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IMMORTAL HOWDEN ENDER

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  1. Elgin isnt even on this feckin planet.
  2. Nope - he is a Jam Tart - who has issues with this forum - possibly as big as Liam Keoghs' *****.
  3. The second person that I chose was George Ross - again I was scoffed at and ridiculed - SURELY George must have got a full cap - didnt he ? George Ross (born 15 April 1943) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a Full back in the Football League during the 1960s and 1970s, most notably with Preston North End. He started with Preston as a junior and after making his debut for them in the early 1960s he went on to play 386 league games for them. This included a place in the 1964 FA Cup Final team. In the early 1970s he left to join Southport and played 31 league games for them in Football League Division Four. As of April 2009 he was honoured with a Lifetime Achievement award by Preston, and he still works for them in the commercial department on matchdays.[1] Date of birth 15 April 1943 (1943-04-15) (age 66) Place of birth Inverness, Scotland Plus - Jhesus - I saw both of them feckinplay !!!
  4. I couldnt believe that we had a question day yesterday and my young compatriots dared to feckin disbelieve my answer - The question was how many players were born in Inverness and went on to play fer Scotland as a full cap - OK - Don Cowie and McGinlay I knew - never knew Pat Nevin was a Sneckie babe though - but they feckin ridiculed me when I put "ted feckin who?" into the mix: Edward John "Ted" MacDougall (born 8 January 1947 in Inverness) is a retired Scottish footballer who is currently coaching with Atlanta Silverbacks in the USA. MacDougall was a prolific goalscorer who played for eight teams, scoring 256 goals in 535 League appearances and winning seven full international caps for Scotland. In an FA Cup tie for Bournemouth, in November 1971, he scored nine goals in an 11?0 win against Margate. He formed a successful striking partnership with Phil Boyer at four of his clubs. Playing career MacDougall was raised in Inverness, moving to Widnes, Cheshire, with his parents shortly after his 12th birthday. He subsequently became a sensation in a local men's amateur league, and worked as a trainee compositor on a local newspaper. [edit] Liverpool MacDougall joined Liverpool as a trainee in 1964 and, on the day he turned 19, he was offered a professional contract at Anfield by legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly. However, MacDougall did not make it at Liverpool, where Ian St. John, Roger Hunt and Tony Hateley shared the goal-scoring duties, and he only made one first-team appearance as a substitute in a UEFA Cup match. [edit] York City In 1967 MacDougall left Liverpool to join fourth division York City for ?5,000. He quickly established himself as a prolific centre forward. He scored on his debut against Workington and went on to finish with 15 goals in his first season at Bootham Crescent. In the following season MacDougall linked up for the first time with Phil Boyer who helped him score 19 times despite the fact that York were struggling near the bottom of the table. Despite MacDougall's efforts ? 40 goals in two seasons ? York twice had to apply for re-election during his two seasons at the club [edit] Bournemouth In the summer of 1969, manager Freddie Cox brought in three new strikers at Bournemouth & Boscombe Athletic (which was later named AFC Bournemouth, in an attempt to make the club seem more go ahead and "continental"). One of the new strikers, Ted MacDougall, was to become the legendary "SuperMac". A bargain ?10,000 was paid to the Minstermen for MacDougall's signature. Despite MacDougall's signing, and the 21 league goals he contributed, the Cherries were relegated to the 4th Division in 1970 and Freddie Cox was sacked by the then chairman Harold Walker. In came the colourful boss John Bond who, at first, didn't rate MacDougall. But by October, he had netted 16 goals helping the team to climb to the top of the table. That season also saw the club record for the number of goals scored in a game smashed as SuperMac put six past Oxford City in an FA Cup replay that eventually finished 8?1. In December 1970, on MacDougall?s recommendation, Bond snapped up Phil Boyer from York City to be re-united with MacDougall. The pairing helped Bournemouth and Boscombe to promotion in second place, with MacDougall scoring 42 league goals, many of them with his "trademark" flying or diving headers. On their return to Division 3 in the 1971?72 season, and with the new name change to A.F.C Bournemouth implemented, Bournemouth finished in third place in Division 3, narrowly missing a second successive promotion at a time when only two clubs went up. On 20 November 1971, Ted MacDougall netted nine goals in Bournemouth's 11?0 victory over Margate in the first round of the FA Cup. MacDougall scored five in the first half ? at which point the Margate boss jokingly asked Bond to substitute their tormentor ? and another four after the interval. This is still the largest-ever individual haul of goals by any player in a FA Cup match. MacDougall was becoming hot property with 35 league goals to his name. Aside from his Margate exploits, he also hit the headlines in February of that season for his spectacular flying header away to Aston Villa in front of 48,000 supporters and the Match of the Day cameras. Wolves, West Ham, Coventry and Crystal Palace were all chasing the striker over the summer of 1972 but MacDougall stayed and pledged his loyalty to Bournemouth. But in September 1972, John Bond received an offer he couldn't refuse when Manchester United offered ?200,000 for MacDougall (which was a Third Division transfer record at the time). So after an amazing 126 goals in just 165 appearances for the Cherries, one of the club?s most prolific strikers packed his bags and headed for Lancashire. Whilst at Bournemouth, MacDougall also demonstrated his entrepreneurial flair by starting his own business ? a sports shop in Boscombe called "Ted MacDougall Sports", with another branch opened in Poole later on. The Boscombe branch was given a grand opening by Geoff Hurst. He is still revered by the present generation of Bournemouth fans at Dean Court where couples can be married in the Fitness First Stadium's "MacDougall Suite", opened in honour of the club's one and only living legend. [edit] Manchester United In 1972, MacDougall moved to Old Trafford after Manchester United offered Bournemouth ?200,000 for his services. At this time, United were struggling to replace their legendary manager Matt Busby who had passed control over to Wilf McGuinness, but had then returned before handing over to Frank O'Farrell, the man who actually signed MacDougall. United were facing similar problems on the pitch trying to replace players such as Denis Law and Bobby Charlton who were now past their prime, and George Best was also getting more and more out of control. MacDougall ? a young man who had been happy to stay with little Bournemouth and burdened with the responsibility of a massive transfer fee ? stepped into this turmoil. Unfortunately, within weeks of his arrival O'Farrell had left the club to be replaced by Tommy Docherty. Although MacDougall scored on his debut at Old Trafford against Birmingham City, the rest of his time with Manchester United is best forgotten. Before the season was over MacDougall had left Old Trafford, transferred to West Ham United, as Docherty, with typical impatience, set out to fashion a new United. In his brief time at United he scored five goals in only eighteen games. [edit] West Ham United Things did not work out for MacDougall during his short stay at West Ham either, which ended after a dressing room punch up with Billy Bonds following a 5?1 defeat at the hands of Leeds. [edit] Norwich City In 1973, MacDougall moved to Norwich City where he was reunited with John Bond, who had managed him at Bournemouth, together with several of his former Dean Court colleagues. (Bond's move to Norwich and subsequent "raiding" of his old club's best players caused great angst at the time and is still remembered.) Most importantly, he linked up again with Phil Boyer who had played alongside MacDougall to such effect at both Bournemouth and York. MacDougall's direct power was superbly fed by Boyer's sharp thought and quick movement as the pair once more revelled in each other's company. It is also probable that the quieter nature of life at Carrow Road was also more to MacDougall's taste compared to the glare of publicity in Manchester and London. At the end of the 1973?74 season the Canaries were relegated to the Second Division, although in the following season they not only regained their First Division status but also reached the final of the League Cup. In the semi-final Norwich defeated MacDougall's former club Manchester United (who were also spending a season in the Second Division). The final against Aston Villa was a tense, scrappy affair in which MacDougall had few scoring opportunities, with Villa winning 1?0. It would be MacDougall's only cup final appearance. At the end of the 1974?75 season MacDougall was given his only run in the Scottish national side. He made a scoring debut in Sweden and managed three goals in seven games before being, somewhat harshly, passed over as competition for places in the Scottish team was fairly intense at this time. In the 1975?76 season, Norwich were able to maintain their First Division place with MacDougall contributing 23 goals, making him the division's top scorer. Highlights include two hat tricks for MacDougall in the space of four games. Despite this, however, in the autumn of 1976 MacDougall moved on to second division Southampton to work with charismatic manager Lawrie McMenemy (then re-building the side) for ?50,000 and Kevin Reeves was signed for the same sum from Bournemouth to replace him. [edit] Southampton At Southampton, managed by Lawrie McMenemy, he scored 23 league goals in his first season playing alongside other talented players such as Mick Channon and Peter Osgood, although they were unable to gain promotion to Division One. In the 1976?77 season MacDougall had his only taste of European football as the Saints progressed to the quarter finals of the Cup Winners Cup before losing to Belgian team Anderlecht although MacDougall did score the winner in a 2?1 victory in the second leg at The Dell. In the following season (1977?78), Southampton were finally promoted back to Division One. By now MacDougall had once again renewed his partnership with Phil Boyer, with the pair scoring an astonishing 31 of the team's 70 league goals. Once Southampton had secured their place back in the First Division, MacMenemy deemed MacDougall "surplus to requirements" ? rumoured to have been encouraged to do so by MacDougall himself who was finding himself a tad "off the pace" as his career progressed towards its culmination, and he was transferred back to his "happy hunting ground", Dean Court. [edit] Back to Bournemouth In November 1978, six years after departing, MacDougall rejoined the Cherries, under manager John Benson, on a free transfer from Southampton. Benson was soon replaced by Alec Stock and things were on the up after his first game, in which the Cherries thumped Doncaster 7?1, but the good fortune didn't continue as Bournemouth finished a terrible season in 18th place. As is often the case with prodigal sons and their return home, MacDougall's second spell at Bournemouth was not
  5. Greg can share a double voddie with me at the next game - as long as he brings his own straw.
  6. Have to agree with you there, Renegade. I wasn't there, so don't know first hand how bad (or otherwise) Lionel was yesterday. But most people are very quick to condemn him, indeed seem to get great delight in slagging him off at the least opportunity. I've seen Golabek live on at least four occasions this season and he has ranged from OK down to absolutely shocking (Cup final in Perth for example). He is not the answer. So, I'd agree in blooding Shinnie for the rest of the season, now that our promotion chances are nil minus. Lionel was poor against Partick but the only word for him yesterday was "abysmal" - a total feckin embarrasment. If you note I have kept quiet fer many games BUT : 80-90% of the time he looks a player - much better in the SFL than the SPL fer obvious reasons - BUT : He makes 2-3 glaring errors in MOST games - many of which are seized on by the opposition. He does have several positives - pace, recovery, the occasioanl skill, loyalty and committment BUT : The bottom line is that he is a BOMBSCARE - and he aint going to be any different. That is the SECOND season that he has cost us a cup progression. Plus Granty plays soooo much poorer when he has to "babysit" Lionel.
  7. I bumped into the same woman in Fannies after the match and she was in feckin tears - almost inconsolable - I had to tell her that I was actually 53 and married and unavaialble. I have to admit that I was strangely attracted as she came across like a butch version of Feb 8th. As fer the game - we gave as good as we got for the most - the singing in the second half was a reflection of the players as when we went 3-0 down it felt that some were disinterested - bar Foran Rooney and Hayes. BEST AWAY DAY DEFEAT EVER
  8. Lets face it - the squirrel is a feckin erse licking rodent who has little if no creedence.
  9. Who was the young looking **** in their mid thirties leading the conga ?
  10. And I thought that Doo doodoodoo Dennis Wyness was a classic - who feckin started that one off - SOOPERB
  11. Methinks tis YOU that is pushing it now :) ;)
  12. In here maybe? I'm heading south with Mrs JB, who wants to be dropped off at the Braehead Shopping Centre, then picked up on the return trip home..... Could be an expensive day out. Hoping to see a few familiar faces in the ground. Whats the difference between Johnboy and the knickname of a pub in Killie ??
  13. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH HHHHHHH
  14. There is a possibility that I may be in that area in the early hours of Sunday morning.
  15. Here is the Board board : Anybody have any ideas about the names of the properties - by the way, the collateral is Euros.
  16. Father and son gate.
  17. How old do ya need to be fer a concession ?
  18. I am reliably informed that Trust representatives at the Killie game will be buying a double voddie and coke for anybody who has a birthday on the 6th February.
  19. :wave01: SESH ARMY
  20. It is quite obvious who they were - and where have they gone ?? :wave01:
  21. What about the Stranraer League cup game ?
  22. We'll be having a few drinks before we leave Govan - Its my 35th birthday by the way.
  23. I am reliably informed that Caley D got the gig on the back of an agent presenting a dodgy Romanian made DJ promotion video to the Board. As for all the peeple who dont know the rumours - well they are as they ever were - lets say Savage, McDonald, McLaren and Urquhart - and lets go back into the battling past hypothetically - one lot run the club down and the others save it - happens a lot these days - but WE are the cnuts in the crossfire.
  24. No - it means he is feckin useless at poker.
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