Joe Harper
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Barrel of shite
Ah! Brings back memories of the days when this and similar tuneful ditties were simple football banter.
keep_believin84
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All you need to know mate is he is a self-involved, self-hyped fat ugly prick that used to play for the sheep!
prenzlauerbear
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Never heard of him but he comes across as extremely salty in that interview.
Truckerman
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Did he not put the Rangers Crest in the urinals in his pub in Union street for the customers to piss on it ?
Battlefield Bear
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Damn. Leaves disappointed.
mdingwall
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Nope.
Blue Lou Boyle
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Am i right in saying DJ didnt play a minute in Argentina?
MO_TxTruBlu
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Not sure why this Scotland tour of 67' is now being recognised as 'official' Caps.
It was very much a 'B' team/squad at best.
Not one player within the squad was playing for Rangers, Celtic, or any of the top 6 English sides at the time.
Of the 19 players who are belatedly getting Caps for 'some' of those games, only one player would have been considered for the National side at the time, and that was a young Jim McCalliog.
It was very much a 'B' team/squad at best.
Not one player within the squad was playing for Rangers, Celtic, or any of the top 6 English sides at the time.
Of the 19 players who are belatedly getting Caps for 'some' of those games, only one player would have been considered for the National side at the time, and that was a young Jim McCalliog.
St Andrews Bear
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Before my time, so I just asked my old man about him, actually got him into a mild rage. One of the few players he apparently hates as much if not more than the mentally challengeds.
Always tells me how he bumped into Doug rougvie many years ago at Lochore and had to walk away as he hated him as well.
Always tells me how he bumped into Doug rougvie many years ago at Lochore and had to walk away as he hated him as well.
Blue Lou Boyle
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Was still in nappies at the time but when you look at it: player of the year and also scored a barrel load of goals to win his team the treble.
Read a lot about that world cup campaign and it seems macleod prefered the players that got him to argentina even though a number of them were out of form.
Jan Wyck
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Ally McLeod cut off his substantial nose to spite his face with that decision. Pretty sure there was some kind of personal issue there or he was just stubbornly contrary as Scottish hacks were calling for DJ to play.
Recall Brian Clough's sarcastic barb on the ITV panel. "Why would the manager want to pick a guy that scored 40 odd goals this season".
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Truckerman
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I'm sure I read or heard about it in the 70's..Must have been bullshit?
Reclassifying those games as full internationals 50 odd years after the fact is a total nonsense.
Jim McCalliog was probably the only player on the tour who was a regular of the actual Scotland team at the time. Ian Ure was in and out the full side.
There was a reason it was a 'Scotland XI' in the first place. No Greig, McKinnon, Baxter, Law, Bremner, Gemmell, Lennox etc.
Jim McCalliog was probably the only player on the tour who was a regular of the actual Scotland team at the time. Ian Ure was in and out the full side.
There was a reason it was a 'Scotland XI' in the first place. No Greig, McKinnon, Baxter, Law, Bremner, Gemmell, Lennox etc.
He played against Northern Ireland and Wales in the end of season Home Internationals. Both games were 1-1, DJ scored both Scotland goals.Ally McLeod cut off substantial nose to spite his face with that decision. Pretty sure there was some kind of personal issue there or he was just contrary as Scottish hacks were calling for DJ to play.
Recall Brian Clough's sarcastic barb on the ITV panel. "Why would the manager want to pick a guy that scored 40 odd goals this season".
Got dropped mysteriously for the England game, and didn't come on even though we lost 1-0. Went to Argentina and didn't get a single minute.
Whatever happened before the England game, McLeod was an absolute dick for not sorting it and playing the best centre forward in Britain that season.
Sancus
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That was Mike Wilson back in the 90’s who had the Paramount Bar in Bon Accord Street.
He shat himself when the Follow, Follow fanzine got involved.
This is not the first time that "Follow Follow" has hit the headlines over its controversial content.
A few seasons ago the magazine was investigated by Grampian police following veiled threats made against an Aberdeen publican.
Mike Wilson, then owner of the Paramount Bar in Aberdeen, had enraged fans of the Ibrox club by installing video screens in the urinals of his pub which featured Rangers videos, and then inviting Dons fans
to urinate over them.
In response "Follow Follow", in a stinging article, said: "Treating your opponents like this will lead to violence.
"Why don't we visit the Paramount bar next time the Bears are up there and piss on Mr Wilson?"
Mr Wilson took the threat seriously enough to contact his solicitor and Grampian Police who investigated the matter.
SECTARIAN CRACKDOWN: FOLLOW, FOLLOW!; ..just don't follow into Ibrox. - Free Online Library
Free Online Library: SECTARIAN CRACKDOWN: FOLLOW, FOLLOW!; ..just don't follow into Ibrox.(News) by "The Mirror (London, England)"; General interest
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iirc Morton sold Harper 3 times.
£ for lb Morton's best ever player.
£ for lb Morton's best ever player.
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Brant Hurley
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Harper managed Highland League Deveronvale when I was Secretary of a Junior side in Aberdeen. With the league and 2 cups still on, the grapevine said he wanted 2 of our lads; HL didn't recognise Junior retention. Phoned Harper and said we wouldn't stand in his way if he let the boys play out the season. They didn't kick a ball after that. Cnut.
mdingwall
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Needless to say - the cops never contacted us.
Sancus
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I reckon the cops hate Wilson more than they hate Rangers fans.
An utter bawbag of a man over the years - recently alleged to have stolen granite from Union Terrace Gardens for his driveway.
DEJA BLUE
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I read somewhere years back he actually supported us
Used to give me the fear as a young boy in the 70s A nasty habit of scoring against us
So that the SFA can crawl up Sir Awex's arse...
MO_TxTruBlu
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Unbelievable, and Andy Gray was the first Player to win both these Awards in the same year.
I believe that only Ronaldo has done that since.
Yes, Harper does come across as bitter but he’s not wrong is he?
Done so the SFA can get SAF as a guest of honour then when pressed on it have to scurry about offering the same courtesy to others.
Pathetic and embarrassing tbh. He’s quite right to call them out on it.
Adelphi Rab R
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McLeod really was a tit.
Bernie Gunther
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Remember there was a great pic of Harper being booted up in the air by bomber Jackson. Jackson's leg sticking three feet out from Harper's shorts.
Poor description for a terrific pic.
Poor description for a terrific pic.
Killer Bob
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Used to run The Shieling in Largs for a bit. Knew him to talk to. Seemed OK.
Sancus
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Saw him a few times in Charlie Smiths in Largs with Goram.
Blutoe
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I played against him in a charity match in Aberdeen in the mid 80’s. He was a Prima Dona of the highest order. I had a little jostle with him at a corner which I thought was pretty minor and we had a bit of a joke after. Next corner the little bastard raked his heel down my shin and I ended up getting six stitches at ARI
I laughed when he got banned from Pittodrie a few years later for talking shit about them on the radio.
lowerhuttloyal
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Drew “Comb over ” Jarvie was the better player.
Barca Bear
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Templbluenose
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was he not banned by Scotland after Copenhagen 1975 along with Pat the rat McLuskey and Bremner?
HowdenEnder
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In the mid '90s, Caley went to Deveronvale in the Highland League on a freezing cold day so most of the Caley fans had paid the 50p to get in the main stand, or the only stand, only to end up sitting right behind Joe Harper.
As usual we we all pissed or or other stimulants, and this song was sung for what must have been the first 20 minutes of the game, every few goes round it would almost die, then someone would roar it out and off we'd go again.
The wee fat fuck was fizzing, he offered a few of us 'outside', only to be ridiculed with, "What you gonna do, sit on us ya fat bastard?"
Good times.
camioni
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Until he got caught dipping the till.
He's actually from Greenock, and pretty sure hes not a tim. Was a decent striker in his day.
temperance
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That’s fatist
