When James McCarthy and James McArthur left Hamilton Accies nobody envisaged them winning the FA Cup with Wigan Athletic. In 2013 I was fortunate enough to travel to Wembley and see them win both the Semi Final and the Final This all began with a trip to the then DW Stadium to meet the players …
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Hamilton Accies 2007-08 Part 2
PART TWO – JANUARY TO MAY 2008 January 2008 A month which saw one of the most extra ordinary games in Accies history. Accies opened 2008 without Simon Mensing with his loan expired although he sat in the stand alongside new signing Gary Twigg. Fellow new recruit Xavier Barrau was on the bench. James McArthur …
Hamilton Accies 2007-08 Part 1
PART ONE – AUGUST TO DECEMBER 2007 Accies won the First Division Championship in 2007-08 , this is a look back at another successful season. August 2007 Accies began the 2007/08 season with a home league match against Dunfermline Athletic. In front of a bumper crowd in the summer sunshine of 3,383. Dunfermline had been …
B&Q CUP
Accies Winners 1991 & 1992 The Scottish Football League marked their Centenary by creating the Centenary Cup in 1990 , which was played by lower division clubs on a knockout basis with Dundee beating Ayr Utd at Fir Park 3-2. It was then decided to continue the competition with the backing of sponsor B&Q – …
Scotland Late Winning Goals
Kieran Tierney and Kenny McLean scoring injury time goals to clinch qualification for World Cup 2026 brought back memories of other important late goals for Scotland. 1 Jim Bett v 1-0 Iceland 28/5/1985 Scotland travelled to Reykjavik at the end of the 1984/85 season for a tricky World Cup qualifier for Mexico 86 and a …
ITALIA 90 Part 3
KNOCKOUT STAGES – 23RD JUNE TO 8TH JULY 1990 ROUND OF 16 Saturday 23rd June CAMEROON 2 COLOMBIA 1 AET – Naples The last 16 opened with a poor game that finished 0-0 after 90 mins however Cameroon veteran striker Roger Milla came off the bench and put the Africans ahead in extra time before …
ITALIA 90 Part 2
Italia 90 was an incredible World Cup as it was the first time I travelled abroad to support Scotland. The is how out trip and the tournament unfolded. The Tartan Army on Tour to Italia 90 WEEK TWO – 15TH JUNE TO 22ND JUNE 1990 Friday 15th June We went on a day trip to …
ITALIA 90
Italia 90 was an incredible World Cup as it was the first time I travelled abroad to support Scotland with my friends Brian & Scott. The is how our trip and the tournament unfolded, day by day. The Tartan Army on Tour to Italia 90 WEEK ONE – 8TH JUNE TO 14TH JUNE 1990 Friday …
GEORGE BEST
George Best – 325 Days in Edinburgh George Best became a global football superstar in his days with Manchester Utd between 1963 and 1974. His drinking and social life took him away from football and he ended up playing in the USA before returning to England to play for Fulham in 1976-77. After a further …
Lanarkshire Cup
Weekend Tournament 1979-1985 The Lanarkshire Cup was a competition played in the post war era by Lanarkshire’s four senior football clubs – Airdrieonians , Albion Rovers , Hamilton Accies and Motherwell. The tournament was a damp squib in the mid to late 1970s with games sporadically played and in many cases no final being played. …
Football is Academical 