Jaggy1967 Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Billy Gibson. Legend. Peterhead nuff said !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Santana Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ricky Gillies was my favourite player in our last season in the SPL. Not sure why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Murray Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Gary Peebles, Paul mckenzie, two that spring to mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potty trained Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 Ricky Gillies was my favourite player in our last season in the SPL. Not sure why. Not sure myself, seen as he played for us a few years after we left the SPL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canman Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 My favourite player was Geoge Smith, the fastest player in Scotland and profilic scorer of goals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dug1e Posted May 10, 2013 Report Share Posted May 10, 2013 when I was a kid it was the 71 team. I had /have a thing about keepers and Roughie was the man. Billy thomson then took over. moving through time I was a fan of "fast eddie gallacher" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnthistle Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Billy Gibson I thought was more than decent for us... Very tidy. He suffered from lack of quality about him. Martin lauchlan just was amazing when he came on to the scene. One of the only times I've genuinely thought this guy could go to the very top, dunno why it never worked out for him... Peter lindau was another who in his time at thistle genuinely looked liked he could go to the very top, suppose in hindsight lack of pace done him, although I believe he did no bad back home after us. Still hold a grudge with the saviour senior lambie for not keeping him on! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggy1967 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Billy Gibson I thought was more than decent for us... Very tidy. He suffered from lack of quality about him. Martin lauchlan just was amazing when he came on to the scene. One of the only times I've genuinely thought this guy could go to the very top, dunno why it never worked out for him... Peter lindau was another who in his time at thistle genuinely looked liked he could go to the very top, suppose in hindsight lack of pace done him, although I believe he did no bad back home after us. Still hold a grudge with the saviour senior lambie for not keeping him on! Billy Gibson I thought was more than decent for us... Very tidy. He suffered from lack of quality about him. Martin lauchlan just was amazing when he came on to the scene. One of the only times I've genuinely thought this guy could go to the very top, dunno why it never worked out for him... Peter lindau was another who in his time at thistle genuinely looked liked he could go to the very top, suppose in hindsight lack of pace done him, although I believe he did no bad back home after us. Still hold a grudge with the saviour senior lambie for not keeping him on! Where would we be if Billy gibson had not taken that final free kick or missed ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flynnthistle Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 God knows... I hope you don't think I was saying I didn't think he was any good... Quite the opposite... He was a good player in a very poor side and as you say we owe him a lot! A hellava lot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fredthecheesecloth Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) God knows... I hope you don't think I was saying I didn't think he was any good... Quite the opposite... He was a good player in a very poor side and as you say we owe him a lot! A hellava lot I couldn't disagree more. Billy joined us in the Premier League and was part of the 2 year slide. At the start he got slack because of guys like Kenny Milne (loser) and Grant Murray (surprised he hasn't been mentioned) taking plenty of stick. By the time he got to the second he had been found out. He was on the bench a fair bit but always managed to score a semi important goal (Gretna home for example) or do something great every 6 or 8 games to avoid too many people getting on his back. He was also one of those guys who seemed to only play well or try when it was new contract season. Funny that. Did nothing after he left for the simple reason that he was beyond hopeless. Peterhead goal was great. But Billy certainly was not. On another note I agree with the poster above who thought Donnelly was a great player. Respect the views of mr towers but disagree completely. There was one season where he was super and scored a lot of goals, particularly in the Christmas lead up. Edited May 11, 2013 by fredthecheesecloth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 (edited) when I was wee (early-mid 70's) it was Johhny Gibson, Denis McQuade, Bobby Lawrie, Joe Craig, Dougie Somner, Ronnie Glavin, Jackie Campbell & the one & only Alan Rough. Rough was & always will be my Thistle hero :worship: :worship: (I know some of them were quite good. but......) Edited May 11, 2013 by jaggy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
briogadh Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 My memories are tinged with nostalgia, but my favourite players were John Archie MacKenzie,, Willie Sharp and Andy Kerr. Could they 'cut it' in today's game? Who knows, but it is interesting that all three were, I think, part-timers, so with full time training maybe they would have been even better than I remember ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 My daughter (Wee Honk) went to Thistle games from a very young age and her first hero was Tommy Callaghan, who was not much of a player. Under statement of the century!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicofan Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Allan Grainger! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uberteeb Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Willie Jameson and Isaac English Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenziejag Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Isaac wasnt pish! A bit wayward maybe!! lol I would compare Isaac with Elliot. Did a lot of running but without much of an end product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mencius Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 George Niven (always took time to sign my and my pals autograph books after the game.) Neil Duffy Davie McParland Sandy Brown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb1876 Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Always liked the keepers Cammy Duncan and Nelson Still. Neither of them for performances but we used to refer to Cammy as Cammy Druken and t' other was Stand Still! As a youngster I thought that was quite amusing (read hilarious!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagsman Posted May 12, 2013 Report Share Posted May 12, 2013 for me andy lyons Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunnylaw Jag Posted May 13, 2013 Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Although I was no longer "wee" by the early 80's I liked George Clark who tried really hard in th Peter Cormack's doomed team but rarely did he manage to score although I think he scored when we beat Rangers at Ibrox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted May 13, 2013 Members Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 Him and Mo, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general george Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 George Niven, Neil Duffy and Billy Hainey for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 George Niven, Neil Duffy and Billy Hainey for me. On the topic of the great wee Neil Duffy, I recently found this article (might need to scroll down): http://bvetsfootballgroup.blogspot.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeanieD Posted May 23, 2013 Report Share Posted May 23, 2013 As a 9 year old my favourite player was Tommy Rae, then along came Denis. Strangely the more I think about favourite players I have to admit that overall, when I was young, it was Alex Forsyth - yet at the time it wasn't! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
general george Posted May 24, 2013 Report Share Posted May 24, 2013 On the topic of the great wee Neil Duffy, I recently found this article (might need to scroll down): http://bvetsfootball....blogspot.co.uk A brilliant article. Brings back some great memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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