Ally Bongo Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Only 65 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grantyboy1983 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 That's a shame, I met him in a bar he owned in Aberdeen a good few years ago. I didn't even know who he was but we got chatting as it was early and the pub was quiet. Told me about his career and it seems he was a bit of a ladies man and if I recall he had a Brazilian wife at the time. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Great striker & would be worth many millions in today’s market. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 RIP Frank. Condolences to his family.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted October 1, 2023 Author Share Posted October 1, 2023 Another of those that you wonder how good they might have been Had to retire from football at only 28 due to traumatic spondylitis which must have been with him most of his professional career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 1, 2023 Share Posted October 1, 2023 Best penalty box finisher we had ; had the pleasure of being at both rangers 5-1 game (hat trick) ; and 4 v celtic and the away hat trick ( before half time ) in a dead rubber at tynecastle - 3rd was a volley taken on the run between two hearts players for a smaller guy ; his heading ability was sublime his final act was a dummy that set up a goal in the 86 final everyone knew he was a character back then ; i knew he ran the criterion bar for a time Thanks for the memories Frank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Incredible striker in his prime, definitely one of the best uncapped Scottish players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 "total jamboree ! " Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jersey Jim Posted October 2, 2023 Share Posted October 2, 2023 Brilliant striker for St Mirren and a hero of mine when I was at school. Another one in a long list of players Aberdeen poached from Saints, well I use that term loosely as I believe it was a record transfer fee between Scottish clubs at the time. what was the name of the pub he had in Aberdeen? I remember Saints played Dons in a midweek fixture, I was back from Jersey at the time and the supporters bus stopped there and we all piled in to see “our” legend, he was delighted as he made a good few quid for a couple of hours and was completely humbled that he was so popular with Paisley Buds. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 6 hours ago, Jersey Jim said: Brilliant striker for St Mirren and a hero of mine when I was at school. Another one in a long list of players Aberdeen poached from Saints, well I use that term loosely as I believe it was a record transfer fee between Scottish clubs at the time. what was the name of the pub he had in Aberdeen? I remember Saints played Dons in a midweek fixture, I was back from Jersey at the time and the supporters bus stopped there and we all piled in to see “our” legend, he was delighted as he made a good few quid for a couple of hours and was completely humbled that he was so popular with Paisley Buds. RIP. Criterion Bar opp station now a Sainsburys am sure loads of parking for a minibus outside …….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo cop Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 I remember Aberdeen lost Mcghee and Black and thinking it's the end of an era and along came Frank. A brilliant finisher, such sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 On 10/1/2023 at 1:15 PM, Ally Bongo said: Another of those that you wonder how good they might have been Had to retire from football at only 28 due to traumatic spondylitis which must have been with him most of his professional career Think he talks about it in his book that a cup game at Raith Rovers in the middle of winter, he went to attempt a over head kick, and fell back first on to a solid sheet of ice, and that could tell straight away something was not right, but tried to play through it and that basically ended his career. 1 hour ago, robbo cop said: I remember Aberdeen lost Mcghee and Black and thinking it's the end of an era and along came Frank. A brilliant finisher, such sad news. McDougall was McGhee's direct replacement, it would be 2 years before Black departed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Och Aye Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 Now that was some St Mirren squad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted October 3, 2023 Share Posted October 3, 2023 2 hours ago, Och Aye said: Now that was some St Mirren squad! Aberdeens feeder club, thanks very much for supplying the raw talent for us to develope & hone into superb players 👏👏👏😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 19 hours ago, wanderer said: Think he talks about it in his book that a cup game at Raith Rovers in the middle of winter, he went to attempt a over head kick, and fell back first on to a solid sheet of ice, and that could tell straight away something was not right, but tried to play through it and that basically ended his career. McDougall was McGhee's direct replacement, it would be 2 years before Black departed. By the end of Fergies era we had likes of paul wright and davie dodds - always felt he lost a bit of interest by then , as quality was going downhill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 49 minutes ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: By the end of Fergies era we had likes of paul wright and davie dodds - always felt he lost a bit of interest by then , as quality was going downhill And willie falconer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 4 hours ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: By the end of Fergies era we had likes of paul wright and davie dodds - always felt he lost a bit of interest by then , as quality was going downhill I think that last pre-season he phoned in for us (he had been speaking with Arsenal before the 86 SC final, and was agreed that he would take over at the World Cup, but Arsenal said they were not prepared to wait) then Aberdeen gave him Chris Andersons spot on the board in a final attempt to keep him. Think his only major buy that last summer was Davey Dodds, who was brought in as Blacks replacement..... you could argue that while Nicolas and Gillhaus were great players, it would be Duncan Shearer before we truely replaced McDougall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 Agree with that i seem to recall porterfield getting rid of 3 wingers when he arrived hewitt , weir , joe miller ? tom jones & gary hackett inbound a tough few years to follow ; i am convinced we lost a huge amount of support during that time ; who ended up finding better things to do …… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviebee Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 It's amazing to think that a finisher like that couldn't get near the Scotland team. Imagine someone scoring 4 goals in a game against Celtic now? Great times, great player. Once decked Alex Ferguson in the dressing-room too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 47 minutes ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: Agree with that i seem to recall porterfield getting rid of 3 wingers when he arrived hewitt , weir , joe miller ? tom jones & gary hackett inbound a tough few years to follow ; i am convinced we lost a huge amount of support during that time ; who ended up finding better things to do …… Porterfield, only surpassed by Alex Miller for mind numbingly boring football & terrible transfers both in or out of Pittodrie 😴😴😴 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 39 minutes ago, daviebee said: It's amazing to think that a finisher like that couldn't get near the Scotland team. Imagine someone scoring 4 goals in a game against Celtic now? Great times, great player. Once decked Alex Ferguson in the dressing-room too! Outstanding player - amazing finisher but i dont believe ever a ‘target man’ holding it up ; mobile enough for international football ; although joey harper seemed to manage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: Agree with that i seem to recall porterfield getting rid of 3 wingers when he arrived hewitt , weir , joe miller ? tom jones & gary hackett inbound a tough few years to follow ; i am convinced we lost a huge amount of support during that time ; who ended up finding better things to do …… Alex Smith got rid of John Hewitt in 89 (Hewitt, along wirth Brian Irvine and Alex McLeish are about the only players who have anything good to say about Porterfield).... by 1988 standards, Celtic offered silly money that was to good to turn down for a teenager (this angered Ferguson, and one of his last wishes when he left Aberdeen was that he got first refusal on Joe Miller). Billy Stark was the one that came back to haunt Porterfield, but to be fair, Aberdeen fans always had a hot and cold attitude to him (he was probably the founder member of the boo boys club) and even Celtic fans were totally against the idea of spending money to get him.... then goes on to have the Indian Summer of his career. Porterfield basically signed a lot of guys who could not settle (Peter Nicolas was considered a BIG signing by Aberdeen standards at the time, but by all accounts he had recently divorced his wife and did not like being away from London) with Keith Edwards the one that probably could have been a decent players (absolute goal machine everywhere he went in England, but think he broke his leg at a game at Tannidice in one of his first dozen games, and then sold on by Smith). Edited October 4, 2023 by wanderer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted October 4, 2023 Share Posted October 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, wanderer said: Alex Smith got rid of John Hewitt in 89 (Hewitt, along wirth Brian Irvine and Alex McLeish are about the only players who have anything good to say about Porterfield).... by 1988 standards, Celtic offered silly money that was to good to turn down for a teenager (this angered Ferguson, and one of his last wishes when he left Aberdeen was that he got first refusal on Joe Miller). Billy Stark was the one that came back to haunt Porterfield, but to be fair, Aberdeen fans always had a hot and cold attitude to him (he was probably the founder member of the boo boys club) and even Celtic fans were totally against the idea of spending money to get him.... then goes on to have the Indian Summer of his career. Porterfield basically signed a lot of guys who could not settle (Peter Nicolas was considered a BIG signing by Aberdeen standards at the time, but by all accounts he had recently divorced his wife and did not like being away from London) with Keith Edwards the one that probably could have been a decent players (absolute goal machine everywhere he went in England, but think he broke his leg at a game at Tannidice in one of his first dozen games, and then sold on by Smith). I ll hold my hand up on billy stark ( and bobby ‘bobbys blouse’ connor ) only in later years did I appreciate what they brought - guess if you raised on old school blood & thunder fitba …. ex south stand boo boy paul mason was bit of an unsung hero imho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potted Heid Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 I remember the 85 game vividly from the away end. Probably haven't seen an individual performance as good against Celtic since. Never knew he ran the Crit, great early morning pint in there with the scaffolders and posties. I still get annoyed buying snacks for the train in that Sainsbury's, and usually have an insane urge to shout 'that used to be the bar of the Crit, min!' at the poor till jockey... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted October 5, 2023 Share Posted October 5, 2023 On 10/4/2023 at 2:32 PM, wanderer said: Alex Smith got rid of John Hewitt in 89 (Hewitt, along wirth Brian Irvine and Alex McLeish are about the only players who have anything good to say about Porterfield).... by 1988 standards, Celtic offered silly money that was to good to turn down for a teenager (this angered Ferguson, and one of his last wishes when he left Aberdeen was that he got first refusal on Joe Miller). Billy Stark was the one that came back to haunt Porterfield, but to be fair, Aberdeen fans always had a hot and cold attitude to him (he was probably the founder member of the boo boys club) and even Celtic fans were totally against the idea of spending money to get him.... then goes on to have the Indian Summer of his career. Porterfield basically signed a lot of guys who could not settle (Peter Nicolas was considered a BIG signing by Aberdeen standards at the time, but by all accounts he had recently divorced his wife and did not like being away from London) with Keith Edwards the one that probably could have been a decent players (absolute goal machine everywhere he went in England, but think he broke his leg at a game at Tannidice in one of his first dozen games, and then sold on by Smith). I must of been one of the few who liked Stark playing for Aberdeen, thought he was very underrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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