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1 hour ago, lady-isobel-barnett said:

Difficult one. Just a semi educated guess, Cappielow (Pt Glasgow end looking towards the river).

I thought that as well, but was put off by Celtic wearing their normal strip. I don’t recognise the keeper which might have helped

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On 3/29/2019 at 10:15 AM, Jaggernaut said:

A friend asked me if this is Firhill.

I don't think it is.....

Anyone know where it might be?thumbnail_FB_IMG_1553848550982.jpg.0995ada730ee74e64d4b9b7e9819ceff.jpg

First look I thought old tannadice from the tunnel corner?

Then again old Henry at tyncastle? Both grounds had shallow sheds that didnt come all the way along the touchline.

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1 hour ago, watties wallies said:

 hamish mcalpine  goalie  

Thinking Tom McAdam on the right (Colin's brother) and is it George mccluskey on the left?

 

I'm late to this thread, great game this is

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29 minutes ago, JeanieD said:

Rikki Ferguson of Hamilton might be the goalie and appropriately for this thread he did play one game for the Jags on loan in the early 80s

It looks more like Ferguson than Hamish and I’m sure the Tannadice terracing was much higher and steeper. It also looks like a floodlight pylon to the right of the shed. The old Douglas Park had 4 or 5 of the pylons on each side (I overlooked the ground from Bell College for 3 years), I’m sure Tannadice had pylons only at the corners. If it is Hamilton then I assume they wore a change strip though.

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9 hours ago, jaggy said:

It looks more like Ferguson than Hamish and I’m sure the Tannadice terracing was much higher and steeper. It also looks like a floodlight pylon to the right of the shed. The old Douglas Park had 4 or 5 of the pylons on each side (I overlooked the ground from Bell College for 3 years), I’m sure Tannadice had pylons only at the corners. If it is Hamilton then I assume they wore a change strip though.

Talking shite, Ferguson had a beard, but I’m still not convinced it’s McAlpine or Tannadice 

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Despite having been at every Thistle game there since 1970 apart from one, it took me a while to pin it down but it's Berwick.

The guy scoring is Brian McClair who I very vaguely knew when he was at at Glasgow Uni while part time with Motherwell, so that dated it to early-mid 80s.

The goalie does look very Hamish McAlpine-esque and Dundee United did wear Adidas kit at that time but I thought he looked too young for 80s Hamish and my memories of Tannadice didn't fit with the shed in the background.  A quick Google of photos of the ground seemed to confirm this.

Some more googling narrowed it down to 1983/84 season as that was McClair's first season with Celtic and the last one before CR Smith started sponsoring their tops.  A trawl of his goal scoring records for that season, eliminating the impossibles, led me to http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/1984-01-28%3A+Berwick+Rangers+0-4+Celtic%2C+Scottish+Cup+3rd+Rd+-+Pictures

The two photos show the same general shape of the shed and the adjoining terracing, albeit from a different angle, but the clincher is that you can see the advertising hoardings with Polychrome and lithographic printing industry on them.

The picture with the match report at http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/1984-01-28%3A+Berwick+Rangers+0-4+Celtic%2C+Scottish+Cup+3rd+Rd is the best one of the moustachioed custodian.

So it's Brian McClair scoring for Celtic in a 4-0 Scottish Cup win against Berwick Rangers, 28th Jan 1984.  One other Thistle link to the game (in addition to Murdo McLeod) is that Jim Melrose also played and scored that day.
 

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13 minutes ago, DenisOhDenis said:

Despite having been at every Thistle game there since 1970 apart from one, it took me a while but it's Berwick.

The guy scoring is Brian McClair who I very vaguely knew when he was at at Glasgow Uni while part time with Motherwell, so that dated it to early-mid 80s.

The goalie does look very Hamish McAlpine-esque and Dundee United did wear Adidas kit at that time but I thought he looked too young for 80s Hamish and my memories of Tannadice didn't fit with the shed in the background.  A quick Google of photos of the ground seemed to confirm this.

Some more googling narrowed it down to 1983/84 season as that was McClair's first season with Celtic and the last one before CR Smith started sponsoring their tops.  A trawl of his goal scoring records for that season, eliminating the impossibles, led me to http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/1984-01-28%3A+Berwick+Rangers+0-4+Celtic%2C+Scottish+Cup+3rd+Rd+-+Pictures

The two photos show the same general shape of the shed and the adjoining terracing, albeit from a different angle, but the clincher is that you can see the advertising hoardings with Polychrome and lithographic printing industry on them.

The picture with the match report at http://www.thecelticwiki.com/m/page/1984-01-28%3A+Berwick+Rangers+0-4+Celtic%2C+Scottish+Cup+3rd+Rd is the best one of the moustachioed custodian.

So it's Brian McClair scoring for Celtic in a 4-0 Scottish Cup win against Berwick Rangers, 28th Jan 1984.  One other Thistle link to the game (in addition to Murdo McLeod) is that Jim Melrose also played and scored that day.
 

Impressive memory and research! Respect!!

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