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Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
By Stomp Admin
June 16 2009
Airdrie, encouraged by that midweek Anglo-Scottish Cup win over First Division champions Hearts make their Premier League debut this afternoon against a Rangers side which had probably done more than any other Scottish Club to strengthen their challenge on the home front.

Airdrie beat Hearts with an aggregate 6 - 3 win, to earn a place against "Anglo" opponents in the Anglo-Scottish Cup.

Behave..... or Else!
A Plea (warning) was printed in this program!
This club will do all in its power to ensure safe conditions for spectators and the Scottish League in a strongly worded circular to all clubs, is indicating a no-nonsense approach to suporters misbeaviour.

Boss Talk
It seems some things never change, manager Bobby Watson states "And before the cynics in this town start.....'They'll only come crashing down'.... Let me remind you that these young lads have given the club somethig the fans have been shouting about for years....PROMOTION.

Pictures
Feature Sandy Clark, Bobby Russell and Gordon Morrison (Pictures were taken by Craig Halkett of the Adveriser)

Davies Debut Drama
This section covered Davie Thomson, in his debut 90 minutes he scored two goals that helped Aidrie to a 3-0 Anglo Scottish Cup home win over Hearts. David went on to make 42 appearances for the Diamonds, 14 full 28 subs and scored only 4 goals.

Todays Game
Saw the first showing of our new kit, from Umbro!

Coming soon
The Airdrie squad and Rangers team line up.

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Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: The Stomp (IP Logged)
Date: 16/06/2009 21:35

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Stuart Craig (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 07:00

Remeber this game pretty well (despite only being 9 at the time). It was the 1st time my dad took me to the stand rather than the terracing. I'm sure there are still some skelfs from the bench-seats lodged in my flabby butt-cheeks.

Stuart

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Paranoid Android (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 07:31

I was the same age as you S.C. I remember telling my pals at primary school that Davie Thomson was my big brother.

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Shaun William Ryder (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 07:46

One of my fav ever broomfield memories (as mentioned in previous post)......
In wee pocket of red behind goal (at the away end). Equaliser memory still brings out the old goosebumps(Sm60)


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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Chris Mac (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 08:58

Oy don't waste next weeks report, we don't know the score yet![:wor kid:]

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: The real Desmond Dekker (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 09:07

Was it not 9th August?

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: AGD (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 12:29

Quote:
The real Desmond Dekker
Was it not 9th August?

The game was played on Saturday 9th August, but for some reason the programme was dated Saturday 8th August.

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: greenock diamond (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 17:44

i have the programme for the game .played on 9 8 80 . programme says 8 8 80 wont tell you the result.

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Diamond F (IP Logged)
Date: 17/06/2009 22:31

I was backshift for that game an the work refused time off. I was gutted. 2 days before the game they were lookin for volunteers to work at it. Put my name down straight away.

Saw most of the game but more importantly was standing behind the goal when Walker equalised. Magic !!! an that "wee pocket of red" in the crowd behind me went wild !!!

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Airdrieonian (IP Logged)
Date: 20/06/2009 22:43

I think this was the last the wee pocket ever went there, and were behind goals only because we were forced by the police, after that it was our customary place in the covered terrace.

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Andover Diamond (IP Logged)
Date: 24/06/2009 20:42

Not so sure about that Airdrieonian. I can recall standing on the covered terracing before 1980 surrounded by the hordes of Gers fans and damn few polis to be seen.

Might have been around the year the flute bands welcomed the visiting 18000 or so to the town...



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2009:06:24:20:43:31 by Andover Diamond.

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: Rusty2 (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 11:06

Yup . Can well remember being stuck behind the South Nimmo St goals at most of the Old Firm games. Talk about giving the home fans their place!

Didn't really mind it though - what about Airdrionians 4 Glasgow Rangers 3 - fantastic!

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Re: Broomfield Bulletin Airdrie Vs Rangers 08/08/1980 (Extracts)
Posted by: The real Desmond Dekker (IP Logged)
Date: 25/06/2009 13:23

I remember that match well. 21 December 1974 as I recall and I think we were 2-0 up after about 5 minutes! I remember that when we were 3-2 up the referee was doing all he could to help Rangers back into the match but we made it 4-2 and although they got a late goal, it was too late. Was also at Ibrox for the return fixture and we won 1-0 in front of 63,000 which would be the biggest attendance at any league match I've ever been to. Sadly, it would probably take us several seasons to accumulate a 63,000 attendace figure through our doors these days!

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