Barney Rubble

Ryan Stevenson has allegedly announced his retirement from the game at 32. Anyone know why?

Westminster PM in utterly embarrassing performance in Brussels right now.

Have it your way, but it's still overcoming a 4 goal deficit!!!

Yep, you remember it all correctly. Killie 3 down after the first leg, and Lothar Emmerich scored in the first five minutes at Rugby Park before Killie replied.

No chance - he'd have been awarded a foul.

Thanks Squirrelhumper. While results in the group to date have hardly been inspirational, it looks like the unrealisticalyy inflated prices and inconvenient kick-off time has severely impacted many people's interest in this game.

Any idea how ticket sales are going for this one?

Wembley was the month before - 15th April 1967!!

Was 10 years old at the time, and with the benefit of another 50 years on the planet, I didn't realise the significance of what the country and Glasgow in particular experienced that week. Came home from school at 1550 and went out to play football in the park as normal. Kick off was at 1715 and at 1705 my dad was shouting at me out the tenement window to get my ass up the road in time for kick-off!!! Cue mass hysteria in the West End streets after the game - it was the first time my younger brother and I were allowed up after 2015. Vividly remember a picture in the paper next day showing a totally deserted Sauchiehall St at 1800 on a Thursday night. Got taken to Celtic Park the following evening for the 'homecoming' - I think there were 60,000 inside the ground? The atmosphere that night is unlikely to be repeated in Scotland. Similar in many respects to Leicester's celebrations last May, but on another scale. Rangers played Bayern Munich in the ECWC final on the 31st and lost out in extra-time. I believe if they had won it would have been the first time that teams from the same city had won the two major European trophies in the same season. That was also the season that Clyde finished 3rd in the league behind the ugly sisters. The late sixties and early seventies were a great time to be growing up as a Scottish football supporter.

Not good enough on the day. Well done to Aberdeen - hope you go on to win it.

'John Lambie, there's a manager who knew how to create an upset in the Scottish Cup.' says our Liam. Clearly he has never looked at our record in the Cup under JL.

I take it Liam McLeod is wearing his Aberdeen scarf while doing this commentary? What a fud.

OLAS, you know fine well my leanings. I'd be the first in a very long queue to do physical harm to Dougie Imrie. But nothing on earth can justify Garner being absolved of that assault this afternoon.

As I said earlier in the thread, Hamilton chucked it after the Garner incident. Not saying they would ever have won it, because Hamilton have nothing to offer up front. However what's the point of turning up with a referee like that? Not one of the three decisions were marginal - they were as clear as today is Saturday. If the goalie goes early - as he should have done - then Hamilton are looking at another opportunity. They didn't because the referee failed to implement the rules as they are written.

Way too many 'honest mistakes' happen at Ibrox though - even if they don't influence the final result.

Hamilton jacked it after the Garner incident. Toothless as they are, they realised they had no chance with Beaton in charge.

I take it that's a summary on John Beaton today.

It would be an injustice if the stadium announcer nominates anyone other than Beaton as Sevco's man of the match.

Incredible what The Rangers are getting handed to them today by Beaton. Foderingham should have been off, he then gives them a penalty for bugger all, and now he lets as clear a red card as you will ever see go? What is it with these refs?

Anyway, in an attempt to bring this back on topic - Tommy Gemmell has a little piece of Jags history. Why?

That quote refers to the under 21s and not the full squad, Reevesy.

http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/39148187 Bearing in mind that the lad has been put on the spot by reporters who are are finally beginning to take notice of him, I think you're misrepresenting his quotes in the article. He says he feels he should have had a call-up for the under 21s at least once last season, but nowhere does he say that he himself should get a call-up to the main squad. He does say "I'm just really focusing on playing first-team football to be honest right now. I see on Twitter people saying about Scotland but I just ignore it. If it happens - great. If it doesn't, just keep plodding on. "Maybe the club I'm at, [it's] small compared to other clubs in the league. I just take it as that."

What nationality is Stevie Chalmers again?

Nah, not until Monday morning.

Bringing in Kris Boyd as assistant apparently.