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Topic Originator: wetherby
Date: Fri 23 Feb 13:33
That is sad news , thoughts with family.
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Topic Originator: The Roy Barry Fan Club
Date: Fri 23 Feb 13:40
Terribly sad news.
One of the greatest of Pars.
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Topic Originator: Parsweep
Date: Fri 23 Feb 13:40
A very sad day . R.I.P Harry . Condolences to his family and friends .
Bobvo
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Topic Originator: saltonsgonagetu
Date: Fri 23 Feb 13:59
Terrible news ,great player, manager, and club ambassador, definitely a Pars legend.
Thoughts are with the family and friends at this time .
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:10
That`s sad news.
There aren`t many of the 1961 Cup-winning squad left - Cammy Fraser, Alex Smith and Danny McLindon (who played in the first game) from memory.
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Topic Originator: cammypar 1995
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:25
Sad news. Thoughts are with all his friends and family. RIP Harry
c'mon the pars
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Topic Originator: dover par
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:29
Sad day, he was the manager when I first started supporting the Pars.
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."
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Topic Originator: Paralex
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:30
Very sorry to hear this. I am sure his family may take some comfort in how highly this man was thought of by every true Dunfermline fan.
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Topic Originator: Parboiled
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:40
That winner v Everton. Served them right for trying to blooter him into the north terracing
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Fri 23 Feb 14:55
RIP Harry.
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Topic Originator: jake89
Date: Fri 23 Feb 15:07
RIP Harry.
I was just reading in the week that they`re finally finishing off the houses where the street named after him is (old Blacklaw Primary site).
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Topic Originator: Raymie the Legend
Date: Fri 23 Feb 15:23
A very sad day. Another Pars legend departs. Condolences to his family
RIP, Harry
It`s bloody tough being a legend
Ron Atkinson - 1983
Post Edited (Fri 23 Feb 15:27)
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Topic Originator: eastendalloapar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 15:23
RIP Harry.
matt forsyth
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Topic Originator: Fethiyespar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 15:31
RIP Harry, thanks for the memories of the sixties.
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Topic Originator: parfection
Date: Fri 23 Feb 16:09
Very sad news - good to see our players will honour him this evening. Thanks Harry.
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Topic Originator: Buspasspar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 16:19
A true Legend .. thoughts and sympathy with all Family and Friends .. RIP Harry
We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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Topic Originator: GG Riva
Date: Fri 23 Feb 16:32
A real gent and an outstanding wee player in an outstanding Pars team. Famously scored 6 goals from the wing in the 10-1 massacre of Partick Thistle ( may his memory inspire the Pars to another handsome win tonight.) A cup winner in 61 and a goalscorer in the SC final rematch in 1965. Willie Cunningham preferred him to Alex Ferguson and Harry obliged with the opening goal, sadly not enough for the Pars who were the best team in Scotland that season but just missed out on a League and Cup double.
RIP Harry
Not your average Sunday League player.
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Fri 23 Feb 16:38
Harry was the manager in my first ever season supporting the Pars and it was the promotion winning season when we went up at F*lkirk’s expense.
He was already a legend of course but that cemented it in our new generation of fans.
As a young fan, I was fanatical about our history and especially the golden era of the 60’s and would do research and found Harry Melrose to have played a massive part in our success.
RIP Harry and thoughts with family and friends
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Fri 23 Feb 17:03
Really sad news to hear.
I mind having a chat with him some years ago trying to help him locate 4 players from the 1968 cup winning team for the 25th anniversary.
A really decent bloke.
R.I.P.
Post Edited (Fri 23 Feb 17:12)
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Topic Originator: jaygee
Date: Fri 23 Feb 17:18
So sad to hear this news. A very early memory for me, must have been the late 70`s, my dad was coaching a 5 aside team from Castlehill Colliery in the National Coal Board Championships. They made it to the finals down south, no small thanks to a team that Harry put together to give them a workout up at the playing fields at Lynbank Hospital where the pars were training. Pars team included none other than Jim Lieshman who i think was coming back from his leg break at the time.
RIP Harry, thanks for all the memories
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Topic Originator: parsfan
Date: Fri 23 Feb 17:19
Another one here who started (1976) when he was manager. Between his exploits as a player and that Falkirk game in `79 he`ll always be a true club legend.
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The universe is ruled by chance and indifference
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Fri 23 Feb 17:35
RIP Harry, a true Par`s legend!😮💨🏁🏁🏁
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Fri 23 Feb 17:48
Very sad, a true Pars legend. 106 goals in 275 games is some record for a centre forward, far less a winger
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Topic Originator: SeasonedPar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 18:08
Sorry to hear this. Condolences to the family of a true Pars legend.
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Topic Originator: The Boss
Date: Fri 23 Feb 19:06
Was just listening to him on the “Walking Down The Halbeath Road Podcast” the other night. As mentioned above, a real legend. RIP Harry
I like black and white (dreaming of black and white)
You like black and white
Run run away
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Topic Originator: JTH123
Date: Fri 23 Feb 19:07
I`m another who started going as a wee boy in the 70s. Used to go to training sometimes at EEP on a Tuesday and Thursday night and Harry was really good with a few of us, as were the players. Loved a wee game of snooker with guys like Kenny Watson and Kenny Thomson.
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 19:48
Very sad to hear this. RIP Harry.
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Topic Originator: Townsvillepar
Date: Fri 23 Feb 22:59
RIP Harry Melrose, a true Pars legend. His winning goal against Everton at EEP will never be forgotten. Just a great player, manager and a gentleman.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sat 24 Feb 14:01
Excellent tribute from Aberdeen.
I knew Harry had started at Ibrox but didn`t made the breakthrough to regular first team games - however, I didn`t know he was on the periphery for a possible appearance in the 1957 League Cup final - which Rangers fans wish could be airbrushed out of history.
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