Ex-Dons

[InversneckieDob]

I always thought he was a decent player but, aye, injuries did for him.

[57vintage]

Gordon Marshall senior, whose loon of the same name was our 'keeper coach not so long, but many managers, ago, has died aged 85.

I remember him playing for us on the day Joe Harper was sold to Everton. A home 0-0 draw with Arbroath, as commemorated in the song. A match where the mood was leavened slightly by bumping into a student English teacher who was on teaching practice at Keith Grammar School at the time, and who impressed with his profanity skills in finding a dozen different ways of obscenely haranguing Bertie Miller who was having his usual effete 'mare on the left wing. We never talked of it again in class.

[SparkyFaeStoney]

Gordon Marshall senior, whose loon of the same name was our 'keeper coach not so long, but many managers, ago, has died aged 85.

I remember him playing for us on the day Joe Harper was sold to Everton. A home 0-0 draw with Arbroath, as commemorated in the song. A match where the mood was leavened slightly by bumping into a student English teacher who was on teaching practice at Keith Grammar School at the time, and who impressed with his profanity skills in finding a dozen different ways of obscenely haranguing Bertie Miller who was having his usual effete 'mare on the left wing. We never talked of it again in class.

Scarred into my memory, is me & my Dad, reaching the newsagents at the top of Merkland Road, and there was the news that the King had been sold.

[57vintage]

Scott ?the rat? Wright absolutely awful for Birmingham City in tonight?s TV FA Cup match v Newcastle. Subbed, and I believe Blues? tea lady came on in his place.

Balmediocre.

[InversneckieDob]

Scott ?the rat? Wright absolutely awful for Birmingham City in tonight?s TV FA Cup match v Newcastle. Subbed, and I believe Blues? tea lady came on in his place.

Balmediocre.

I'm a passing acquaintance of a Birmingham fan (via a shared love of the music of Bruce Frederick Joseph Springs****, born 23rd September 1949).
Her take........"He's not my favourite".

[Nlodger]

Scarred into my memory, is me & my Dad, reaching the newsagents at the top of Merkland Road, and there was the news that the King had been sold.

My granda, as always sent me the match programme. On the back page he had scored through the word Harper with three straight copper plate lines and printed the name ?Forrest? instead.
I believe Clark was in goal that day - post rumour that he was off to replace Gordon Banks at Stoke. Marshall had been transferred to Arbroath by then. So he did play. Kept out all the best efforts of Forrest, Varga et al. Ho hum. Hopefully we will do better today. But we may expect the worst?

[57vintage]

My granda, as always sent me the match programme. On the back page he had scored through the word Harper with three straight copper plate lines and printed the name ?Forrest? instead.
I believe Clark was in goal that day - post rumour that he was off to replace Gordon Banks at Stoke. Marshall had been transferred to Arbroath by then. So he did play. Kept out all the best efforts of Forrest, Varga et al. Ho hum. Hopefully we will do better today. But we may expect the worst?

Bobby Clark’s transfer to Stoke to replace Gordon Banks was planned to take place after we played Celtic at Pittodrie, and lost 3-2 a couple of months earlier. Varga scored both our goals. Stoke called the transfer off.

[Nlodger]

Bobby Clark?s transfer to Stoke to replace Gordon Banks was planned to take place after we played Celtic at Pittodrie, and lost 3-2 a couple of months earlier. Varga scored both our goals. Stoke called the transfer off.

Yup. I was at the game. Day before my 7th birthday. Good job Mr Clark had an off day that day. Otherwise he would have been off and never won the league or had that dream about Davie Robb (although not like Olivia Newton John did.)

[InversneckieDob]

I think that game is quite possibly our most celebrated defeat.
I was there also and Varga's two goals, especially the second into the Beach End were things of beauty.
T'was also the game a lassie got a knife stuck in her heid, it having been launched from the salt of the earth raselickbyrawaybutbigman fans.

[57vintage]

I think that game is quite possibly our most celebrated defeat.
I was there also and Varga's two goals, especially the second into the Beach End were things of beauty.
T'was also the game a lassie got a knife stuck in her heid, it having been launched from the salt of the earth raselickbyrawaybutbigman fans.

...and during which Bumper displayed exemplary coorseness or $h1tehoosery when Harry Hood was in press-up mode, trying to get up off the grass, oor Arthur deliberately stamped on the Hood digits with the full force of his studs. Booked for his efforts. Apparently a spaver relative of PWLP was the fed who carried the chibbed quine out of the Beach End.