funny talking about Billy Macdonald when Gareth Evans is visiting Firhill tomorrow as Livi coach. For the record, Gareth was to my mind the best striker of that (admittedly poor) era of Thistle teams - his hat trick against East Fife lives long in the memory, as does his collapse in th box up at Dens Park to allow Jerry Stirling to score the penalty that put us 3 up - which, if St Mirren had lost or drawn that day would have made the above discussion of the Ayr United game academic.... Edited November 23, 2012 by The Earl of Hathaway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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