Andy Birchenough Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good afternoon. My name is Andrew Birchenough and i am the great grandson of Matthew Morgan who played for you from 1925 when he signed from Renfrew Juniors playing for your club a total of 128 and scoring 15 goals which wasn't bad for an outside left. The reason for me getting in touch is to see if you could possibly be able to help me get a replica medal of the one that he won all them years ago in the 1926 Scottish Cup Final versus Celtic. I have the rest of his medals from his playing days and i'm trying to get hold of this medal as well other items of memorabilia from when he played football. If you could help me then this would be great and for me and my family to have this in our collection then that would be brilliant. If you can get back to me when you can then that would be great as its coming up to my Grandma (Matthew's Mum) 90th birthday in a couple of weeks and her eyes will sparkle yet again seeing this. Thank you for taking the time in reading the above and if anyone can help me then i would be really grateful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kemp Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hi Andrew, This is an unofficial supporters forum, although someone may be able to help. However, you should contact the club via the official website; www.saintmirren.net I believe your great grandfather was in the team the last time we won a home match, so hopefully someone can help you out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Birchenough Posted February 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Hi Andrew, This is an unofficial supporters forum, although someone may be able to help. However, you should contact the club via the official website; www.saintmirren.net I believe your great grandfather was in the team the last time we won a home match, so hopefully someone can help you out! Hi there. Many thanks for replying to me. I emailed the club and the SFA earlier, hope that someone can help me. My Great Grandad was a great player and i do get what your saying about the last home win.. Regards Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Andy, can you play centre back? Anything in the genes? Please say yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stlucifer Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Andy, can you play centre back? Anything in the genes? Please say yes. Unless those genes have a spare £1,500,000 in the pockets there's no chance of him displacing Cheesey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted February 14, 2015 Report Share Posted February 14, 2015 Good afternoon. My name is Andrew Birchenough and i am the great grandson of Matthew Morgan who played for you from 1925 when he signed from Renfrew Juniors playing for your club a total of 128 and scoring 15 goals which wasn't bad for an outside left. The reason for me getting in touch is to see if you could possibly be able to help me get a replica medal of the one that he won all them years ago in the 1926 Scottish Cup Final versus Celtic. I have the rest of his medals from his playing days and i'm trying to get hold of this medal as well other items of memorabilia from when he played football. If you could help me then this would be great and for me and my family to have this in our collection then that would be brilliant. If you can get back to me when you can then that would be great as its coming up to my Grandma (Matthew's Mum) 90th birthday in a couple of weeks and her eyes will sparkle yet again seeing this. Thank you for taking the time in reading the above and if anyone can help me then i would be really grateful. Matthew's Mum's still alive ??????????????? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Birchenough Posted February 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Matthew's Mum's still alive ??????????????? Sorry i meant to put daughter, me getting giddy fingers on my keyboard, i would like to thank everyone that i have replied so far and for the 200+ views of this thread. I wasn't a bad a defender in my time, never got to play pro football but wasn't to bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Sorry i meant to put daughter, me getting giddy fingers on my keyboard, i would like to thank everyone that i have replied so far and for the 200+ views of this thread. I wasn't a bad a defender in my time, never got to play pro football but wasn't to bad. That's good enough for me. Free agent, decent defender, get your boots on and report to Ralston tomorrow morning. Ask for a director called Bryan McAusland, he'll let Gary Teale know that you're replacing Goodwin, Tesselar, Naismith or Kelly in his next starting XI. Welcome to St Mirren. Six month loan deal OK for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhura Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Andrew birch enough. What a great name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 Andrew birch enough. What a great name. It is indeed a spanking good name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 My old man is 90 this coming March and he attended the 1926 cup final as a baby in a pram with my granny she lost him in the crowd but eventually found him.....which was lucky for me i guess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted February 15, 2015 Report Share Posted February 15, 2015 And unlucky for the Forum. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edinbuddie Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Is your great grandad in this photo? It's from a match day programme from 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Hi Andrew, This is an unofficial supporters forum, although someone may be able to help. However, you should contact the club via the official website; www.saintmirren.net I believe your great grandfather was in the team the last time we won a home match, so hopefully someone can help you out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 http://ssa.nls.uk/film/0561B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 http://ssa.nls.uk/film/0561B Aye , but wur is the filum. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Dunno. I dinnae want it. I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 Dunno. I dinnae want it. I was there. I know . . I heard you were one of the regular attendees when the Club played their games down at Westmarch . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted February 16, 2015 Report Share Posted February 16, 2015 I know . . I heard you were one of the regular attendees when the Club played their games down at Westmarch . . The present Stadium should be called Westmarch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magic Monkey Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Wait, we signed this guy from the Juniors?! Never gonnae cut it at this level, we should be looking to sign proven top-level players, not taking a punt on someone ... blah blah blah blah blah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Birchenough Posted February 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Is your great grandad in this photo? It's from a match day programme from 1984. Hi there. Sadly no he is not on this picture that you have put up from a match day programme. He was a truly gifted outside left and i havent heard anything back from the Club or the SFA as of yet after emailing them. Thank you for posting that picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Hi there. Sadly no he is not on this picture that you have put up from a match day programme. He was a truly gifted outside left and i havent heard anything back from the Club or the SFA as of yet after emailing them. Thank you for posting that picture. Don't worry about it. We never hear anything from the club either... Unless it's ST renewal begging letter time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint in exile Posted February 17, 2015 Report Share Posted February 17, 2015 Hi there. Sadly no he is not on this picture that you have put up from a match day programme. He was a truly gifted outside left and i havent heard anything back from the Club or the SFA as of yet after emailing them. Thank you for posting that picture. They're waiting until the takeover deal's finalised. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Birchenough Posted February 24, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 Still no word back from either the club or the SFA, does anyone else have any ideas for me as i dont live close to the club to go and see someone as i live in England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buddiecat Posted February 24, 2015 Report Share Posted February 24, 2015 (edited) The Scotsman - Wednesday, 11th March 1925, page 14ST MIRREN AND CELTIC STILL LEVEL.The second meeting between Celtic and St Mirren in the replayed Cup tie at Parkhead served to show how evenly matched they are, and even alter an extra half-hour neither side could claim the advantage, Celtic started well, and following a corner kick M'Lean forced Bradford over the line to open the scoring in two minutes. For a little after this Celtic were on top, but they failed to keep it up, and St Mirren, improving, raised the hopes of their supporters, and for twenty minutes before the interval they fairly tested the Celtic defence. D. Thomson St Johnstone, who took M'Crae's place at centre, led the line well, but he failed on one occasion to make the most of an opening made by J. Thomson. .On resuming St Mirren took the game in hand, and great work by Morgan and Gillies should have brought the equaliser. The Celtic goal ran several narrow escapes, but at the end of twenty-two minutes D. Thomson headed into the net following a corner kick. From this point onwards St Mirren went out for the winning goal, but fine defensive work, by M’Stay, Hilley, and Shevlin saved the Celtic. In the extra time both sides had chances to win, but Bradford and Shevlin both had brilliant saves. The attendance estimated at 36,000 Found this on a site named the celticwiki,and for the match in 1926 - type 1926 Pics in the search function and click on the highlighted 1926pics tab, further click on the listings on the left for the saints match shows some newspaper clippings posted on there including team photo, although it's not a clear pic, as you can see below. Edited February 24, 2015 by buddiecat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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