Terry Christie (SHC)

[SideBurns]

Pretty sure my dad said he was at Holy Cross at the same time as Christie (as a pupil, that is); any HC FPs now in their mid 70s on here remember him from then?

[EI255]

There were ACTUALLY a few memorable Duff Jimmy games.

Christie made the right choice. He wouldn't have cut it in the top flight and might have knackered his career as a council school headmaster.

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[G B Young]

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Its a bit of a licence to say Terry Christie turned Hibs down 3 times but he was very much in running and down to the last two at least twice.

The first time would have been after Blackley was sacked but Hibs went for Alex Miller instead and the second time would have been when Miller left 10 years later and Hibs went for Jim Duffy instead.

The person who would have stopped him getting the job would have been Dougie Crombe, the chairman, not for any personal reason but he just thought the others were better candidates.

Hindsight is a great thing but even Tony Christie couldn't have done any worse than Jim Duffy.

Think Kenny Waugh would still have been chairman when Blackley was sacked but I might be wrong.

I'd forgotten Christie's Meadowbank were only prevented from playing in the top flight by league reconstruction. Amazing that they got to that level considering what a tiny club they were, often playing to a couple of hundred fans. They were probably even smaller than Gretna and didn't have Brooks Mileson's millions behind them.

[SideBurns]

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Think Kenny Waugh would still have been chairman when Blackley was sacked but I might be wrong.

I'd forgotten Christie's Meadowbank were only prevented from playing in the top flight by league reconstruction. Amazing that they got to that level considering what a tiny club they were, often playing to a couple of hundred fans. They were probably even smaller than Gretna and didn't have Brooks Mileson's millions behind them.

You're right, it was Waugh who sacked Blackley. The season Meadowbank knocked us out of the LC they got to the semis, losing over 2 legs to the Huns. Think I'm right in saying they lost something like 4-0 at Ibrox, but drew 2-2 in the return game at Tynie (when, admittedly, the tie was over).

[brog]

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Pretty sure my dad said he was at Holy Cross at the same time as Christie (as a pupil, that is); any HC FPs now in their mid 70s on here remember him then?

Yes, I posted earlier that Terry was in (or around) that Holy Cross team that contained Pat Stanton, Jimmy O etc. Think Terry's a year or 2 older, possibly played in same team as George Brough/Tony McGlynn. If your user name contains your surname then I probably knew your dad!

[Killiehibbie]

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Yes, I posted earlier that Terry was in (or around) that Holy Cross team that contained Pat Stanton, Jimmy O etc. Think Terry's a year or 2 older, possibly played in same team as George Brough/Tony McGlynn. If your user name contains your surname then I probably knew your dad!

He must be must be getting on for 80.
I first remember him in his green Escort.

[SonOfDavidFrancey]

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Its a bit of a licence to say Terry Christie turned Hibs down 3 times but he was very much in running and down to the last two at least twice.

The first time would have been after Blackley was sacked but Hibs went for Alex Miller instead and the second time would have been when Miller left 10 years later and Hibs went for Jim Duffy instead.

The person who would have stopped him getting the job would have been Dougie Crombe, the chairman, not for any personal reason but he just thought the others were better candidates.

Hindsight is a great thing but even Tony Christie couldn't have done any worse than Jim Duffy.

He does give quite a few details at the end of the podcast - certainly says that Douglas crombe vetoed it the third time - but in each case there are quite specific reminiscences of verbal offers etc which then got countermanded. Anyway, neither here nor there really.

[Kato]

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Yes, I posted earlier that Terry was in (or around) that Holy Cross team that contained Pat Stanton, Jimmy O etc. Think Terry's a year or 2 older, possibly played in same team as George Brough/Tony McGlynn. If your user name contains your surname then I probably knew your dad!

Tony McGlynn was another who went on to be a teacher. Our House Master at Castlebrae. He was also Hibs daft.

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[weecounty hibby]

Love stories like his about how heads of old would treat sporting kids. My first rector at Alloa Academy was a big rugby man and I was up for the belt from him in the first week, totally innocent obviously! Anyway he asks me if i played rugby and i said no, but I play football. He said well that's a start, do you want to play rugby? When I said yes he let me off with the belt on the proviso that I attended rugby training after school. Back then the school didn't play football, it was Rugby or hockey so I couldn't have played football anyway. Led to a life long love of rugby as well as football. He sounds like a great head teacher. Changed days now sadly

[brog]

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He must be must be getting on for 80.
I first remember him in his green Escort.

Wikipedia shows his birthday as 1942/43 so he's somewhere between 77 & 79!! King Pat & Tony McGlynn are both 76.

[SideBurns]

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Yes, I posted earlier that Terry was in (or around) that Holy Cross team that contained Pat Stanton, Jimmy O etc. Think Terry's a year or 2 older, possibly played in same team as George Brough/Tony McGlynn. If your user name contains your surname then I probably knew your dad!

Sorry Brog, I didn't notice your earlier email. My dad was Hughie Burns; played in the same team as Jimmy at Holy Cross, but think Pat was maybe a year or two older? Mind him saying they had some excellent players though, a few who turned professional.

[brog]

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Tony McGlynn was another who went on to be a teacher. Our House Master at Castlebrae. He was also Hibs daft.

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I've posted before but Tony had just about the strangest career of any Hibs player. Scored on his debut as a 17 year old. Didn't play again for well over 2 years then scored again. Played the following week & that was it. 3 games, 2 goals, 2 wins & 1 draw over 3 years. Remarkable.

[brog]

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Sorry Brog, I didn't notice your earlier email. My dad was Hughie Burns; played in the same team as Jimmy at Holy Cross, but think Pat was maybe a year or two older? Mind him saying they had some excellent players though, a few who turned professional.

I knew your dad, & his brother well. All the best!

[brog]

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Love stories like his about how heads of old would treat sporting kids. My first rector at Alloa Academy was a big rugby man and I was up for the belt from him in the first week, totally innocent obviously! Anyway he asks me if i played rugby and i said no, but I play football. He said well that's a start, do you want to play rugby? When I said yes he let me off with the belt on the proviso that I attended rugby training after school. Back then the school didn't play football, it was Rugby or hockey so I couldn't have played football anyway. Led to a life long love of rugby as well as football. He sounds like a great head teacher. Changed days now sadly

Tom O'Malley, ex Chairman, did exact same thing with me at Holy X. Only difference was we could play footy for 1st 3 years then it was rugby or nothing. I chose rugby.

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I knew your dad, & his brother well. All the best!

Thanks Brog, same tae yersel! Always happy to pick up on posters who knew the brothers 😁

[Killiehibbie]

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Wikipedia shows his birthday as 1942/43 so he's somewhere between 77 & 79!! King Pat & Tony McGlynn are both 76.

I know he hadn't long hung up his boots when managing Newton Grange in 1978 and Kevan told me he was 36. They beat Livingstone 2-1 that day

[lord bunberry]

His brother Peter was some character. He had the the self titled nickname of Square go Christie. He was a regular down in the Central and other pubs around there.

[Kato]

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I've posted before but Tony had just about the strangest career of any Hibs player. Scored on his debut as a 17 year old. Didn't play again for well over 2 years then scored again. Played the following week & that was it. 3 games, 2 goals, 2 wins & 1 draw over 3 years. Remarkable.

Thanks, Brog. Never knew the details of his career. Tony was a lovely bloke and a great teacher, the best I had at Castlebrae - not much competition there though.

[superfurryhibby]

Great interview. He says he was verbally offered the job by Kenny Waugh and twice by STF. He never turned it down, the verbal offers never turned into anything concrete.

Christie comes across really well. A Hibs fan and a real football man. Hats off to the interviewer, he was very good too.

[brog]

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His brother Peter was some character. He had the the self titled nickname of Square go Christie. He was a regular down in the Central and other pubs around there.

I saw in the blurb for Terry's book that he calls Peter 'a professional shoplifter'. I would say more a conman, Peter always felt he had to get one over on everyone. He was always leaving restaurants without paying the bill. After a shaky start, I quickly learned never to accompany him for a meal!

[EI255]

I once saw Terry Christie buying beans in Safeway.

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[lord bunberry]

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I saw in the blurb for Terry's book that he calls Peter 'a professional shoplifter'. I would say more a conman, Peter always felt he had to get one over on everyone. He was always leaving restaurants without paying the bill. After a shaky start, I quickly learned never to accompany him for a meal!

He definitely indulged in a bit of shoplifting. He sold my mate a couple of videos for £8, my mate gave him a tenner and asked for the change he threw him a couple of pairs of sports socks.
He was quite funny in small doses, but he could be a bit of a pain at times.

[brog]

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He definitely indulged in a bit of shoplifting. He sold my mate a couple of videos for £8, my mate gave him a tenner and asked for the change he threw him a couple of pairs of sports socks.
He was quite funny in small doses, but he could be a bit of a pain at times.

Oh yes, I knew he shoplifted, along with everything else, but I just think he got his kicks from getting one over on everyone, your story is a perfect example. He was exactly as you say but he was also an intelligent guy.

[SonOfDavidFrancey]

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I saw in the blurb for Terry's book that he calls Peter 'a professional shoplifter'. I would say more a conman, Peter always felt he had to get one over on everyone. He was always leaving restaurants without paying the bill. After a shaky start, I quickly learned never to accompany him for a meal!

Just had a look at that on the amazon site and you can do a preview on there. some nice moments when he's talking about his mum transferring her affections from GAA to Hibs because she was in Edinburgh. Think he should have got it proofread though - for a Head Teacher his apostrophes are shocking.

[monarch]

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Great interview. He says he was verbally offered the job by Kenny Waugh and twice by STF. He never turned it down, the verbal offers never turned into anything concrete.

Christie comes across really well. A Hibs fan and a real football man. Hats off to the interviewer, he was very good too.

The story at the time was that Kenny Waugh definitely wanted Terry, along with Micky Lawson (Jambo 😫) as his assistant, but decided to put to the vote to the rest of the directors. Apparently overall majority were not in favour of appointing Terry.

[superfurryhibby]

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The story at the time was that Kenny Waugh definitely wanted Terry, along with Micky Lawson (Jambo 😫) as his assistant, but decided to put to the vote to the rest of the directors. Apparently overall majority were not in favour of appointing Terry.

Based on his record elsewhere he would have been an interesting appointment. He took Meadowbank to a promotion finish, robbed of top flight football by league reconstruction and he got them into a League Cup semi final. He also won a Challenge Cup with Stenny, beating a Dundee Utd side with some big name players.

Good eye for a player and operated on the ultimate shoestring budget throughout his managerial career . Shame he not got the chance. FWIW, Christie feels that there was an element of distrust from Chairmen etc, because of his teaching career. He was viewed as a bit of a square peg in a round hole.

[inglisavhibs]

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There were ACTUALLY a few memorable Duff Jimmy games.

Christie made the right choice. He wouldn't have cut it in the top flight and might have knackered his career as a council school headmaster.

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Probably wrong on both accounts. Christie didn’t make the choice, he made it pretty clear on the podcast that he would have packed in teaching for the Hibs job. Why you think he wouldn’t have cut it in the top flight I have no idea. I think if you were able to speak to the players who played under him they would tell you otherwise.

[EI255]

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Probably wrong on both accounts. Christie didn’t make the choice, he made it pretty clear on the podcast that he would have packed in teaching for the Hibs job. Why you think he wouldn’t have cut it in the top flight I have no idea. I think if you were able to speak to the players who played under him they would tell you otherwise.

I'm definitely not wrong on one. Duffy DID have a few memorable wins. Fact.

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I'm definitely not wrong on one. Duffy DID have a few memorable wins. Fact.

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I meant both the points regarding Terry Christie.

[O'Rourke3]

Great listen.

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