Stein: Bob’s a good man.
Shankly: He is, yes.
Stein: That team he put together at Dundee, beautiful stuff, the way to play.
Shankly: Gifted players ...
Stein: Great wing-men
Shankly: Playing for the jersey
Stein: And Gilzean ...
Shankly: Aye, what a player ...
Saturday, June 22, 2013
In Search of Alan Gilzean - The Lost Legacy of a Dundee and Spurs Legend by James Morgan (BackPage Press 2011)
Sunday, December 16, 2012
The Good Son by Russel D. McLean (Minotaur Books 2008)
Friday, June 27, 2008
What religion were The Broons?
" . . . wouldn’t it be an idea to have murals of more authentic representatives of Prod culture - say, the Broons and Oor Wullie?"
Splintered Sunrise has the Broons (and Oor Wullie) pegged as 'Prods', but surely with eight kids in tow, Ma and Pa Brown could have qualified as Dundee Utd season ticket holders?
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Oh yes, Splintered's post is primarily about East Belfast, Loyalist murals and CS Lewis, but those old Broons and Our Wullie annuals from my late teens still flicker away in the attic of my mind.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Chartreuse With Envy
Wait till old Dundonian, George Galloway, hears about this. . . . . wait till Tim hears that George Galloway hears about this . . . . wait till Harry's Place hears that Tim hears that George Galloway has heard about this . . . expect a post from Lennie where he celebrates the fact that he no longer has to defend this sort of garbage . . . look forward to the five minutes to midnight script doctoring by Peter Morgan for Stephen Frears forthcoming political epic, 'The Respect Years'.
Hat tip to Alan J over at Mailstrom.
Monday, November 05, 2007
When? Where? Why?
I think this YouTube clip should be flagged. It's nasty, nasty stuff and not for the fainthearted:
05/19/80 Dundee 5 Celtic 1
Christ, look at the state of Dens Park back in 1980.The stadium is just one step up from Hackney Marshes. Hard to believe that Dundee were relegated that season; even harder to believe that Celtic won the cup that year. And for the stat-geeks amongst you, Celtic actually lost the title by one point to Alex Ferguson's Aberdeen that year.
I also have to ask myself what did Ma & Pa Latchford feed Peter and Bob when they were growing up? By the looks of Peter, I think it might have been the Desperate Dan diet. I can't remember him that *cough* barrel-chested.
Strange what you can and can't remember from seasons past. I'd totally blanked out that spanking from Dundee, but I did remember Baillieston beating Benburb in the final of the Scottish Junior Cup. And how could I forget Celtic beating Real Madrid 2-0 in the (old) European Cup that same year?
03/05/80 Celtic 2 Real Madrid 0
Twenty-seven years after actually attending the game, I finally get a decent view of the goals scored that night. Thank you, YouTube.