Hambud Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 so he's a liar then exactly who wants to listen to made up pish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maboza Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I can't think of a single player Jimmy Bone sold for cash. Maybe Paul Lambert? Didn't Bone sell Lavety and possibly Gillies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I think the reference he makes to the 1979 - 80team is that he simply gets Peter Weirs and Frank McAvennies names mixed up , when he,s trying to stress the quality of the forward line. The Smith and Bone management team done very well in their transfer dealings , and started the 87 - 88 season relatively well , but long term injuries to Abercrombie and Cooper didn,t help , neither did the transfer rumours etc upsetting Ferguson , or the carry on McGarvey had after his stramash with Bone . Saints got drawn into the relegation battle because a few players weren,t giving their all. Second time round Saints sold Baker , Lavety , Elliott ,Stickroth , Torfassen , Aitken , Gillies and Lambert, so the incoming transfers would be a lot closer to the £1.7 million , than we initially thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 Add Kevin McGowne to the above list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lethal89 Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 I thought Lambert went to Motherwell for free?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chico Posted October 6, 2013 Report Share Posted October 6, 2013 No mention of the five year plan? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 After knocking back £400.000 from Dundee Utd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desnold Posted October 7, 2013 Report Share Posted October 7, 2013 I remember years ago going to a Clydebank v Saints game on the Renfrew Ferry.There were about 30 Buds on the boat and what a laugh when the chant went up.....Jimmy Bones Black and White Navy. Was it 5 a side? I wouldn't have thought the Renfrew Ferry could host 11 a side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dani bongo Posted October 12, 2013 Report Share Posted October 12, 2013 I remember years ago going to a Clydebank v Saints game on the Renfrew Ferry.There were about 30 Buds on the boat and what a laugh when the chant went up.....Jimmy Bones Black and White Navy. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3672/9954050936_e30867620d_c.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 I remember years ago going to a Clydebank v Saints game on the Renfrew Ferry.There were about 30 Buds on the boat and what a laugh when the chant went up.....Jimmy Bones Black and White Navy. i dont remember us playing a game on the renfrew ferry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabinho Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 Aw feck. Do you not remember we got Jim Gardiner in exchange plus around £100K. Possibly the worst exchange ever. And Saints have had a few. After being offered Davie Cooper instead of Gardner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
houston_bud Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I think the reference he makes to the 1979 - 80team is that he simply gets Peter Weirs and Frank McAvennies names mixed up , when he,s trying to stress the quality of the forward line. The Smith and Bone management team done very well in their transfer dealings , and started the 87 - 88 season relatively well , but long term injuries to Abercrombie and Cooper didn,t help , neither did the transfer rumours etc upsetting Ferguson , or the carry on McGarvey had after his stramash with Bone . Saints got drawn into the relegation battle because a few players weren,t giving their all. Second time round Saints sold Baker , Lavety , Elliott ,Stickroth , Torfassen , Aitken , Gillies and Lambert, so the incoming transfers would be a lot closer to the £1.7 million , than we initially thought I'm certain Fitzpatrick sold Baker and Gillies, it was definitely Fitzy who hit out with the 'Ricky Gillies could play for AC Milan' line. Still I think your point stands, £1.7m might not be too far off the mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 After being offered Davie Cooper instead of Gardner. Really? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted October 14, 2013 Report Share Posted October 14, 2013 I heard we were offered the choice of several Motherwell players of which cooper was one , it is worth bearing in mind that Cooper was finished by then and shortly after moved to Clydebank ,wewere also to get half of any transfer fee for Paul Lambert ,only no team in UK wanted him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soctty Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Aw feck. Do you not remember we got Jim Gardiner in exchange plus around £100K. Possibly the worst exchange ever. And Saints have had a few. Jim Gardner... *shudder* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottd Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Cooper might have been finished as a top class footballer by then, but Jim Gardner never started being one. Saints had some weird and wonderful transfer dealings during that period. Does anyone remember hearing a story about when Saints were trying to sell Billy Davies and alledgedly there was a bid from Dundee but when DFC were asked by Leicester City had they bid for BD they said "Naw"....Saints then sold BD on the cheap or so the story goes. He only ever played 6 games for them. Did we not at one point show great interest in buying the Dundee strikers Keith Wright and Tommy Coyne? TASWTCM fanzine did an article on this. They alleged that Lewis Kane obtained some Dundee FC headed notepaper and proceeded to fake a bid for Davies in order to try and up any amount the transfer tribunal would say the player was worth. As you say Leicester asked Dundee if they had bid and were told no. Not long after this was alleged to have occured Kane resigned as chairman and disappeared never to be seen again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted October 15, 2013 Report Share Posted October 15, 2013 Having followed this thread to this dying floundering tapering off, can we now accept that the Bone article was pretty good and no really deluded, after all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soctty Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 Having followed this thread to this dying floundering tapering off, can we now accept that the Bone article was pretty good and no really deluded, after all? A good read - really enjoyed it, and all the memories it brought back, good and bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie-dee Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 (edited) Liked Jimmy Bone as a player. Edited October 16, 2013 by stevie-dee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonnyrigg saint Posted October 20, 2013 Report Share Posted October 20, 2013 Jimmy Bone was a wonderful player for St Mirren. That goal that he scored against Aberdeen was one of the best individual goals that I've ever seen a St Mirren player score, fantastic stuff. He scored that goal against one of the best defences in the country as well, Leighton, McLeish, Miller etc etc. I have real good memories of that St Mirren side, they played some great stuff and Jimmy Bone was at the heart of that. Thanks for the memories JB ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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