Welcome to theYear 2000 Temple Of Saints Survey Awards (TOSSAs). Now in their 3rd year and voted on by the Saints mailing list and via this Web Site, the results below represents their views on how Saints "greatest" ever season looked. If you can be bothered previous awards can be found here for 1997-98 and here for 1998-99.
The nominations are divided into 5 categories The Season, Europe (new for 2000 only), The Players, The Cult Heroes (new for 2000), The Media, Off The Park (new for 2000)and finally The Future. Many thanks to everyone that caused me loads of work totalling the scores by taking the time to vote. As usual there are some surprises (though not as many as last year) and some shall we say weird people out there. Right tuxedo on and it's on with the show.......
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OTHER NOMINATIONS |
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The "1997 New Year's Day Commemorative Gubbing" Award for Best Home Performance |
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55 | 3-3 Draw
with Monaco (32 Votes) (3-1 win over Rangers) |
With no win over the OF
this year it's not really surprising that the award goes to the
preservation of the unbeaten record and the 5 minutes when we thought
we'd put the French millionaires out. Runner up was the 2-1 win over Scumdee with 8 votes and the 2-0 win over the Arabs with 4. Others mentioned included the wins over Vaasa, Aberdeen and Killie and the 1-1 draw with Rangers. |
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The "Any Trip to Dens Park" Award for Best Away Performance |
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55 | 0-3 v
Monaco (12 Votes) (3-0 Win v Hearts (League Cup)) |
A bit closer this one but
the trip to the South of France won through unlike Saints on the night
(though who can forget seeing a 0-0 scoreboard at half-time). Joint runners up were the 0-0 draw at Ibrox and the 3-0 win at Pittodrie in September. Other votes came in for the 3-3 draw with Hibs, the Vaasa away leg and the wins at Killie, Dens and Tannadice. |
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The "Let's Ban Sky" Award for Worst Home Performance |
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55 | 0-0 draw
with Killie (15 Votes) (7-0 Defeat to the Forces Of Darkness) |
Arguably the worst SPL game
ever the drab draw in March edging it by one vote over the opening day
4-1 slaughter by the Jambos. Third place was the Scumdee 1-0 defeat whilst other votes went to the Arabs defeat, the 2-0 Rangers debacle in April and the Celtic win-that-never-was with one vote for "Any defeat". |
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The "Ochilview" Award for Worst Away Performance |
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55 | 1-2 defeat
v Motherwell (11 Votes) (5-0 defeat v Sellik) |
Bit of a mixed bag this one
but the boys throwing the game away in April when Jones was sent off was
a clear winner. Second place went to the other defeat to Motherwell whilst other votes went to the Parkhead games, the first Ibrox match and the defeats by Aberdeen and United. Oh yes one vote for "Any defeat" and one for the supporters loss to Erin Hibs!! |
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The "Who Needs a Striker Now?" Certificate for Goal of the Season |
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55 | Bollan's
long-ranger v Dundee (34 Votes) (Georgios Half-Way Line Lob v. Motherwell) |
Way ahead of anyone else
Bo-Bo's 40-yd opener against Scumdee in the 2-1 win was the clear
favourite. 2nd place went to Jones for the Sportscene Goal of the Season v Motherwell but that had 4 votes. Others mentioned were Marc Millars v Dundee, Nathans in Vaasa, Jones volley at Easter Rd, Danny's free kick against the Arabs, Keyring's free kick at Easter Rd and "the 1st one at home to Monaco for giving me hope". I remember those days as well !! |
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The "Craig Brown Selection" Medallion for Save of the Season |
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55 | Main in
Monaco (18 Votes) (Alan Main v Dundee 23/05/99) |
Most people didn't vote for
specific saves but more for the performance so Alan wins through for the
game of his life..well until the sky caved in, with Baldy Barthez even
praising him. 2nd place not surprisingly went to Robbos 2nd half performance at Ibrox in the 0-0 draw with 9 votes. Others mentioned were Mains save from Durie in the Scottish Cup game, Robbos at Rugby Park and Mains penalty save from TFOD. |
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The "Gerry McMahon Injury" Scroll for Biggest Disappointment of the Season |
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55 | Rotten Cup
Runs (8 Votes) (Losing the League Cup Final) |
So many different votes but
the crap cup runs after the joys of 1998-99 won through...unlike Saints. Other votes went to (deep breath), Lack of Sexy Football, too short a Euro run, Moaners, Not scoring in Monaco, the clubs attitude at the 2nd Rangers game, Miguel and Gerry, Contract Disputes, Failing to score against 9-man TFOE, losing to the sheep / arabs, Pope. Perhaps to bring it into perspective there were 3 votes for "The end of Biscuits career". |
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The "Makes It All Worthwhile" Award for Most Satisfying Moment or Event |
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55 | Putting 3
past Barthez (9 Votes) (Europe!!!) |
The home match of the
season wins through with Baldy left with oeuf on his face after we did
what Italy couldnt. Elsewhere in a disappointing season there was a lot to be happy about. 2nd place went to the "March to the ground in Vaasa" with 5 votes (something the 200 or so of us that were there will always remember). 3rd went to finishing above both Scumdee teams then other votes came in for Chiefs penalty kick, finishing 5th after a bad season, Shutting up the moaners at Easter Rd, beating Dundee at home in the last minute, Roddys testimonial, kick-off in Monaco, half-time in Monaco etc etc. |
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The "Better Than The Pub" Award for Team Giving Most Entertainment Value |
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55 | Monaco (17 Votes) (Kilmarnock) |
Again no contest this with
the Euro giants winning easily. 2nd were TFOD with 12 votes then
Aberdeen with 9 and Hibs with 7 (the latter more due to our results
against them). Other votes were for Dundee, Sellik and Vaasa. |
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The "Boghead Drainage System" Memorial Award for Best Away Ground |
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55 | Stade
Louis in Monaco (17 Votes) (Celtic Park) |
As above this was an easy
winner with anyone that made the trip realising the difference in
quality in the grounds. 2nd place went to Rugby Park with 9 votes (probably due to the atmosphere on the last day), then Parkhead with 8. Other votes went to East Stirling, Vaasa, Aberdeen, Brockville, Motherwell, Tynecastle, Ibrox and Dens. |
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The "OF Domination" Plaque for the Best Thing to Happen to Scottish Football |
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55 | Caley
beating Celtic (9 Votes) (Saints Qualify For Europe) |
Plenty to pick from but the
laugh we had at another Sellik in Crisis period won through. 2nd place went jointly to Saints being in Europe (well the coefficient did go up) and the increase in league sizes. Others mentioned included Falkirk not being promoted, beating England 1-0, the Sellik bouncer v Keevins, St. Mirren getting promoted, Barnes getting the sack, Jocky Scott getting the sack and Saints signing Tommy. |
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The "Sacking of Totten AntiChrist" Award for the Worst Thing to Happen to Scottish Football |
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55 | OF
Domination of League (13 Votes) (Dundee Utd. Staying Up) |
Not surprisingly the gap
between the OF and the rest isn't viewed as a good thing in Sainteeland. 2nd place went to Aberdeen staying up whilst others voted for included Biscuits career ending, OF Bigotry, the league split next year, the Pars getting promoted, no relegation from SPL, losing to England and Judas keeping his job. |
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The "Embassy Regal / Roddy Grant" Award for the Most Saintee-esque Moment of the Season |
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55 | Saints
making an Arse of the Rangers game (5 Votes) (O'Neils penalty miss at Ibrox) |
Another wide selection of
topics but the cock-up in April by the club/polis/stewards wins by one
vote from "the way we went out of Europe". Elsewhere there are mentions for Dallas awarding the Sellik goal, getting Rangers in the cup, losing a last-minute goal at Easter Rd, cheering for a trialist at Roddys testimonial, O'Malleys bar, getting gubbed on the opening day and the moaners at Easter Rd and about 20 other subjects. |
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The "Rolf Harris" Grammy for Song/Chant of the season |
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54 | 'Tax
dodging bastards' (10 Votes) (We Hate Dundee) |
The remixed classic as sung
in Monte Carlo wins easily. 2nd place was the "Dundee Family" as sung at Rugby Park with 8 votes and 3rd "We can smell you over here" with 5. Others mentioned were "Sit down if you hate" as sung in Vaasa in the street, "Wheres yer Lubo Gone", "Happy Birthday Roddy". Funniest mentions to "We're not moaning any more" as sung at Easter Rd, "We hate Dundee" as sung by 2 Finnish girls in a burger bar in Vaasa and "I'm Horny..." as sung in Vaasa town square. Aah memories. |
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The "Penalty At Ibrox Miracle" Award for Best Ref of the Season |
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55 | John
Rowbotham (11 Votes) (Hugh Dallas) |
Wins it by a single vote from Mr Dallas although a certain non-goal award from the latter probably scuppered his chances. 3rd place went to Willie Young with 9 votes and others mentioned included Jim McCluskey, Vaasa home leg, Mike McCurry, Tom Brown and Stuart Dougal (he must be getting better). |
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The "Aw no him" Award for Worst Ref of the Season |
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55 | Stuart
Dougal (12 Votes) (Stuart Dougal) |
...or not as he retains his
title after some dire work over the season by one vote from Shuggy
Dallas. Other votes went to Kenny Clark, Willie Young, Jim McCluskey, Mike McCurry amongst many others with a solitary vote to "All Wegie Refs". |
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The "Fergus hates Farry" Medal for Most Loathed Person / Institution of the Season |
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55 | Rangers
F.C. (8 Votes) (Paul "Judas" Sturrock) |
The Football Club
themselves win by one vote from their fans in 2nd place - an opinion
probably galvanised by the events in April. It also showed through in the rest of the votes in this category with Stewart Duff picking up 4 votes, Rock Steady 3 and Tayside Police 2. Other big votes went to Celtic, OF Bigots, Dundee FC, Neil McCann, Bobby Gunn, Scotsport and Keevins with the majority of names mentioned having something to do with that media-loved Wegie institution. Still there were some weird votes with the Marr Brothers picking up one for their treatement of Jocky Scott (aren't we sporting) and a solitary vote for Sandy Clark. |
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The "Chic Young Loves Me" Survey for SuperSaint |
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55 | Good
(44 Votes ) Bad (11 Votes ) |
Well maybe the club is getting something right after all as Saints own super-mascot receives a good response in his debut season. But will he be able to kick the shit out of Chic the Pric when the BBCs own mascot-hater comes to town next year? |
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The "Where the hell is that?" Survey of Vaasa Voyagers |
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55 | Yes
(18 Votes ) No (37 Votes ) |
Well a fair proportion of voters made the trip and I can say that for those of us that were there Finland will never seem the same again. How strong do you want your beer sir? |
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The "Where's Me Passport" Survey of Monaco Gamblers |
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55 | Yes
(31 Votes ) No (24 Votes ) |
Not surprisingly the numbers went up when we got a classier side and the prospect of a few days amongst the millionaires in the sun. |
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The "It's no as good as Ochilview" Medal for the favourite place. |
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33 | Vaasa
(14 Votes ) Monaco (19 Votes ) |
OK so the voting was a bit weird on this with people saying Monaco was their favourite despite not having the experience of Finland. Of the people who made both trips the majority plumped for Vaasa with the more intimate atmosphere gaining the plaudits. |
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The "Sun, Sand and Sex" List of the Top 3 favourite memories |
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129 | Scoring 3
v Monaco (13 Votes ) Atmosphere in the Stade Louis (11 Votes ) March to Vaasa Ground (10 Votes ) |
Votes for both home and
away legs made and each was counted as one vote. Fairly close though
with everyone having their own memories of what they call the "UEFA
Experience", with the bigger game winning more votes. Others mentioned included: O'Malleys Bar, Mains performance in Monaco, Weir leading the team out at McDiarmid, 9000 crowd for the Vaasa game, Canton square before the Monaco game, Vaasa girls, French girls, Drink, Vaasa town square, Seeing the board get pissed in O'Malleys. There was one vote for "Going somewhere where every 2nd top wasn't an OF one" and one which sums it all up "Just being there". |
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The "Shits, Pikes and Hangovers" List of the Top 3 Disappointments |
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109 | Losing 3
in Monaco (20 Votes ) Too Short a Run in Europe (13 Votes ) Prices to get There (10 Votes ) |
Not surprisingly the
undeserved winning marging for Baldys Boys wins easily with the abrupt
end to the whole experience and the cost of it all 2nd and 3rd. Others listed were only drawing with Vaasa away, 5pm kick-off for the home leg, Too many anti-Dundee songs, lack of media coverage, French police, Hangovers, Monaco fans, lack of partying time in Finland, Clubs handling of it all, Monaco getting the draw in Perth and Miguels miss when it was 0-0. Weirdest vote went to "Dodgy hairdryers in Hotel rooms" whilst 6 went for "Nothing it was all brilliant". |
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The "Mickey Mouse Tournament" Choice of entering the Intertoto Cup |
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55 | Yes
(28 Votes ) No (27 Votes ) |
Surprisingly close this one but perhaps we're just being generous and letting the players have a wee break. Either that or our bank balances !!! |
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The "John Brogan Memorial" Award for Best Saints Player This Season |
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55 |  Danny Griffin (17 Votes) (John O'Neil) |
Well a clear winner for the
central defender who may or may not hang around for next season. 2nd place went to Keith O'Halloran with 10 votes which makes it all the worse that the player still isn't round but is a tribute to his form for the entire season. 3rd was Gary Bollan with 8 votes - another who played most of the season. Others mentioned were Kane and Weir (5 each), Nathan(4), Del (3) and Main(2). Not as big a range as expected. |
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The "Andy Brannigan Understudy" Award for Worst Saints Player This Season |
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55 |  Gerry McMahon (20 Votes) (Gerry McMahon) |
Another clear winner with
twice the 2nd place vote and Gerry retains the unfortunate title for a
2nd year. Still he's away now and we'll need a new target next year. 2nd was John McQuillan with 10 votes - a poor season ending in him heading for Arabland and own goals. Others mentioned were Frail (7 votes), Pope, Miguel and Jones (3 each), Kane (2) and a single vote for Georgio, Dods , O'Halloran and Keyring. |
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The "Vinny Arkins £5m In A Few Years" Award for the Most Improved Saints Player This Season |
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55 |  Keith O'Halloran (26 Votes) (John O'Neil) |
Another clear winner with
Chiefs improvement over the season (despite the lack of goals) and
versatility winning over some fans. Didn't stop him leaving though. 2nd was shared between Robbo and Parker with 9 votes each. Others mentioned were Lowndes (4), Bollan and Pope (2 each) and McCulloch and Paddy Thing with one apiece. |
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The "Fat Keepers Memorial Rolex" Award for the Best Ambassador for the Club |
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55 |  Jim Weir (22 Votes) (Jim Weir) |
3rd year in a row for the
club captain who put in some excellent performances in defence. 2nd place went to Roddy Grant with 13 votes. Others mentioned were St. Sandy and Main (4 each), Danny and Geoff (2 each) and one apiece for Parker, Kane, Kernaghan, Dasovic and Del. I wonder if the votes would be different given the want-away stories in the press over the summer? |
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The "Marble Staircase Story Revisited (Again)" Award for the Biggest Embarrassment for Saints |
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55 | Gerry McMahon (15 Votes) (Paddy Connolly) |
2nd award of the year for
the now-departed Gerry and reflects the disappointment of the fans in
the form of the £80,000 signing. 2nd place went to Stewart Duff (10 votes) with the Rangers debacle still fresh in the minds of the fans (more on that later) Others mentioned were McQuillan and Miguel (6 each), Frail (5), Thomas (3), Paddy (2) and one each for Jones, Dods, the OF Ticket Fiasco and Tommy Lovenkrands (although this is probably more of the clubs handling of it all). Finally one vote for "None". Someone easily pleased then.. |
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The "I Cant Be Bothered Typing Dinos Name Out In the Match Reports" Award for the Best Nickname of the Season |
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55 |  Kiegan "Nosey" Parker (8 Votes) (Darren "Forrest Gump" Dods) |
Plenty to pick from this
year with some new favourites and Kiegan getting the award by one vote
from Pope McBride in 2nd Others mentioned included Marco the Vs (4), Forrest Gump (4), Corporal Jones(3), Shite (1) - apparently thats Stephen Frail !!, Goalden Graeme (2), Cartman (1), TrezeGrant (1), Meesiah (5), Legend (2) and funniest of all "Oor Wullie" Simone for one of our dear Monaco opponents. |
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The "Chirpy Cheeky Chick Charnley Red Card" Award for the Funniest Moment of the Season |
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53 | Moravcik
getting sent off (9 Votes) (St Sandy "Where's that f**king wanker Keevins") |
Nobody really knows what
went on in the dressing room but the red card of the season gets the
vote for providing most laughs (not much else did that afternoon). A wide range of other votes though including : Watching Scumdee fans when we won 2-1 at home, Neil McCann kicking the corner flag, McQullans form since he left, Miguels golden handshake demands, Wiggys hairpiece, Barnes sacking, Caley Thistles win in the cup, Sandy Clarks fight with Billy Davies. One vote as well for "Stewart Duffs letter to the fans after the Rangers game". Make of that what you will. |
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The "Fererro Rocher 'With These Players You Are Spoiling Us" Award for the Ideal Saints Side |
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55 | Main,
Chief, Blaster, Danny, Jimbo, Del, Dasovic,Kano, Lowndes, Parker, Tommy
Lovenkrands (Main, McQuillan, Bollan, Dasovic, Dods, Kernaghan, Keyring, Kane, O'Neil, Nathan, Miguel) |
Well for once there was a
clear winner with 5 going for the same eleven players (although some
went 4-4-2 and some 3-4-3). Other variations had Robbo in goal, Danny at right-back, Kernaghan in defence, Pope, Millar, Lauchlan in midfield and Jones, Thomas, Paddy, Georgio, Roddy up front. Given most votes were in before Tommy signed it possibly shows the high hopes we have for him. Good to see Parker getting some credit as well. Weirder votes were for "Any of them" and "Any team that plays sexy football". Hopefully we'll get our wish next season. |
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The "Almost fit to lace Roddy's boots" Medallion for Best non-Saints Player in the Scottish League |
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53 | Billy
Dodds (9 Votes) (Henrik Larsson) |
Billy the Whiz takes over
from twice-winner Henprick although Larsson was 2nd with 7 votes (along
with Verukka) Others mentioned included Mols, Kenny Miller, Barry Ferguson, Twaddle, Van Bronkhurts, Sauzee, Latapy, Numan and Moravprick amongst others. Strangest vote went to Kenny Dalglish !!! |
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The "Oleg Salenko" Medallion for Worst non-Saints Player in the Scottish League |
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55 | Barry "Overrated
Twat" Ferguson (7 Votes) (Alex Mathie) |
Much bigger range but Barry
(with his middle name thoughtfully provided by one voter) wins through.
Not sure why but the club probably has something to do with it. 2nd was Rab the Scab Douglas with 4 votes and 3rd Darren Jackson with 3. Others mentioned amongst loads of names) included all the Aberdeen defence in one form or another, McSwegan, McQuillan, Lee Wilkie, Grady, Billy Dods, Leighton, "Anyone in an Arab top" and weirdest of all "Keevins"? |
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The "Geoff Brown Bonus Scheme" Scroll of Contract Renewals |
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Restricted to those who
specified one or more player there are some interesting votes. Del, Gerry, Keith and Danny are the ones that generated most opinions for different reasons. Elsewhere opinions were mixed. Paddy was the only other negative although Kernaghan and McAnespie generated some Dump votes as well. Possibly more interesting is the number of people who aren't really bothered if the players stay. Whether it's because we don't rate them or are of the mind that St. Sandy can get as good under Bosman etc is open to debate. |
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55 | Scoring v
Airdrie in 1990 (12 Votes) |
Plenty of memories both on
and off the park for the Legend which reflects how long he was at the
club, but the performance in the 3-1 win in the 1989-90 Championship
season won through. 2nd place was the volley v Falkirk in 1997's 4-1 win at Brockville and 3rd the fans singing "Happy Birthday" in Monaco. Others mentioned included getting red-carded for fisting the ball into the net in the Sellik league cup tie, appearing on Sportscene with Biscuits on the jobshare, his testimonial penalty, smoking a fag on the balcony at Monaco, and the goals in the 5-0 Aberdeen win and the 3-2 win at Tynecastle in 1990. There was also 1 vote for scoring for Partick v Saints (when Hermann got the sack) and one vote which sums it all up - "Too many". |
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55 | League Cup
Semi-Final goal v Hearts (46 Votes) |
What can I say? He'll be
sadly missed on and off the park at the club but one wonder-strike will
bring a smile to the face of Saintees everywhere when we remember it. Only 3 others mentioned. His solo goal v Accies got 5 votes, the appearance on Sportscene got 1 and there were 3 votes for the Biscuits for Scotland campaign. |
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55 | Can't
think of one (20 Votes) |
Hmm what do I say. He
wasn't a real cult hero and didn't stand out in many games but his
departure has brought out a lot of bitter feelingstowards the Arab. 2nd place with 9 votes was "Getting rid of him" and 3rd with 8 was the 40-yarder he scored against Dundee Utd. Other minor votes included his goal v the Pars 2 years ago and his own goal in his first Utd match. Bitter us? Never. |
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53 | Scoring 2
v Vaasa (13 Votes) |
Only with us for around 18
months but plenty of memories from the Portuguese hitman with the UEFA
home leg the most memorable. 2nd place was the start of the "Oh Miguel" celebration against Sellik. Others mentioned included setting up Keyring for the last goal in the 3-1 win over Rangers, scoring against Rangers this season and scoring with his belly against Sellik. Stranger nominations included "Staying on his feet for 10 minutes", "In the bogs at 'That Bar'" adn in a non-bitter way "Forgotten him already". |
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The County Sports Home Strip NameCheck for the Cult Hero of 1999/2000 |
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55 | Keith O'Halloran (17 Votes) |
Well he's away now but if
he's stayed there might have been an abundance of tops bearing the name
of the player who came from being shite last year to earn the affection
of the fans. 2nd place was another departee in Roddy Grant with 11 votes. Others named included Bollan (7), Weir (5), Lowndes (4), Dods (2), Jones (2), Lauchlan, Parker, Robbo and strangest of all Tommy Lovenkrands with one apiece. |
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The East Stand Moaners Selection for Cult Hero of 2000/2001 |
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55 |  Tommy Lovenkrands (18 Votes) |
Well given that there were
a lot of votes in early it's a sign of the impact that the signing of
Tommy made that he won with a massive late surge in the vote. 2nd place went to O'Halloran with 8 votes and 3rd was Kiegan with 7. Others mentioned included Pope (5), Dods (3), Lowndes (4), Jones (3), Panther (1), Main (1) and Brendan Crozier (1). With the loss of Chief, Roddy and Bisciuts in the one season it's good to see the future of the Saintee cult hero is alive and well. |
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The "Danny Griffin Namecheck" Award for Best National Newspaper Coverage |
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55 | Sun (15 Votes) ( Sun) |
The Sun retains it's award
easily from a 2nd places "None all crap" nomination with 11
votes. 3rd was the Retard with 9 whilst others included the Daily Mail, Express, Herald, Sporting Life, Courier, Scotsman and Scotland On Sunday-Line. With the media coverage not as bad as in previous years it's heartening to see a wider range of papers being voted on. |
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The "Jim Griffin Namecheck" Award for Worst National Newspaper Coverage |
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55 | Daily
Record (16 Votes) (Daily Record) |
3rd year running and even
the presence of Messrs Cowan and Cosgrove can't stop Saints fans
loathing the OF-dedicated sports pages that dominate the paper. 2nd was the Scotsman with 9 probably due to their unbiased coverage of Saints v Embra teams. Others nominated included the Courier, Sunday Post, Daily Star, Sun, Express, Herald and Daily Mail with 5 going for the "None all crap" choice. |
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The "Sky Comes to McD" Award for Best TV/Radio Saints Coverage |
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55 | Radio
Scotland (20 Votes) (Radio Scotland) |
No change here then with
the fans favourite from a Saturday afternoon coming through well ahead
of Scotsport with 12 votes in 2nd and Sky with 10 in 3rd. Actually the 2nd for Scotsport is a good vote for them given the presence of Erchie "Name more than 3 Saints players" McPherson. Others nominated included Sportscene, Radio Tay, Scot FM, Scotland On-Line and 3 votes for "All Crap". |
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The "Cover the OF Instead" Award for Worst TV/Radio Saints Coverage |
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55 | Scotsport (23 Votes) (Scotsport) |
Well some things never
change and Erchie and Delacunt shine through once more. 2nd place was Sportscene with 12 votes (mainly due to Gordon "Plug my Players" Smiff. Others nominated included Radio Scotland, Radio Tay, Scotland On-line, Scot FM, Sky and 3 votes for "All crap". |
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The "Muirton Park Press Card 92-93" Award for Media Falsehood of the Year |
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44 | Keevins
Shite (11 Votes) (Flop Comments - Keevins) |
2nd year in a row for the
Nasal Nuisance despite the limited range of nominations his Sunday Mail
Senile Meanderings win through. 2nd place went to "Welshman" Graeme Jones (various papers). Others included Radio Tay's wonderful UEFA commentaries, Murdos Monaco Name Game with Saints players, "Rangers are World Beaters", anything Charlie Nicholas says amongst others. Weird vote went to the guy who simply said "Jim Farry" ????? |
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Pundit / Reporter of the Year |
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53 | Bob
Crampsey (12 Votes) (Stuart Cosgrove - Off the Ball) |
The veteran pundit gets the
award probably cos he's the only one worth listening to on Sportsound
and is at least willing to try and learn the names of players in non-OF
teams. 2nd place went surprisingly to Richard Gordon although it may have been a sympathy vote for the Dons fan. Others nominated included Stuart Cosgrove, Gordon Smith, Gordon Bannerman, Tam Cowan , Jim Traynor, Derek Johnstone, Charlie Mann, Bill Leckie and Alan Patullo (the latter for his Scotsman article on the fans in Vaasa). Oh yes and 2 voted for "All Crap". |
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The "Gerry" Hall of Fame for Worst Pundit / Reporter |
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55 | Hugh
Keevins (25 Votes) (Hugh Keevins) |
2nd year in a row for the
Nasal Nuisance which goes along with the Media Falsehood Title. "Were
you at the award ceremony caller?". 2nd was Gordon the Agent with 7 votes. Others included Graeme Spiers, Derek Johnstone, Jim Delacunt, Jim Traynor, Tam Cowan, Bill Leckie, Gerry McNee, Chic Young, Gordon Wallace - Radio Tay and Charlie Nicholas. Nobody voted for "All Crap" so it's nice to see you all have an opinion. |
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The "Almost as Popular as the Pammy Video" Scroll for the Best WWW Site of the Season |
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53 | All
Saints (14 Votes)(Blue Heaven) |
Close one this with only 4
votes between the winner and Blue Heaven in 2nd. Others included the official club site (5), PA, Shrine of the Saintees (3), Courier, Soccernet, Scotland On-Line, Sporting Life, Football365, Spursweb(?), DotMusic (????) amongst others. Oh yes and 2 votes for the Temple which was nice. |
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The "I'm not interested in the Tannadice job" Award for Quote of the Season |
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49 | "These
Things Even Themselves out over the season" - J. Barnes. (8 Votes) ("Not bad for flops" - Sandy Clark) |
Low poll for this showing
perhaps how forgettable the season was. But Barnseys post-match comments
after the goal-that-never-was stuck in the mind and he wins by one vote. 2nd was Geoff Brown's media slagging of Moravprick and 3rd with 5 votes was Trevor Stevens ridiculous assertion that "Everyone supports the OF in Europe". More seriously were the 3 votes for "Home Support Only" signs at McD for a certain match in April, Geoff Brown's post-match comment that week of "Safety is more important than money" and "Sit down or you'll be out" from a steward at McDiarmid. On the funnier side there were nominations for the Larsson song we learnt in Finland, "Trialist, Trialist give us a wave" for Tommy, "Christ O'Hallorans taking a penalty" at the Hibs game", "Stick yer Monte Carlo up yer arse" as shouted out the train back to Nice, "Where's Vaasa". Two though which probably sum up the season were "I had 10 pints of Guinness and a vindaloo last night, Dougal, but I still Didn't know what real shite was till I saw your performance " aimed at the worst ref in Scotland and 'If I die tomorrow, I'll have a smile on my face" Saints fan in Vaasa in O'Malleys. |
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The "You Should Be In The Papers" Citation for Best Poster to the Mailing List |
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30 | Kev Heller (8 Votes) |
Right well that's the next
3 questions out of next years awards list as apathy reigns supreme. For this year though Kev Heller wins the award (probably cos he's top poster). 2nd place was yours truly with 7 votes whilst Jamie the Stud's Harem could only wangle him 6 votes in 3rd. Others who were actually nominated included Paula, Jim Eccleston and Steve Harker. |
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The "You Should Be In The Jail" Award for Best Poster to the Mailing List |
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25 | Jamie the
Stud (9 Votes) |
Similar apathy here but
Jamie gets the vote probably for his constant Sex Machine boasts. 2nd place was shared between Paula and Kev whilst Dave Low was 3rd with 3 votes. Others mentioned were Steve Wiggets and Robert Thomson. Finally one person voted for "Match Reports". Luckily I'm not that easily offended you anonymous shit. |
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The "This is Better Than Going To The Game" Medal for Best Subject of Season 1999-2000 on the Mailing List |
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34 | Wu-Names (9 Votes) |
Non-football related but it
was fun for all of 24 hours. Others mentioned were "Tattoos", the Breakaway Perth League, UEFA Tales, Moaners at Easter Rd, Kev Hellers Criminal Record, Jamies MoM Awards based on radio commentaries and the Match Reports (I feel better now). |
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AWARD |
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VOTES CAST |
And the Winner Is... |
OTHER NOMINATIONS |
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The "Aggies Army" List of Season Ticket Holders |
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55 | Yes - 39 No - 16 |
New for this year to gauge the ratio of diehards amongst us and to see how many would renew. |
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The "Sit Us Amongst The Bigots" Roll of Season Ticket Holder Renewals for 2000-01 |
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55 | Renew - 32 No - 23 |
Allowing for those who are first-timers it still looks like Saints are losing out on the core support next season. How much that has to do with the pricing policy of the club (no price rise but fewer games) compared with the rest of the SPL, how much to do with the league format and finally how much to do with the next question isn't known. |
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The "Let them eat Pie" Barometer of Club / Fan Relationships for Last Season |
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55 | Improved -
1 No Change - 13 Worsened - 41 |
Not much to say here. One
thing though is that those who said it hadn't changed may have suffered
from low expectations. There's no doubt though that the series of PR disasters over the last 12 months has badly damaged the image of the club amongst the supporters. And that's serious. |
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The "Whitewash The Stand" List of Suggested Improvements to the Club |
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107 | Get a
Decent PR Person (21 Votes ) (Employ a Commercial PR Person) |
Unfortunately not much to
be frivolous about here as there were plenty of nominations and votes
along the same lines. It's a sad indictment of the club's image that we still don't think that there's any decent PR work being done. 2nd place with 12 votes was "Cut the prices", a possible reflection on the lack of entertainment on offer. 3rd and more worrying were the 11 votes to remove Stewart Duff (not all phrased as diplomatically. There can be little doubt that the Rangers game and the chief executives treatment of complaints has done either himself or Saints as a whole no favours. Other nominations included making season tickets valid for cup games, "Listen to the fans", "Treat Saints fans with respect", "Move us back to the East Stand", "No movement for OF Games", "Get new Stewards in", "Get new police in" and "More community involvement". On the slightly lighter side one person wanted the fanzines to be sold in the Muirton Suite and there was even a vote for another video to be released (someone suffers from insomnia / masochistic tendencies). |
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AWARD |
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VOTES CAST |
And the Winner Is... |
OTHER NOMINATIONS |
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The "Commemorative UEFA Medallion" Coin Toss To Decide the Managers Fate |
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55 | Keep Him -
48 Sack Him - 7 |
Well that's pretty convincing given the disappointments of the last season. It only means a moan ratio of around 13% next season. |
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The "Roddy or Ronaldo?" List of Players Saints Should Sign |
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86 | Top 3 are
:: Tommy Lovenkrands (15 Votes) Craig Russell (7 Votes) Ricky Gillies (6 Votes (A Striker, Colin Cameron, Steve Crawford). |
Well as I said a lot of the
votes came in before the signings were known and hopefully we'll get 2
of the top 3 votes. Others mentioned included the usual "A Striker" (we signed 2 last year!!), Junior Mendes, Sergei Baltacha Jnr, Barry Lavety (one sad vote), Scott Wilson, Danny Griffin (!!!!), James Grady, Gary Smith, Glynn Hurst, Roberto Baggio (a serious nomination), Gordon Durie, Eddie Annand, Darren Jackson, Pat McGinlay, Roddy, Gary Locke, Jim Lauchlan, Another defender, Stephen Boyack, Sean Devine (Barnet), Iain Anderson, Left-sided midfielder (we've got one now), Stephen Crainey. Interesting to see the move away from strikers though and the need for more midfielders / full backs. |
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The "Mystic Aggie" Prediction List for Next Season |
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55 | League Cup
:: Semi-Final (16 Votes) (Semi-Final) Scottish Cup :: 4th Round (15 Votes ) (Semi-Final) Premier League :: 5th(11 Votes) (Fourth) |
A much wider spread of the
votes in all 3 tournaments. For the SPL it's probably to do with a bit
more uncertainty givent he Pars and St. Mirren promotion and the mixed
form of the other teams. One person expects us to win it with 2 expect
us to get relegated. Most are optimistic enough to get us into the top
half though. For the cups the League Cup is the favourite with the Scottish Cup seeing most of us expecting a humiliation from a lower team or the traditional draw against Rangers in the 3rd round. The real optimists are the 2 that expect us to win the League Cup and the 7 (!) who expect us to win the Scottish Cup. Finally, congratulations to the guy who thinks we'll do the treble - can I have some of those pills as well please? |
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The "Kenny MacDonald" Prediction for Most Promising Saintee Next Season |
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55 | Kiegan Parker (18 Votes ) (Kiegan Parker) |
Clear winner here and high
hopes for next season from the youngster who finally broke through to
keep a regular starting slot in the first team. 2nd with 11 votes was Martin Lauchlan whilst 3rd with 9 was Tommy Lovenkrands. Others nominated includes Georgio (!), Marc McCulloch, McBride, Chris Conway, Martyn Fotheringham and a solitary vote for the Panther !! One worrying aspect was the limite number of names being bandied about in this category. |
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The "School or Club" Dilemma of Youth Opportunities at Saints. |
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55 | Yes - 37
No - 18 |
Interesting this with the majority believing that youth is getting a fair crack of the whip at the club under St. Sandy whilst at the same time nominating plenty of youngsters as "Most Promising Saintee". |
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The "Kirkwood View From The Stand" List of Tactical Changes |
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77 | Go to 3 at
the Back (23 Votes ) |
A clear winner in a
category with not too many nominations. With 2nd place and 15 votes
being "Get back to sexy football" it's plain to see that the
fans weren't too happy at the fare on offer last season. Other nominations included "Get a left winger and play him" (sorted now), "Shoot on sight", "More starts for Nathan behind Jone", "Sub players lacking commitment", "Bring strikers on when getting beat", "Get the midfield to push forward quicker", "Show more fight against the OF", " Play the kids more often", "Sign a big name" and "Dump the dead wood and players that won't play for the jersey". So the verdict is attack, play sexy football and only play those who want to fight for the jersey Sandy and we'll back you all the way. |
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The "Steve H Pessimism" Vote on Saints Future |
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55 | More
Optimistic (41 Votes ) (22) Unchanged (1 Vote ) (1) Less Optimistic (13 Vote ) (5) |
Well it was a pretty dull
season last year and when most of the votes had come in we were set to
lose players without looking like making any signings. But we don't let
that affect our dreams as diehard Saints fans with the vast majority
(which surprised even me) believing that Saints will be a stronger and
better side next year. Let's Hope So!!!! |
