Any funny stories from your time on the gate?
Not many that you can put in here! Most folk will know that Mark
Whyte has written his name into club folklore on and off the
pitch so I shouldn’t be surprised that his laddie, Kai, is a chip
off the old block. He was coming into the game a few weeks
back and I decided that I would just wave him in. What I didn’t
see was that he had a pile of his pals with him and before I could
say a word about 6 of them were through the door!!
Your boy followed in your footsteps and played for the Rose –
what’s your best memory of watching him?
I was very proud when Alan signed for Linlithgow and his finest
moment was when he scored the winning goal for us in a Junior
Cup tie against Irvine Meadow. We took a bit of a pounding that day but came away with a 1 – 0 win thanks to him. He
also scored the winning penalty when we knocked Bo’ness out the Junior Cup a few years back – that runs the Irvine
Meadow goal a very close second. My younger boy, Colin, almost let the family down when he signed for Bo’ness but
fortunately Falkirk came along and signed him before he could kick a ball in anger for them!
Who’s the best player you played with or against?
Colin Grant – no question. We were lucky to have him at all.
Colin was a Bo’ness boy who happened to be at the ground
when the Rose were about to play a Sunday friendly against
a team from Torphichen. We were short of players and one
of his mates shouted across that Colin could maybe fill a jersey for us. We couldn’t get him signed quickly enough after
the game and it was no surprise that he did so well in the
game as he was a fantastic player.
Who’s got the best hospitality when you go away from home?
It’s unfair to try and pick out anyone – every club does their
best to look after the opposition but I’ll give a special mention
to the committee at Shotts in the second leg of the Junior Cup
semi final last season – they were tremendous hosts to us.