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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 17 Jul 05:12
…..as a Pars fan?
Obviously many older fans will have differing views but based on our level/ability etc whats the worst result you’ve seen?
Last night is probably in my top 3…..losing to a part time team from 2 divisions below at home with those tactics was just brutal.
Cowdenbeath at home in the play off final would be in there too, along with Arbroath 3-0 at home in the Yogi Hughes era…..
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Topic Originator: Parallel Lines
Date: Wed 17 Jul 05:31
Scottish Cup losing 3-1 at home to East Stirling in the first round
I looked for my pet in all the books on animals and birds and then I found it in the Book of Revelations.Marty Feldman
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Wed 17 Jul 08:16
Skol cup final against Hibs in the eighties, team didn`t turn up!
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 17 Jul 08:42
Quote:
LochgellyAlbert, Wed 17 Jul 08:16
Skol cup final against Hibs in the eighties, team didn`t turn up!
See, my friend asked why it wasn’t the Falkirk semi in 09, but my response was that it wasn’t that bad as both teams were fairly evenly matched at the time, at a neutral ground and although it was a gutting result, it wasn’t a hugely shocking result, unlike last night
Were we not fairly level pegging with Hibs for that Cup Final?
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Topic Originator: Par
Date: Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Wed 17 Jul 08:48
Quote:
Par, Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
100% this. Nothing comes close in 40 years
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 17 Jul 08:50
Quote:
Par, Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
Oh christ how could I forget that abomination 🤦🏻♂️
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Wed 17 Jul 09:06
Getting cuffed 6-0 at home by Killie in the Dick Campbell years.
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Topic Originator: Alter Ego
Date: Wed 17 Jul 09:10
Skol Cup, our European performance and the cuffing at Tyncastle when we went 2-4-4 as the formation.
Mon the Pars!
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Topic Originator: parsfan
Date: Wed 17 Jul 09:14
Quote:
Par, Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
Absolutely.
Cowden play-off the worst at home.
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The universe is ruled by chance and indifference
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Topic Originator: The Boss
Date: Wed 17 Jul 09:52
There is a number of stinkers for sure but I don’t think I’ve ever went into a new league campaign so depressed. The start of the season should bring optimism etc.
I like black and white (dreaming of black and white)
You like black and white
Run run away
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Topic Originator: DJAS
Date: Wed 17 Jul 09:54
Quote:
The Boss, Wed 17 Jul 09:52
There is a number of stinkers for sure but I don’t think I’ve ever went into a new league campaign so depressed. The start of the season should bring optimism etc.
Me either. There is always optimism come June. This year absolutely none.
Predictor league winner 2012/2013
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Topic Originator: Row_ZZ
Date: Wed 17 Jul 10:00
2-1 Hafnarfjordur
5-0 home to Hamilton Accies. Could have been 15-0.
Play-off pumped 3-0 against Cowdenbeath (now no longer in the league system!)
Possibly the worst I have felt was after the 2007 Cup Final though. That could have been ours. Seem to recall Burchill having a great chance in the opening stages.
"A smile might be good!"
"Nothing to smile about in my life"
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Topic Originator: Bandy
Date: Wed 17 Jul 10:13
Burchill was clean through in the opening stage and tugged it wide.
That final came to symbolise so much of what is wrong with the Scottish Game.
As I recall it was known as the `Jinky` final because Jimmy Johnstone sadly died just before the game - the Celtic players all wore number 7 on their shorts. The fact that two teams were playing in the match was ignored/forgotten.
We missed a couple of decent chances - Burchill in particular - before Celtic scored a scabby goal through Jean Joel Perrier Doumbe, who`d never scored a goal before, and never scored one again. He`s exactly the type of forgettable expensive player from abroad that the Old Firm would pick up (and still do pick up) when they have the slightest of injury problems, and therefore perfectly illustrative of the ridiculous gulf between Celtic, Sevco and the rest.
And Celtic got to win their 40 somethingth scottish cup, whilst we knew we`d be unlikely to be in a position to win a trophy for decades.
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Topic Originator: bigdonnie
Date: Wed 17 Jul 10:13
pars v clydebank 1981/82 3-1 up first half 2nd half blair millered lol lost 3-6 walked out of eep in utter disbelief
donald mcneil
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Topic Originator: red-star-par
Date: Wed 17 Jul 13:22
The European game at Perth was by far the worst, that was a real low. SKOL Cup Final wasn`t great either
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Topic Originator: LEGEND85
Date: Wed 17 Jul 13:26
am not sure last night result would even make a top 50 of worst pars results I`ve witnessed.
But McDiarmid would be number 1 on that list.
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Topic Originator: LochgellyAlbert
Date: Wed 17 Jul 13:40
Quote:
Par, Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
Yeah, very true!🙈
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Topic Originator: Johan_Cruyff
Date: Wed 17 Jul 14:25
European game in Perth
Hamilton 5-0
QOTS at east end when Dobie scored at hat-trick
2 more games that really stick in my memory for some reason.
1st may 1993 pars 0 vs 2 cowdenbeath as our title challenge was coming off the rails. Their 2nd goal was a give n go with a backheel flick. Rank rotten
6th Jan 1990 pars 0 vs 5 motherwell. They totally annihilated us that game, Davie cooper was out of this world if my memory serves right.
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Topic Originator: SusieQ
Date: Wed 17 Jul 14:55
A midweek away game at Cowdenbeath - we lost 2 0 I think, it was freezing cold & misty and we were about to go into administration.
I remember saying to a friend at the time - it doesn`t get more miserable than this!
COME ON YE PARS!
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Topic Originator: wee eck
Date: Wed 17 Jul 15:15
0-5 at home to Morton followed a week later by 0-3 at home to QP in February spring to mind. We got over them though and only lost three more games before the end of the season.
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Wed 17 Jul 16:18
Not a singular result for but the final ouch at the end of a 3 game run. I think it was about 10 - 15 years ago and I think we were in the championship. If I remember correctly we lost 3 nil to Alloa (I think), then 4 nil to Livingston (again I think),then it all culminated in 5 nil home drubbing by Hamilton (I`m sure about that one).
The results, the feeling around the club and all the negative vibes did not a good time make.
The 3 cup finals all stung too,even though we were underdogs. Walking away from Hampden 3 times, totally dejected,and the Celtic fans weren`t even that excited because they`re so used to winning cups,it just feels like winning another bog standard league game to them.
I didn`t get to go to the earlier Hibs cup final (cheers faither 😉 ), but I can remember crying when we lost and my mother getting angry at me for crying about a football match.
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Topic Originator: parsfan
Date: Wed 17 Jul 17:22
Quote:
kozmasrightfoot, Wed 17 Jul 16:18
Not a singular result for but the final ouch at the end of a 3 game run. I think it was about 10 - 15 years ago and I think we were in the championship. If I remember correctly we lost 3 nil to Alloa (I think), then 4 nil to Livingston (again I think),then it all culminated in 5 nil home drubbing by Hamilton (I`m sure about that one).
The results, the feeling around the club and all the negative vibes did not a good time make.
The 3 cup finals all stung too,even though we were underdogs. Walking away from Hampden 3 times, totally dejected,and the Celtic fans weren`t even that excited because they`re so used to winning cups,it just feels like winning another bog standard league game to them.
I didn`t get to go to the earlier Hibs cup final (cheers faither 😉 ), but I can remember crying when we lost and my mother getting angry at me for crying about a football match.
I could be wrong, just from a failing memory, but I remember it as:
Hamilton (H) 0-5
Stirling (A) 0-3
Livi (H) 0-4
2007, towards the end of Kenny?
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 17 Jul 17:39
Too many to mention.
I don’t really count hammerings by the big guns as worst but the ones by teams about our level at the time or worse.
East Stirling in the early 80’s was definitely one of my first and worst memories
1-3 I think and got Tam Forsyth the boot if memory serves.
0-4 vs Meadowbank which effectively lost Jocky Scott his job
Hearts hammering us 7-1 at tynecastle after Calderwood’s kamakazi tactics
The defeat in Gothenburg where players and staff let the club down big time against a team on the level of East Fife.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
Post Edited (Wed 17 Jul 17:39)
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Topic Originator: Zimbo
Date: Wed 17 Jul 17:48
DAFC 1 Celtic 8. We were so bad Neil Lennon scored.
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Topic Originator: Dave_1885
Date: Wed 17 Jul 17:55
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Wed 17 Jul 17:39
Too many to mention.
I don’t really count hammerings by the big guns as worst but the ones by teams about our level at the time or worse.
East Stirling in the early 80’s was definitely one of my first and worst memories
1-3 I think and got Tam Forsyth the boot if memory serves.
0-4 vs Meadowbank which effectively lost Jocky Scott his job
Hearts hammering us 7-1 at tynecastle after Calderwood’s kamakazi tactics
The defeat in Gothenburg where players and staff let the club down big time against a team on the level of East Fife.
Im not so sure Hacken are of the same ilk as East Fife given that they won the top league in 2022 😂
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Topic Originator: bannerpar
Date: Wed 17 Jul 18:05
East End Park. Saturday 24 April 1965. Dunfermline 1 St Johnstone 1. Remember it like yesterday. Missed chances cost us the Scottish First Division Championship and ended the dream!
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Topic Originator: Back_oh_the_net
Date: Wed 17 Jul 18:08
Getting dumped out the Scottish cup away to Stranraer pretty sure they were in league 2 at the time
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Topic Originator: kozmasrightfoot
Date: Wed 17 Jul 19:26
Yes parsfan you`re right, I knew it was a fairly local team, hence why Alloa popped into my mind. The order is irrelevant, I just remembered it was 3 miserable displays and results.
I completely forgot about the desolation of the 2 European ties against part-time European minnows.
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Topic Originator: Andrew283
Date: Wed 17 Jul 19:38
Kenny era, Hamilton 5-0, Livi (I think) 4-0 and then a 3-0 loss. I had just started following us as well
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Topic Originator: MikeyLeonard
Date: Wed 17 Jul 21:34
Quote:
bigdonnie, Wed 17 Jul 10:13
pars v clydebank 1981/82 3-1 up first half 2nd half blair millered lol lost 3-6 walked out of eep in utter disbelief
I remember that game donnie (wish I could forget). I remember the choir movind behind the goals at the home end gor the 2nd half and ironically `celebrating` 2 or 3 of the bankies goals.
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Topic Originator: Mu_Fanchu
Date: Wed 17 Jul 21:37
Pars 0, Dumbarton 3. Early 80s.
Getting beat 2-0 with half and hour to go, Dumbarton had two players sent off in the space of a minute. Surely we could get at least a draw against nine men? Could we ****!
I was ******* furious!
Mu Fanchu
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Topic Originator: Ronaldo
Date: Wed 17 Jul 22:00
Albion Rovers 5 DAFC 0 ... pre-season friendly at Cliftonhill August 1975.
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Topic Originator: Andrew283
Date: Wed 17 Jul 22:02
Quote:
Mu_Fanchu, Wed 17 Jul 21:37
Pars 0, Dumbarton 3. Early 80s.
Getting beat 2-0 with half and hour to go, Dumbarton had two players sent off in the space of a minute. Surely we could get at least a draw against nine men? Could we ****!
I was ******* furious!
Was there not a game under Macca where we had a man sent off. Kept our front line intact and managed to absolutely smash QoS like 5-1? Good memories
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 17 Jul 22:45
Quote:
Dave_1885, Wed 17 Jul 17:55
Quote:
AdamAntsParsStripe, Wed 17 Jul 17:39
Too many to mention.
I don’t really count hammerings by the big guns as worst but the ones by teams about our level at the time or worse.
East Stirling in the early 80’s was definitely one of my first and worst memories
1-3 I think and got Tam Forsyth the boot if memory serves.
0-4 vs Meadowbank which effectively lost Jocky Scott his job
Hearts hammering us 7-1 at tynecastle after Calderwood’s kamakazi tactics
The defeat in Gothenburg where players and staff let the club down big time against a team on the level of East Fife.
Im not so sure Hacken are of the same ilk as East Fife given that they won the top league in 2022 😂
They certainly were back then.
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 17 Jul 22:47
Quote:
Mu_Fanchu, Wed 17 Jul 21:37
Pars 0, Dumbarton 3. Early 80s.
Getting beat 2-0 with half and hour to go, Dumbarton had two players sent off in the space of a minute. Surely we could get at least a draw against nine men? Could we ****!
I was ******* furious!
Thanks for the reminder of that dark day Mr Fanchu 🥵
Zwei Pints Bier und ein Päckchen Chips bitte
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Topic Originator: Big T Par
Date: Wed 17 Jul 23:42
Quote:
Par, Wed 17 Jul 08:47
European game in Perth, never felt so bad after a Pars game.
Absolutely this and then getting lost trying to find the M90. An abysmal night.
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Topic Originator: parsfan97
Date: Wed 17 Jul 23:57
Last seasons 5 games against the rovers. Embarrassing results against that mob from start to finish
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Topic Originator: Bletchley_Par
Date: Thu 18 Jul 04:25
Quote:
Topic Originator: AdamAntsParsStripe
Date: Wed 17 Jul 17:39
0-4 vs Meadowbank which effectively lost Jocky Scott his job
Think you are getting mixed up with the 0-4 pumping we got under Leishman in 1986 with Hamish McAlpine in goal, which I think was the worst result I`ve witnessed in person.
I`ve been at bigger losses, but that was a terrible night.
Think it was the 0-2 loss to Cowdenbeath at home in 1993 with 3 games to go that done it for Jocky, along with only getting 3 points out the last 9 games.
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Topic Originator: OzPar
Date: Thu 18 Jul 07:24
The worst result you`ve seen?
I never saw it, though I did listen to the BBC commentary here in Melbourne—that Hafnarfjordur game in Perth. I have never experienced a deeper low as a Pars supporter than that. And heaven knows, there have been plenty of lows!
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Topic Originator: Rusty Shackleford
Date: Thu 18 Jul 10:15
Worst feeling after a match was Perth for sure. Absolutely devastated.
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Topic Originator: McCaig`s Tower
Date: Sun 21 Jul 18:31
So many bad memories all in the one thread.
When I saw the title of this thread 2 games immediately came to mind, and I’m glad(?) to see they are both mentioned.
The worst I have felt after a game by far was after the Hafnarfjörður match at McDiarmid. Such a maelstrom of emotions – after the fiasco of the Iceland trip, the excitement of our first home European match but having to go to Perth to play it, the massive queues on the M90 and the recollection of grief at the sight of Perth Crematorium I was already an emotional wreck even before the game. The result was compounded by the mockery of some (ex-) friends the next day. I am comforted by knowing I may never feel that bad again.
But I don’t think that was worst result. After a couple of dishonourable mentions of the Stranraer cup game (I could barely speak after it, and it was a long journey home) and the 3-0 loss to 9 man Dumbarton (Jim Moffat was in goals, I think), the worst would be the loss to East Stirlingshire in the first round of the cup in 1984.
I’m only including games I was at. I used to say that I would rather see a loss in person rather than hear about it 2nd or 3rd hand; I came close to revising that opinion after catching some (but not all) of the radio commentary of the 8-1 at home to Celtic and the 7-1 away to Hearts. And I could throw in another couple of cup results (there must be something about the high expectations being unmatched by performance) from back in the days when all you would get was the full-time score on Sportsound or Grandstand (and if you were lucky a brief mention of the scorers in the papers the next day) – losing to Clydebank in 1975 and Brechin in 1978. Seeing the teleprinter stutter into life with SC1 Brechin City 1 Dunfermline Ath and being staggered not to see a high number helpfully confirmed in words immediately after was not fun.
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Sun 21 Jul 19:18
More than a few tbh.
Burchill’s early chance in the Cup Final was no “missed sitter” from our position behind the goal - a half chance only.
Lots mentioned above qualify for Hall of Shame inclusion, a 0-6 at Raith on a New Year’s Day also.
Skol Cup final was a downer - as said, the Pars failed to turn up, especially Kozma who chose that day as another of his no show performances.
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Topic Originator: Bamba-Daft
Date: Sun 21 Jul 19:32
Agree with the above. Burchill was about 35 yards from goal when he hit the shot on the half volley if im remembering correctly. But Celtic were rotten that day, the 04 pars team would have beaten them.
Worst I’ve felt is probably the Cowdenbeath 0-3 game. Going into it full of confidence (arrogance). Back down to earth inside a minute. Last season will take some beating aswell. Rovers taking the utter p*** out of us all season long.
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Topic Originator: da_no_1
Date: Sun 21 Jul 19:50
Those Rovers games last season don`t even come close to McDairmid Park.
"Some days will stay a 1000 years, some pass like the flash of a spark"
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Topic Originator: Berkey
Date: Sun 21 Jul 19:59
I would say the 5-0 Hamilton game but to be fair we weren’t really bad (well sol was) it’s just everything they tried came off for them.
For me it’s the 6-0 killie game or the blowout 8-1 away to hearts.
The post below replying to me is by one of .nets finest champions of mediocrity!
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Topic Originator: cammypar 1995
Date: Mon 22 Jul 07:37
Quote:
wee eck, Wed 17 Jul 15:15
0-5 at home to Morton followed a week later by 0-3 at home to QP in February spring to mind. We got over them though and only lost three more games before the end of the season.
I`m surprised the Morton one wasn`t mentioned sooner that`s up there although getting beat by cowdenbeath in the playoffs is mine by a fair bit.
c'mon the pars
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Topic Originator: Par4ages
Date: Mon 22 Jul 16:42
Have seen quite a few candidates but apologies if I missed it up above. I was at Stranraer when we lost 3-0 to go bottom of the 4th division you couldn’t go lower than that it was an awful journey home.
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Topic Originator: dover par
Date: Mon 22 Jul 21:00
Results from the Potter days-
21 February 2015 Forfar 1-0 Dunfermline
24 February 2015 Dunfermline 0-1 Brechin
28 February 2015 Stranraer 5-1 Dunfermline
"Pressure is something you feel when you don't know what the hell you're doing."
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Mon 22 Jul 22:23
"East End Park. Saturday 24 April 1965. Dunfermline 1 St Johnstone 1. Remember it like yesterday. Missed chances cost us the Scottish First Division Championship and ended the dream!"
Not that simple - had we beaten Saints that penultimate league game Hearts still had it in their hands to win the league title on the final Saturday while we were losing the cup v Celtic.
A Jam Tarts victory or draw v Kilmarnock would have taken the championship to Tynecastle on points.
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Topic Originator: Tenruh
Date: Tue 23 Jul 16:27
Quote:
veteraneastender, Sun 21 Jul 19:18
More than a few tbh.
Burchill’s early chance in the Cup Final was no “missed sitter” from our position behind the goal - a half chance only.
Lots mentioned above qualify for Hall of Shame inclusion, a 0-6 at Raith on a New Year’s Day also.
Skol Cup final was a downer - as said, the Pars failed to turn up, especially Kozma who chose that day as another of his no show performances.
And George Farm the Wee teams manager that day, that`s rubbing salt in the wound.
Post Edited (Tue 23 Jul 16:27)
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Topic Originator: TAFKA_Super_Petrie
Date: Tue 23 Jul 17:16
0-6 Kilmarnock game sprung to mind imediately. Memory is a bit patchy other than remembering Durant ripped us to bits and the game was maybe quite close at 1 or maybe even 2 down at a push before Dick Campbell sacrificied a defender and threw on David Graham to go with three up front and the roof well and truly caved in.
Other than that hard to disagree with the ones mentioned already.
Would add a game away to Livingston that got Davie Hay the bullet just before Leishman came in for the `great escape`. We are absolutely awful that day.
And purely for the humiliating aspect i'm sure Falkirk beat us at EEP at the end of a season under Hughes, think we already had been relegated, with the abiding memory being Anthony Stokes doing keepy uppies near the corner flag in front of the East Stand and getting the "Ole!" cheers from the crowd :-(
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Post Edited (Tue 23 Jul 17:26)
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Tue 23 Jul 18:11
"And George Farm the Wee teams manager that day, that`s rubbing salt in the wound."
I hadn`t made that connection - only wanted to totally forget all from that day - the keeper at Stark`s Park was a total waste of a jersey.
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Topic Originator: helensburghpar
Date: Tue 23 Jul 18:19
George Farm left Rovers in 1974. The six nil drubbing was in 1983. Totally ruined my new year. Pretty sure Gordon Wallace was in charge of Raith.
Post Edited (Tue 23 Jul 18:22)
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Topic Originator: veteraneastender
Date: Tue 23 Jul 19:06
Thanks HB - that fits the era I was thinking off.
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