alex ingram

[HH81]

Ex forest player now director at ayr. Anyone heard of him? Meant to know Calderwood

[CropleyWasGod]

Ex forest player now director at ayr. Anyone heard of him? Meant to know Calderwood

Played for Ayr in the 60's and 70's. Nickname Dixie, IIRC. Goal machine.

[HH81]

Just spoke to him trying to work out if he having me on

[CropleyWasGod]

Just spoke to him trying to work out if he having me on

Ayr, wham ne'er a toon surpasses, for Honest Men an bonnie lasses.

This him?

http://www.heraldscotland.com/business/corporate-sme/ingram-board-injects-capital-amid-recession-1.931291

[stu in nottingham]

I remember Alex Ingram playing for Forest and saw him a good few times. He was an 'inside forward' type. Pretty hopeless at the City Ground by most people's account, but then those same people had been used to watching a guy called Joe Baker around that era. :wink:

[Iggy Pope]

Just spoke to him trying to work out if he having me on

Remembered the name from old 'Footballer' cards...and here he is -

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notts-Forest-Alex-Ingram-1970-colour-trade-card-/180448670838

[stu in nottingham]

Thanks for that HH, some very familiar characters to me there, not least this hero of mine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notts-Forest-Peter-Cormack-1970-colour-trade-card_W0QQitemZ380191140474QQcategoryZ10767QQcmdZVi ewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL% 252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFI CS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D1804486708 38%252B180448670838%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D73 90403158035862611#ht_500wt_922

[CropleyWasGod]

Thanks for that HH, some very familiar characters to me there, not least this hero of mine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notts-Forest-Peter-Cormack-1970-colour-trade-card_W0QQitemZ380191140474QQcategoryZ10767QQcmdZVi ewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL% 252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFI CS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D1804486708 38%252B180448670838%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D73 90403158035862611#ht_500wt_922

He was at ER yesterday.

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I remember Alex Ingram playing for Forest and saw him a good few times. He was an 'inside forward' type. Pretty hopeless at the City Ground by most people's account, but then those same people had been used to watching a guy called Joe Baker around that era. :wink:

He caused us grief on at least one occasion.

We went to Somerset Park in the opening game of the season 1969/70.

Ayr had just come up from the Second Division, and we had finished fourth (I think) in the old First Division.

We lost 3-0 - I think Alex may have had a hat-trick that afternoon.

Bob Shankly resigned as manager that night. IIRC he accused the players of "not trying".



Good came of it, however.

We went off on a run of 6 successive wins, including wins 2-1 at Parkhead and 2-0 at Tynie, all without a manager. I believe Tom McNiven took training, and the players just went out and got on with it on match-days. Mind you, with players like Pat Stanton, Pat Quinn and Alex Scott on the books, maybe we didn't need a manager...

Willie McFarlane was appointed manager after the 6th win - against Morton 1-0.

He took us to Ibrox for his first game, and we won there as well, 3-1. Willie played Peter Marinello at centre-forward and we trounced them. Peter scored 2 in short order, and they couldn't come back from that.

Willie could have been one of the greatest Hibs managers of all, IMO. But Tom Hart decided he had to go, and he went, and the rest is history.

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Thanks for that HH, some very familiar characters to me there, not least this hero of mine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notts-Forest-Peter-Cormack-1970-colour-trade-card_W0QQitemZ380191140474QQcategoryZ10767QQcmdZVi ewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL% 252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFI CS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D1804486708 38%252B180448670838%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D73 90403158035862611#ht_500wt_922


Were you by any chance at ER the day he scored from the halfway line, lobbing the ball over the Dunfermline keeper Martin's head?

Looked up, saw Martin off his line, and struck the ball perfectly into the goal. Lovely - 55 yards if it was an inch. :not worth

[Iggy Pope]

Thanks for that HH, some very familiar characters to me there, not least this hero of mine.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Notts-Forest-Peter-Cormack-1970-colour-trade-card_W0QQitemZ380191140474QQcategoryZ10767QQcmdZVi ewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DDLSL% 252BSIC%26its%3DI%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFI CS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D1804486708 38%252B180448670838%26po%3D%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D73 90403158035862611#ht_500wt_922

There's a few with Forest connections Stu - Joe Baker, Neil Martin, Brian Rice.

I've held a wee soft spot for Forest for a while now due to a good Welsh mate of mine who is daft on them.

[stu in nottingham]

Were you by any chance at ER the day he scored from the halfway line, lobbing the ball over the Dunfermline keeper Martin's head?

Looked up, saw Martin off his line, and struck the ball perfectly into the goal. Lovely - 55 yards if it was an inch. :not worth
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Would love to have seen that D but sadly no. Peter was such a fine footballer. He didn't last long at Forest before Liverpool came calling. Seem to recall him scoring fourteen goals from midfield one season in Nottingham, the majority of them from headers. He had great timing that enabled him to get on the end of a cross above much bigger and more powerful defenders. Peter was a very deft and subtle player - one of our very finest in my humble opinion.

[HH81]

I don't half speak to some people. Thanks for the replies.

[Billy Whizz]

You're a very lucky man!
He was my hero as a boy, as I was brought up in Ayr. Best header of a ball I've ever seen. Played in one of the best ever Ayr team along with Cutty Young, Johnny Doyle etc. Left Ayr to go to Forest and returned to Ayr. Retired and made a fortune in the Car Trade and has a few still in the Ayr area.
Him and Calderwood were chatting on the park before the Ayr v Hibs replay a few weeks ago!

[brog]

Were you by any chance at ER the day he scored from the halfway line, lobbing the ball over the Dunfermline keeper Martin's head?

Looked up, saw Martin off his line, and struck the ball perfectly into the goal. Lovely - 55 yards if it was an inch. :not worth

I remember that goal well Doddie, as you say it was a classic. Was that same game Roy Barry was sent off for cutting Peter in 2? Peter to his credit actually argued the case for Roy, mind you I may have done the same, Roy was a hard man!:wink:

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I remember that goal well Doddie, as you say it was a classic. Was that same game Roy Barry was sent off for cutting Peter in 2? Peter to his credit actually argued the case for Roy, mind you I may have done the same, Roy was a hard man!:wink:


Not sure - every time we played against Barry he was trying to cut one or other of our guys in half. I know he later played for us, but I never really took to him.

I recall a game in ET's time when Barry was boasting in the papers about what he was going to do to Alan Gordon. ET shuffled the team and played Shades at CF...

Now, Shades was a REAL hard man! "Cut in half wan't the word" - "minced", more like. :thumbsup:

I DO remember that our other goal that day was an OG by... Roy Barry. Martin had come well out of his goal to take a pass-back, and Barry didn't look what he was doing and passed the ball behind Martin into the empty net.

How we laughed!

Stu - it was a bit like that goal of Beckham's - only much, much better. :aok:

[brog]

Not sure - every time we played against Barry he was trying to cut one or other of our guys in half. I know he later played for us, but I never really took to him.

I recall a game in ET's time when Barry was boasting in the papers about what he was going to do to Alan Gordon. ET shuffled the team and played Shades at CF...

Now, Shades was a REAL hard man! "Cut in half wan't the word" - "minced", more like. :thumbsup:

I DO remember that our other goal that day was an OG by... Roy Barry. Martin had come well out of his goal to take a pass-back, and Barry didn't look what he was doing and passed the ball behind Martin into the empty net.

How we laughed!

Stu - it was a bit like that goal of Beckham's - only much, much better. :aok:

I remember the og as well. If Roy was sent off in that same game then not one to remember for him! Younger netters won't realise it but games against Pars were huge in those days & were always hard & competitive. I'm pretty sure we were both well placed in league at time.

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I remember the og as well. If Roy was sent off in that same game then not one to remember for him! Younger netters won't realise it but games against Pars were huge in those days & were always hard & competitive. I'm pretty sure we were both well placed in league at time.


Used to draw good crowds, too, IIRC. I recall one midweek game in Willie McFarlane's time where we won 3-0 in front of about 23,000. It sticks in my mind because we didn't usually win by such a margin against the Pars. Freezing cold wet night in November, but all the Hibbies were warm as toast!

[ancient hibee]

I remember one season when the crowd against Dunfermline dropped below 20,000 suggesting that this could be the shape of things to come.I may be wrong(I often am)but I suspect that the two eleven goal thrillers I saw at Dunfermline are the only time that has happened-we won 7-4 on a very windy day and 6-5 with a kind of dubious last minute winner.

[Lago]

You're a very lucky man!
He was my hero as a boy, as I was brought up in Ayr. Best header of a ball I've ever seen. Played in one of the best ever Ayr team along with Cutty Young, Johnny Doyle etc. Left Ayr to go to Forest and returned to Ayr. Retired and made a fortune in the Car Trade and has a few still in the Ayr area.
Him and Calderwood were chatting on the park before the Ayr v Hibs replay a few weeks ago!

Yip mine to. Brought up in Prestwick, few years older than you but use to go along with my Dad to Somerset Park. A great player. If memory serves me he cost £100,000 when he left Ayr.