You Couldn't Make It Up!

by Jack Little

John Lambie was well known for some of his expressions. "We shot ourselves in the arm" (after a Scottish Cup defeat to Ayr United in March 2000) and "Ma heid's buzzled" spring to mind. His post match comments after a 2-1 defeat to Aberdeen at Pittodrie on 14/12/1993 quoted in the "Aberdeen Press and Journal" revealed that he felt keeper Craig Nelson has been at fault for the first goal and that "he came out like a big teuchter".

Publishing date An original Thistle Archive publication, 07-Sep-2020.
Latest edit date Latest edit version 02-Jun-2020.

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