Independence Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 On 22/12/2020 at 00:15, sirwalter said: Did John Fairgrieve write for "The Scotsman" or are you thinking of John Rafferty? Yes sorry and thanks, I am thinking of the late great football reporter, John Rafferty. John Fairgrieve was the Hearts supporting football reporter who worked with the Mail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Has there been any sort of retraction to this nonsense yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinRummy Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) On 22/12/2020 at 17:44, Jamhammer said: To be fair to Davie Irons he was great in Brideshead Revisited You’re getting mixed up. Davie Irons has never done anything of note and never will, hence his attention seeking behaviour. 😀 Edited December 25, 2020 by GinRummy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie Boot boy Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) . Edited December 25, 2020 by Gorgie Boot boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Gilbert Wauchope Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 1 hour ago, Independence said: Yes sorry and thanks, I am thinking of the late great football reporter, John Rafferty. John Fairgrieve was the Hearts supporting football reporter who worked with the Mail. Both very fine journalists, their quality of writing and sense of fair play sadly lacking now. I have John Rafferty's "One Hundred years of Scottish football" sitting on the shelf beside Bob Cramsey's history of the Scottish Football League "The First One Hundred Years", along with Albert Mackie's "The Hearts". All three are way beyond the abilities of any football hack writing today. There's good writing around, certainly, but very little of it in Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groatallar Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 Pish like this has been going on for years. I remember the Federation of Hearts Supporters Club asking them if they would care to attend a meeting to discuss the matter which they all declined (including Fairgrieve who also wrote a lot of crap half the time). Only exception was Alex Cameron (I think) who demanded a fee for appearing! Strangely enough no meeting was ever held. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie Boot boy Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 6 minutes ago, Groatallar said: Pish like this has been going on for years. I remember the Federation of Hearts Supporters Club asking them if they would care to attend a meeting to discuss the matter which they all declined (including Fairgrieve who also wrote a lot of crap half the time). Only exception was Alex Cameron (I think) who demanded a fee for appearing! Strangely enough no meeting was ever held. Was Steven Killy Kilgour involved in this ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groatallar Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 I can't remember. This happened in the early 80's and the only names I can recall are Alex Jones and John Frame both Danderhall Hearts Supporters club. It was a bit crazy in they days as Hearts were a basket case as they were both skint and crap and often had the begging bowl out to the Fed. As a result the Hearts Federation seemed to be closely in the know with things happening as we were always being invited to Tynecastle for drinks before being asked for sponsorship. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie Boot boy Posted December 25, 2020 Share Posted December 25, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Groatallar said: I can't remember. This happened in the early 80's and the only names I can recall are Alex Jones and John Frame both Danderhall Hearts Supporters club. It was a bit crazy in they days as Hearts were a basket case as they were both skint and crap and often had the begging bowl out to the Fed. As a result the Hearts Federation seemed to be closely in the know with things happening as we were always being invited to Tynecastle for drinks before being asked for sponsorship. Maybe not then, we were naughty. The lad did get involved later on . Not spoke to him in years, i remember he was capable of rage though. Great Jambo. Edited December 25, 2020 by Gorgie Boot boy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 8 hours ago, Gorgie Boot boy said: Was Steven Killy Kilgour involved in this ? Don't imagine so as he was a member of Blackburn/Whitburn Hearts at the time and there was me and another guy attending Fed meetings as reps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie Boot boy Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 37 minutes ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Don't imagine so as he was a member of Blackburn/Whitburn Hearts at the time and there was me and another guy attending Fed meetings as reps. I know him from those days, Livingston and district Hearts supporters club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor FinnBarr Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Gorgie Boot boy said: I know him from those days, Livingston and district Hearts supporters club. Hmm, I'm struggling now, was the Livi bus the one that ran from Craigshill? With the likes of Pendy on it? Edited December 26, 2020 by FinnBarr Saunders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaggy2 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 (edited) Hoping my wee team, Preston Athletic, can cause a huge upset today and **** Davie Irons’ football career once and for all. They’ve beaten Stenhousemuir before, but it’ll be a lot tougher today as the last one was on a muddy Pennypit. A 17 year old Temps played that day. Come on The Panners! Edited December 26, 2020 by Shaggy2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assessor Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 Can't believe people still trying to put the boot into us , imagine if we won... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorgie Boot boy Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 6 hours ago, FinnBarr Saunders said: Hmm, I'm struggling now, was the Livi bus the one that ran from Craigshill? With the likes of Pendy on it? Yeah , bill hunter Haggis Halo Chico. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 21/12/2020 at 22:43, Nookie Bear said: Ah, this is the guy from the Terrace podcast. I don’t know what’s worse: Irons lying, the Falkirk paper giving him bandwidth, the Scotsman picking it up and asking Fowler to write a piece about it, or Fowler going ahead without checking. Absolutely. 👍 This ridiculous episode epitomises just how pathetic the Scottish football goldfish bowl is. So Fowler's excuse is that he was asked by the Sports editor to make an article out of something being reported in another paper ? Which implies that Fowler wasn't at Hampden (or if he was, he didn't hang around for the presentation) ..... same with any other Scotsman journo. It's laughable seeing these editor requests at the end of online articles for you to take out a subscription to "keep local journalism alive". Sad to say, but Aidan Smith is a better and fairer football writer than any of the View from the Terrace guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
part_time_jambo Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 4 hours ago, Lone Striker said: Absolutely. 👍 This ridiculous episode epitomises just how pathetic the Scottish football goldfish bowl is. So Fowler's excuse is that he was asked by the Sports editor to make an article out of something being reported in another paper ? Which implies that Fowler wasn't at Hampden (or if he was, he didn't hang around for the presentation) ..... same with any other Scotsman journo. It's laughable seeing these editor requests at the end of online articles for you to take out a subscription to "keep local journalism alive". Sad to say, but Aidan Smith is a better and fairer football writer than any of the View from the Terrace guys. The same Aiden Smith that wrote an article recently gloating about Hibs beating Hearts in a 5 a side game? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HMFC 86 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 6 minutes ago, part_time_jambo said: The same Aiden Smith that wrote an article recently gloating about Hibs beating Hearts in a 5 a side game? Aidan Smith is a “journalist” almost on a par with Chic Young FFS. Absolute vermin shitebag to the core Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 hours ago, HMFC 86 said: Aidan Smith is a “journalist” almost on a par with Chic Young FFS. Absolute vermin shitebag to the core Aidan Smith is an absolute welt of a man and a hawker of utter drivel. If anyone thinks his printed word is worth reading then they probably can't read properly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auld Reekin' Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 3 hours ago, HMFC 86 said: Aidan Smith is a “journalist” almost on a par with Chic Young FFS. Absolute vermin shitebag to the core 29 minutes ago, Weakened Offender said: Aidan Smith is an absolute welt of a man and a hawker of utter drivel. If anyone thinks his printed word is worth reading then they probably can't read properly. A shitehawk, if you will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie wallace Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 10 hours ago, jonnothejambo said: I believe this Irons tool is, or was, in the Vernon Sollis...... Strange that he should be telling porkies then, isn't it ?? What a blast from the pass. Used to see Vernon kicking about when we were kids.We are about the same age. Was involved in some great fights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDK2020 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 On 21/12/2020 at 22:05, Pilmuir said: Pathetic. Idiots like Davie Irons are best ignored. Wow, not THE Davie Irons? 😏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bongo 1874 Posted March 31, 2021 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Bump to show people what fowler is all about read pages 1-3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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