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budgierustler said:
It was August Bank Holiday Monday 1970

Kelly
Ross
McNab
Spark
Hawkins
Heppolette
Hughes
Gemmill
Ingram
Irvine
Clark

sub: Wilson

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Know that team better than the one that turns out today. Maybe an age thing .Or may be players used to stay longer and teams were more settled.
 
budgierustler said:
It was August Bank Holiday Monday 1970

Kelly
Ross
McNab
Spark
Hawkins
Heppolette
Hughes
Gemmill
Ingram
Irvine
Clark

sub: Wilson

Att 10,653
Click to expand...


Amazing if we won if Spavin was not playing. Gemmill, of course, was transferred not too long after, while Willie Irvine had already been reduced to a shadow of his former self by injury and Hughes though pacy never quite got it right for us. But with those three replaced by the return of Spavin, the fact that George Lyall finally established himself as a regular and the acquisition of Bobby Ham then you have the team that effectively got us promoted back to the old Div 2 at the first attempt. John Bird replaced Alec Spark later in the season but Sparky was the one who played the bulk of the games. Along with Kelly, Ross and Spavin Dave Wilson was the other survivor by then of the 64 Cup Final team but his career rather fizzled out despite the fact that on his day he could be almost impossible to play against.
 
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