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Malcolm Lowe pounces for Montrose to score the first goal against Hearts in the first game at Links Park in 1976.
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Were part-time Montrose FC really just a whisker away from qualifying for Europe 45 years ago?
The Gable Endies were realistically 90 seconds away from playing in the European Cup Winners’ Cup before they lost out in the cruellest of fashions.
It took Premier League Hearts three matches and 330 minutes to knock Alex Stuart’s second-tier side out of the Scottish Cup.
Links Park to Leipzig? How Montrose FC almost made Europe
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Saints fan Tommy (84) anticipating the cup final at Hampden
The Betfred Cup final is an exciting break in the lonliness of lockdown for a lifelong fan of Perth s team St Johnstone.
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St Johnstone FC fan Tommy Hancock says the Festive Friends boxes brought him joy at Christmas (Image: Perthshire Advertiser)
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BLETHER: Johan Cruyff and an audacious transfer pursuit, career of ex-Dundee striker Alex Harley and more Charleston housing scheme tales
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The late great Johan Cruyff in action for the Netherlands.
Who’d have thought Claudio Caniggia and Fabrizio Ravanelli would end up in Scotland playing for Dundee?
Graeme Strachan, who is currently responsible for some great reminiscing stories in The Courier and Evening Telegraph mainstream pages, has forwarded some terrific tales of audacious transfer pursuits to BwB.
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“His first three games would have been against Ayr United, Dunfermline and St Johnstone.
“Always keen for a local angle, The Evening Telegraph suggested Cruyff would be a star attraction for bringing down the 1980 curtain at Muirton Park against St Johnstone on December 27 – and his appearance might offset the Perth side’s £32,000 operating loss.
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Snow hasn t usually stopped football being played at PIttodrie.
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Dave McKillop still remembers the time he was given an unexpected mince pie at Pittodrie.
It was during the festive period in the early 1980s, but this wasn’t a pleasant experience for the Alford man.
On the contrary, as he recalled after reading about other fans’ memories of watching Aberdeen FC over the Christmas and New Year period, he has always worn a hat since his unexpected encounter with a flying hot pie.
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