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NOt sure our ground staff would be up for that considering they normally don't like us playing too many home pre season games to allow the pitch to settle

Not in their eyes or that of their media pals. And neither of them would let us forget it!

Much as I agree with pretty much everything Poz says regarding the pros and cons of each team, there is a bit of me that thinks the Rangers will still spend next season and will be a stronger team than they are. The new board members, good or bad, will steady the ship and buy their way to the title. Now my current thoughts are that I want them to go up now, never having won the first division or whatever it's called these days! Next season I feel they would win it and gloat about being the first team ever to win every league in the country and potentially win the challenge cup, making it every senior competition in the country they would have their name on!! I don't want to see that. So let them go up by the back door and always remember, they could only finish third in the second tier of the crappest Scottish football league in years!!

Jeez! Don't let BuddieinEK read this! He'll expire if he thinks anything has happened to Doris!!

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Why would the cup team's of 57 and 89 be legends? Knocked out at the quarters in 57 and third round in 89!That would make the semi finalists of the early 80s truly godlike!!

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Whilst browsing copies of The Saint after discussion on another thread, I came across this:- http://www.stmirren....Saintsshop1.jpg Hope this will ease your thoughts of tripping!!!

The issue 12 I have is dated 14th September. Assume the other one is the 7th?

at work just now. Need to check tonight.

and one of the 12s. I only have one 12.

I'm sure I have an issue 11. The three I have been looking for are 3, 9 and 14.However I think there possibly not a 14? Do you have one? Think the two 12s solves my date sequence. Will need to check when I get home!

The programmes and the centenary book I've seen on eBay and in prog lists anywhere between £10 and £25 each. The Saints not as common. I picked up a few issues a year or so ago for £3-4 each. Out of interest how many issues do you have. I have a few missing. There are also a few discrepancies with dates and numbering. The first two issues are both dated the same! Issue 13 & 15 are dated just a week apart! The final one I have is issue 19. Was that the last? If you do sell i may be interested in the Saints.

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Me too. Funny how much they shrink through the years!!

Last time we won five in a row was like buses! 2005-06 in the First Division we not only won five in a row, we did it on three separate occasions!!! 20/08/2005 St Johnstone McDiarmid Park 2-1 27/08/2005 Brechin City Love Street 1-0 10/09/2005 Queen of the South Palmerston Park 1-0 17/09/2005 Clyde Love Street 2-0 24/09/2005 Airdrie United New Broomfield 1-0 25/10/2005 Stranraer Stair Park 2-1 29/10/2005 Queen of the South Love Street 2-0 12/11/2005 Clyde Broadwood 2-1 15/11/2005 Brechin City Glebe Park 3-2 26/11/2005 Hamilton Academical Love Street 2-1 18/02/2006 Stranraer Love Street 3-1 11/03/2006 Queen of the South Love Street 1-0 18/03/2006 Clyde Broadwood 1-0 21/03/2006 Brechin City Glebe Park 3-0 25/03/2006 Airdrie United Love Street 2-1 Last time we did it in the top flight was over two seasons. We won the final three games of 1980-81 and the first two in 1981-82. For all in the same season it is back to 1935-36 when we did it twice!! But records are being broken this season, so it's about time it was a good one like this!!!

In 1980 the club produced a plaque commemorating the tour of Brazil along with the friendly matches against Tampa Bay Roadies, arsenal and a three match tour of Finland. It also highlighted our first two European matches against Elfsborg and St Etienne. I still have one at home. Need to get a pic and post it.

Brazil http://www.stmirren.info/id339.html

1987 http://www.stmirren.info/id36.html Gibraltar http://www.stmirren.info/id487.html

At the start of 86/7 we went to Nigeria and played a couple of games, ACB Nigeria(1-2) and Leventis(0-0). The players we had lined up were in the early 90's when Jimmy Bone was back as manager. He had spent some time in Zambia and was trying to bring a few Zambian internationals over. Names I can remember are John Soko and Wisdom Chancer. Sadly the plane carrying the Zambian national team to a match crashed and all on board were killed.

Hyundai Tigers, though they may have had some other corporate/place type name after the Hyundai. As you say, dreadful game ended 0-0. And both teams were lucky to get 0!

Provan Jewellers Cup! February 1981. Lost 3-2. Decent game. If memory serves me right we had to get special permission to play it on a Sunday rather than the accepted Saturday....how thing have changed. Now we need permission to play some games at 3pm on a Saturday!!

Just before the break he slipped in the box clearing the ball and went off at the break rubbing his hamstring!

THe two week break, though not the best for the team wanting to keep the winning momentum, may well be the best thing for Genev to give his hamstring time to recover. Looks solid and no nonsense. More of the same from him in the run in and we have a solid base to build on!