stocky Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/mar/18/world-cup-moments-scotland-1978-rollercoaster in today's guardian.. Denis Law having a pint with fans..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveyDenoon Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 Brilliant article and a great read. Brought back so many memories. Sat here now thinking “What if...” Cheers for posting 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacques Hunt Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 For me, the best team won that WC, even though they probably got help with a likely prearrangement with Peru. They had fantastic players, really exciting as I recall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stocky Posted March 30, 2018 Author Share Posted March 30, 2018 ooops just noticed spelling mistake in Title.... I cannae edit it noo.... Aye a great article, I remember a fter Argentina, my Pal, Who had no interest in Fitba at all, was staying at the same Hotel as Souness was, after the World cup, somewhere in Spain. His dad got Talink to Souness and he was telling his that Ally MacLoed wanted to play Souness and Gemmill for the first two games but Rioch and Masson ( old timers , long established players) sort of Blackmaoled MacLoed into playing them instead of the new guys, using Loyalty etc as their excuse. If only Ally had stuck to his guns, like the article states above..... As a wee side note....My mate grew a Souness Mustache not long after that and he still sports it today....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 (edited) Good read that cheers. Albeit depressing to be reminded of. Fortunately I was too to be that badly affected but a generation of Scotsmen must've been traumatised. I don't think my dad's had positive thoughts about Scotland since. That's a famous shot I haven't seen for a while... Edited March 30, 2018 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 11 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Fortunately I was too to be that badly affected That should read "too young" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 14 minutes ago, Toepoke said: That should read "too young" Prepubescent and before you developed "memeries" ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironbrew Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Good article. Was at the Bulgaria, Ni and Wales home matches before WC but not England one (in those days tickets for England matches were got by ballot, folk sent those postcards with no photos and I was lucky in 1976 and in 1980 but not in 1978). Must have been 80,000 at NI and Wales matches and over 60,000 at Bulgaria match (played in monsoon I remember). Argentina was obviously traumatic for fans but we still had a big support in Vienna 3 months later. It was my first away match and there must have been about 5000 Scots there including hundreds of soldiers who`d travelled from Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo cop Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Great memories, Ally did admit at a later date that he was over confident and should have done more homework on Peru and Iran, but it was great while it lasted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Not a memory but... https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/465639/Stamp-to-celebrate-Scotland-winning-1978-World-Cup-is-revealed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 The History channel is showing the FIFA World Cup films 1970 was today Peru were no mugs and lost 4-2 to eventual winners and arguably the greatest of all WC teams - Brazil in the Quarter finals In 1972 we played Peru at Hampden and huffed and puffed to a 2-0 win - but again Peru showed they were tasty in parts Peru were South American champions in 1975 and in 1977 lost in the final to Brazil (Argentina had a bye granted) It's outrageous that we didnt do our homework Iran was just a disgrace and the Scotland team turned into overpaid individuals - that result falls all on the starting 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirkieRobRoy Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Had an exam the day of the Iran game and the weather was jist like it's been the past few days. Went into the exam hall in bright sunshine. By the time I came out it was bucketing and thunder and lightning. It was a warning. Bad things were going to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 Masson's penalty changed everything When he missed you could actually see the whole confidence draining out the team and it carried onto the Iran game until the last 10 minutes when we actually started to play, realising they were shite If Masson puts us 2-1 in front we have something to hold onto and the heat and humidity becomes less noticeable Awful Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 14 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: If Masson puts us 2-1 in front we have something to hold onto and the heat and humidity becomes less noticeable Awful Was it that hot? It was the start of winter down there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Was it that hot? It was the start of winter down there. 25 C today. I haven't taken account of global warming, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 6 minutes ago, Orraloon said: 25 C today. I haven't taken account of global warming, though. Is that Cordoba in Spain? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 20 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Is that Cordoba in Spain? Might be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) 35 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Was it that hot? It was the start of winter down there. Certainly looked warm and they players looked fucked after 60 minutes ! Edited June 3, 2018 by Ally Bongo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) Where it all went wrong (today's Sunday herald) http://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/scottish_football/16266043.Tam_Forsyth_on_where_it_all_went_wrong_in_Argentina_1978/ Edited June 3, 2018 by exile Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted June 4, 2018 Share Posted June 4, 2018 How many Scot's travelled? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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