Saturday 7th August 1971

In the morning I went into town and bought myself a new Elvis L.P. 'You'll Never Walk Alone'. There's some pretty good stuff on it – ‘Peace in the Valley’; ‘I Believe’ and the title track ‘You'll Never Walk Alone’. 

In the afternoon I went to Tynecastle to see the pre-season friendly between Hearts and the English League Cup winner's Tottenham Hotspur. 

The Jam-Tarts did really well to beat them 2-1 especially as it was a full strength Spurs team full of big names and choc-a-bloc with talent including Pat Jennings; Alan Mullery; Mike England; Ralph Coates; Steve Perryman; Martin Chivers and Martin Peters. Spurs had an Edinburgh laddie on the subs’ bench called Graeme Souness. 

Neil Murray and Roy Kay scored for the Hearts before Chivers pulled one back after halftime for the Englanders. 

I really enjoyed being there; a braw atmosphere on a lovely summer's afternoon. There was a good feeling about the place; the fans were all happy to be back at Tynie after the summer break and all looking forward to a fresh new season. The only drawback was I had to stand for ages afterwards at Ardmillan Terrace awaiting a number 4 bus back home to Oxgangs. 

There were a couple of turn-ups today; Aberdeen beat Celtic to win the Drybrough Cup whilst Colchester United won the Watney Cup. 

Apollo 15

On the big world front. it was good to see the Americans arrive back safely on Earth after their adventures up on the moon however a wee bit of a scare as one of the parachutes failed to open; aye belt 'n braces every-time as the auld yins say!