Scottish Football

(15-05-2014 07:38 )Doddle Wrote:  Hamilton-Falkirk and Dunfermline-Cowdenbeath still level-pegging after the first leg...

Meanwhile the players at Hibernian are getting a nice rest period. Advantage should not be going to the teams that finish 2nd bottom.

The way the old Play Off System used to work was that the 2nd top team in the 1st Division would then play the team that finished 2nd bottom in the Premier League.

The 1st leg would always be played at the home of the Premier team which then gave home advantage to the runners up. This system was proper are fair. Back in 1996 I went through to see Dundee United grasp victory from the jaws of defeat.

At the end of season 1993/94 Dundee United won the Scottish Cup and the unthinkable happened the following season as we were relegated for the first and only time in our history as we went down on the last game of the season in 1995 after results went against us.

Season 1995/96 many had predicted that we'd walk the First division and bounce straight back up. This couldn't have been further from the truth. It was a long hard slog of a season. On the second last game we had the chance to win the division but despite the fact we dominated the majority of the game we lost to eventual champions Dunfermline 1-0. This culminated in us entering a 2 legged play off.

I was at the game, sat in the shed behind the goal and like most of the united support that day I was also shitting myself too as it looked like its all gone horribly wrong. I was at both games sitting behind the goal in the same stand.

The title decider v Dunfermline.



Dramatic victory in the end against Partick Thistle.

(15-05-2014 18:19 )Scottishbloke Wrote:  

(15-05-2014 07:38 )Doddle Wrote:  Hamilton-Falkirk and Dunfermline-Cowdenbeath still level-pegging after the first leg...

Meanwhile the players at Hibernian are getting a nice rest period. Advantage should not be going to the teams that finish 2nd bottom.

Perhaps they should adopt the Butch Cassidy "kick 'em in the balls before the contest starts" method of levelling the odds?

You know, I remember Dundee United's run to the final of whichever European thing it was*, but I don't remember them being relegated at all

*OK, maybe remember is an exaggeration here

Yes the European nights were legendary at Tannadice. The year was 1987 when we beat Barcelona home and away on route to the UEFA Cup Final. This was the last highpoint of manager Jim Mcleans achievements.

Under his managership we never finished outwith the top 4. He retired at the end of season 1992/93 to become Chairman in which he appointed Ivan Golac as his successor in which the team just went into freefall. It was largely overlooked that Ivan almost got us relegated in his first season, it was only winning the Scottish Cup that saved his bacon.

Ivan got the boot in April 1995 in which Billy Kirkwood was given the task of saving our season. He only had 9 games to do it and his record was 8 loss's and 1 win.

Season 1994/95 - Final Table.

1. Rangers
2. Motherwel
3. Hibernian
4. Celtic
5. Falkirk
6. Heart of Midlothian
7. Kilmarnock
8. Partick Thistle
9. Aberdeen
10. Dundee United

It did happen and it just went to prove that nobody is too big to go down, up until that point, our supporters lived with the illusion that we were too good to ever be relegated.

that was a emotional season for us with Norrie(McCathie)'s sudden death in January, we thought when Morton got late equaliser to draw 1-1 at Cappielow against Dunfermline to keep Dundee Utd top that we had blown it but was great back to the wall victory after Petrie got himself sent off, I was in photo of celebrating fans in the Dunfermline Press

Well now not long to go, I have my ticket and I'll be enjoying my big day out in Glasgow tomorrow, Tomorrows match day programme will take on this form.

Good luck to Dundee United tomorrow always nice to see a former par like Jackie McNamara doing well

Oh, dude

Not long home from the match. Firstly congratulations to St Johnstone, they played better than us today. We hit the crossbar twice but on the grande scheme of things we just lacked the cutting edge to be winners.

I'm gutted that it wasn't our day but I'm happy for the supporters of St Johnstone and hope that they enjoy their moment in the spotlight because it doesn't come along very often for a club of their size.

I'm not bitter, I'm gutted and exasperated but well done to them. They seized the moment today.

Comiserations to Dundee United and especially Jackie McNamara.
As a player he was a fine servant of my lot at Molineux and I feel bad for him today.
St Johnstone scored the first goal at a crucial point just before half time ironically after Dundee United had just started to get a foothold into the match.
Dundee United had their chances but just could not convert while St Johnstone were clinical.
Cup finals are a great day out if you win but pretty damned horrible if you lose.
But thats sport, you have to take your opportunities and today the ability to do that proved the difference.

Have to say that was the first Scottish cup final ive ever watched and would say was a great match end to end stuff good advert for scottish football