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HIVs need to win their 2 games in hand if they want to draw level with the Bairns
and guess who they'll meet in the first play off for the Premier League?Aye, Raith Rovers again
not sure who was the bigger bogey ,the arrival of the jailhouse rebel rocker stokes or imajamhunt backing them at 16 for the league
a double whammy no team could recover from .
Although they are still in the Cup .
The old tales handed down through the generations in auld reekie make mention of Buffalo Bill being aged 56 the last time they won the Cup.
here is one remastered in colour
a double whammy no team could recover from .
Although they are still in the Cup .
The old tales handed down through the generations in auld reekie make mention of Buffalo Bill being aged 56 the last time they won the Cup.
here is one remastered in colour
BUFFALO Bill gained immortality as the gun-slinging hero of American frontier folklore, but it has now emerged how he also locked horns with the Old Firm giants of Scotland's wild west coast.
The full story of Colonel William Frederick Cody's remarkable stay in Glasgow has finally been told nearly 100 years after he hung up his spurs and six-shooters for the final time.
A new book has revealed that the legendary figure of the old West caused a sensation by turning up at a Rangers game at Ibrox, sending a team of hardbitten cowboys to play in a charity football game at Celtic Park and giving money to shoeless urchins in George Square.
Cody, the book reveals, also caused uproar in the Court of Session in Edinburgh and, during a subsequent national tour, set a goods yard ablaze in Dundee and threw the Aberdeenshire fishing industry into crisis.
For three months in the winter of 1891/92, the soldier, bison-hunter and showman brought his Wild West spectacular to the district, while in 1904 he took the show around the country from Dumfries to Inverness.
After years of painstaking research, Wild West enthusiast and author Tom F Cunningham has put together the definitive book chronicling Cody's Scottish sojourns.
The lavish show included an epic re-enactment of violent clashes from the Wild West, featuring a troop of genuine Native American warriors, and displays of horsemanship and sharp-shooting from a host of luminaries including Annie 'Get Your Gun' Oakley.
Before the travelling circus opened at the 7,000-seater Glasgow amphitheatre, Cody produced a series of inspired publicity stunts.
Learning that a 12,500-strong crowd was expected at a Glasgow Cup clash between Rangers and Queen's Park at Ibrox, he provoked deafening cheers by arriving at the ground in full western regalia.
Cody was then presented to both sets of players at half-time and issued personal invitations to the players to come and see his show.
"Buffalo Bill knew virtually nothing about football, but he a was master showman and publicist, and wanted to turn up at the biggest game in town," said Cunningham.
"It would be like the biggest Hollywood star turning up unannounced at a game today.
"I believe he turned up late deliberately so the whole crowd could watch him striding towards his seat in his big white cowboy hat."
Cody also sought to harness the popularity of the city's other big club by sending his right-hand man, Major John M Burke, on to the pitch at Celtic Park to help kick off the team's clash with Dumbarton on New Year's Day 1892.
"But it didn't bring Celtic any luck, as they were thrashed 8-0, which still stands as the club's record home defeat," said Cunningham.
A month later, Cody sent out a team of his cowboys to take on Glasgow amateur outfit Brandon for a charity challenge match at Celtic Park.
Unsurprisingly, the American rookies were put to the sword by their vastly more experienced adversaries but the visitors triumphed in their task of generating more headlines.
Another first-hand report reveals how Cody took pity on a down-at-heel George Square news vendor, her shivering barefoot daughter and another "poor body" by giving them enough money to buy new clothes.
However, the publicity generated by the flamboyant showman and his troupe was not exclusively positive, with a 24-year-old Native American named Charging Thunder hitting one of his show colleagues over the head with a block of wood after a drinking spree in an East End alehouse.
Despite claiming that his lemonade had been spiked with whisky, the young visitor was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment in the city's notorious Barlinnie Prison.
More positively, John Shangrau, who acted as a translator for the Lakota tribe members, married Lillie Orr, the daughter of a ship's captain, in the city on January 4, 1892.
During the three-month stint, Cody took advantage of a rare day off to travel to Edinburgh, where he caused a stir among bewigged lawyers and defenders alike in the Court of Session, after taking a seat in the public gallery.
He also visited the Palace of Holyroodhouse and scaled Calton Hill, apparently shouting "Ain't she a beaut!" after being impressed by the capital's craggy vista.
Cody returned to Scotland 12 years later with an even more elaborate show, which travelled the country in an equally eventful trip.
In Dundee, the fire brigade were summoned after a mishap with fuel being carried on Cody's personal trains led to a goods yard being set ablaze.
The visit of the troupe to Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh caused chaos in the fishing industry with seamen abandoning their ships to go and see the shows. "The result was that the price of fish soared sky high on the days following the shows in the north-east," said Cunningham.
The author, researcher and Wild West enthusiast believes Cody's visits to Scotland are a fascinating slice of history that have largely been overlooked.
"Buffalo Bill was the first American superstar," he said. "It is fascinating to think of him and his troupe of cowboys and Indians wandering around the streets of Glasgow and other Scottish cities and towns.
The full story of Colonel William Frederick Cody's remarkable stay in Glasgow has finally been told nearly 100 years after he hung up his spurs and six-shooters for the final time.
A new book has revealed that the legendary figure of the old West caused a sensation by turning up at a Rangers game at Ibrox, sending a team of hardbitten cowboys to play in a charity football game at Celtic Park and giving money to shoeless urchins in George Square.
Cody, the book reveals, also caused uproar in the Court of Session in Edinburgh and, during a subsequent national tour, set a goods yard ablaze in Dundee and threw the Aberdeenshire fishing industry into crisis.
For three months in the winter of 1891/92, the soldier, bison-hunter and showman brought his Wild West spectacular to the district, while in 1904 he took the show around the country from Dumfries to Inverness.
After years of painstaking research, Wild West enthusiast and author Tom F Cunningham has put together the definitive book chronicling Cody's Scottish sojourns.
The lavish show included an epic re-enactment of violent clashes from the Wild West, featuring a troop of genuine Native American warriors, and displays of horsemanship and sharp-shooting from a host of luminaries including Annie 'Get Your Gun' Oakley.
Before the travelling circus opened at the 7,000-seater Glasgow amphitheatre, Cody produced a series of inspired publicity stunts.
Learning that a 12,500-strong crowd was expected at a Glasgow Cup clash between Rangers and Queen's Park at Ibrox, he provoked deafening cheers by arriving at the ground in full western regalia.
Cody was then presented to both sets of players at half-time and issued personal invitations to the players to come and see his show.
"Buffalo Bill knew virtually nothing about football, but he a was master showman and publicist, and wanted to turn up at the biggest game in town," said Cunningham.
"It would be like the biggest Hollywood star turning up unannounced at a game today.
"I believe he turned up late deliberately so the whole crowd could watch him striding towards his seat in his big white cowboy hat."
Cody also sought to harness the popularity of the city's other big club by sending his right-hand man, Major John M Burke, on to the pitch at Celtic Park to help kick off the team's clash with Dumbarton on New Year's Day 1892.
"But it didn't bring Celtic any luck, as they were thrashed 8-0, which still stands as the club's record home defeat," said Cunningham.
A month later, Cody sent out a team of his cowboys to take on Glasgow amateur outfit Brandon for a charity challenge match at Celtic Park.
Unsurprisingly, the American rookies were put to the sword by their vastly more experienced adversaries but the visitors triumphed in their task of generating more headlines.
Another first-hand report reveals how Cody took pity on a down-at-heel George Square news vendor, her shivering barefoot daughter and another "poor body" by giving them enough money to buy new clothes.
However, the publicity generated by the flamboyant showman and his troupe was not exclusively positive, with a 24-year-old Native American named Charging Thunder hitting one of his show colleagues over the head with a block of wood after a drinking spree in an East End alehouse.
Despite claiming that his lemonade had been spiked with whisky, the young visitor was sentenced to 30 days' imprisonment in the city's notorious Barlinnie Prison.
More positively, John Shangrau, who acted as a translator for the Lakota tribe members, married Lillie Orr, the daughter of a ship's captain, in the city on January 4, 1892.
During the three-month stint, Cody took advantage of a rare day off to travel to Edinburgh, where he caused a stir among bewigged lawyers and defenders alike in the Court of Session, after taking a seat in the public gallery.
He also visited the Palace of Holyroodhouse and scaled Calton Hill, apparently shouting "Ain't she a beaut!" after being impressed by the capital's craggy vista.
Cody returned to Scotland 12 years later with an even more elaborate show, which travelled the country in an equally eventful trip.
In Dundee, the fire brigade were summoned after a mishap with fuel being carried on Cody's personal trains led to a goods yard being set ablaze.
The visit of the troupe to Aberdeen, Peterhead and Fraserburgh caused chaos in the fishing industry with seamen abandoning their ships to go and see the shows. "The result was that the price of fish soared sky high on the days following the shows in the north-east," said Cunningham.
The author, researcher and Wild West enthusiast believes Cody's visits to Scotland are a fascinating slice of history that have largely been overlooked.
"Buffalo Bill was the first American superstar," he said. "It is fascinating to think of him and his troupe of cowboys and Indians wandering around the streets of Glasgow and other Scottish cities and towns.
Alan Stubbs the successful manager and player, is probably quite a bit cheerier than you...
Have you misspelt your name by accidently adding the letter "m" as a prefix?
Little miss sure shot Annie Oakley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley
ffs her dad fought in the 1812 war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Oakley
ffs her dad fought in the 1812 war.
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