guisboroughsaintee Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Anybody got a better quality copy of this? Trying to id who's in picture but lose definition when enlarging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferg Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 Mike Caffrey, Gordon Dewar, Peter MacDuff, Stuart Forbes and Sir James WallaceColin Goodison, Steve McFarlane and Graham WilkieThe ball boys under Jimmy's charge were all from Scone. ex-montrosesaintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Ferg Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 That pic is on the forum somewhere in a bigger size I'm sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MySpazz Posted November 16, 2015 Report Share Posted November 16, 2015 I was a ball boy and if you were one, you'll respond immediately to "Fan out...............to the centre and FAN OUT!Wallace made us go TRAINING on the north inch.....I fell out with my pal for a day cos he wouldn't let me stand at the ice rink end, and left me down the town end (neither of us were senior enough for the enclosure or stand at that point...) Dave Ferg and 55saint 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guisboroughsaintee Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Cheers for that. I was a ballboy at Muirton as well but must have been a different time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guisboroughsaintee Posted November 17, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Can't really remember who else was there at the time but do remember the training sessions on North Inch,on the pitch up near what I think was Perth Artisans Golf Club. I do remember doing the main stand touchline ice rink end once against Celtic because they ripped the pish out of me cause my boots were about 3 sizes too big and the toes had all curled up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chips Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Anybody got a better quality copy of this? Trying to id who's in picture but lose definition when enlarging. Go onto the Old Perth Pictures thread in Perth chat section,Page 59 further down the page,due to using works computer i cannae post the original in this thread Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhq Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) Go onto the Old Perth Pictures thread in Perth chat section,Page 59 further down the page,due to using works computer i cannae post the original in this threadhttp://i1299.photobucket.com/albums/ag73/chips1310/ballboys74_zps4eaudsg0.jpgLooks like this was a fairly big game (pipe band and a decent sized crowd by the looks of things). Maybe a Ne'erday derby given there's a bit of snow about too? Edited November 17, 2015 by jhq Dave Ferg and guisboroughsaintee 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meldy 60 Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 I was a ballboy in the late 60's early 70's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capital Saint Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 (edited) That's my photo which I uploaded on to the internet a few years ago. I wish I could tell you more about it but, unfortunately, I don't remember the date or game. I'll have to rake it out again to see if there is anything written on the back of it. Not the same game, but the same ballboys are on duty here in a game against Rangers. I'm at the ice rink end https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgpLa-nsovk Edited November 17, 2015 by Capital Saint Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzsaint Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 What did the letters of the alphabet represent behind the goals at Muirton? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coltrane Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 What did the letters of the alphabet represent behind the goals at Muirton?Its where they put up the half time scores from the other games in the division. If you bought a program it would match the games with the letters. Nae internet or mobiles in these days!! MySpazz, Cagerf, Saintdunc and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 those were the days.and the bloke wandering round the edge of the pitch at half time with the winning programme numbers Saintdunc and Coltrane 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rickardo Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 The board with the half time draw tickets of prizes of "ten pounds ,five pounds , and five single notes . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzsaint Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Cheers for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indicator Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Communications were basic in they days, prior to this we'd been employing the old semaphore flag signalling method.This was innovative stuff but, you had to buy a match programme in order to decode the half time scores.The letters equating to matches could usually be found on the center pages as I remember. i.e. Each letter equated to a particular match for instance 'B' might've equated to Airdrie v Partick etc.I think some o' they boys got great delight playing to the crowd when they knew we were waiting for a particular scoreline to come out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Saints Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 I saw 'daft Jimmy' (a term I hate to use, but was used openly for the whole time he spent as head ball boy!) a few years back, he was sitting in Marks and Spencer's cafe, I didn't notice him straight away, however I became aware of someone moving their false teeth around in their mouth, to the point they were actually outside! Then I noticed it was Jimmy, he hardly had a grey hair on his head!? I don't know how old he is, sadly on my part up until that point I wrongly presumed he must be dead.He certainly was a character, I am sure everyone has a 'Jimmy' story or memory? Dave Ferg, AthensSaint, Coltrane and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wee john Posted November 19, 2015 Report Share Posted November 19, 2015 Its where they put up the half time scores from the other games in the division. If you bought a program it would match the games with the letters. Nae internet or mobiles in these days!!I sometimes put the half time scores up, they were metal plates with different numbers on both sides that slid into the a slot, b slot and so on, auld Mr Bell would get the scores, by phoning round some of the grounds if I remember correctly, write them down and you would trot out to match up the scores with the letters from the programme. Bye the time you got to the letter J some smart git would have turned the numbered plate round and instead of 1-0, A match wold be 6-0 at HT. Coltrane 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guisboroughsaintee Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 wee john, how'd you manage to reach up there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AthensSaint Posted November 20, 2015 Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 Didn't do ball boy or HT scores but sold programmes during the same era as Wee John. 1/2 pence per programme is what I made : ( SixtiesSaint would have been on to the unions if he knew of this expiotation sixties saintee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guisboroughsaintee Posted November 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2015 lot of money back then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
croc Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I saw 'daft Jimmy' (a term I hate to use, but was used openly for the whole time he spent as head ball boy!) a few years back, he was sitting in Marks and Spencer's cafe, I didn't notice him straight away, however I became aware of someone moving their false teeth around in their mouth, to the point they were actually outside! Then I noticed it was Jimmy, he hardly had a grey hair on his head!? I don't know how old he is, sadly on my part up until that point I wrongly presumed he must be dead.He certainly was a character, I am sure everyone has a 'Jimmy' story or memory?Did "Daft" Jimmy not get sent to the Stands once.? or is that just a Muirton Legend.! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cagey Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Did "Daft" Jimmy not get sent to the Stands once.? or is that just a Muirton Legend.!it did happen. Cant remember game but sure someone will.Jimmy Wallace on the right croc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintscotty Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I vaguely remember him picking the ball up before it had went out of play in a game round about the early eighties, maybe some of the older posters on here can tell us who it was against. croc 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Center Half Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Jimmy was in a nursing home in Blairgowrie when I used to work over there in the late 80s/90, you could set your watch with Jimmy walking down to the Town centre to collect what would be the Evening Tele delivery of the Bus, he used to collect for I think the Balmoral arms pub, he used to do some cleaning up for the pub as well I am sure. No sure if Jimmy is still around but a great character and yes he did sent off, croc and Dave Ferg 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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