Match Thread [FT] Celtic 2 - 3 Rangers (Raskin 4, Diomande 37; Igamane 88)

[alexscottislegend 2,608]

1 hour ago, compo said:

Been tea total all my life I leave the drinking to my brother 

Very sensible. Your vice is gambling😁.

[Scott7 6,534]

1 hour ago, buster. said:

The year before, my late uncle earned East Fife the biggest transfer fee received by a Scottish club up until that date, 26,000 sterling, in 1950. He went South to play in the same forward line as Stanley Mathews and Stan Mortensen.

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, that is brilliant. For the sake of completeness, though, you should have mentioned his Scotland caps, fourteen and goals, six. Not a lot of caps compared to modern times but international matches were fewer, the talent pool was much larger and the selectors used to dole caps out to chaps they thought deserved a chance.

 

Dundonian Jackie Mudie was a contemporary but with a place on the pantheon of Blackpool divinity a bit lower than Matthews  and Mortensen

[buster. 5,495]

2 hours ago, Uilleam said:

Are you bragging, or complaining? 

 

 

Name dropping and bragging 

 

He was sacked as Nottingham Forest manager mid season and the guy to takeover from him was called Brian Clough.

Clough couldn't initially get a tune out of the squad and took the team further down the league table, only just avoiding relegation to the third tier.

 

Four years later they would be European Cup winners.

 

Why the turnaround?

Peter Taylor, his assistant (at Derby where they won the league) rejoined Clough in '76.

 

Sometimes the real difference isn't always in the headlines.

 

Who is the main tactical brain at Ibrox today?

 

 

 

Edited 16 hours ago by buster.

[buster. 5,495]

1 hour ago, Scott7 said:

I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, that is brilliant. For the sake of completeness, though, you should have mentioned his Scotland caps, fourteen and goals, six. Not a lot of caps compared to modern times but international matches were fewer, the talent pool was much larger and the selectors used to dole caps out to chaps they thought deserved a chance.

 

Dundonian Jackie Mudie was a contemporary but with a place on the pantheon of Blackpool divinity a bit lower than Matthews  and Mortensen

From what my uncle told me, Mudie was an excellent player.

[Scott7 6,534]

34 minutes ago, buster. said:

From what my uncle told me, Mudie was an excellent player.

Seventeen caps, nine goals. Your uncle was right.

[buster. 5,495]

Just now, Scott7 said:

Seventeen caps, nine goals. Your uncle was right.

They were good friends as well.

As with most successful English teams in those days, there were several prominent Scots at the club. 

[compo 7,708]

The only downside is this international break can our players avoid injuries and keep their new found hunger

[buster. 5,495]

19 minutes ago, compo said:

The only downside is this international break can our players avoid injuries and keep their new found hunger

I'd imagine that the players will be looking forward to the Europa League. 

 

We should give decent game time to several of the younger players in the league. Rest regulars that have the most risky knocks or niggles.... But I doubt it will happen.

 

 

[compo 7,708]

[Yorkie Bear 728]

16 hours ago, Scott7 said:

Would the butler be serving the potatoes or would it be some poor soul lower down the hierarchy of domestic servants?

Time for @26th of foot to set us straight