As the Willow Vanishes

The myth-busting book about the links between cricket and football at the dawn of association football - Check this out!

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Have a look at Hamiton Crescent back in the 1930s...

https://t.co/zvcPD8At7a

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Walking through Queen's Park Recs en route to Queen's Park v Morton footy match, a large group of young ladies playing softball/baseball irrespective of the weather and not a single Cricket Scotland development officer to be seen.

Lost opportunities?

@CricketScotland

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@Pwick_Cricket And if you win that game, your 'besties' look forward to your company at Albert Park in the next round.

I've been told I've been un-retired to bowl 10 overs v Watsons from the river end in the 1st round.

That's going to need a lot of JPS full fat though.

Here's a resume...

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An interesting afternoon out...

https://t.co/mRjaqF6WSC

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@footyheritage @Aitch_GKR @FaroeIslandsFan @faroesenews @VisitFaroe @TheFaroeIslands @footy_nordic @FarAwayFootball @passport_soccer @sportinghistory @TB1892 Thanks Chief - I was there in May last year - a very different looking location 116 years later...

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@Aitch_GKR @footyheritage @FaroeIslandsFan @faroesenews @VisitFaroe @TheFaroeIslands @footy_nordic @FarAwayFootball @passport_soccer @sportinghistory @TB1892 Dating from July 18, 1909, the photograph depicts a match between Havnar Bóltfelag (HB) and Tvøroyrar Bóltfelag (TB), which took place in Tórshavn.

HB won the match 3-1.

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@Aitch_GKR @footyheritage @FaroeIslandsFan @faroesenews @VisitFaroe @TheFaroeIslands @footy_nordic @FarAwayFootball @passport_soccer @sportinghistory @TB1892 It is colourised for effect to highlight the background in juxtaposition to the crowd’s early 20th-century attire of muted blues and greys, the red and navy kits and the building behind with a pale yellow trim and a green roof, anchoring the drama.
I'm proud being half Faroese.

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Cricket Scotland is pleased to show its support for highlighting and preserving Glasgow and Scotland’s rich sporting heritage by officially joining Football’s Square Mile Alliance 💜

🔗 https://t.co/Bjaj39fyXL

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153 years on...

https://t.co/dATGSFtkN5

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Food for thought...

https://t.co/IgHKklNXtj

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As the cricket season draws close...

https://t.co/XM4GBznLeQ

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In other important news...

https://t.co/OFFGJe3rQ9

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@footyheritage @MellyRoger69289 @Marcus60s70s80s @CelticFC @ACSOMPOD @PaulJohnDykes @fussballgeekz @footballandwar @BlogIrish @CelticView @TheRyanMcGinlay @hamishcarton @ScottyCricket James Welford, Hugh McIntyre, James Pender Mollinson, Alexander Watson Hutton, William Dick, Archie Campbell, Charles Lawrence, Peter Dodds McCormick, Wattie Arnott, Thomas Donohue, Jonny Hubbard, the fantastic Jackson Five of cricket etc are just the tip of a lost story.

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@Marcus60s70s80s @footyheritage @CelticFC @ACSOMPOD @PaulJohnDykes @fussballgeekz @footballandwar @BlogIrish @CelticView @TheRyanMcGinlay @hamishcarton @ScottyCricket I've always shouted the football links but they've become lost over time. Get lost on the Facebook page, buy the book etc because the sequel, 'The Willow Has Returned' out later this year, is a brain melter. Here's another post -https://t.co/mlRmmKvmLg

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@Marcus60s70s80s @footyheritage @CelticFC @ACSOMPOD @PaulJohnDykes @fussballgeekz @footballandwar @BlogIrish @CelticView @TheRyanMcGinlay @hamishcarton @ScottyCricket Apparently he was a good player and popular with all he encountered - it was not unusual for footballers to play cricket off-season - I played with Jim Brogan of Celtic and Fraser Wishart and Andy Goram of Rangers fame to name three to start with.

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@footyheritage @Marcus60s70s80s @CelticFC @ACSOMPOD @PaulJohnDykes @fussballgeekz @footballandwar @BlogIrish @CelticView @TheRyanMcGinlay @hamishcarton @ScottyCricket Here's the original Facebook post...https://t.co/ChePkm1lSD

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@footyheritage @Marcus60s70s80s @CelticFC @ACSOMPOD @PaulJohnDykes @fussballgeekz @footballandwar @BlogIrish @CelticView @TheRyanMcGinlay @hamishcarton @ScottyCricket My father, and Bob Crampsie, played with him at Poloc. There was also a footballers cricket match as well one summer.

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Another 150th anniversary looms...

https://t.co/2xau5c7t3M

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Happy St. Andrew's Day.

Have a look at this post...

https://t.co/RdEJNaZOvs

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