Norn Iron Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 If anyone remembers Tony from our Div1 days, here is a topical quiz question for you plus a bit of trivia. Trivia first...He was also honoured by Renfrewshire Council after having a gritter named after him, with 'Tony Gritzpatrick' coming out on top after a public vote to name the local authority's nine gritting machines. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) Quiz question... what is the connection between Tony and Christmas Day, 1976? (Clue, I doubt if anyone will achieve this in years to come). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silvio Dante Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Norn Iron said: If anyone remembers Tony from our Div1 days, here is a topical quiz question for you plus a bit of trivia. Trivia first...He was also honoured by Renfrewshire Council after having a gritter named after him, with 'Tony Gritzpatrick' coming out on top after a public vote to name the local authority's nine gritting machines. (Courtesy of Wikipedia) Quiz question... what is the connection between Tony and Christmas Day, 1976? (Clue, I doubt if anyone will achieve this in years to come). I’ll have a go at the second. It’s before my time but using logic did he do something like score the last goal in a game played on Christmas Day in the English or Scottish league (depending on where he was playing at the time - think Scotland?) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Interesting. Link below for anyone else who didn't know about this, it was news to me. Obviously have a guess before clicking on the link. Spoiler - only click if you don't know. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Jimmy Lumsden as well, blimey. Tony Fitzpatrick was a really poor buy for us, basically AD spent the bit of the Gary Collier money he was given on a central midfielder who played it square a lot. Once Norman Hunter retired & Geoff Merrick started to struggle with injuries we were then very light at the back as a result. Played in back to back relegation seasons & went back to St Mirren for considerably less than we paid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Oil Services Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 16 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Jimmy Lumsden as well, blimey. Tony Fitzpatrick was a really poor buy for us, basically AD spent the bit of the Gary Collier money he was given on a central midfielder who played it square a lot. Once Norman Hunter retired & Geoff Merrick started to struggle with injuries we were then very light at the back as a result. Played in back to back relegation seasons & went back to St Mirren for considerably less than we paid. £250,000 wasn't it? AD's biggest spend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamC Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 14 minutes ago, Bristol Oil Services said: £250,000 wasn't it? AD's biggest spend? £235k & definitely his biggest spend. Think £40k for Norman Hunter & £55k for Peter Cormack just might have been two better ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 (edited) 54 minutes ago, GrahamC said: Jimmy Lumsden as well, blimey. Tony Fitzpatrick was a really poor buy for us, basically AD spent the bit of the Gary Collier money he was given on a central midfielder who played it square a lot. Once Norman Hunter retired & Geoff Merrick started to struggle with injuries we were then very light at the back as a result. Played in back to back relegation seasons & went back to St Mirren for considerably less than we paid. What I remember of him was running with the ball along the halfway line, performing a neat little pirouette and then passing the ball back to someone stood where he had just come from. he seemed to make a whole career out of it. Edited December 7, 2023 by Port Said Red 2 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefevs Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, Port Said Red said: What I remember of him was running with the ball along the halfway line, performing a neat little pirouette and then passing the ball back to someone stood where he had just come from. he seemed to make a whole career out of it. So funny you saying that. When I was a boy (8 or 9) kicking about with my mates in the school fields my house backed into, there used to be this “older” bloke who’d be walking his dog and join in with us. Would probably be dodgy these days, but all ok back in the late 70s. He used to do exactly that, and commentate at the same time saying he was Tony Fitzpatrick. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pongo88 Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 From what I can remember of him he was a Mk I version of Neil Kilkenny who was a bit slower, passed the ball much shorter distances and did just as much pointing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norn Iron Posted December 7, 2023 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 And why people around me called him Dougal because he went around in circles just like Dougal on Magic Roundabout. Alex Ferguson was the Manager of this game as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 3 hours ago, GrahamC said: Jimmy Lumsden as well, blimey. Tony Fitzpatrick was a really poor buy for us, basically AD spent the bit of the Gary Collier money he was given on a central midfielder who played it square a lot. Once Norman Hunter retired & Geoff Merrick started to struggle with injuries we were then very light at the back as a result. Played in back to back relegation seasons & went back to St Mirren for considerably less than we paid. He didn't play square but ran around in circles every time he had the ball. Trouble with that is that he quickly became very giddy and lost the ball a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Geoff Posted December 7, 2023 Report Share Posted December 7, 2023 Fergie rated him, gets a mention on page 1 or 2 of his last book, a few years ago. Yes I know, he rated Ralph Milne as well !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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