What happened to the Glasgow Diamonds?

Much like Justin Lee Whats-his-name does with the A-Team and Star Wars.. I want to know what ever happened to the Glasgow Diamonds and see if there's any way that we could get them back together for the new millennium. Join me!

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Thursday 5 November 2009

The Big Idea

This video of an American Football Team from Glasgow in the 1980s has been floating around the interwebernet for a wee while now. It's a bit of a laugh and it makes me do *that thing* that I do when I watch old Taggart episodes. If you're Glaswegian you'll know... you try and workout where it was filmed; you try and see if you recognise anyone; you look at the cars and buses and say to yourself "I remember when that guy at the end of the street had a Cortina like that"... and so on.

And then it hit me... would it be possible to try and find out who the lead protagonist is? Did he play for the Diamonds or was he brought in as a guest rapper? (like when Gavin Hastings played kicker for the Scottish Claymores?) And would there be any way to get them back together for a remix?? I'm game for trying it.

The starting point of a quick wiki gives little. Their rivals the Glasgow Lions have an article that mentions them and the video but there's nothing more.

So who knows anything about the Glasgow Diamonds???


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5 comments:

  1. Unknown29 October 2015 at 08:35

    My dad owned/coached the Glasgow Diamonds. The singer in the video was not a football player. His name is Paul Birchard and he's an actor who, at the time, was a radio personality in Glasgow.

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  2. paulb6 May 2016 at 15:55

    I played for the Junior team, played circa 1988. Played mostly team in England. Lions were the main team in Glasgow and went on to play in the UK league.

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  3. paulb6 May 2016 at 15:55

    I played for the Junior team, played circa 1988. Played mostly team in England. Lions were the main team in Glasgow and went on to play in the UK league.

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  4. Unknown5 February 2017 at 08:52

    I made the 'Diamonds Rap' music video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utsHE5xWges
    I shot and edited it on Low-Band U-Matic videotape, in Glasgow just before Christmas, in December 1986. It was very dreich and it was a hectic two days filming as there was so little daylight in the middle of winter! Although it was low-budget, we tried to include a lot of action and different locations - including an open-top bus. It was meant to be tongue in cheek, and it was a lot of fun making it. The singer Paul Birchard - https://paulbirchard.jimdo.com - wrote the song, and I had a hand in some of the lyrics as I recall - I think it was a case of scribbling ideas on paper over a pint or two. The record was produced by Bill Padley, who - along with Paul Birchard - was a presenter on Radio Clyde at that time. Bill Padley would go on to become an award-winning record producer - Bill Padley: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Padley
    The video featured on a CNN news broadcast while the team were on a promotional tour in Dallas Texas in Jan. 1987. The video was also picked up by CBS Television. They created a 'VideoBowl' contest which they showed during the half-time of the Superbowl 1987. It featured clips from a bunch of NFL teams who had made videos the previous year (that was where we got the idea from). Our wee video from Glasgow beat the lot and came out in the No 1 spot!

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  5. Unknown30 September 2018 at 12:10

    I played for the diamonds outside linebacker k2

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