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MEMORABILIA
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Friday April 27 2007
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not for long . . .
– but
LAST week, I featured a
Rangers programme so,
to “celebrate” our double-
header against the
Gruesome Twosome,
I’ve featured a Celtic
programme for the match
against Hearts on December 30 1978.
This was a typically poor programme
of the 1970s representing really poor
value for anyone willing to part with
10p for a copy.
There were 16 pages, of which six
were taken up with full page adverts and
a further two were devoted to the team
lines and the half-time scoreboard.
Hearts were struggling, lying second
one see a Hibee?
from bottom of the Premier League.
But Celtic weren’t setting the heather
on fire either and were only four points
ahead of Hearts at the halfway point
of the season.
In his notes,
manager Billy
McNeill
laments the
previous
week’s defeat
at Morton. His
side did go on
to win the
league though.
The article
on Hearts was
headed
“Hearts …
back in the big time” and provided a
sprinkling of Hearts’ history as well as
looking to the future and, in particular,
experience for our young flair team 3) The Huns
the emergence of Eamon Bannon, who
buying Kevin Thomson really upset our rhythm
“has captivated shrewd football judges
4) W
all over the country and looks like being
wee crowds 5) It’
one of the new group of players who will
his mad bad medicine men 6) Dunfermline
e’re not used to playing in front of such
be given the job of carrying Scotland’s
booted us off the park 7) It was never a penalty
s a jinx put on us by Vlad and
football colours in the near future.”
8) If Chris Killen hadn’t got injured we would
On the opposite page, there was a full-
have walked the semi and the final 9) I’d rather
page picture of Drew Busby who, it was
we missed out on winning the cup than have
said, still had “the scoring touch.” But,
despite also retaining sideburns down
to his ankles, Drew didn’t have the
ecological point against global warming. Their
an overdraft of £30M 10) W
trademark moustache by this stage.
fans reduced their carbon footprint substantially
Drew Busby!: Hibs decided to make an
e’re pish
Two other full-page photographs took
this evening by deciding to stay at home in
up space. The first was an action shot
massive numbers.
of a Ronnie Glavin goal at Tynecastle
to reduce gre
and the second a shot of Alfie Conn Jnr,
enhouse gases and emissions
And in a further selfless act
who would spend a short period with
in order to save the planet, they decided to
Hearts a couple of years later.
completely withdraw from the tournament this
Adverts included one for a “New
evening, thus saving a further “greenhouse”
Football Programme Shop” at Celtic
Park and at 208 Paisley Road and
place, taken Easyjet off their bookmarks and to prime relegation candidates Dunfermline.
trip by road and rail to Hampden in May
done Hibs!
. Well
another for Frank Doonin’s range of
businesses including Doonin Plant Hire,
cup (with green pins for their preferred trips),
“of
O’Connor
boabyarsebiscuit: How about this one? If the Blantyre Greyhound Racing Track
off the kitchen wall.
he locations
ipped the map of Europe, pin-marked with
of current qualifiers for the UEFA jambo98
ficial Hibs excuses thread” was started by
The
Camo
: “The grass was too long.” and the imaginatively-named Doon Inn.
win it next year”. Can’t stop smiling. Better than
: “We’re a young Scottish team. We’ll
had been available, Hibs would have peshed it.
, Riordan, Caldwell, and Thomson
That one’
This programme has a slight oddity
factor because the match wasn’t actually
played; postponed due to bad weather.
he M8 somewhere? d) - Thinking of excuses?
Hiding? b) - Still in Glasgow? c) - Stuck on
Erik: Hmm - I wonder where they all are...a) winning it ourselves. Where’
acting on behalf of T
Meanwhile,
s an actual excuse on diddies.net.
The Gasman reported: Lawyers
The match wasn’t replayed until May
e) - Polishing the wee cup? f) - Still changing
and egg on face smilie?
s the bubble burst
touch with the SFA, demanding to know why
ennents have been in
of 1979 by which time Celtic had printed
out of their fancy dress novelty “seat” costumes?
last night’ a new programme and, true to form,
g) - Disposing of all the “Hibs on tour 2007”
have been the same shape as ma heid.”
Poker God: “The ball was too round, It should
Dunfermline and Hibs was played behind
s Scottish Cup semi final between
Hearts were doomed to relegation.
merchandise? h) - In
rough with Rob Jones’
Sub4TiddlerMurray
s blouse!!”
: “Bamba was being a bit
closed doors. You can still pick up this programme
for less than a pound.
or the brightest young team in the league losing
Thoughts then turned to possible explanations
Arizona?
you’d think he’d be used to that!) 2) It’
was too hard and dry
Dagger Is Back: 1) Benji says that the ground
(he’s from Morocco, FFS
s a learning
phone scandal, Hibs are to ask the SF
And scottg71 posted: Following the GMTV
compensation after being entered in a competition
A for
they have no chance of winning! I’ll get my coat.
a71
GARY COWEN
Hearts memorabilia for sale? Contact
Gary: chambers.com">cowen@falcon-chambers.com
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