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Scottish football

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larbert toffee said:
Being serious for a minute DG, don't know if you're either based up here or from up here but 40 years ago when I first came up here it was the world and the media against Celtic, at some point this appears to have flipped, what's your thoughts?
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When I started out following the football in 1962 I was lucky enough to have a father who had a car and a desire to see the game from all venues.

He, himself, had played for Elgin City in the old Highland League and also for Cambridge University, being a brainy lad from Aberdeenshire.

Hence, we would go to games all over Central Scotland from Ayr to East Fife and points middle. We saw Falkirk thrashing Celtic 6-2 on a sodden night at Brockville - Johnny Graham the man who ran the Tims ragged on that occasion. A year later the Celts were European champs.

Celtic were definitely considered the team of waifs and strays. Rangers were the Masons, the Orangemen, the establishment team no question, and they had a tremendous side in the early sixties.

I think the tide turned in 1965 when Celtic won the Cup with a McNeill last-minute header. The team hadn't been going too well for some years before that and the players hadn't tasted success.

Needless to say, my dad had bought us stand seats right opposite the goalline! We went mad when the goal went in! There was a crowd of 108,000 that day.
 
gonetomorrow said:
Hear Hear! It's appalling the way the fans of every other team in Scotland seem to want to throw stuff at Rangers!
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Strange that Corky wants the bottle thrower from last nights game dealt with, yet when I posted on here about "The Rangers" fans throwing bottles, lighters and warm cups of urine at Morton fans the last time we played there, he doubted it had happened.
What makes all the more strange is that I was actually there, whereas, he was probably playing with his Playstation in deepest darkest Munster...:Blink:
 

centralTon said:
Strange that Corky wants the bottle thrower from last nights game dealt with, yet when I posted on here about "The Rangers" fans throwing bottles, lighters and warm cups of urine at Morton fans the last time we played there, he doubted it had happened.
What makes all the more strange is that I was actually there, whereas, he was probably playing with his Playstation in deepest darkest Munster...:Blink:
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There's just no coping with some folk, is there?
 
centralTon said:
Strange that Corky wants the bottle thrower from last nights game dealt with, yet when I posted on here about "The Rangers" fans throwing bottles, lighters and warm cups of urine at Morton fans the last time we played there, he doubted it had happened.
What makes all the more strange is that I was actually there, whereas, he was probably playing with his Playstation in deepest darkest Munster...:Blink:
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He's upgraded to a playstation?
 

Alloa 0 v 2 Morton

Easily forgettable first half with Alloa just shading it with their one chance on target. The 'Ton looked a different animal second half and threatened straight from kick off coming close with 2 early shots. The breakthrough when it came was a peach of a shot from the ever lively Nicky Cadden and when Jack Baird scored at the back post from a great cross, it was all over.
First away win of the season and hopefully something to build on against Partick at Cappielow next Saturday.
 

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