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Nice to see things back up and running here again 😊 This came up in a Facebook group on 60s and 70s football. Someone stated that there was an article in “Football Monthly” in which it was claimed that he had copied the idea from something that had happened in a Scottish League match about a year pr...

Clearly not a problem in the women's game! Considering the weather forecast and Stirling Uni hosting Tynecastle in the South Challenge Cup the day before, the pitch could be in interesting nick for the 2nd SF. In theory it could be accommodating 360mins of football in 27hrs. Older readers may recal...

Thanks to all for their suggestions. As I mentioned, the medal looks fairly new. The person enquiring explained that her Grandmother found it some time ago, but has memory difficulties and can't remember where or when.

cowdenbeather wrote:Well Troqueer is in Dumfries is as much as I can offer

Indeed it is, and Dumfries and Galloway Golf Club hold a tournament by that name! I've contacted them in case they can shed any light on it.

Over on the Motherwell Community Group on Facebook, someone has posted a picture of a medal that was found some time ago. The back is engraved "S.A.F.A. TROQUEER CUP" (that is the correct spelling from the medal) and the front is engraved "R. McNAB CAPTAIN". It's in excellent condition, so is presum...

Purely out of interest, is Eddie Connachan related to Dennis?

The English League had a more systematic approach to compiling their fixtures, see Simon Ingles' superb history for details. And it doesn't surprise me in any way of the SPFL's bungling. What idiots. I remember seeing a picture in a book from the early 1970s showing how the Football League worked o...

I had noticed that, and all four away the previous week. It begs the question, has either event happened before?

BMCCOLL wrote:Glad to see the cup's continuing but won't hold my breath on it being completed! Surely with so few clubs, a short snappy tournament could be arranged over a weekend.

This was done with the Lanarkshire Cup in the late 70s/early 80s.

I think this was as you say “ a ceremonial thing ”. I think Baseball has a similar thing today especially to open the season. Indeed. Still goes on in baseball today, and not necessarily only to open the season. Celebrities are wheeled out for the most tenuous of reason, including cross-promotion o...

Have these been published? Particularly curious about the Celtic v Ross County one where there was talk of a boycott.

And receiving something of the order of 70 grand per month (before tax, but that's another story).....

Another example of a 'misleading' birth certificate was Bernard Breslin of Hibs. His father was illiterate and signed the certificate with an X, so the name was written down phonetically by the registrar as Bracelan. As someone who has spent many hours going through the Records Office in Edinburgh,...

Slightly off-topic, but a number of years ago, a preseason friendly saw Newcastle United making the trip north to Berwick. BR laid on a special, which was greeted at Berwick by a significant turnout from Northumbria Police including dogs and horses. The ONE passenger who alighted was somewhat honour...

Ad in the background is for "Firestone Pneus" tyres, which appears to be of Portuguese origin.