A brewer flanked by a pair of miners. Those who bemoan the vast gulf between the football stars of the 21st century and the fans who watch them could have no complaints about Alloa Athletic's pre WW1 half-back line. The 3 M's at the heart of the Alloa team were an excellent representation of the demographics of Clackmannanshire at the time. And they could play a bit too... Even a strong April wind gusting in from the west couldn’t spoil the gala day in Tillicoultry. The Annfield Park home of Tillicoultry Rovers was the venue for the 1904 Clackmannanshire Junior Cup Final with Alva Albion Rangers taking on Alloa Seafield Thistle. Thistle were very much the underdogs against an Alva side on their way to yet another Clackmannanshire league title, their eighth in ten years, and determined to add the cup to their haul. The man they looked to was Billy Hunter, a noted attacker who had been key to Alva’s semi-final defeat of Clackmannan. Hunter was setting out on a footballing jo...