El Grew

Scottish Cup 4th Round Replay on Wednesday 1st March 1972 against Ayr Utd. Big crowd around 15,000. 'Well Players are Billy Campbell, Kirkie Lawson (getting treatment) and Jackie McInally. First game drawn 0-0 on Saturday 26th February 1972 at Somerset Park. Game had midweek afternoon kick-off as we couldn't use floodlights due to being in the middle of power cuts caused by the miners strike. I remember leaving school at 4pm and running all the way to FP to catch the 2nd half. We won 2-1. In the next round we drew 2-2 with Rangers at FP - we were 2-1 up going into injury time when Colin Stein equalised. Ugh!! Lost the midweek replay at Ibrox 4-2. Double ugh!!

Two 'Well legends. Circa 1968/69. Wee Tommy McLean and Joe Wark face-off.

Considering our situation, IMO the best option would be to offer Tommy Wright the job on a short-term contract until the end of the season with a bonus linked in if he keeps us up. Then re-assess after that.

In a nutshell. Get shot of pdq.

Keith Lasley was one of my favourite players and he was a terrific servant to the club but I don't think he's the man for this job. IMO there's been far too much of the old boys club at FP recently with ex-players being found jobs at the drop of a hat. It's supposed to be a professional football club not a bloody welfare charity!!

The only life belt would be getting back the 6 points for the two games against St. Mirren and Kilmarnock. Still don't know how the SPFL can allow an appeal given that both clubs admitted breaching the rules.

Well that probably ensures Lasley won't be getting the gig as manager. Must have been a belter of a half-time team-talk!!!

Wonder if Gary McAllister would be interested in being a number 1.

Well spotted Well-Said.

Name these two, if you can.

It is indeed wee Jimmy Wilson. Jimmy was born in Newmains and began his career at Newcastle Utd. Not sure how he escaped our "radar" at that time.

Anyone out there old enough to recognise this guy?

I'm not sure whether Robinson's heart is in the job any more. He was touted (rightly it seemed) for a couple of club jobs down south and his National team in the close season and didn't get any of them. Maybe he thinks his time for a "bigger" move has gone and he is struggling to come to terms with it.

Scottish Cup Fir Park January 1976. Willie P nets our 3rd and winning goal against holders Celtic. We won 3-2 after being 0-2 at half-time.

Nearly gave myself a heart attack yelling at Gardiner that night.

I think, although I'm not absolutely sure, that this photo was taken at Ibrox in the Scottish Cup 3rd round replay 1st March 1961 when we gubbed Rangers 5-2. The 'Well players are Ian St.John and Pat Quinn. The Rangers 'keeper is George Niven and the Rangers defender is Harold Davis. Rangers: Niven, Shearer, Caldow, Davis, Paterson, Stevenson, Scott, McMillan, Murray, Brand, Wilson. Motherwell: Weir, Delaney, McSeveney, Aitken, Martis, McCann, Hunter, Quinn, St John, McPhee, Roberts. Scoring Sequence: McPhee (10) 0-1, Wilson (16) 1-1, McMillan (29) 2-1, Delaney (41) 2-2, Roberts (53) 2-3, St John (68 ) 2-4, Roberts (89) 2-5.

On holiday but followed game on internet. Great result. Clearly we learned from Ross County game. Clear third. COYW.

Just as I said last week - the old Dosser Bandwagon rolls on again. Played there better on many occasions and didn't win.

Like a few others, I tbink Tait is the best right-back we've had at FP for quite a long time. I think he suffers however from our playing a back 3 in a 3-2-4-1 or 3-5-2 formation. Like many managers, Robinson seems fixated on these formations and does not seem to think Tait can fit into either. I still maintain that on the few occasions that we have played with a more orthodox 4-4-2 formation that we have looked a better and more balanced side and that Tait is more suited to that formation. However if you are going to employ wide players such as Seedorf et al then you will need cover in the wide midfield areas which is why the two afore-mentioned formations are used as they employ the full-backs to do this.

I'm not one for blaming referees when we lose but I have to say that the referee did get two of the big decisions in Saturday's game badly wrong. There was no infringement at Gallacher's goal and there was no contact between Carroll and the Ross County player to justify him receiving a second yellow card. For me, the test of such decisions is always to ask "if either of the OF had been in our position, would the referee have made the same decisions?". Experience over a long number of years has shown that the answer to that question is "no". Scotland does not have VAR and will never get VAR. The reason given for this by those who run our game is, that we cannot afford it. I do not accept that. I think the real reason is, that if it was introduced, the "edge/advantage" enjoyed by the OF clubs in refereeing decisions would be eliminated and that is not a desirable situation.

Yes a really disappointing result but hey that's the 'Well way. It has been like that forever. Onwards and upwards.

Like all creative players you need to accept the bad with the good - as long as there's more good than bad.

I think the owner may be trying to recoup some of her outlay for their new main stand.

My, my, how the fickle tide of fan opinion changes! A few weeks ago, Seedorf and Hylton were being singled out as a pair of duds - without being given the time and opprtunity to settle into a new club and country's culture. Admittedly its still early days but IMO they have shown they have the required skills and application to be successful for us. They provide a really exciting dimension that is great to watch and the like of which hasn't been seen at FP for quite some time. Long may it continue.

I see Jamie Murphy's days at Ibrox are numbered. Also Jake Hastie's career development looks like taking a real leap forward - going out on loan to Rotherham Utd in the English 3rd Division.