The Original 59er
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The Piazza was opened in 1970, and Goldbergs were one of the first in so between then and 1975....... I will hazard a guess at 1973
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Brown & Polson's factory in 1928, long before Safeway / Morrisons came along
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I did have a really good laugh at the myriad of negative comments in the Jambo's Forum about their team and the performance but what surprises me is just how few positive comments there were re Saints.
Yes I know it's a forum for their supporters but they seem to have an inbuilt belief, that they as a tribe, are entitled to success whilst anyone else isn't. Strangely the same kind of feeling came out of Dougray Scott's mouth in one of the "Crime" episodes when he bemoaned the failure of Hearts to win the league when they lost to Dundee (and I think we got beaten by a barrowload to the Green Brigade)!
Anyway, back on subject, what surprises me about reading this Forum section is that supporters, who support the likes of Hearts, expect nothing but success and resent others having fleeting glimpses of it. They also don't realise that sometimes through cyclical inabilities of Boards, Managers and signings, everyone gets it wrong at least once in a while and that it is their turn to suffer at the hands of poor decision making and maybe poor man / player management.................. who knows!
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If you stop that video Shull posted from YouTube at the point when Alex Greive scores you can plainly see he is onside.
Why, if that is an available video angle do VAR not have that facility in Scotland? It made our last 15 minutes tetchy as opposed to relaxed, but then maybe that's what it is to be a Buddies suppporter!
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13 hours ago, FTOF said:
Definitely smaller.
Resolution looks better though.
At least it's working which is a great improvement!
Turning to another aspect of the screen. It shows the time elapsing for the game. Would it be impossible to add in the extra time at the end of each half since as we get told from the touchline, we can then see it up on the screen also?
Yesterday we theoretically had 6 minutes added at the end of the 2nd half and it ran for nearly 8 minutes with no real reason......
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Whilst I will credit Shankland with a good touch (at times), I thought yesterday he acted like a petulant child.
He was lazy at times, he spent more time around the centre circle than in the penalty box and I laughed out loud a few times with his poor touch.
Sometimes I think commentators on both radio and TV don't call it for what it is - a poor show from a so called clinical finisher............. certainly not International standard playing like that. 🤨
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Talking about the Abbey, interesting to compare photographs between 1927 and 1938 to see the old buildings fronting onto Gauze Street and Cotton Street then all gone by 1938.
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I have a slightly different take on the subject.
Re Carson I thought he was an inch or two too small and thus struggled a wee bit on crossed balls.
Re Hemming, I think he has good reactions, but is nervous on committing to crossed balls in a slightly crowded box.
I will reserve judgement up to Christmas who I prefer.
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It's an interesting debate we are having over a future game against the Blue Brigade
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1 hour ago, TPAFKA Jersey 2 said:
The one bit that I’m still not convinced about is the defence. Not from an individual ability perspective (they are all decent players), but more from an organisational point of view.
We’ve conceded 6 goals in our 5 league matches and to be honest, with the exception of the Aberdeen game, I think we’ve ridden our luck quite a lot and been saved by the fact that we’ve done so well at the other end of the park.
Hopefully we can sort that out.I would agree to an extent, but I have another slight worry, whilst we have Bolton as a back up, any injury to say Gogic or Taylor could put real pressure on the back line, though Small is a good addition.
Keep crossing my fingers and enjoying the galloping horse ride as it strides through the season
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A great view of the town from 1950 with Scottish Wool Growers Store and a distant shot of Love Street with still no covered terracing opposite the stand.
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On 8/28/2023 at 7:49 PM, ALBIONSAINT said:
Cost of living crisis! Folks now don’t know how good they have it.
And I bet you had too shoe a lot of horses for that salary 😅The ultimate irony of it was, that I made more from my paper round per week (which I did directly with the Glasgow Herald) than I was being paid to be an apprentice surveyor.
Due to the new work being in Glasgow I couldn't continue with the paper round which was pretty useful money at the time!
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On 8/23/2023 at 5:07 PM, buddiecat said:
Ah the Skye crescent bus, I only used it occasionally as I lived further up Glenburn road and the Braehead or Ferenze drive buses stopped across from our house. And the Courtyard in the background.
The year I started work as an apprentice my pay was £250 pa. (!) so I had to get an extra job Friday night and Saturday all day.................... in the Courtyard.
Worked the main bar downstairs but was moved into the off-sales at 9.15 as closing time was still 10.00 and there was always a rush / queue outside the OS from 9.30 onwards!
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Getting back on subject...............................
I know I've seen loads of photos of the Old Love Street, but I don't remember seeing this view - apparently taken in 1927.
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A really good view around Glasgow Road between the old Education offices and Paisley Grammar from 1936.
Greenlaw Avenue and McKerrell Street, both look like main roads!
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Three further videos of flights from Renfrew Airport and occasional views of the buildings / Hangers used through the years.
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A great wee video of Renfrew Airport in 1934. You don't see much of the buildings but if you also look at the attached photo taken overlooking Hillington, in 1948 the runway still looks like a grass strip.
It was RAF Renfrew right through the war with a Polish squadron based there as well.
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On 7/24/2023 at 3:06 PM, HSS said:
Jim Blair was a good player but Gordon was so much better
I tended to think Jim Blair was a little bit of an enigma. Sometimes unstoppable and others not quite at the races.
He was however very talented and he wafted round players easily when on his game. Records show he scored 60 goals for us, - what would we give for that number nowadays.
I would have to agree that Gordon McQueen was overall a better player and ultimately played at a much higher standard than Jim, but I think it is difficult to compare a CH with a CF.
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Or Venezuela, Pakistan, China or at least another half dozen countries with "issues"
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It's nice to see the Foum members eating each other and then putting their loving arms around each other
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Can't quite believe that anyone would want to see Griffiths anywhere near our club......... wasted so many good opportunities and his and his Manager's time and money in the last three or four years.
Certainly he had a few other things on his mind throughout the last 6 years or so, least of which was his Celtic clubmates' nickame for him: "4X4"
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On 3/25/2023 at 12:30 PM, FTOF said:
My initial post was somewhat laced with hyperbole to counter one that seemed to have turned Henderson into Lionel Messi, after one nutmeg.
I agree. He's shown occasionally at the top level that he is capable of some great play. Both his goals v Dundee United were excellent. However, for me he hasn't done it consistently enough, albeit he hasn't played as much as he'd like. Too often he seemed not able to get past his man or get crosses in. At a lower level that seems to be a bit easier. Maybe I am being too harsh and he'll develop more in the future. However, given the silence from the club regarding a contract extension, I've a feeling that it might not be with us.
I'd rather we kept Henderson as opposed to Olusanya right enough.
Agree completely, from what I've seen of Olusanya his brain and his feet aren't co-ordinated and more often than not he leaves the ball behind in his rush towards goal.
His only real asset that I can see is that he is reasonably fast, other than that...............?
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I would be surprised if he showed any real interest.
He has consistently avoided any real admission to manouvering his way out of the door.
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Can't see what the main issue would be in allowing it..................
We get told on the touchline that there is at least 5 minutes of extra time and then we basiocally watch the next 5 minutes and expect a full time whistle to be blown, other than when further periods are added for delay during that 5 minutes.
Is it to allow referees to add what they want? If you think about it the person announcing it's 5 minutes is the 4th official and he is a better judge of the period to be added as opposed to the referee. Unless of course the ref is running two watches which he stops every time he considers a delay on the pitch, but I'm sure that's not happening.
So why then can't we see the time elapsing on a screen then everyone sees the extra period being played out?