Brian Gallacher

23/10/1985 – Hammarby (A)

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UEFA CUP 2nd Round, 1st Leg
23rd October 1985
Söderstadion, Stockholm

Hammarby 3-3 St. Mirren

Lundin 32
GALLACHER 42
Andersson 45 (pen)
Andersson 65
GALLACHER 80
GALLACHER 84

ATT: 4,349

Referee: Dusan Krchnak (Czechoslovakia)

  • Saints leave Sweden with a credible 3-3 draw, but have massive questions regarding the Czech referee who disallows 2 perfectly good Saints goals and gives the Swedes a highly debatable and controversial penalty.
  • The away side are dominant throughout the first half, but go in at halftime baffled to be 2-1 down after goals from Speirs and McGarvey are inexplicably disallowed before Lundin opens the scoring for the Swedes with their first attack on the half hour.
  • Brian Gallacher finally equalises for the strongly fancied visitors 5 minutes before the break, but the Swedes regain the lead from the penalty spot after the linesman had flagged an attacker offside but the referee ignored it, and then gave a penalty after the play continued and Clarke was penalised.
  • Despite continuing to dominate in the second half, Saints find themselves 3-1 down after 65 minutes, when the incredible defending of the previous round was nowhere to be seen as Tommy Wilson gifts Andersson a third.
  • However, Brian Gallacher came to Saints rescue with 2 goals in the last 10 minutes, completing the first ever hat-trick from a St. Mirren player in Europe in the process, and put Saints in an extremely strong position in the overall tie.
  • Saints now needed any win or a draw under 3-3 to progress to the third round of the UEFA Cup (Last 16) for the first time.

TEAM LINEUPS

HAMMARBYNOST. MIRREN
SKALLEBENG Roger1MONEY Campbell
GRANQVIST Kjell2WILSON Tommy
VAATTOVAARA Sulo3HAMILTON Derek
DENNERBY Thomas 564ROONEY Jim
JOHANSSON Klas5COOPER Neil
TURESSON Tomas6CLARKE Steve
RAMBERG Sten-Ove7FITZPATRICK Tony
ANDERSSON Michael 8McDOWALL Kenny 74
WAHLBERG Mats 159McGARVEY Frank
LUNDIN Thomas 10 GALLAGHER Brian
ERIKKSON Ulf11SPEIRS Gardner
HOLMBERG Per 1512MACKIE Peter 74
UHLBOCK Peter 5613ABERCROMBY Billy
ERIKKSON Lasse14CAMERON Ian
VONDERBURG Jean-Paul15JARVIE Drew
–16STEWART Jim (GOALKPR)

THE MATCH

THE TRIP

Stadium: Söderstadion, Stockholm, Sweden
1985 Capacity: 20,000
Record Attendance: 22,000 (1982)
1983 Metropolitan City Population: 1,012,000
Distance From Paisley (air): 864 miles – 2.5 hour flight
Distance From Paisley (road): 1,554 miles – 28 hours drive
Times Played at Stadium: 1 (1 draw)

THE STADIUM

HIGHLIGHTS

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02/10/1985 – SLAVIA PRAGUE (H)

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UEFA CUP 1st Round, 2nd Leg
2nd October 1985
St. Mirren Park, Paisley

St. Mirren 3-0 Slavia Prague (AET)

GALLACHER 41
MCGARVEY 100
MCGARVEY 108

ATT: 11,768

Referee: Rolf Haugen (Norway)

  • Saints produce (to date) their greatest European performance and victory as the Czech giants are eventually blown away by the guile and class of Frank McGarvey, who nets a brilliant Extra Time double to stun the Prague side.
  • Brian Gallacher opens the scoring late in the first half, with a fortuitous effort that seems to develop from a clearance that rebounds off him and into the net. This is Saints first ever European goal scored in Paisley at the fourth attempt, and additionally the first in any Euro tie for 6 matches.
  • The driving rain on a gloomy Paisley night does little to quieten the European record crowd inside Love Street however, but a tense second half elapses before McGarvey lights up extra time, firstly 10 minutes into the added period with a speculative shot that deflects home to give Saints the outright lead for the first time in 190 minutes over the 2 legs.
  • Knowing a goal from the Prague side would knock Saints out on the away goal rule, the second period of Extra Time threatened to be much more nervy, however the home side play it out comfortably after McGarvey adds to his own tally almost immediately after the restart with a goal of outrageous quality, as he flicks a Kenny McDowall cross home with his heel to complete a remarkable result.
  • Due to a UK wide TV blackout, no TV cameras are permitted at the ground to record this match, however some months later, grainy amateur footage was discovered capturing the occasion.
  • The only negative from a magnificent night was an injury to fans favourite Ian Scanlon, and this would in fact end the wingers career.
  • Saints would draw part-time Swedish outfit Hammarby in the next round.

TEAM LINEUPS

ST. MIRRENNOSLAVIA PRAGUE
MONEY Campbell1HRUSKA Zdenek
WILSON Tommy2SOKOL Roman
HAMILTON Derek3KUBIK Lubos
ROONEY Jim4TAKAC Mirian 70
GODFREY Peter5JESLINEK Jiri
CLARKE Steve 746JAROLIM Karel
FITZPATRICK Tony7NEMEC Jaroslav
COOPER Neil8DOLEZAL Jiri
McGARVEY Frank9FRYDA Milan
GALLAGHER Brian10JANU Miroslav
SPEIRS Gardner11VIGER Bohas 56
SCANLON Ian 74 8212REHAK Pavel 56
McDOWALL Kenny 8213KOURIL Miroslav 70
MACKIE Peter14ZAMAZAL Jiri
ABERCROMBY Billy15BERANEK Miroslav
STEWART Jim16VESELY Milan

THE MATCH

“You never know”, might be the motto of provincial Scottish Football. The pub wisdom of the supporters of the less successful teams has always been; “The opposition only have 11 men on the park, the same as we have”.

Unexpected things can happen, and they often do. When St. Mirren started to score against Slavia Prague, they were breaching more than a defence, they were puncturing an assumption; one of the most famous European capitals wasn’t necessarily superior to a grey west of Scotland town.

As the realisation grew of what was happening, Paisley became for a night, one of the footballing capitals of Europe. St. Mirren were not only scoring a victory, they were fulfilling for their fans the dream of every smaller clubs supporters; if it can come true for them, why not for us?

That dream of an identity expressed on the football park, is the first key to the importance club football has had in Scotland.

William McIlvaney, 1986.

HIGHLIGHTS

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KEY
OFF APPAppearances in official national or European competitions
OFF GLSGoals in official national or European competitions
UNO APPAppearances in local or unofficial national competitions
UNO GLSGoals in local or unofficial national competitions

PLAYERPERIODPOSOFF APPOFF GLSUNO APPUNO GLSTOTAL APPTOTAL GLS
GALBRAITH, Alex1904-1905HB30––30
GALBRAITH, J1877-1881FW––6060
GALL, William1935-1938FW6520––6520
GALLACHER, Brian1984-1988CF117261011826
GALLACHER, James1929-1930GK20––20
GALLACHER, Paul2009-2011GK78020800
GALLAGHER , Scott2016-2017GK160––160
GALLAGHER, Calum2015-2017FW548––548
GALLAGHER, Declan2022-2024CB332––332
GALLAGHER, Eddie1992-1994CF4122––4122
GALLAGHER, Kieran1997-2000CF––3535
GALLETLY, Peter1943-1944FW––2020
GALLOWAY, Gavin1994-1998LB25010260
GALLOWAY, Steve1988CF40––40
GARDINER, Tommy1964-1965IF20––20
GARDNER, Charlie1948-1950HB701080
GARDNER, Jim1993-1995LW461––461
GARDNER, W1880-1881FW––4040
GARRINGTON, William1942-1943FW––3232
GAULT, James1905-1907FW201030
GEALS, Kenny1984-1987CB––4040
GEBBIE, Alan1924-1936HB/IF3345320835461
GEDDES, James1920-1921HB30––30
GEMMELL, Tommy1951-1962IF33499125346104
GEMMILL, Archie1964-1967HB8110758815
GEMMILL, Scott2003-2007CF100––100
GENEV, Viktor2015CB60––60
GEORGE, Shamal2025-26GK418––418
GHEE, Thomas1895-1897FB/HB211––211
GIBSON, ?1889-1890FW––1111
GIBSON, Adam1913-1914FW338––338
GIBSON, Johnny1976-1977RW60––60
GILLESPIE, John1892-1893FB20––20
GILLESPIE, Tommy1933-1934FW10––10
GILLESPIE, William1930-1931FB501060
GILLIES, Archie1921-1927FW17324161018934
GILLIES, Jackie1945-1946FW––212212
GILLIES, Kenny1992-1995RW422––422
GILLIES, Ricky1992-2005MID316575232159
GILMARTIN, Aiden2021-2022FW10––10
GILMOUR, Jim1971-1973GK14010150
GILMOUR, Robert1882-1890FW10176218622
GILSHAN, Hugh1968-1971RW9315109415
GLEGHORN, G1881-1882FB––2020
GLOVER, Scott2019-2020CB10––10
GODFREY, Peter1984-1991CB210115121512
GOLDIE, Hugh1894-1895HB202––202
GOLDTHORPE, Jim1951-1952IF10210112
GONÇALVES, Esmaël2013FW168––168
GOODWIN, Jim2010-2016DF/MD1814301844
GOOLD, John1877-1881UTILITY––9292
GORDON, ?1886-1887FW––1010
GORDON, Ben2016-2017CB92––92
GORDON, Daniel1907-1908FB32010330
GORDON, Louis1916-1917HB120––120
GORDON, Sam1960-1962IF403070
GORE, Reg1941-1947FW214465
GORMAN, A1880FW––2020
GORMAN, Robert1966-1967FW––1212
GOUDIE, A1877CF––2020
GOURLAY, Adam1908-1909FB/HB201––201
GOW, Alan2014-2016MID171––171
GRAHAM, ?1886-1890HB10212222
GRAHAM, Archibald1899-1900FW50––50
GRAHAM, J1877-1881GK––4040
GRAHAM, T.F.1877-1881IF––6060
GRAHAM, William1949-1951FW402161
GRAINGER, Danny2013-2014LB150––150
GRAINGER, John1918-1920HB/FW408––408
GRANT, James1906-1911GK1200401240
GRANT, William1918-1919FW21––21
GRAY, ?1893-1894HB––1010
GRAY, Allan1951-1952HB––1010
GRAY, Billy1962-1965HB55071621
GRAY, Fred1912-1920FW90360963
GRAY, John1905-1907FW279222911
GRAY, William1899-1900FW82––82
GREENLEES, Donald1896-1907HB25572202777
GREGAL, Tony1957-1961HB54050590
GREIVE, Alex2021-2024FW769––769
GRIEVE, John1907-1908HB40––40
GRIEVE, William1919-1921FB121––121
GRIFFIN, Ronnie1937-1938HB/FW60––60
GUIDI, Mark1990-1991GK––1010
GUTHRIE, John1947-1950FW94––94
GUY, Graham2001-2003DEF271––271
GUY, Lewis2012-2013FW35610366

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