“Where are the Angus trophies?” we asked on March 24 after a plea from Bob Lamberton a former official of the association.
This prompted Harry Birmingham to get in touch as he was a Windsor AFC stalwart for many years.
Harry sent in this photo of the team with the James Keay Memorial Trophy.
“As far as I was told, James Keay was a Windsor player who died a few days after receiving a kick in the head during a game,” said Harry, who has worked for many years as manager of Sandy’s Newsagents in Americanmuir Road, Downfield, owned by the Johnston family.
“The club put up the trophy in his memory. The first out-of-town team we drew in the Scottish Cup that year, we would play them in an end-of-season friendly, with the venues being reversed.
“I started in the team very young and have some great memories of playing, going to hotels after the game for high tea, then out with the boys.
“Although the lesser said about some of these nights the better.”
Ally Kennedy was secretary of the club and we were colleagues in the Bank Street offices of DC Thomson.
At the end of every season, with this fixture looming, Ally scoured the building looking for players to play in this match when he found his own numbers coming up short due to holidays, injuries and the like.
I certainly played in at least two of these games, and both in Aberdeen.
The photo Harry sent in lists a couple of ‘Unknowns’.
I can name them as Alan ‘Sach’ McMillan and Willie Milne, both DC Thomson employees.
There were many others who pulled on the dark blue jersey of the club, too.
On another note, I see Alan Cooper in the photo. Recently, I was at the baggage carousel at Pathos Airport, Cyprus, and thought I noticed Alan on the other side.
I was momentarily distracted and when I looked up, he was gone.
I hope he had a good holiday (I certainly did!).
There’s also president Alex Wallace in the photo.
Alex owned a printing company (perhaps called John Doig’s?) off Rosebank Street. He also sold fund-raising sweepstake cards and the like.
Many a club were thankful to Alex for getting these cards without initial payment.
“Just pay me when you sell some of the sweepie tickets and bring some money in,” he would say.
Alex was a wonderful, wonderful gentleman.
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