It is Derek Spalding and the player almost horizontal is defo Des Bremner !
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Very sure it is Derek Spalding!!
This image is doing my nut in!
I can see Arthur and Derek Spalding but not convinced horizontal guy is Des Bremner.
Have we agreed a date and match result?
It is difficult to get info online for games that took place 45 years ago
I was thinking horizontal guy could be Roy Barry but he wasn’t a HIBS player in August 1974??
You're right there! This report states Brand handled it & Millar put it in net, that sounds right. I actually found a Pathe newsreel of the game but it missed our pen & the handball incident!
https://www.scotsman.com/sport/hibbe...inal-1-1243807
Read the whole thread Billy and see post #28.
This site is brilliant and shows that Derek Spalding (for it is he), Bobby and Des all played in the game we are talking about.
http://www.fitbastats.com/hibs/game.php?gameid=17318
Save it in your browser as it is a goldmine of info for collectors and enthusiasts.
Edit. It’s beyond me how any of a certain vintage see that as anyone other than Des Bremner.....
Ha Ha! Been on fitba stats all morning trying to work this out.
I was at most games in the seventies but cannot remember this one.
Must have been winching
I have looked at this player from all angles
The hair is similar to Des Bremner but the cheeks are puffier the jaw is squarer and the legs seem to be too muscley A young Des Bremner was thin and wirey built like a whippet.
The narrative says it is Des
The only other possibilities 3-0 New Years Day game but seem to remember that was played mostly under the lights or the 1-0 Joe Harper game but Hearts wore maroon socks that day.:confused:
Its Des Bremner. Those legs look slim enough to me and it’s all getting a bit CSI when we start talking about jaw line.
Its Des Bremner. We only played them once any season at ER all through that era and the kits narrow it down to only one possibility, 74/75. Who else can it be in the picture? Derek Spalding never played in the 1-0 game (first ever PL derby) in 75/76 and he’s certainly the man pointing in the photo where all this (satisfying and entertaining) thread started. Spalding never played in the 73/74 derby. It’s not 72/73 Arthurs mowser is evidence of that and neither Des or Spalding were there any way. Process of elimination.
Sorry guys still no sleeping at night!
Dont want to get all CSI again but Des Bremner had a side parting this guy has a centre paring with a wee cherub face and stockier build than Des defo ........
BOBBY SMITH !
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Thought about that!
Des Bremners hair style was like a hedgehog with a side parting and at that time he was thin and wiry
It looks to me as if it must have been raining that day as everyone’s hair is flat and Arthur’s moustache makes him look like Pancho Villa :greengrin