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Aye wish young Mr May a succesful return to full fitness. Got no axe to grind against him (despite his double in cup semi @ Ibrox against us) At least he had a "hand" in beating the DABs in the final

There are all sorts of stories about the end of his time at St Mirren, but this is their official version as told by the then chairman. Funnily enough there was a story doing the rounds that he was sacked for swearing at, or in front of the chairman's wife, and refusing to apologise, hence Mr Todd sacked him · 'I had no option but to sack him in the end' · Willie Todd was the chairman of St Mirren and remains the only man to have dismissed Sir Alex Ferguson I was the chairman who brought Alex to St Mirren in 1974 and people forget that we actually struggled for the first two years he was in charge. He had a very bad start. But Alex gradually got things together, basically because he brought so many good, young players to the club. The likes of Frank McGarvey, Bobby Reid and Billy Stark meant we had a young team but a successful one which got us out of the old First Division and into the Premier League. We stayed in the Premier League in season 1977-78 and that was a big achievement. Crowds had been as low as 1,000 when Alex took over; in his last season we sometimes had gates of 20,000 plus. Alex did a great job for St Mirren. Nobody at the club worked harder than he did during the time he was there and everyone was very grateful for what he achieved. I got on well with Alex at the time, we were good friends and I have seen him a few times since. We have still been on good terms and I have been delighted at how well he has done. But in 1978 it was a simple case of myself, as chairman, doing what was best for the football club. I had no option but to sack him in the end. Four days before he eventually left I knew perfectly well that he had told all the staff that he was moving to Aberdeen. A famous reporter of the time, Jim Rodger of the Daily Mirror, told us that Alex had asked at least one member of the squad to go to Aberdeen with him. It was a clear breach of contract on his part; he was still under contract to St Mirren and Aberdeen had not contacted us to discuss compensation. There were various other stories at the time, such as one about Alex wanting players to receive tax-free expenses, but that was not the real issue. The issue was St Mirren being destabilised because the manager wanted to leave. In the end the case went to an industrial tribunal because Alex thought he had been sacked unfairly and St Mirren won hands down, on every count relating to his breach of contract; the minutes of that meeting show you that. I do regret it. As I said we got on very well. It was just a pity Aberdeen had not come out and said they wanted our manager because we could then have spoken about compensation and done things amicably.

Welcome on board Pete & Treble Twenty Hope you enjoy the site mate

Stay away from where, here or The Hat. Experience and interaction from members joining from Mad has been great and they are welcome additions to our community

As Tyrant says we're pretty relaxed in terms of content allowed. The board tends to moderate itself and folk adhere to terms of decency. Instances of moderation are few and far between, and certainly no one has oversteetced the mark in the past few days. Here is a link to the site guidelines, which strictly speaking are fairly self explanatory. Enjoying seeing the site with loads of posting activity again. Hope you're all enjoying the experience and hang around for the long term. http://www.donstalk.co.uk/index.php/topic,21.0.html STAND FREE

Slovaks Ah see we have another outing to endure on Tuesday evening

What date and time is this being played

And me. Nae idea who she is.

Ran a boys club for seven years. Took them from age six through to thirteen. Have one lad that is now a first team regular in a SPL club. Had some great times doing it, only downside was some of the parents I had to deal with.

Aye BBC1 @ 9:30

Right folks, loads of new !e!best in past few days. Somr pf you must enjoy a good book, so let's be having your recommendations.

James McLean of all folk. Just hope that the trip away and extra training hasn't done his hamstring any damage.

Pray tell. Who is his uncle and how old is he. Have I got a challenger for my title as oldest fucker on here

Welcome back min

Looked good in the warm up on Saturday. That is obviously the sum total of me having actually seen him. At least one now know he exists

Welcome back. You are a welcome addition

Where the fuck you been min

Some of us undertook missionary work in the 80's and stayed

Good lad another one in Ayrshire. Watch out for Manc Don on here. He thinks we're all Huns in Ayrshire

Sorted it for you. Back to where it was. Just having a bit of fun with you mate

Lol

Jesus Donsdaft -759 already

You don't have the option to like or dislike yourself

Good guy/Wank If you like or dislike post use this and it gives user a rating.

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