adamntg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 13 hours ago, Angus_Young said: Bloody hell, just when I think I can't go any lower. Counting to twenty is now a problem. Nae wonder you are confused Auld age man, disnae come alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 35 minutes ago, adamntg said: My mind playing tricks on me. I thought Aberdeen had finished last one season. Just checked - Aberdeen, last as you like in season 99/00. Without league reconstruction and/or dodgy stadium criteria they would've been relegated. In any other year over the last hundred, the team finishing bottom of the league is punted. It's a basic and very sound principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 1 hour ago, adamntg said: In any other year over the last hundred, the team finishing bottom of the league is punted. It's a basic and very sound principle. Au contraire, there was no relegation in 1986. Clydebank and Motherwell would've been pumped if the league hadn't gone to 12 teams... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 43 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Au contraire, there was no relegation in 1986. Clydebank and Motherwell would've been pumped if the league hadn't gone to 12 teams... Motherwell again! How many times is that? Ok, so where no exceptional event or gerrymandering. It's still a basic and sound principle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 2 hours ago, adamntg said: Just checked - Aberdeen, last as you like in season 99/00. Without league reconstruction and/or dodgy stadium criteria they would've been relegated. In any other year over the last hundred, the team finishing bottom of the league is punted. It's a basic and very sound principle. There was never meant to be any automatic relegation that season though. Unlike when Motherwell finished bottom... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted February 24, 2016 Share Posted February 24, 2016 33 minutes ago, Cove_Sheep said: There was never meant to be any automatic relegation that season though. Unlike when Motherwell finished bottom... A technicality. It's was a moral relegation to any reasonable person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwta2007.com Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 On 20/02/2016 at 8:45 PM, Toepoke said: Seeing as you asked so politely Mr S.... Years Manager Pld W Win % 2015-16 Gary Locke 43 11 25.6% 2013-15 Allan Johnston 66 20 30.3% 2011-13 Kenny Shiels 95 27 28.4% 2010-11 Mixu Paatelainen 34 15 44.1% 2010 Jimmy Calderwood 23 7 30.4% 2001-10 Jim Jefferies 327 117 35.8% 1996-01 Bobby Williamson 246 89 36.2% 1994-96 Alex Totten 98 31 31.6% 1992-94 Tommy Burns 112 48 42.9% 1988-92 Jim Fleeting 162 68 42.0% 1984-88 Eddie Morrison 188 65 34.6% 1981-84 Jim Clunie 179 58 32.4% 1977-81 Davie Sneddon 162 63 38.9% 1973-77 Willie Fernie 184 66 35.9% 1968-73 Walter McCrae 256 93 36.3% 1965-68 Malc. McDonald(2) 141 67 47.5% 1957-65 Willie Waddell 389 215 55.3% 1950-57 Malc. McDonald(1) 297 137 46.1% 1948-50 Alex Hastings 77 27 35.1% 1947-48 Tom Mather 37 15 40.5% 1945-47 Tom Smith 77 18 23.4% 1938-40 Jimmy McGrory 108 45 41.7% 1919-38 Hugh Spence 807 312 38.7% 1910-19 James McDonald 343 131 38.2% 1906-10 Barry Grieve 141 41 29.1% 1895-02 Charlie Smith 159 86 54.1% So in terms of winning games he's second worst overall and the worst since the 1940s! Locke worse than Jim Clunie. FFS. That really sums "Lockey" up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwta2007.com Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 On 22/02/2016 at 5:03 PM, aaid said: That reminds me of the time I went to a game at Rugby Park in the mid 70s. It was between Kilmarnock and the Scotland U21 team - might actually have been U23s then thinking about it. It must have been an international break - possibly home Internationals - as I think the Scotland team were training at Seamill. I'm pretty sure they did some sort of training session on the pitch beforehand. I was in the old kids enclosure in front of the main stand and I remember climbing up into the stand to get autographs. Tommy Burns was playing for the U21/U23 and I ran on the pitch after the game and got his autograph, I remember him being very pleasant. Always had a lot of time for Tommy Burns one of the genuinely good guys in football. I remember that game it was u23 and the full Scotland were team were in the WestStand watching. Our ace centre forward, Ian Fallis, was through one on one wae the young Scotland goalie......everybody held their breath thinking "Suhin bads gaunnae happen"........and right on cue he did wan o they step oan the ba by mistake moves and sprang aff it ontae his puss. We didnae laugh cos we were sooooo embarrassed. Fallis - Legend (RIP) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted February 26, 2016 Share Posted February 26, 2016 (edited) 6 hours ago, wwta2007.com said: Locke worse than Jim Clunie. FFS. That really sums "Lockey" up. To be fair only one out of Clunie's four seasons in charge was in the Premier Division. Edited February 26, 2016 by Toepoke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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