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MINDER::MACDONALDI                                    8 lines  15-AUG-1991 08:55
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    All I have to say about St Johnstone is
    
    
    6 - 0
    
    Did any followers of St J go to Ibrox, more to the point are there any
    followers of St J ????

    
     God your sense of humour is crap

    
    Peter, I hardly think the gentleman you refer to, is GOD.

    
    
    re -2 
    
    	the truth hurts eh....
    
    
    Come on then give us some details on the mighty St Johnstone, their
    honours etc...   Shouldn't take long...
    

    
    
    Mr Macdonald.......where the hell do you come from!!!!!!!!!!
    
    as for the truth you wouldn't know it if it punched
    you in that thick head of your's.
    
    Honours well being in the premier league is honour
    enough for us we are quite happy the way we are thanks
    and we don't have to spend millions to stay there either
    can you remember the last time you beat us in Perth?????
    not in recent history anyway.
    
    
    Perth Man quite happy supporting his home team
    

    
    
         Well after a promising past couple of weeks,with victories
     over The Sheep(we only had ten men again for that game) and The
     Tims, we played hosts to newly promoted Falkirk.
         Before ten minutes had gone by we were two down.The first of
     these looking rather like a foul on the keeper but then again
     I'm biased,the second was a blatant cock up by the defence and
     that idiot keeper of ours.
         It was from there on that the writing was on the wall,it looked
     as  if The Bairns were going to score 7 or 8 but lucky Hamilton
     started to find a bit of form,with a fantastic one-handed save to
     a curling Stainrod shot.But then Totten decided to bring wee Allan 
     Moore on  after 37mins of constant Falkirk pressure, immediatley
     there was  difference in the Perth Men.Two minutes after the
     substitution the referee blue his whistle and everybody in the park
     including the Car Park attendants thought it was off-side but no Mr
     McGinlay was pointing to the penalty spot(no-one  knows what for)
     and Mark Treanor duly converted the penalty.Then from the Kick
     off comes what has to be the goal off the season,Stainrod ran up
     to the centre circle and asked Mcallister to just touch the ball
     forward then the next thing I saw was Hamilton back peddling two
     or three steps from his eighteen yard line then stopped in
     amazement and watched the ball sail into the back of the net from
     this 50 yard effort(surely a lesson to be learnt there). 3-1 at
     half-time and the Home side looked down and out,but to there credit
     they came out into the second half with all guns blazing.Attack after
     attack was foiled by Westwater(or is it P**swater)and his defence until
     in the 82nd minute the pressure paid off with Moore having the simplest
     of headers from a Cherry cross.The last 8 minutes Saints poured everything
     they had into a last ditch equaliser but to no avail.
    
         In the First half Saints made too many mistakes at the back and left 
     themselves far too much work to do in the second half.
    
         I think they have to buy another defender, plus a target man to play
     alongside Maskery.


  Perth Man(happy too stay up after the start we've had)

    
    
                                                                   
                                                                      
     <The last 8 minutes Saints poured everything
     <they had into a last ditch equaliser but to no avail.
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     Is this the new Saints centre-forward ?
                                    

    
    
    Witty John Witty

    
    
    
    Well Rangers at home on saturday.......I don't think that
    the Huns will be happy after the game, with all those first
    team players missing,plus we always tend to try and kick them 
    off the park every time they're up.
    
    prediction    Saints 3 : Rangers 1
    
    
    Ps Can't remember the last time Rangers beat Saints in Perth.

    I find it difficult to remember the last time they played them OTHER
    than last season at Perth, far less remember a win......have Rangers
    ever played Saints since the famous great escape in the Scottish cup
    in approx 1981 ?, with the exception of last season obviously.
    
    That would then lead to the question..........when was the last time
    Saints beat Rangers in Perth ?
    
    
                                                           Brian.

    
    I suppose you won't be going to Europe this year either Perth man ?
    

    
    
    St Johnstone will play just as many games as celtic in europe this
    season. I mean celtic maybe in a european competion but all they'll
    do is turn up make an fool of themselves then go back out of europe
    without playing any football cos they're not up to much.
    
                             note the lack of bad language..
    
    

    I heard a "murmur" that Paul Sturrock collapsed at last weeks game!
    Is it also true that as a result of this the team lost heart in
    particular the "attackers".

The first Austrian player in Scotland: Sekerlioglu (no typical Austrian name)

age: 31 (FC Tirol)

no game playing in Austrian team

no one of the best Austrian players - interesting, why Paul Sturrock
has bought him.

Heribert

    > Sekerlioglu ->  St. Johnstone
    > no one of the best Austrian players

    	Well that doesn't matter because St. Johnstone are not one of the
    best Scottish teams ...

    	But it's good to see a bit of ambition in the smaller clubs in
    Scotland. It's also good to see Paul Sturrock back in the managers
    chair after his recent bad illness btw.

    Malc.

> Paul Sturrock


Did I see this bloke in a Dundee United shirt in my football sticker album circa
1978?

Ian.

    > Did I see this bloke in a Dundee United shirt in my football sticker
    > album circa 1978?

    	You most certainly did. In fact I do not think he played for any
    other club in his playing career. He played a few times for Scotland as
    well.

    	In a macabre sort of way it was rather ironic his semi heart attack
    happening as he has been a health and fitness fanatic all his life. He
    is only late 30s now I think. Whereas someone like me who gets no
    exercise, drinks only to excess and is not adverse to the odd fag now
    and again enjoys the rudest of health.

    	It's a funny old game Saint.

    Malc.

I don't understand football world any longer.

Austria's Sekerlioglu was selected as player of the day in his first
game in Scotland (ag. Dundee 0:0).

What has he done in Austria the last 10 years ?

Heribert

    
    > Austria's Sekerlioglu was selected as player of the day
    
    	I take it you mean man of the match. They showed some highlights of
    the game and certainly he did play very well and nearly scored a couple
    of times. He looked big and strong but not without a little bit of
    skill as well. He was an immediate hit with the fans too.
    
    	They interviewed him at the end and he came over as a nice guy with
    a sense of humour. He said his name translates to "Sugar Boy" but I
    don't know what language it is !
    
    Malc.
    

    Erm...
    
    	>>He said his name translates to "Sugar Boy" but I don't know what 
    language it is !
    
    	What ever language it is, it sounds a bit bloody dodgy !! There
    could be a few interesting chants for him !!
    
    
    Ian$name_translates_to_Highland_Toffee!!
    
    

    	>>He said his name translates to "Sugar Boy" but I don't know what 
    language it is !

    His grandfather was born in Istanbul (TUR).

    Heribert