tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post4155758782028092137..comments2023-05-03T08:42:38.592+00:00Comments on Councillor Terry Kelly: SEE YOU JIMMIE, IS YOUR NAME F*****G CAMPBELL?Cllr Terry Kellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-15627148057277043462009-08-07T13:50:16.683+00:002009-08-07T13:50:16.683+00:00You are right he did not coach them, failing memor...You are right he did not coach them, failing memory. I recall the Ashes as well where he was at one point taking 2/3 strides toward the bowler with his glazed eyes staring like a lunatic and swatting them all round the field. <br />He is one of the very few Tories/Monarchists that I have much respect for.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-6341065097729114972009-08-06T19:46:55.797+00:002009-08-06T19:46:55.797+00:00Didn't know Beefy coached them, but I have rea...Didn't know Beefy coached them, but I have read that he enjoyed some fairly serious drinking with them in celebration. He's a right decent sort though and his performance in the Ashes in 1981 was boys own stuff, straight from the comic books.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-53323058456442384492009-08-06T15:54:13.893+00:002009-08-06T15:54:13.893+00:00(Jim) 05/08/09
Two fantastic achievements and I b...(Jim) 05/08/09<br /><br />Two fantastic achievements and I believe; some might say I’m joking but Freuchie’s achievement is right up there with the Scotland victory over France. <br /><br />This was like Scotland beating England in a proper cricket international at Lords and they never got the recognition they deserved. <br /><br />It couldn’t possibly have the glamour and coverage of the football game but it was still astonishing; I recall Ian Botham saying as much on TV; that’s when I took the bother to check it out. It was asked on question of sport as a trick question on the assumption that no one would ever think that a Scottish cricket team could win the British village championship, but Botham got it and he had actually got to know the team and coached them a bit.<br /><br />It would make a great light hearted film.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-4576666108420514082009-08-05T19:55:06.542+00:002009-08-05T19:55:06.542+00:00Terry, you don't need to tell me anything abou...Terry, you don't need to tell me anything about Freuchie's adventure to Lords in the British village cup. <br /><br />Garry Caldell's goal - I was directly behind the goal at the side that it went in, in Row J. My grin as I recall that moment of astonishment followed by sheer joy is as wide as it ever was. Nothing will ever match the way we celebrated the final whistle. I almost felt sorry for the French fans who's been told to wait in their seats until the Satdium was cleared then the DJ played for another 20 minutes, noone left the stadium and Hamdpen bounced... On the other hand it must have been some spectacle to watch...Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-34107333140721385542009-08-05T18:37:12.433+00:002009-08-05T18:37:12.433+00:00(Jim) 13:58
A couple of years ago the British Leag...(Jim) 13:58<br />A couple of years ago the British League below county level was won by a team called Fruchie from Fife. And Scotland actually has more cricketers than England per head of population.<br /><br />The Gary Caldwell international as it’s now referred to will go down in history, some people still think they imagined it, me included.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-51120919478381306572009-08-05T13:58:16.645+00:002009-08-05T13:58:16.645+00:00Yes, there's certainly some unhealthy attitude...Yes, there's certainly some unhealthy attitudes out there. The recent embarrassment over cricket being an 'English' sport must have set the cat amongst the pigeons in Paisley, what with that damned historic Ferguslie cricket club and those dastardly devils down Kelburne way plying their trade in the Scottish first division too. <br /><br />Paisley highjacked by the home counties!<br /><br />As for the football, well, Hampden is a whole lot more than a game of football for me. It's memories of my dad taking me there as a boy, the joy of the tartan army, the parties before and after, and sometimes, just sometimes it's about Gary Caldwell bundling the ball into the net from 5 yards ;-) and 89.9 minutes of nerve wracking defence against a team of artisans.<br /><br />I know we sing that we'd walk a thousand miles for one of their goals, but they don't have to take it so bloody literally!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-81176686198834098122009-08-05T11:14:38.176+00:002009-08-05T11:14:38.176+00:00(Jim) 10:15
Unfortunately it was serious.
I enjo...(Jim) 10:15<br />Unfortunately it was serious. <br /><br />I enjoy the music because it is more genuine than the tartan industry which is a massive con. <br /><br />Just try to enjoy the game; when sports journalists start talking up Scottish teams for their own ends it leads to bitter disappointment. <br /><br />The whole silly business is taken too seriously by too many; the elephant in the room is the attitude to the English. Just observe the SNP MSP’s at Holyrood don’t take my word for it. When major cities were competing to host the Olympics the SNP MSP’s had messages prominently displayed on their desks which read “anywhere but London” that is not healthy.Cllr Terry Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03285923851619030726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35177951.post-39790707287071170782009-08-05T10:15:28.836+00:002009-08-05T10:15:28.836+00:00Bonnie Charlie's awa!!! Brilliant!
A real sha...Bonnie Charlie's awa!!! Brilliant!<br /><br />A real shame for the Campbell's who'd traveled across the globe to have their sporrans fleeced if that really happened, I'd hope it was more pantomime villian than actual discord, but they've got a lot to be proud of through their part in Scotland's history.<br /><br />I do have to say that I know plenty of people who celebrate both the wearing of the kilt (they're fully aware that the modern version is nothing like the original) and traditional folk music including the pipes and fiddle. I don't think I enjoy anything as much as I enjoy a decent ceilidh. The march to Hampden or Murrayfield is a real joy too... sadly the march back to the pub rarely fails to match the <br />earlier one (Scotland 1 France 0 making up for all the other disappointments and then some!)<br /><br />I don't think everyone takes it as seriously as you seem to think.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00797359279671022904noreply@blogger.com