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On the Terracing
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A gentle amble for those football fans of a certain age who recall the more innocent times of standing on the terracings. Football tales from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s.
Recent Posts
Eammon Bannon
There aren’t many players who spend two different spells at the good ship Heart of Midlothian but one who was a success on both occasions was midfield maestro Eammon Bannon. The Edinburgh born player joined Hearts as an eighteen year old in 1976 an...
Tottenham Hotspur v Rangers 1962
Tottenham v Glasgow Rangers - European Cup-Winners Cup 1962The magical Hungarian side of the 1950's and the spellbinding quality of Real Madrid in the early 1960's opened the eyes of football supporters in Britain to just how fast the game was changi...
Darren Fletcher - Heart of Midlothian!
It was the summer of 2001. Any father of teenage daughters will tell you the phone rings incessantly for their offspring and this was a time when mobile phones were not quite yet the mass production must have item they are now. Answering the phone fo...
George Burley - Exit the Quiet Man
We’ve been here before. Far too many times. Scottish football in crisis, our clubs being outclassed in Europe, our national team shamed on the international stage. We’ve tended to bounce back before. The usual clichés about us being a small coun...
Scottish League Cup Final 1971
Scottish League Cup Final 1971 Partick Thistle 4 Celtic 1Occasionally the eyes of the football world are widened with astonishment by a particular resu...
David McCreery
One of Northern Ireland’s most capped players, David McCreery’s distinguished career was heading to its twilight phase when he joined Hearts in the summer of 1989. The Belfast born utility man had started his career at Manchester United, the high...

