From 1976 to 2026 My first memory of the Winter Olympics was 50 years ago in 1976, this is a look back at the past 50 years as the Winter Olympics has expanded along with Team GB success. Innsbruck 1976 GB won Men’s Singles Figure Skating Gold, won by John Curry, but my main memory …
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WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part Three
PART THREE – 19TH JUNE TO 25TH JUNE 1982 The Second Group Stage was played as Four Groups of Three teams with the Winners progressing to the semi finals , this was the only World Cup which used this format. The 1974 & 1978 with 16 teams versions saw Two groups of Four teams with …
WORLD CUP – SPAIN 82 – Part One
The 1982 World Cup was a fantastic festival of football but began against the backdrop of the Falklands War. PART ONE – 13TH JUNE TO 18TH JUNE 1982 Sunday 13th June Group 3 – ARGENTINA 0 BELGIUM 1 – Barcelona The opening game took place in the fabulously refurbished Nou Camp stadium in Barcelona. UK …
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 …
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 …
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. …
EURO 1976
The recent award by UEFA to Slovakia as joint winners with Czech Republic following the Czechoslovakia triumph in 1976 had me reminiscing about a much forgotten football tournament particularly in the UK, where only the Final was shown on Live TV. Euro 1976 was the last of the old style format with 32 countries divided …
Hamilton Accies 1985-86 Part 1
PART ONE – AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1985 Accies won the First Division Championship in 1985-86 , this is a look back at an amazing season. (For context the league was made up of 14 teams playing each other 3 times meaning a total of 39 games and two points for a win) August 1985 Accies …
Welsh clubs in ECWC 1960-1999
The European Cup Winners Cup was a cup for National Cup Winners run by UEFA between 1960 and 1999. Welsh teams who played in the English football leagues also competed in the Welsh Cup with the winners qualifying for the ECWC , which was always somewhat controversial as they also competed in the FA Cup …
Football is Academical 