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    Old Highland League days....

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    On ‎09‎/‎02‎/‎2016 at 11:33 AM, Caley Mad In Berks said:

    After another look, I'm pretty sure Caley no. 9 is 'Joopy' Mitchell. Didn't see much of him in the match, but saw him get his medal and then stand next to Peter McKinnon.  Clach players are harder to recognize with no numbers to jog my memory, but their goalie is short enough to be the legendary 'Eck' MacDougal. 'Eck' was father of Ted MacDougal (man of many clubs from mid 60s to mid 80s and probably best remembered for scoring 9 goals in one game for Bournemouth!)

    It was Eck Macdougall in goal for Clach and I have been reliably informed that the centre half (and captain) kicking the ball when the payers ran out was Roddie Maclean from Clachnaharry. Another identified from the Clach players running out was Tommy Hazle.

    Inverness Royal Academy of Olde

    in Olde Inverness

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    Another James Nairn production from the National Library of Scotland moving image archive:

    Royal Academy Sports - 1952

    http://movingimage.nls.uk/film/0626

    All the action I believe is on the site of Millburn Academy where the Royal Academy playing grounds were located.

    Not an area or era of mine but I do recognise what appears to be the old Millburn distillery and Cameron Barracks in the background.

    Old Highland League days....

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    The 1949 victory over Clach was the second Caley win in the tournament and also the second of a three in a row under the player/manager role of Bobby Bolt.

    The Caley team for the final was:

    Willie Bruce (1), Jimmy McGillivray (2), Bob Galloway (3), Danny Robertson (4), Peter Mackinnon (5), Bob 'Porridge' MacKintosh (6), Frank MacBeath (7), Bobby Bolt (8), Andrew 'Joopie' Mitchell (9), Donnie 'Ginger' MacKenzie (10),  Jackie Gillies (11)

    The goals were scored by Gillies, 'Ginger' MacKenzie and 'Joopie' Mitchell.

     

    And taken from Alex Main's all informative 'Caley All The Way':

    A 6,000 crowd packed in to see Caley win 3-0 with goals from Gillies, Mackenzie and Mitchell. A black and white cine-film of the game, the first official 'movie' record of a North final, was taken by the late Mr James Nairn, then Inverness manager of Caledonian Associated Cinemas. The film has since become a coveted part of Caledonian and Inverness football history.

     

     

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    Old Highland League days....

    in Olde Inverness

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    On Tuesday, February 09, 2016 at 9:24 PM, Charles Bannerman said:

    What an absolutely amazing film! I wonder if it was one of Jimmy Nairn's creations? He did a number of them at Inverness events, certainly into the 50s. By the way I've just stumbled across a CTO thread which I don't remember from 2008 but where Tichy Black's Back links to the same film.

    As regards the game, was that Bobby Bolt who was the Caley captain? The old brown leather ball looked pretty heavy compared with modern ones and it was also interesting to see that the Clach players weren't wearing numbers.

    Regarding the surrounding environment, it was good to see the old Howden building on Telford Street which was as devoid of traffic as it was packed with fans. With post war austerity and rationing still very much on the go and with six years without much football still a fairly recent memory, the crowd was inevitably huge and you also couldn't help but notice that there were quite a few smokers.

    The ground itself looks a bit different from its latter days - right from the front gate where the plaster footballs are dark in colour and not their eventual white. The dugs messing about before KO must have been lucky not to be eaten by Mapples' whippets! I see that the Howden End enclosure has not yet materialised while the stand is presumably the one which went up in flames in 1950, taking the club's records with it among other things. There was presumably no tunnel since the teams came out from the sides.  It also brings back memories to see the old distilleries and Grieg's Garage. As fans have done since time began, goal celebrations were pretty frantic and then there was the full time pitch invasion which never was going to be stopped by that especially tall copper who is completely in contrast with Snow White's pals that you see on the beat these days.

    I found this from 1953 which may have some of the same players in it.

    http://www.ambaile.org.uk/detail/en/20269/1/EN20269-inverness.htm

    The team listed in the Caley programme from the Scottish Cup game in January 1949 with a 2-3-5 line up was:

    D. MacKintosh / MacGillivray Galloway / Robertson MacKinnon D.Urquhart / MacBeath Bolt MacPherson J.Fraser E. Fraser /

    I would assume quite a few of those players would have also appeared in the QC final in November 1949. I will see if I can get some more information.

    Bobby Bolt (8) though was the captain accepting the trophy.

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