from the rhododendron bushes outside dens to the bridge at easter rd and beyond

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or the Gillie book

emerged past the vast rhododendron bushes outside dens and first port of call was in the provie rd end and a transfer into the enclosure,what a noise could bang out from the stand,the loudest must of been the s/cup replay against the hibs,the noise of thousands of feet stamping.

Onto the derry years where you cut your teeth on a grease filled pie ,watching archie mcpherson fall aff the gantry ladder,the whaft of passing pipe/cigar smoke,standing on the bridge at Easter rd trying to work out whether it was dundee or hibees getting chanted,il no make that mistake again.

The Sunday Scottish cup days where huge away crowds were at pittodrie/ibrox,watching rangers fans invade the pitch at dens when we were giving them a doing,thumping the celtic infact doing the old firm over on many an occasion in the days when we just never rolled over as an acceptance of defeat.

the train specials,pc chindrop and his side kick wifie wi the leather gloves,wee taffy evens(rip) standing on the markinch /dunfermline platform waiting for the train switch as the rangers train pulled away only to be hit in the pussss by a flying tin of lager bursting his nose,he never even blinked,picked it up wiped the blood aff his nose and shouted cheers lads derry rule ya bass.

oh and finally the days when the only utd on the top team league balls was ayr utd,thats right the self proclaimed world famous never even made the cut to get their name on the top selling scottish playground balls of the era.

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or the Gillie book

emerged past the vast rhododendron bushes outside dens and first port of call was in the provie rd end and a transfer into the enclosure,what a noise could bang out from the stand,the loudest must of been the s/cup replay against the hibs,the noise of thousands of feet stamping.

Onto the derry years where you cut your teeth on a grease filled pie ,watching archie mcpherson fall aff the gantry ladder,the whaft of passing pipe/cigar smoke,standing on the bridge at Easter rd trying to work out whether it was dundee or hibees getting chanted,il no make that mistake again.

The Sunday Scottish cup days where huge away crowds were at pittodrie/ibrox,watching rangers fans invade the pitch at dens when we were giving them a doing,thumping the celtic infact doing the old firm over on many an occasion in the days when we just never rolled over as an acceptance of defeat.

the train specials,pc chindrop and his side kick wifie wi the leather gloves,wee taffy evens(rip) standing on the markinch /dunfermline platform waiting for the train switch as the rangers train pulled away only to be hit in the pussss by a flying tin of lager bursting his nose,he never even blinked,picked it up wiped the blood aff his nose and shouted cheers lads derry rule ya bass.

oh and finally the days when the only utd on the top team league balls was ayr utd,thats right the self proclaimed world famous never even made the cut to get their name on the top selling scottish playground balls of the era.

Last paragraph cannae be true.😁

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100% mate wish i had a time machine to prove it as i would,pretty sure scottyg would back me up

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100% mate wish i had a time machine to prove it as i would

So your telling me when you spun the ba and stopped it with her finger to see which team you were at mexxy.....you couldn't be Dundee yeeenited.....you had to be Ayr!!!

Astonishing.

Was there a 2nd division ba?

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now being honest i never thought of that,that may be an explanation

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I Ken there was nae Dab subbuteo strip until a few years back, they used to get lumped in with wolves alloa and Ferranti thistle but the ba is new to me.

Must have been a 2nd div ba, they wudnae miss oot a world famous team.

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best i can find mate obviously celtic rangers dundee hearts hibs ayr utd and falkirk etc have been worn away that is when the dabs could scroll in their team name,only time i seen dundee united on one o those "frido baas" think that was what they were called,was when the guy up the road used a pen to write his dundee utd on it

best thing about these balls was they were fixable if they burst,poker in the fire for a cpl of mins and then onto the hole,sorted,always 1 repair before leaving it in the park where 9 times out o ten an arab would rescue it and ink it up to read his team

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best i can find mate obviously celtic rangers dundee hearts hibs ayr utd and falkirk etc have been worn away that is when the dabs could scroll in their team name,only time i seen dundee united on one o those "frido baas" think that was what they were called,was when the guy up the road used a pen to write his dundee utd on it

best thing about these balls was they were fixable if they burst,poker in the fire for a cpl of mins and then onto the hole,sorted,always 1 repair before leaving it in the park where 9 times out o ten an arab would rescue it and ink it up to read his team

This might be a false memory but I'm sure some of the wee er teams had to share a panel on the ball.....you wud think they wud have got a share of a panel.

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This might be a false memory but I'm sure some of the wee er teams had to share a panel on the ball.....you wud think they wud have got a share of a panel.

You are spot on mate, the smaller teams doubled up on the panels. great shout.