Millennium Champions: The wrong shirts

Last updated : 23 March 2010 By Stuart Gillespie

It was the second part of a Cappielow double-header after we'd beaten Morton the week before. Everything was going fine - until Tommy Turner led the team out in luminous Morton shirts. Despite there being no problem when we faced Clydebank in Greenock earlier in the season, the referee had decided our away shirts classed with Clydebank's home shirts. As a result, we had to go with Morton tops. Apparently, the home shirts arrived at half time - but boss Tom Hendrie decided changing them would make us look like a pub team. As opposed to wearing Morton shirts...


The 8-0 drubbing two weeks ago had come thanks to Clydebank playing a useless trialist in goals. Unfortunately, they'd found themselves a proper goalkeeper for this one by the name of Stephen Hutchison (no, me neither). He didn't have much to do and, to be honest, I can't remember much about this game apart from the shirts.


What I do remember is top scorer and Cappielow lover Mark Yardley missing a sitter, somehow managing to hit the post when he only had to tap the ball home. It truly was a horrible day and one quickly to be forgotten - although nowhere near as bad as last Sunday!


Before our next game against Airdrie, the transfer deadline was due to pass. Unlike these days, we did actually make some signings - and they were to prove rather helpful in the title run-in.