Bodgdan Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Sorry if this has been done before on a where are they now thread but I just saw this and thought this has to be the most bizarre ex player career change I've heard of. Not since Allan Russell got hired to teach Harry Kane how to score goals have I been as gobsmacked. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8507926/?ref_=tt_cl_t7 Another though hit me that he maybe shouldn't be the only ex Killie player now living under an assumed identity. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonbon19 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Didn’t he have that unfortunate run in with Jimmy Calderwood ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livvy Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, Bonbon19 said: Didn’t he have that unfortunate run in with Jimmy Calderwood ? By unfortunate you mean Calderwood was a bullying arsehole and destroyed the boys confidence? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psv_killie Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Yes, bullied and humiliated him. Hope he's doing well over in LA https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/opinion/sport/record-fc-dundee-united-andy-6619048 -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonbon19 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 43 minutes ago, livvy said: By unfortunate you mean Calderwood was a bullying arsehole and destroyed the boys confidence? Yes Calderwood was not the innocent one in this case 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Bodgdan said: Sorry if this has been done before on a where are they now thread but I just saw this and thought this has to be the most bizarre ex player career change I've heard of. Not since Allan Russell got hired to teach Harry Kane how to score goals have I been as gobsmacked. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8507926/?ref_=tt_cl_t7 Another though hit me that he maybe shouldn't be the only ex Killie player now living under an assumed identity. Allan Russell 'acted' too. Was in an episode of River City. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trump Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Great player one of Jim Jeffries best signings. -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caltonkid Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Donald Trump said: Great player one of Jim Jeffries best signings. Who ? Allan Russell ? Must have been a different player that i saw at the Theatre of Pies - he was absolutely mince for us .... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Or does he mean Ryan O'Leary, who had more impact than Russell but that's not saying much 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pompey Repatriated Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 There's something about the actors guild not letting two actors have the same name so that probably explains the pseudonym 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Trump Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 36 minutes ago, caltonkid said: Who ? Allan Russell ? Must have been a different player that i saw at the Theatre of Pies - he was absolutely mince for us .... Aye he was crackin. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 Several threads on this over on the Entertainment board, if anyone wants more. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie1 Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Alan Russell came with such promise and whatever happened failed to live up to that promise. Shame Ryan O Leary easily forgetable . If you ask about defenders in the last few decads he would be one of the last to mention I think JMO and maybe a bit unfair. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Was Allan Russell the botched transfer? He was here, everything checked out, then someone refused to sanction the transfer fee. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, CB said: Was Allan Russell the botched transfer? He was here, everything checked out, then someone refused to sanction the transfer fee. He was. Sportsound must have had a much bigger budget in those days because Chick Young was at RP to monitor all the deadline day activities. Nish was sold to Hibs earlier in the day and we desperately needed a striker. After a lot of "Will he, won't he", Billy Brown came on around midnight (or 11pm, whichever it was) to announce that a deal had been done for Russell just in time. It was only the next day it emerged that it had fallen through - something to do with Airdrie moving the goalposts on the payment terms and MJ putting his foot down. Airdrie probably said that it was the other way around. JJ was livid and BB looked like a haddie, as usual. Edited April 23, 2020 by skygod 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodgdan Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Didn't we then play out the season without a striker and Danny Invincible up front. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 (edited) It looks like we switched to a 4-5-1 with Invincibile or Dalglish up top. Was only one club relegated that season? We finished 11th, with just Gretna relegated. Seems that there was play-offs in the lower divisions only. Edited April 23, 2020 by skygod 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, skygod said: It looks like we switched to a 4-5-1 with Invincibile or Dalglish up top. Was only one club relegated that season? We finished 11th, with just Gretna relegated. Must've been 1 up, 1 down. That was the season of 'it doesn't matter, Gretna will save us'. Only Gretna came up the previous season. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodgdan Posted April 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Didn't realise that's how that worked out. I though we just sold Nish to make some money on him and didn't bring in a striker cause MJ was a skinflint and he thought we could avoid relegation without signing anyone as Gretna were good as certain to go down. Always though he essentially wrote off the rest of that season. Didn't remember us trying to get someone in. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 3 minutes ago, CB said: That was the season of 'it doesn't matter, Gretna will save us'. The closest Gretna got to us seems to have been eight points and 21 goals behind, after they beat us 4-2 in Round 28. They went on to be deducted 10 points anyway. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skygod Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bodgdan said: Didn't realise that's how that worked out. I though we just sold Nish to make some money on him and didn't bring in a striker cause MJ was a skinflint and he thought we could avoid relegation without signing anyone as Gretna were good as certain to go down. Always though he essentially wrote off the rest of that season. Didn't remember us trying to get someone in. Kilmarnock have completed the signing of striker Allan Russell. The Ayrshire club failed with a bid sign the 27-year-old in January but sealed the transfer after Airdrie United's last game of the season. The former St Mirren player, who struck 26 goals this season, has moved to Rugby Park after his contract expired. Killie manager Jim Jefferies said: "It's a two-year deal with the option of a third year if he meets certain criteria in the second season." Russell's arrival will go some way to making up for the sale in January of Colin Nish to Hibernian. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/k/kilmarnock/7401013.stm 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 5 minutes ago, Bodgdan said: Didn't realise that's how that worked out. I though we just sold Nish to make some money on him and didn't bring in a striker cause MJ was a skinflint and he thought we could avoid relegation without signing anyone as Gretna were good as certain to go down. Always though he essentially wrote off the rest of that season. Didn't remember us trying to get someone in. Wales' goals had dried up, and we'd sent Di Giacomo on loan to partick. The memories of that season are coming flooding back now. Oh very dear. Nish was our top scorer with 9. 7 games without a league win, twice... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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