a f kincaid Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 Wild guess comes up with the right answer Semi. Motherwell player nearest the camera is Willie Hunter and looks like Davie Mathers behind him so narrows it down to the 1-1 draw in the final League Cup section match (30/8/1958). Thistle won the section and beat Arbroath and Celtic on the way to the final but they got gubbed by Hearts 5-1. Attendance given as 18,000. Ledgerwood, Davidson, Baird, Mathers, Hogan, Donlevy, Smith, Wright, KERR, McParland, Keenan. H. Weir, McSeveney, Brown, Aitken, Martis, McCann, HUNTER, Quinn, St John, Forrest, A. weir. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 I'm old enough to remember the likes of 18,000 attendances (or more) against teams like Hearts or Aberdeen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dl1971 Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Semi Nurainen said: I'm old enough to remember the likes of 18,000 attendances (or more) against teams like Hearts or Aberdeen. I started supporting thistle in 1969 and although in the 70s we had some great crowds outwith the OF related games, there was a massive drop off in our base support in the 60s. I've always wondered why..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 '69, we'd still be getting 10-12000 against Aberdeen. I think football became overpriced - I always measured it in pints. Price of a football game when I started going (Nov 63) would have been about the price of two pints; now it the price of 7 pints (I can still get change out of £3 for a (very decent) pint of Guinness in Maryhill Road. The attraction of a live game isn't what it was; we went through the fires of hell at the end of the 60's; creeping neglect; terrible team, relegation. We went on a steady decline form being in the old Fairs Cup in '64 to the old Second Division. Never really recovered, though were still getting 10,000+ occasionally on our return to the First Division. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted September 1, 2019 Report Share Posted September 1, 2019 1 hour ago, Semi Nurainen said: '69, we'd still be getting 10-12000 against Aberdeen. I think football became overpriced - I always measured it in pints. Price of a football game when I started going (Nov 63) would have been about the price of two pints; now it the price of 7 pints (I can still get change out of £3 for a (very decent) pint of Guinness in Maryhill Road. The attraction of a live game isn't what it was; we went through the fires of hell at the end of the 60's; creeping neglect; terrible team, relegation. We went on a steady decline form being in the old Fairs Cup in '64 to the old Second Division. Never really recovered, though were still getting 10,000+ occasionally on our return to the First Division. That would work if the relative cost of alcohol hadn't been falling during that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Far1 Posted September 5, 2019 Report Share Posted September 5, 2019 5 hours ago, stuthejag said: Craig and Welsh...McNally On 5/26/2019 at 5:08 AM, jaggy said: Sammy Johnston in the red top? Yeah, I was getting mixed up old age.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Camallain Posted September 6, 2019 Report Share Posted September 6, 2019 4 hours ago, stuthejag said: The cup tie with Aberdeen under Sandy Clark? The pitch looks like a tottie field Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 Brilliant picture! If it's that Aberdeen match the crowd was over 12,000. Now totally impossible at the reduced Firhill, of course. The score - 2-6 - is still entirely possible, however! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garscube Road End Posted September 7, 2019 Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Jaggernaut said: Brilliant picture! If it's that Aberdeen match the crowd was over 12,000. Now totally impossible at the reduced Firhill, of course. The score - 2-6 - is still entirely possible, however! Yeah. And we were 2-1 up as well. I was at that game. The pitch was rather muddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted September 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2019 2 hours ago, Garscube Road End said: Yeah. And we were 2-1 up as well. I was at that game. The pitch was rather muddy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Jaggernaut Posted September 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2019 15 hours ago, stuthejag said: Tommy Gibb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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chunky jag Posted September 21, 2019 Report Share Posted September 21, 2019 14 hours ago, stuthejag said: David Farrell and Kevin Gaughan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle4celtic1 Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 9/12/2019 at 11:30 AM, stuthejag said: I was pretty young when he played but I think George Cunningham had dark hair and was thin, so I'll say it's him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 More like a young Tommy Gibb - I don't remember a George Cunningham, but there was a Willie Cunningham ('Matchstick Man') who was tall, but more fair than dark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QXBoy Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Not a shadow of doubt - TOMMY GIBB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 On 9/1/2019 at 7:03 PM, scotty said: That would work if the relative cost of alcohol hadn't been falling during that period. It does work. Beer is about 30 times dearer now than it was then. 10p (closest I can get to 1/10 for pint of heavy) x 30 = £3.00. Cost of Firhill admission 25p (5s) x 30 = should be £7.50. In fact £20.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OAKBANK TERRACE Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 I was a young lad but remember folk called Willie Cunningham 'Twiggy'. That looks like Tommy Gibb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 49 minutes ago, Semi Nurainen said: It does work. Beer is about 30 times dearer now than it was then. 10p (closest I can get to 1/10 for pint of heavy) x 30 = £3.00. Cost of Firhill admission 25p (5s) x 30 = should be £7.50. In fact £20.00. Trying not to go into Four Yorkshiremen mode.......No doubt pints of light would be cheaper but I can mind 1s/10p (9p) for a pint of McEwans Export in the Aragon. A quarter gill of whisky was circa 2s/4p (12p) in most pubs, tho' I mind the Aragon itself was fifth gill. What was really dear was music. An album would cost £1/10s (£1.50) so you could buy around 15 pints for about half a CDs worth of music. You'd greet like hell when your LP got scratched. Oh, and I'm sure that is Tommy Gibb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 I went to a lot of concerts in the 70's and if my memory serves me right I don't think I paid anymore than £3/£3.50.Concerts are now round about £70.00, so compared to concerts football prices of today are comparable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Semi Nurainen Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 Ah, but at the time when a concert was £3.00/£3.50, the price of admission to Firhill would have been a lot less than that, n'est-ce pas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Jag Posted September 24, 2019 Report Share Posted September 24, 2019 18 minutes ago, Semi Nurainen said: Ah, but at the time when a concert was £3.00/£3.50, the price of admission to Firhill would have been a lot less than that, n'est-ce pas? Remember finding a season ticket a few years back and the cost on it was £25.oo, cant remember what year it was from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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