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 Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: PeachtreePar  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 16:36

82 today. Great player, manager and person.

First time I have posted on here in years.

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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: Buspasspar  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 16:38

Wish him all the best .. wish he was still playing

We are forever shaped by the Children we once were
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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: wetherby  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 16:44

Happy Birthday sir.

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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: GG Riva  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 17:59

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wetherby, Mon 29 Apr 16:44

Happy Birthday sir.


Happy Birthday, Sir Bert. Fixed that for you, Wetherby. 😉



Not your average Sunday League player.
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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: wee eck  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 18:10

`Topic Originator: Buspasspar like
Date: Mon 29 Apr 16:38

Wish him all the best .. wish he was still playing`


Don`t you think he`s been slowed down by two broken legs, Bpp? 😂😂😂


Happy birthday, Bert!

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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: jake89  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 19:10

My earliest footballing memory is of Bert Paton`s team and that promotion in 95 after the death of Norrie and Mandy.
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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: Ladswell_Thistle  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 20:42

Bert and Dicks teams were by far the best to watch. Not so much skillful but every player gave everything for the cause.



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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: JTH123  
Date:   Mon 29 Apr 21:12

Yep. Proper up and at `em football.
Happy birthday Bert.
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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: OzPar  
Date:   Tue 30 Apr 00:08

A great player and a lovely man. Happy birthday, Bert.

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 Re: Happy Birthday Bert Paton
Topic Originator: GG Riva  
Date:   Tue 30 Apr 07:15

I`m sure there were at least 2 posters who incorporated Bert`s name in their username. One was Bertiewasthebest, but I can`t remember the other. One of them regularly brought up "that" goal every time Bert`s name was mentioned....

It was during a 6-0 win v Raith on Jan 1st, 1968. Bert and Shuggie Robertson each scored a hat trick, but one of Bert`s goals was a slwed down version of Maradona`s 2nd v England, at Mexico `86. He picked the ball up just inside his own half. Snow was falling on a hard pitch, but Bert was as sure-footed as any mountain goat as he slalomed his way past player after player at fast walking pace before rounding the goalkeeper and rolling the ball between two lunging defenders on the goal line.

Each time that goal was described by that poster, the number of players Bert had beaten increased. It started at 7 or 8, which might have been a conservative estimate and got up to around 15. 😀 Bert did beat a lot of players to score that goal, some of them more than once as they came back for a second go before slithering on their @rse again.....



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