Jaggernaut Posted August 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2018 3 hours ago, paralytic thistle said: Kerr, Baird, Harvey, McParland and Mathers I wonder why Harvey is wearing a goalkeeper's jersey.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 8 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: I wonder why Harvey is wearing a goalkeeper's jersey.... Was wondering that as well. Maybe some 5-a-side summer tournament? Or else our keeper got injured? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) no argument - this is the very best topic ever launched on our forum. many thanks jaggernaut for starting all the wondrous memories. i repeatedly go back to the very start just to luxuriate in all those fantastic names of my youth; tommy ledgerwood...sandy brown...jimmy davidson...johnny mac..i won'y go on and on but i hope this topic does! thanks also to everyone who has contributed all the phots... Edited August 22, 2018 by robphil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 13 hours ago, paralytic thistle said: Players :-Muir, Brown, Freebairn, Harvey, Donlevy, Smith, McParland, Wright, Hogan, Cunningham and Fleming, Staff :- Husband and Thornton and for the life of me can't put a name to the one next to George Muir, and I should know, might be McLean It's Adam McLean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 1 hour ago, jaggy said: Was wondering that as well. Maybe some 5-a-side summer tournament? Or else our keeper got injured? John Harvey played in goals. Quite often a outfield player was keeper in the summer 5 a side tournaments. This picture is from one at Ibrox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 13 hours ago, paralytic thistle said: Kerr, Baird, Harvey, McParland and Mathers There is another former Jag in the background. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paralytic thistle Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Is it Joe McInnes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 6 minutes ago, paralytic thistle said: Is it Joe McInnes? It is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 is it my memory playing tricks or am i correct in thinking that davie mcp once toured the U.S. as a guest player for third lanark when joe mcinnes pulled out of the trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuthejag Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 16 minutes ago, robphil said: is it my memory playing tricks or am i correct in thinking that davie mcp once toured the U.S. as a guest player for third lanark when joe mcinnes pulled out of the trip? That's correct Joe pulled out because he had nobody to loom after his dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 12 minutes ago, stuthejag said: That's correct Joe pulled out because he had nobody to loom after his dogs. brilliant! why didn't boyata think of that one to get out of athens trip? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 3 hours ago, jaggy said: Was wondering that as well. Maybe some 5-a-side summer tournament? Or else our keeper got injured? Can't find any match these 5 players played together against Third Lanark (assuming it is Third Lanark/Joe McInnes in the background). Looks like the 5-a-side tournament at the annual Rangers Sports day on 2/8/1958. No record of the score by Rangers beat Celtic by 1 goal+ 1corner to 1 goal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paralytic thistle Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Don't think it was called Rangers Sports Day, I always thought it was Police Sports Day, but then again it's so long ago I might be wrong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 PT, it was Rangers' 72nd annual sports meeting. Police sports were separate. They may have hired Ibrox (even Firhill?) on occasion but Rangers' sports days were well established in their own right. The Glasgow Herald report says that the World and Empire (in today's speak, Commonwealth) 440 yards hurdles record-holder was the outstanding attraction at the games. Rather eclipsed Messrs Kerr, Baird, Harvey, McParland and Mathers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandbank boy Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 43 minutes ago, paralytic thistle said: Don't think it was called Rangers Sports Day, I always thought it was Police Sports Day, but then again it's so long ago I might be wrong With the amount of Masons in the Police, they were probably one and the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 1951 Police Sports Day extended an invitation to compete in the ladies events to ***** Blankers-Koen. She, a famous Dutch sprinter nicknamed The Flying Housewife, had been a multi Olympic gold medal winner two years earlier. Not surprisingly she won the two sprints she entered. More surprising was the caption on the Evening Citizen newstands that day "Flying ***** Wows Them at Ibrox!" eta didn't realise that Ms B-K's first name of F&nny was such a sensitive issue Edited August 22, 2018 by lady-isobel-barnett Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowenBoys Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 9 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: 1951 Police Sports Day extended an invitation to compete in the ladies events to ***** Blankers-Koen. She, a famous Dutch sprinter nicknamed The Flying Housewife, had been a multi Olympic gold medal winner two years earlier. Not surprisingly she won the two sprints she entered. More surprising was the caption on the Evening Citizen newstands that day "Flying ***** Wows Them at Ibrox!" eta didn't realise that Ms B-K's first name of F&nny was such a sensitive issue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a f kincaid Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 Stands by waiting for reference to Mr and Mrs F. Cradock's baking skills! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QXBoy Posted August 22, 2018 Report Share Posted August 22, 2018 \\\\In addition to Glasgow Police Sports and Rangers Sports at Ibrox I remember five-a-side competitions at Shawfield (Lanarkshire Police Sports) and Helenvale (Glasgow Transport Sports). Maybe it's just me but I think most of the crowds were there for the fitba'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaggernaut Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Brilliant picture! From left to right: Park? No. 2? No.7 Houston? Jackie Campbell congratulating Dougie Somner. Three at the right: Alan ~Hansen, ?, Andy Anderson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, Jaggernaut said: Brilliant picture! From left to right: Park? No. 2? No.7 Houston? Jackie Campbell congratulating Dougie Somner. Three at the right: Alan ~Hansen, ?, Andy Anderson. My guess would be far left Benny Rooney & John Hansen(No2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaggy Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 20 minutes ago, lady-isobel-barnett said: My guess would be far left Benny Rooney & John Hansen(No2) I agree. Big crowd and going by the crowd and strip I think it must be the 75/76 league winning season. Could it be the Killie game that we won 2-0? 12 or 15k crowd iirc. Not sure about the opponents strip, but I do remember Killie wearing a strip around then that was mainly white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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macdangerous Posted August 23, 2018 Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 On 8/21/2018 at 7:56 PM, Winter of '63 said: I think the Thistle Player in the top photograph is Donnie McDowall - I don't remember seeing him play but he was a youngster who was in team photos around 1970/71 - he was a 5ft 5inch striker which was probably why he never made the grade. This must have been a reserve game. That's some memory Wof63 - I went to school with Donnie 50 years ago. You could be right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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