Lroy Posted January 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Just now, Graeme S said: Of course the events could last for the year of 2019 and could actually cover two seasons over the one calendar year? I think this is possibly where we are headed. Just now, Graeme S said: Is the actual date of formation not January 1869? Meaning our 150th birthday would be January 2019. The first mention of Kilmarnock FC is from the 2nd Jan 1869 Kilmarnock Standard, stating there would be a meeting of the club on the 5th Jan, anybody wanting to become a member is invited. This could either have been the foundation meeting, or, the club already existed and we were just looking to expand. That version of the club didn't really get up to much anyways and probably disbanded. It was re-formed in 1872 with many of the same members and we can trace our roots directly to that formation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdevoy Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 What about a re-print / update of the centenary book from 1969 "Go Fame". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 19 minutes ago, gdevoy said: What about a re-print / update of the centenary book from 1969 "Go Fame". Wasn't that what the 125 & later Everygame books were? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 I'm not sure there is anything new to say about our history other than possibly a book about our cup win in 2012 or maybe even a combined book about the '97 & 2012 wins? St Mirren did a pictorial history which could be interesting? https://www.stmirren.com/news/commercial/commercial-news/1047-limited-edition-140-year-anniversary-pictorial-history-book 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killieboy1869 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) I'd really like a decent Blu-Ray. I have the 125th anniversary VHS but no VHS player now, lol. I should've picked up the reissued DVD with 1997 Cup Final, but never got around to it. If they made a version focusing on the last 25 years, and upgrade the old footage onto BluRay and throw that in as a bonus disk, I'd settle for that... If they could do something more, then even better. Edited January 14, 2018 by killieboy1869 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 3 minutes ago, killieboy1869 said: I'd really like a decent Blu-Ray. I have the 125th anniversary VHS but no VHS player now, lol. I should've picked up the reissued DVD with 1997 Cup Final, but never got around to it. If they made a version focusing on the last 25 years, and upgrade the old footage onto BluRay and throw that in as a bonus disk, I'd settle for that... If they could do something more, then even better. 125 is up on Killiefc TV. In 'HD' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewzy Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Last May I asked David Ross on twitter if he had any plans for a 150 book. He said no but he intended to contact the club and he would let John Livingston or Richard Cairns use his 125 template if they wished. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, ewzy said: Last May I asked David Ross on twitter if he had any plans for a 150 book. He said no but he intended to contact the club and he would let John Livingston or Richard Cairns use his 125 template if they wished. Awesome 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) 23 minutes ago, CB said: Wasn't that what the 125 & later Everygame books were? Go Fame by Hugh Taylor was a flimsy brochure compared to Dave Ross' history of the club. Everygame was an opponent by opponent review, again by Ross. I'm sure he would be open to his history being updating , and younger supporters might be interested in purchasing. I checked yesterday and a used copy - only one available - costs £47 on Amazon. Edited January 14, 2018 by skygod 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Bit off topic but does anyone have a comprenhensive list of the books published on Killie?I have perhaps 7 or 8 Killie books I think? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 2 minutes ago, Graeme S said: Bit off topic but does anyone have a comprenhensive list of the books published on Killie?I have perhaps 7 or 8 Killie books I think? The aforementioned go fame, 125, everygame. When we were champions? Produced for the 40th. Killie greats. That photobook thing. 100 years at rugby park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 1 minute ago, CB said: The aforementioned go fame, 125, everygame. When we were champions? Produced for the 40th. Killie greats. That photobook thing. 100 years at rugby park. I dont think I have the "photobook thing" what is that? though I have the rest and also "Who's Who" and "Killie 'til I die". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 4 minutes ago, Graeme S said: I dont think I have the "photobook thing" what is that? though I have the rest and also "Who's Who" and "Killie 'til I die". I have a sneaky fealing that KillieGreats is the photo one. Dude was outside the shop, signing it. Tried to flog me his great gaes one too. Got it confused with the infinitely better killie til i die...Which was also about players, but with words rather than pictures 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Kilmarnock - Champions of Scotland 1964-65 (Rob Hadgraft) Fifty Years of the Finest Matches (Gordon Allison) Kilmarnock Football Club - Images of Sport (Gordon Allison) Who's Who (Bill Donnachie) Killie 'Til I Die (Richard Cairns & Gordon Allison) We Were The Champions (John Livingston) Field of Dreams (Cairns & Livingston) Plus there was another soft-back book about Killie Heroes or something. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 11 minutes ago, skygod said: Kilmarnock - Champions of Scotland 1964-65 (Rob Hadgraft) Fifty Years of the Finest Matches (Gordon Allison) Kilmarnock Football Club - Images of Sport (Gordon Allison) Who's Who (Bill Donnachie) Killie 'Til I Die (Richard Cairns & Gordon Allison) We Were The Champions (John Livingston) Field of Dreams (Cairns & Livingston) Plus there was another soft-back book about Killie Heroes or something. + Go Fame -Hugh taylor Everygame:NEW Official History- David Ross Killie the Official History - David Ross I hoped I would be missing some I could add to my collection but I seem to have them all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garye Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 I had a thought recently that given the amount of books relating to our history/players etc one of the things that might be a bit different to do for the 150th would be something about the experience of the fans. A couple of years after Fever Pitch, Nick Hornby brought out an anthology called "My Favourite Year" which was an anthology of football writing by a variety of fans of different clubs. My thought was that it would be good to do similar but with the perspectives/stories etc of a variety of just Killie fans? Not too sure what the market for it would be mind you...... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 Sadly there are some books about Ayr that would be interesting if about Killie. The managers? Ayr United at war. 1 Honest Man,4 Perspectives :Forty-five years as an Ayr fan Ayr Utd On this day A book following Killie for every game in the season would be good?Like A Season With Verona by Tim Parks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DuncD Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 34 minutes ago, Graeme S said: A book following Killie for every game in the season would be good?Like A Season With Verona by Tim Parks. Phenomenal book. Read it a couple of times. Would be great to see a killie version. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme S Posted January 14, 2018 Report Share Posted January 14, 2018 40 minutes ago, DuncD said: Phenomenal book. Read it a couple of times. Would be great to see a killie version. Yes it is and Tim Parks is a fine writer.Do we have anyone of that standard available to write a Killie book?McIlvaney,Graeme Macrae Burnett,David Ross(x2) or the guy who wrote Kerby? Or maybe one of us has a yet to be discovered talent for writing? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel4 Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 13 hours ago, Graeme S said: Yes it is and Tim Parks is a fine writer.Do we have anyone of that standard available to write a Killie book?McIlvaney,Graeme Macrae Burnett,David Ross(x2) or the guy who wrote Kerby? Or maybe one of us has a yet to be discovered talent for writing? @Dillinger your up! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dillinger Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 Flattered to be thought of. Would absolutely love to write a book about Killie, but not possible in the timescale. With a full time job and a young family, it takes me fecking ages to write anything! Could only do something like this if you set aside loads of time for research to make it as comprehensive as possible. Och, you've got me thinking about how fun it would be to write now! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted January 15, 2018 Report Share Posted January 15, 2018 42 minutes ago, Dillinger said: Flattered to be thought of. Would absolutely love to write a book about Killie, but not possible in the timescale. With a full time job and a young family, it takes me fecking ages to write anything! Could only do something like this if you set aside loads of time for research to make it as comprehensive as possible. Och, you've got me thinking about how fun it would be to write now! Pick a game from every year & write a fantasy match report on it. 150 pages. BOOM! 'Saltcoats Vics kept it tight...for the first 100 seconds...' Pre 1940s (cup wins aside) there'll no be many about to tell you, if you're talking pish. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 It’s time to think about soveniers for our anniversary . We need get them on sale soon to capitalise on our good form. It would be good to get the football strip out soon . It would be interesting to hear what the club had to say. Also what do the trust think also. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 Patience. They know what they are doing. And, we don't want to peak too soon. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killie alan Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I agree with what your saying mate but it would be nice to get something on sale. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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