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- Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:29 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: Why were the Old Firm so dominant in the wage-cap era?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2607
Why were the Old Firm so dominant in the wage-cap era?
Between the summer of 1904 and the outbreak of World War II thirty-five years later, Rangers and Celtic won the League every season except 1931-32. How did the Diabolical Duo manage a hegemony like that when the wage-cap prevented them from offering better pay than their competitors? I suppose their...
- Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:56 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: What matches did the SFA XI play?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5196
I had never heard about that one. I guess that would have been the last SFA XI match to date and probably the last-ever since any purpose once served by such an entity is long gone. Oh...I suggested above that the IFFHS might in future officialise the Ibrox Disaster Fund of 1902 despite the unrepres...
- Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:44 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: What matches did the SFA XI play?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5196
You give a full and highly informative reply and what do you get for it? You get MORE questions, of course!! :) When you say the Ibrox Disaster Fund Match, I take it you mean the one in Belfast in 1902? You have pointed out elsewhere in SFAQs that the Scots for that one were drawn from Glasgow and E...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 9:15 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: What matches did the SFA XI play?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5196
What matches did the SFA XI play?
An online article from ‘The Scotsman’ has the following quote from “Long John” Hewie about how he almost played for England in the 1950s: "At the time there was no under-23 or under-21 representative football," explains Hewie. "There was the full England side, below that was the Football League XI a...
- Mon Jan 21, 2008 5:27 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: 1929 Scotland match in the Netherlands - Who did they play?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4229
Thanks for the info, guys
In that case, I think that the International Federation of Football History and Statistics, who are currently deciding which international matches will or will not be recognised by FIFA, will grant official recognition to this game and perhaps expect the Dutch FA to do the same. On the other hand, I...
- Sun Jan 20, 2008 9:00 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: 1929 Scotland match in the Netherlands - Who did they play?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4229
1929 Scotland match in the Netherlands - Who did they play?
I was reading (with great interest) the 'Back of the Net' article entitled, “If the cap fits…” discussing the criteria for granting or withholding recognition to international matches. One passage reads: “In 1929, in their first continental trip, Scotland played two games in Norway against regional ...
- Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:45 pm
- Forum: SFAQS
- Topic: FIFA has gone all retrospective on us
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3431
FIFA has gone all retrospective on us
This is from the following web-page (1 August 2002. Revised 23 October 2002, 28 January 2004 and 22 October 2004) of the ‘England Football Online’ site: http://englandfootballonline.com/App/AppOfficialMatches.htm “As the 20th Century drew to a close, the International Federation of Football History ...