jbee647 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 (edited) At half time tonight Alex Ferguson was presented with a Scotland cap tonight as the 1967 Scotland tour to Australia have now been recognised as official international games Alan Anderson’s son was also presented with a cap on behalf of his father, the late Jim Townsend and Jim Cruickshank also played for Scotland on this tour, this will add to Cruickies previous measly 6 caps and Anderson and Townsend will now be added to the Hearts international roll of honour Belated congratulations to them all Edited October 9, 2021 by jbee647 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ked Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Alan Anderson is my man for scoring from my plot. Glad to hear this. He always reminds me of our Ajax top . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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davemclaren Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, jbee647 said: At half time tonight Alex Ferguson was presented with a Scotland cap tonight as the 1967 Scotland tour to Australia have now been recognised as official international games Alan Anderson’s son was also presented with a cap on behalf of his father, the late Jim Townsend and Jim Cruickshank also played for Scotland on this tour, this will add to Cruickies previous measly 6 caps and Anderson and Townsend will now be added to the Hearts international roll of honour Belated congratulations to them all About time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey1874 Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroonsgotop Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 good to hear. two very good players for Hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Well done those players. Great pics of big Alan👏👏👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 It’s so sad to see big Alan looking so frail. Well deserved recognition for both players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JTJ Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 Great news for Alan Anderson and recognition at last for Jim Townsend. who should have been given more opportunities. Cruickie, of course, should have 10 times the number of caps he has. I remember two shut outs in the Home Internationals (including against England) in 1970 but Bobby Clark ("The Statue") was selected instead for the third game and barely had a shot to save. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DETTY29 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I believe you don't get a physical caps per game, but more one cap per season of fixtures.....? So did these guys get given their cap for their season, but have several 'caps' awarded to their appearance records? Or from the summer tour and games against a variety of nations including 3 games v. Australia, only only one of the Australian games was formally against an opposition nationally recognised 'A' team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section Q Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 The Pivot..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Section Q Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) Here's another photo of that era of Jim Townshend with Jim Irvine and George Miller. Miller, (for the sake of younger fans), was our captain late sixties before being transferred to Falkirk..... Edited October 10, 2021 by Section Q Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SE16 3LN Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Fantastic news Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub4TiddlerMurray Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Hearts legend Davie Holt was honoured too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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davemclaren Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 37 minutes ago, Sub4TiddlerMurray said: Hearts legend Davie Holt was honoured too! No footage of the awards anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Lincs Jambo Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Great to see my first Hearts hero (and goalscorer) finally get the recognition he deserved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub4TiddlerMurray Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 2 hours ago, davemclaren said: No footage of the awards anywhere? 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fort Vallance Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 17 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydug Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Davie Holt surely has other caps for Scotland. Iirc we signed Holt and Cruickshank from Queens Park around the same time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 7 minutes ago, luckydug said: Davie Holt surely has other caps for Scotland. Iirc we signed Holt and Cruickshank from Queens Park around the same time. He does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckydug Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Just now, davemclaren said: He does. I remember one cap in particular, against Austria at Hampden. The Austrians had been sticking the boot in all night and had a player sent off, when the referee sent off another for an assault they went crazy and were pushing and shoving the referee and assaulting various Scottish players. The referee had enough and abandoned the game with Scotland leading 4-1(I think) That's the gist of the story from my memory🤔 The game was meant to be a friendly 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jambos are go! Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 1 hour ago, luckydug said: I remember one cap in particular, against Austria at Hampden. The Austrians had been sticking the boot in all night and had a player sent off, when the referee sent off another for an assault they went crazy and were pushing and shoving the referee and assaulting various Scottish players. The referee had enough and abandoned the game with Scotland leading 4-1(I think) That's the gist of the story from my memory🤔 The game was meant to be a friendly 😂 All true. I was there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T.F.Robertson Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 3 hours ago, luckydug said: I remember one cap in particular, against Austria at Hampden. The Austrians had been sticking the boot in all night and had a player sent off, when the referee sent off another for an assault they went crazy and were pushing and shoving the referee and assaulting various Scottish players. The referee had enough and abandoned the game with Scotland leading 4-1(I think) That's the gist of the story from my memory🤔 The game was meant to be a friendly 😂 My first Scotland game. Was 4-1 when it was abandoned but it runs in my mind it was after the 3rd or 4th sending off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I remember their inclusion in that squad and the fact at the time they were not given caps. They have now deservedly got them. But the fact they now have in aggregate more caps than Conn Bauld and Wardhaugh together? To some extent it reflects the fact that caps come cheaper with far more internationals but for me it makes the measure of caps as a historic caparison even more meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Albert Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, luckydug said: Davie Holt surely has other caps for Scotland. Iirc we signed Holt and Cruickshank from Queens Park around the same time. Holt was a very good player in the first Hearts team I really remember watching. Chris Shevlane too. Edited October 10, 2021 by Francis Albert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Section Q said: Here's another photo of that era of Jim Townshend with Jim Irvine and George Miller. Miller, (for the sake of younger fans), was our captain late sixties before being transferred to Falkirk..... Jim Townshend was a class player until Doug Baillie shattered his leg at Falkirk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
troy Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 7 hours ago, jonnothejambo said: Great photo of a fine man. Big Alan ,a really nice guy the bus used to leave from his pub many a good trip had Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jambo61 Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 13 hours ago, DETTY29 said: I believe you don't get a physical caps per game, but more one cap per season of fixtures.....? So did these guys get given their cap for their season, but have several 'caps' awarded to their appearance records? Or from the summer tour and games against a variety of nations including 3 games v. Australia, only only one of the Australian games was formally against an opposition nationally recognised 'A' team? The GFA are so tight you get 1 actual cap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 16 hours ago, Section Q said: The Pivot..... Engelbert Humperdink surely….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 3 minutes ago, Thomaso said: Engelbert Humperdink surely….. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeartsandonlyHearts Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 On 09/10/2021 at 15:30, Ked said: Alan Anderson is my man for scoring from my plot. Glad to hear this. He always reminds me of our Ajax top . I can still see his photo and profile on page 3 of the pink. I used to cut the Hearts players out every second week. Favorite food - Shrimp Scampi Car - Ford Cortina etc. etc. etc. Big fan of Alan Anderdson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, HeartsandonlyHearts said: I can still see his photo and profile on page 3 of the pink. I used to cut the Hearts players out every second week. Favorite food - Shrimp Scampi Car - Ford Cortina etc. etc. etc. Big fan of Alan Anderdson. Scampi was a big thing in those days. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bairdy Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Davie & Alan were great favourites of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 As I said in another thread Davie Holt is the first ‘contemporary’ Hearts player that I have a memory off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just now, davemclaren said: As I said in another thread Davie Holt is the first ‘contemporary’ Hearts player that I have a memory off. I talked to Alan Anderson quite a bit during our bus journey to and from Contalmaison in 2008(?) as he sat just in front of me on the bus. A lot of interesting chat and lovely guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmfc_steve Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, davemclaren said: As I said in another thread Davie Holt is the first ‘contemporary’ Hearts player that I have a memory off. Ha .. Davie Holt is the first player I recall from my early youth 😊 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Alan Anderson used to have a sports shop on Gorgie Road. Pretty sure my Mum got me a Hearts scarf from there. Still got it to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: Alan Anderson used to have a sports shop on Gorgie Road. Pretty sure my Mum got me a Hearts scarf from there. Still got it to this day. He had a pub in Infirmary Street as well - the Pivot. I remember sitting there in my late teens thinking ‘wow, that’s Alan Anderson’. I had a few pints as well of course. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott herbertson Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, davemclaren said: He had a pub in Infirmary Street as well - the Pivot. I remember sitting there in my late teens thinking ‘wow, that’s Alan Anderson’. I had a few pints as well of course. 😎 he did indeed - used to go across there with a jug from the original Kushi's and get three pints to wash down the curry and take it back over the road at the end of the meal - that's what passed for lunch when I was a student (aka the good old days) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 1 hour ago, davemclaren said: He had a pub in Infirmary Street as well - the Pivot. I remember sitting there in my late teens thinking ‘wow, that’s Alan Anderson’. I had a few pints as well of course. 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 6 minutes ago, Maroon Sailor said: That’s the one. I remember watching the wee telly. 😄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Thomaso Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 3 hours ago, Maroon Sailor said: Eddie Thomson sitting at the bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 36 minutes ago, Thomaso said: Eddie Thomson sitting at the bar? Thinking wistfully ‘Rosewell or Australia?’. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, davemclaren said: Thinking wistfully ‘Rosewell or Australia?’. 🤔 Then plumped for Aberdeen! 🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just now, Thomaso said: Then plumped for Aberdeen! 🙄 That was a strange transfer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomaso Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just now, davemclaren said: That was a strange transfer. Heard he had a big fall out with the Board and they gave him a free! 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maroon Sailor Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 Just read that Eddie Thomson was 4 days short of his 56th birthday when he died in 2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted October 11, 2021 Share Posted October 11, 2021 7 minutes ago, Thomaso said: Heard he had a big fall out with the Board and they gave him a free! 🤷♂️ Brilliant. 😕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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