That was the prog that was. 8

 

George writes;

I have a particularly fond memory of this week’s match. It’s 1989, and I learned where East Stirlingshire played (not Stirling, but in Falkirk).  I assume I got a train to Falkirk Grahamston and met up with that damned fine chap Mr CC. Did we have a pint in the clubhouse? I can’t remember. But this I do remember: about 5 minutes before half time the ball-boy near us turned and asked us to take his place so he could go and get his half-time pie (obviously a certain Manchester United co-owner would disapprove of such largesse). And Man Alive were we chuffed, indeed honoured, to play our part in keeping the game flowing.

Here are the all important teams (I do not recognise any of the players):

And, unfortunately if you’re an East Stirlingshire fan, they lost 3-0. Even worse, they finished bottom of the league that season. And even worse than that, Firs Park has now been abandoned, the bits of stadia knocked down, and the pitch now seems to be covered in trees and bushes - but it could have been even worse(!) it could have tarmaced over or built on. 

As for the AITT, even before looking at it,  I dread to think what bobbins occupied those places. Here goes - and I recognise only one song (Ride on Time), but I’ll listen to snippets of the others so you don’t have to.

So those snippets have revealed that I do know this one:

Here is that AITT, some of you might remember some or all of those songs. And playing some of the songs was an extremely depressing experience. (And whoever was responsible for Big Fun should have been strangled at birth).

Thanks for reading, and thanks to CC for posting.

CC writes:

It was indeed a great honour.

Sadly East Stirlingshire were an early victim of the pyramid system and are now languishing in the lower reaches of the 5th tier Lowland League Here