uhura Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 F'ck sake,,why did you not bring it home? I forgot to mention, it's been on my mantlepeice ever since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 My recollection for the floodlights being turned on , was versus Saint Etienne , on 22nd of October 1980. I'm sure l can remember the game getting promoted for this fine event. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Just done a quick check. The match had bugger all to do with the floodlights. It was to mark our centenary!!!!! 1877 - how could we forget that FFS? It WAS the centenary game... hence the centenary trophy and "Centenary" on the front of the programme... ... but I'm sure it was supposed to coincide with the official switching on of the new floodlights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigjerseybuddie Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I know we're a Paisley team but didn't we switch the floodlights on for every night game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuddieinEK Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I know we're a Paisley team but didn't we switch the floodlights on for every night game? only if we had a shilling for the meter! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcd54 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 MY memory could also be playing tricks but I`ve always thought it was against Dundee Utd. that they were first used, in a midweek game. Copeland scored but not sure of final score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcd54 Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 Another flashback! The next game after the Liverpool game was against Celtic and a Liverpool player said that Peter Latchford would need a miner`s helmet to help him see, since the lights were so poor!! (or similar words) This suggests the old lights (obviously!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 10, 2014 Report Share Posted January 10, 2014 I've done a but of research and as unlikely as it sounds......I could be talking shite.. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love_Street_(stadium) (Don't think the Wiki link is working....google it!!) http://www.blackandwhitearmy.com/forums/index.php/topic/22876-love-st-floodlights/page-1 According to the "St Mirren Programme" website the Liverpool game was our Centenary match and not the lights switch on. Check Dec 12 in the link...... http://stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/StMirren/STM_Prog_Season.php?season=1977 This is,I think,the night the lights went on..... http://stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/StMirren/STM_Match_Details.php?Season=1977&GameID=1659 Do you know something? That rings a bell!!! It was indeed the Aberdeen match that he new lights were switched on. It was a wet night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani bongo Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 That Liverpool team was as good as it got back in those days. I'll never forget Aber squeezing in the equaliser and the North Bank going mental. I'd been going to watch the Saints since about 1972 and usually sat down by the wooden railings around the boundary of the track around the pitch. By '77 I'd served my time and was standing with the big boys. I do remember the distraction of the old firm shite in the old North Bank that night but what stood loud and proud above anything was the proud tradition of the 100 years of St Mirren and our history. The real Saints fans went mental at Aber's goal. Maybe we didn't beat the best team in the world that night but it had an everlasting effect on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 It was indeed the Aberdeen match that he new lights were switched on. It was a wet night. I see yer old pal , Peter Leonard came on as a sub' for Aber that night. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 I see yer old pal , Peter Leonard came on as a sub' for Aber that night. . And he didnae look out of place among the St Mirren & Liverpool legends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 11, 2014 Report Share Posted January 11, 2014 And he didnae look out of place among the St Mirren & Liverpool legends. Indeed, said something for the Johnstone lad. . . .hardly a like for like substitution , tho'. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livinginthepast Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Yes, and Saints played in black and white stripes, with YELLOW numbers on the back, instead of the usual red. ... seem to remember someone saying it was an experiment to make the numbers easier to read. I remember the numbers were supposed to be luminous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 (edited) The Liverpool team bus was stopped at the traffic lights as I made my way into Ronnie's Steak Bar for a pre-match pint. Emelyn Hughes was girning and waving out the bus window at me, so I gave him the usual Paisley custom of the time, the Viccy. Good man that he is, he burst out laughing and gave me the thumbs up. I may be having a senior moment here, but I believe our new Floodlights were 'officially' opened with a game against Arsenal months after we started using them! I have a very grainy photo of the play from my usual spot in The Choir (don't think it was called the North Bank yet?). Was a huge crowd at that game too. Edited January 15, 2014 by Vambo57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Liverpool team bus was stopped at the traffic lights as I made my way into Ronnie's Steak Bar for a pre-match pint. Emelyn Hughes was girning and waving out the bus window at me, so I gave him the usual Paisley custom of the time, the Viccy. Good man that he is, he burst out laughing and gave me the thumbs up. I may be having a senior moment here, but I believe our new Floodlights were 'officially' opened with a game against Arsenal months after we started using them! I have a very grainy photo of the play from my usual spot in The Choir (don't think it was called the North Bank yet?). Was a huge crowd at that game too. http://stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/StMirren/STM_Match_Details.php?Season=1980&GameID=1838 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeeBud Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Liverpool team bus was stopped at the traffic lights as I made my way into Ronnie's Steak Bar for a pre-match pint. Emelyn Hughes was girning and waving out the bus window at me, so I gave him the usual Paisley custom of the time, the Viccy. Good man that he is, he burst out laughing and gave me the thumbs up. I may be having a senior moment here, but I believe our new Floodlights were 'officially' opened with a game against Arsenal months after we started using them! I have a very grainy photo of the play from my usual spot in The Choir (don't think it was called the North Bank yet?). Was a huge crowd at that game too. Was that not played on a Sunday afternoon on a Scottish/FA Cup weekend to make up for the fact that we had both been knocked out the respective cups in the early rounds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 http://stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/StMirren/STM_Match_Details.php?Season=1980&GameID=1838 God, I wish we had most of that team back! Somner, McDougall, Weir, Stark, Aber, Lexy, Copland!!!! They'd all waltz into our current side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Was that not played on a Sunday afternoon on a Scottish/FA Cup weekend to make up for the fact that we had both been knocked out the respective cups in the early rounds? Yes. We got knocked out by Dumbarton in the cup. Must be one of the worse results i can remember especially with the team we had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 The Liverpool team bus was stopped at the traffic lights as I made my way into Ronnie's Steak Bar for a pre-match pint. Emelyn Hughes was girning and waving out the bus window at me, so I gave him the usual Paisley custom of the time, the Viccy. Good man that he is, he burst out laughing and gave me the thumbs up. I may be having a senior moment here, but I believe our new Floodlights were 'officially' opened with a game against Arsenal months after we started using them! I have a very grainy photo of the play from my usual spot in The Choir (don't think it was called the North Bank yet?). Was a huge crowd at that game too. It sounds like , there may have been more than one official opening of the flood lights . . Does anyone have the definitive answer. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cambam Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 Remember the Arsenal game as it was my wee brother's christening that day and me and papa pissed off right after the ceremony My brother ended up being a h*n so it was completely acceptable now when I look back at it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seaside Nipper Posted January 15, 2014 Report Share Posted January 15, 2014 And he didnae look out of place among the St Mirren & Liverpool legends. You were there ffsake............ Wouldn't have thought Season tickets were valid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepaisleypanda Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 Right! The Liverpool game was the Centenary match in December 1977. It was deffo played under the OLD floodlights! The 1 & only time I think I saw them - small pylons in each corner with additional lamps suspended from the 2 roofs! We acquired the "new" pylons from Rangers FC (now defunct) when they replaced theirs! We played St Ettienne in a UEFA cup match in season 1980/81 along with FC Elfsborg (Swe) (God I feel old!!!) Arsenal,who were in Paisley on Sunday 14th February 1981,both clubs having suffered early dismissals from their respective cup competitions.Almost 10,000 spectators saw St.Mirren go into the lead just before half-time when Frank McDougall took full advantage of a beautiful Peter Weir cross.Immediately after the interval Frank Stapleton equalised after some shoddy home defending.Weir,whose trickery caused John Devine no end of trouble,put the home side ahead again,but O'Leary made the scores level twelve minutes later.Sunderland,Rix and Stapleton now began to play very impressively and Arsenal just about deserved the narrow win which was earned by a late goal by Davis.St.Mirren: Thomson,Young,Beckett,Richardson,Fulton,Copland,McDougall (Logan),Stark (McCormack),Somner,Abercromby (Bone),Weir.Arsenal: Jennings (Wood),Devine,Sansom,Talbot (Cox),O'Leary,White,McDemott (Gatling),Sunderland,Stapleton,Davis,Rix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vambo57 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 (edited) We acquired the "new" pylons from Rangers FC (now defunct) when they replaced theirs! Oh no we didn't! They were brand new. ETA: You may be thinking of our previous floodlights at Love St. with the 2 'pylons' and the side lights Edited January 17, 2014 by Vambo57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcd54 Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 We only got the `old` lights from Rangers, not the 2 small pylons. They were ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 17, 2014 Report Share Posted January 17, 2014 I think the lights we got from Rangers were part of of some transfer deal ( Telfer , McLean , Beck ) son,t know who . I also think the same floodlights went to Arbroath as part of the deal that took Jimmy Bone to Love Street Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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