The Original 59er

Really good series of photographs of the town :
Paisley Early beginnings - Paisley Scotland (yahoo.com)

What amused me most wasn't the result, because technically the better Sevco or 'tic do well in Europe, then the more teams from our Scottish system will get into Europe, but the score at 4-1.
A picture came up of the "fans" streaming out of the stadium, not just in the tens or twenties, nor in the hundreds, but in the thousands. To be a supporter of any club you have to live with the ups and DOWNS, but of course, theoretical Sevco "fans" expect nothing but wins all the time, so they haven't learned how to take defeat graciously, or to even think of staying on and watching how football should be played. 
The problem for Sevco, perhaps more than the Eastenders, is that they are trying to compete at a level that is away beyond their capabilities. The second or perhaps the third tier in Europe would suit them more and see them having a chance to compete. I think it's slightly ironic that they were on  when they fluked the win to gain entry to the Champions League and they are now going to finish bottom of their section with no points and no further participation in Europe, whilst if they had settled for the Europa League they would probably be heading into the New Year with some hope of having another run.
Liverpool were good last night, but they only really turned it on when they brought on such good players which Sevco had no ability to challenge.
It was men against nursery school children. 😆

Really good series of photographs of the town :
Paisley Early beginnings - Paisley Scotland (yahoo.com)

Really good series of photographs of the town :
Paisley Early beginnings - Paisley Scotland (yahoo.com)

Really good series of photographs of the town :
Paisley Early beginnings - Paisley Scotland (yahoo.com)

Getting back on track, may I suggest that it is appropriate to separate out all academy players and analyse how many become professionals, rather than just pick the easy Premier League stat.
The analysis — of players born from 1 September 1995 to 31 August 2000 — includes 4,109 players who were registered at Category One academies.
Of the 4,109 former academy footballers, 70 per cent were not even handed a professional contract at a Premier League or English Football League club. And only one in 10 has gone on to make more than 20 league appearances in the top four tiers of English football.
I agree that the percentages are really low still, however you would have to agree that making it into the Premier League is well beyond almost any child's abilities unless they stand out from almost day one.
The i  newspaper did a pretty revealing piece about the whole academy system and it's worth reading. It highlights all the failings and the indescribable pressure for kids and parents alike.
Yes the academies are there to create money for their clubs and you can't knock them for that, but they could go an awful lot further in ensuring that the education provided to them along with developing their skills on the football pitch will give them a good chance of achieving something outside of football should they not succeed.
 
 

Bit late on to the page, following Saturday's attendance, but never too late!
Profligate - that's the only word I can think of to describe the frustrations felt throughout the entire 2nd half. Yes we had more chances than Hibs and if each had taken their obvious goal-scoring chances the score should have been 5-2 (or maybe 3) to the Buddies. That probably didn't reflect the performance if you look at both sides and their respective input to the game, but we know well enough, you don't have to dominate a game to win it!
If we had been playing some other teams we wouldn't have got away with it and the opposition would have got at least 1 or 2 goals, so best to say it's  work in progress, and we are still to find that regular net-finding striker that can take at least 1 or 2 of these chances that we passed up.
My personal opinion, - we played ok, but we got away with it on this occasion.

Bit late on to the page, following Saturday's attendance, but never too late!
Profligate - that's the only word I can think of to describe the frustrations felt throughout the entire 2nd half. Yes we had more chances than Hibs and if each had taken their obvious goal-scoring chances the score should have been 5-2 (or maybe 3) to the Buddies. That probably didn't reflect the performance if you look at both sides and their respective input to the game, but we know well enough, you don't have to dominate a game to win it!
If we had been playing some other teams we wouldn't have got away with it and the opposition would have got at least 1 or 2 goals, so best to say it's  work in progress, and we are still to find that regular net-finding striker that can take at least 1 or 2 of these chances that we passed up.
My personal opinion, - we played ok, but we got away with it on this occasion.

Bit late on to the page, following Saturday's attendance, but never too late!
Profligate - that's the only word I can think of to describe the frustrations felt throughout the entire 2nd half. Yes we had more chances than Hibs and if each had taken their obvious goal-scoring chances the score should have been 5-2 (or maybe 3) to the Buddies. That probably didn't reflect the performance if you look at both sides and their respective input to the game, but we know well enough, you don't have to dominate a game to win it!
If we had been playing some other teams we wouldn't have got away with it and the opposition would have got at least 1 or 2 goals, so best to say it's  work in progress, and we are still to find that regular net-finding striker that can take at least 1 or 2 of these chances that we passed up.
My personal opinion, - we played ok, but we got away with it on this occasion.

I recall a speaker telling a story about a skipper who had brought his boat into the White Cart. He said that he had sailed the Black Sea and the Red Sea but it was the first time he had sailed a WC.

The irony is that through the years salmon have run both the Black and White Carts! Just ask the "fishermen" who have stood at the falls behind the Watermill and tried all kinds of methods to extract them, even in the rat infested era prior to the Piazza.
Sadness is that the decline of Salmon in the Cart isn't down to the quality of the water per se, but all the other factors that have combined to kill off a huge asset to Scotland. 😰

Found this photo the other day which i hadn't seen before.
There are plenty of the Piazza, but not so many at this stage in construction.
 

Found this photo the other day which i hadn't seen before.
There are plenty of the Piazza, but not so many at this stage in construction.
 

Found this photo the other day which i hadn't seen before.
There are plenty of the Piazza, but not so many at this stage in construction.
 

Came across a really interesting bit of historical info, which I had no idea existed - see: 1882 – Town Hall, Paisley, Scotland – Archiseek – Irish Architecture
There was a competition in the late 19th Century for designs to be submitted for a new Paisley Town Hall. The story behind it all is caught in the attached webpage but the diagrams are really interesting.
The first set of plans was by John Robertson: The second batch was by Rennison & Scott, I believe a Paisley firm of architects and they thought they had won the commission, only for the Clark family to prevaricate and then award the job to W. H Lynn, an Irish architect (batch 3) with the final building photo as the completed project.
 

Found this photo the other day which i hadn't seen before.
There are plenty of the Piazza, but not so many at this stage in construction.
 

Found this photo the other day which i hadn't seen before.
There are plenty of the Piazza, but not so many at this stage in construction.
 

At the game against Ross County I was (pleased) and amazed to see how many away strips were being worn by the crowd throughout the ground. If you produce something that is well thought through and quality (of design), it proves that the fans will go for it.
Personally I think it's a great strip in its own right.

Came across a really interesting bit of historical info, which I had no idea existed - see: 1882 – Town Hall, Paisley, Scotland – Archiseek – Irish Architecture
There was a competition in the late 19th Century for designs to be submitted for a new Paisley Town Hall. The story behind it all is caught in the attached webpage but the diagrams are really interesting.
The first set of plans was by John Robertson: The second batch was by Rennison & Scott, I believe a Paisley firm of architects and they thought they had won the commission, only for the Clark family to prevaricate and then award the job to W. H Lynn, an Irish architect (batch 3) with the final building photo as the completed project.
 

My biggest mistake was in 1968.
My dad said, " do you want to come to Love Street ? "
I said " Aye "
Mostly misery and heartache for the next 50 years .

Aye and the said Bobby Vee album was a release date of 14 July 1962 and Telstar was 17 August 1962.
I had a paper round at that time, so my record collection started to appear after the start of '62.

Sorry, TO59… I thought Telstar record came out years earlier….  Only in 62!  
 

At the game against Ross County I was (pleased) and amazed to see how many away strips were being worn by the crowd throughout the ground. If you produce something that is well thought through and quality (of design), it proves that the fans will go for it.
Personally I think it's a great strip in its own right.

You are probably right, I can't remember the doors of the cubicles, but I seem to remember the fibreboard panelled walls which were punctured in a regular pattern presumably to absorb sound (or at least that's what they thought it was doing) .
Also you are correct on the price of an album, around that price also rings a bell with me too. The price didn't change very much for a single or an album for quite a few years. First single I bought myself (not bought for me by my parents or sister) was 'Telstar' by the Tornadoes and the first album was beleive it or not was Bobby Vee meets the Crickets (which I don't have anymore 😔....... and maybe that was 17'6d!)

At the game against Ross County I was (pleased) and amazed to see how many away strips were being worn by the crowd throughout the ground. If you produce something that is well thought through and quality (of design), it proves that the fans will go for it.
Personally I think it's a great strip in its own right.