I was at T in the Park on Friday and saw a chap wearing one so, in the spirit of OTF forensic enquiry, asked him the relevance of the names.

The relevance for him was that they had all apparently scored "great goals" for Scotland. I asked if the lack of Old Firm association for the three players was significant and he said, "No, I'm Celtic, Big Man".

With that we wished each other well as he beckoned me in to the shaky high five that seems to be the festival's customary greeting and farewell out front.

BTW, the shirt actually reads ;

Thank god for

Law
Gemmill
McFadden

Keep up the good work.

In other related news , The Verve's event shirts were an attempt at a version of the Helvetica 'John, Paul, George & Ringo" ones but they did them in their own type face and with their surnames. They really are total gumbies.

Spanners.

Here it is;



Pitiful.

For the record, I was trying to imply it was the manufacturer playing safe by avoiding OF links, rather than for example a Rangers fan refusing to wear something with Kenny Dalglish's name on it.

And yes, that Verve tee is pish.

Hey Blameless,

Did your brother ever get round to converting those old Euro videos? It just popped into my head the other day.

Harri Saer wrote:

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Here it is;



Pitiful.

I've just realised they didn't even get the punctuation right. Can't they be forcibly disbanded for this?

Cool, a T-shirt for an investment bank is it?

HoH: he claims to have sorted it out, but as yet I've seen no DVDs. I'll bend his ear about it when I call him later today.

Thanks Blameless.

To me it seems a perfectly natural trio to pick, they might not be the best three players Scotland have ever had, but there are reasons for each of them being held in especial reverence. The lack of Old Firm affiliation thing hadn't occurred to me, but it probably helps too, yeah, they're entirely non-divisive figures.

i'd say it's to do with the perceived romanticism of the renegade scruffy gallus player.

the reasons for law are obvious, gemmill for his cameo in trainspotting and dont underestimate the tartan army's love for faddy.

Yoss wrote:

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To me it seems a perfectly natural trio to pick, they might not be the best three players Scotland have ever had, but there are reasons for each of them being held in especial reverence. The lack of Old Firm affiliation thing hadn't occurred to me, but it probably helps too, yeah, they're entirely non-divisive figures.

Do you really? Law I can accept, he was before my time but he played at the highest level in club football and is the countries top goalscorer.

Gemmill, he had an excellent club career and did well internationally but was he even the best Scottish player of his generation? I'd argue that Dalglish, Souness even Jordan were better players and someone like Danny McGrain, albeit from an unfashionable playing position, was arguably a better player.

McFadden is certainly the most effective creative player we've got just now however he isn't anywhere near as good as the other 2.

bruno glanvilla wrote:

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gemmill for his cameo in trainspotting

I'm struggling to accept that there aren't far more significant reasons.

But that isn't the premise.

It's about transcendent goals, not sustained brilliance.

The English version would have Geoff Hurst, and the Italian one would feature Marco Tardelli and Fabio Grosso. The French one might even have Manu Petit, FFS.

Gallus?

I don't think he's ever scored a crucial goal for France, has he?