Rangers History Classic Rangers picture thread

Think I’m going to be visiting this thread a lot over the international break as few other threads in the bear pit can compare!
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stein and johnston said:
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Dortmund 0 Rangers 0 (1-2 agg) in Nov 1966. Norrie Martin saves in Germany #EuroCupWinnersCup2R
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auldyin said:
Norrie was brilliant that night It was like the Alamo
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A very underrated result, and one of our greatest ever in Europe.
Borussia Dortmund were the holders, having defeated English Champions, Liverpool in the Final at Hampden back in May.
Back then we didn't have the worldwide knowledge of players around the globe, that we have such easy access to nowadays, but we were well aware of at least three of their players, who had all done well for West Germany in World Cup 66' in England. Hans Tilkowski the National Goalkeeper, and forwards Sigi Held, and Lothar Emmerich.
If you thought the Scottish press were negative towards Rangers chances, it was nothing compared to the German press, who were already writing their obituaries prior to the second leg, that we had no hope of stopping one of the best attacking teams in Europe, giving Rangers absolutely no chance of qualifying.
It was not just the papers that were predicting Rangers funeral.
With the tie being played on St Nikolaus Day (Dec 6th), the Dortmund players had taken an oath to deliver Rangers in a sack, as a gift to their fans.
Their coach/manager Heinz Murach had boldly predicted "we will win, of that there is no doubt. We will score in the first 10 mins, and then attack attack attack, and they will not be able to cope with us. My Right winger. Libuda (nicknamed Stan), is a cross between Stanley Matthews and Garrincha, and he will destroy their Left Back, Davie Provan, who is slow, and will make him look like a a clown."
There was bad blood going into this game, and within 5 mins, Emmerich came out of a scuffle with McKinnon, with his nose bleeding badly. Emmerich for all his dirty tricks and talent, would not get the better of McKinnon all night. He would though take his revenge elsewhere. In the 38th minute, with the game still deadlocked at nil, and the ball on the other side of the field, some 50 yards away. Emmerich swung a boot at Bobby Watson's ankle, so severe that it appeared to have broken it. The young dynamic Rangers midfielder had to be stretchered off, and Rangers would have to play the remaining 52 minutes with only 10 men. This was how the Germans wanted to play.
This was a turning point in the game. Rangers would have to withstand the Germans barrage of attacks, and believe me, this 10 man Rangers, were more than up for it.
Scot Symon immediately ordered the versatile Alex Smith into a defensive role.
Some of the reports from that came from the game
McKinnon was simply magnificent, he cleared every ball that came into his territory, he won every header that came into the box. Norrie Martin was unbelievably outstanding, an incredible two fisted save, just minutes after Watson's departure, and then making save after save, throughout that second half, even after recovering from a suicide dive at the feet of Sigi Held, that saw Martin out cold for two minutes.
Greig was everywhere, like a man possessed, he even took the time to put Emmerich on the sidelines for a few minutes, with what one can only call a John Greig special, minutes after the restart.
Johansen crushed Held out of the game. The man they dared to call a clown, Davie Provan, allowed Libuda so few touches, he was a nonentity. The two Smiths, Dave and Alex performed intelligently.
Rangers actually had the chance to win the game, when a superb through pass from Greig, gave Forrest the chance to go one on one with the keeper, but unfortunately, Forrest placed the ball the wrong side of the post.
All of the forwards, Henderson, Forrest and Johnston (what a Trio that is!) did their defensive duties like never before.

The Game finished 0-0, Borussia Dortmund, the Holders of this Trophy were Out, yes, the conquerors of Bill Shankly's Liverpool, and yes, those loud mouthed Kraut prophets were now shuffling away rather quietly.

Those 10 guys who played those last 52 minutes should be considered Heroes for their performance, which was at the time, probably the greatest performance ever by a Scottish team in Europe.

A Famous result that is too often overlooked, and certainly worthy of much more recognition than it gets.
 
MO_TxTruBlu said:
A very underrated result, and one of our greatest ever in Europe.
Borussia Dortmund were the holders, having defeated English Champions, Liverpool in the Final at Hampden back in May.
Back then we didn't have the worldwide knowledge of players around the globe, that we have such easy access to nowadays, but we were well aware of at least three of their players, who had all done well for West Germany in World Cup 66' in England. Hans Tilkowski the National Goalkeeper, and forwards Sigi Held, and Lothar Emmerich.
If you thought the Scottish press were negative towards Rangers chances, it was nothing compared to the German press, who were already writing their obituaries prior to the second leg, that we had no hope of stopping one of the best attacking teams in Europe, giving Rangers absolutely no chance of qualifying.
It was not just the papers that were predicting Rangers funeral.
With the tie being played on St Nikolaus Day (Dec 6th), the Dortmund players had taken an oath to deliver Rangers in a sack, as a gift to their fans.
Their coach/manager Heinz Murach had boldly predicted "we will win, of that there is no doubt. We will score in the first 10 mins, and then attack attack attack, and they will not be able to cope with us. My Right winger. Libuda (nicknamed Stan), is a cross between Stanley Matthews and Garrincha, and he will destroy their Left Back, Davie Provan, who is slow, and will make him look like a a clown."
There was bad blood going into this game, and within 5 mins, Emmerich came out of a scuffle with McKinnon, with his nose bleeding badly. Emmerich for all his dirty tricks and talent, would not get the better of McKinnon all night. He would though take his revenge elsewhere. In the 38th minute, with the game still deadlocked at nil, and the ball on the other side of the field, some 50 yards away. Emmerich swung a boot at Bobby Watson's ankle, so severe that it appeared to have broken it. The young dynamic Rangers midfielder had to be stretchered off, and Rangers would have to play the remaining 52 minutes with only 10 men. This was how the Germans wanted to play.
This was a turning point in the game. Rangers would have to withstand the Germans barrage of attacks, and believe me, this 10 man Rangers, were more than up for it.
Scot Symon immediately ordered the versatile Alex Smith into a defensive role.
Some of the reports from that came from the game
McKinnon was simply magnificent, he cleared every ball that came into his territory, he won every header that came into the box. Norrie Martin was unbelievably outstanding, an incredible two fisted save, just minutes after Watson's departure, and then making save after save, throughout that second half, even after recovering from a suicide dive at the feet of Sigi Held, that saw Martin out cold for two minutes.
Greig was everywhere, like a man possessed, he even took the time to put Emmerich on the sidelines for a few minutes, with what one can only call a John Greig special, minutes after the restart.
Johansen crushed Held out of the game. The man they dared to call a clown, Davie Provan, allowed Libuda so few touches, he was a nonentity. The two Smiths, Dave and Alex performed intelligently.
Rangers actually had the chance to win the game, when a superb through pass from Greig, gave Forrest the chance to go one on one with the keeper, but unfortunately, Forrest placed the ball the wrong side of the post.
All of the forwards, Henderson, Forrest and Johnston (what a Trio that is!) did their defensive duties like never before.

The Game finished 0-0, Borussia Dortmund, the Holders of this Trophy were Out, yes, the conquerors of Bill Shankly's Liverpool, and yes, those loud mouthed Kraut prophets were now shuffling away rather quietly.

Those 10 guys who played those last 52 minutes should be considered Heroes for their performance, which was at the time, probably the greatest performance ever by a Scottish team in Europe.

A Famous result that is too often overlooked, and certainly worthy of much more recognition than it gets.
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Rangers taking to the field in the hostile atmosphere at Dortmund


Davie Provan celebrates while socking it to Murach the Dortmund manager
 
MO_TxTruBlu said:
A very underrated result, and one of our greatest ever in Europe.
Borussia Dortmund were the holders, having defeated English Champions, Liverpool in the Final at Hampden back in May.
Back then we didn't have the worldwide knowledge of players around the globe, that we have such easy access to nowadays, but we were well aware of at least three of their players, who had all done well for West Germany in World Cup 66' in England. Hans Tilkowski the National Goalkeeper, and forwards Sigi Held, and Lothar Emmerich.
If you thought the Scottish press were negative towards Rangers chances, it was nothing compared to the German press, who were already writing their obituaries prior to the second leg, that we had no hope of stopping one of the best attacking teams in Europe, giving Rangers absolutely no chance of qualifying.
It was not just the papers that were predicting Rangers funeral.
With the tie being played on St Nikolaus Day (Dec 6th), the Dortmund players had taken an oath to deliver Rangers in a sack, as a gift to their fans.
Their coach/manager Heinz Murach had boldly predicted "we will win, of that there is no doubt. We will score in the first 10 mins, and then attack attack attack, and they will not be able to cope with us. My Right winger. Libuda (nicknamed Stan), is a cross between Stanley Matthews and Garrincha, and he will destroy their Left Back, Davie Provan, who is slow, and will make him look like a a clown."
There was bad blood going into this game, and within 5 mins, Emmerich came out of a scuffle with McKinnon, with his nose bleeding badly. Emmerich for all his dirty tricks and talent, would not get the better of McKinnon all night. He would though take his revenge elsewhere. In the 38th minute, with the game still deadlocked at nil, and the ball on the other side of the field, some 50 yards away. Emmerich swung a boot at Bobby Watson's ankle, so severe that it appeared to have broken it. The young dynamic Rangers midfielder had to be stretchered off, and Rangers would have to play the remaining 52 minutes with only 10 men. This was how the Germans wanted to play.
This was a turning point in the game. Rangers would have to withstand the Germans barrage of attacks, and believe me, this 10 man Rangers, were more than up for it.
Scot Symon immediately ordered the versatile Alex Smith into a defensive role.
Some of the reports from that came from the game
McKinnon was simply magnificent, he cleared every ball that came into his territory, he won every header that came into the box. Norrie Martin was unbelievably outstanding, an incredible two fisted save, just minutes after Watson's departure, and then making save after save, throughout that second half, even after recovering from a suicide dive at the feet of Sigi Held, that saw Martin out cold for two minutes.
Greig was everywhere, like a man possessed, he even took the time to put Emmerich on the sidelines for a few minutes, with what one can only call a John Greig special, minutes after the restart.
Johansen crushed Held out of the game. The man they dared to call a clown, Davie Provan, allowed Libuda so few touches, he was a nonentity. The two Smiths, Dave and Alex performed intelligently.
Rangers actually had the chance to win the game, when a superb through pass from Greig, gave Forrest the chance to go one on one with the keeper, but unfortunately, Forrest placed the ball the wrong side of the post.
All of the forwards, Henderson, Forrest and Johnston (what a Trio that is!) did their defensive duties like never before.

The Game finished 0-0, Borussia Dortmund, the Holders of this Trophy were Out, yes, the conquerors of Bill Shankly's Liverpool, and yes, those loud mouthed Kraut prophets were now shuffling away rather quietly.

Those 10 guys who played those last 52 minutes should be considered Heroes for their performance, which was at the time, probably the greatest performance ever by a Scottish team in Europe.

A Famous result that is too often overlooked, and certainly worthy of much more recognition than it gets.
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And i had forgotten about us playing with 10 minutes for most of the 2nd half
 
MO_TxTruBlu said:
A very underrated result, and one of our greatest ever in Europe.
Borussia Dortmund were the holders, having defeated English Champions, Liverpool in the Final at Hampden back in May.
Back then we didn't have the worldwide knowledge of players around the globe, that we have such easy access to nowadays, but we were well aware of at least three of their players, who had all done well for West Germany in World Cup 66' in England. Hans Tilkowski the National Goalkeeper, and forwards Sigi Held, and Lothar Emmerich.
If you thought the Scottish press were negative towards Rangers chances, it was nothing compared to the German press, who were already writing their obituaries prior to the second leg, that we had no hope of stopping one of the best attacking teams in Europe, giving Rangers absolutely no chance of qualifying.
It was not just the papers that were predicting Rangers funeral.
With the tie being played on St Nikolaus Day (Dec 6th), the Dortmund players had taken an oath to deliver Rangers in a sack, as a gift to their fans.
Their coach/manager Heinz Murach had boldly predicted "we will win, of that there is no doubt. We will score in the first 10 mins, and then attack attack attack, and they will not be able to cope with us. My Right winger. Libuda (nicknamed Stan), is a cross between Stanley Matthews and Garrincha, and he will destroy their Left Back, Davie Provan, who is slow, and will make him look like a a clown."
There was bad blood going into this game, and within 5 mins, Emmerich came out of a scuffle with McKinnon, with his nose bleeding badly. Emmerich for all his dirty tricks and talent, would not get the better of McKinnon all night. He would though take his revenge elsewhere. In the 38th minute, with the game still deadlocked at nil, and the ball on the other side of the field, some 50 yards away. Emmerich swung a boot at Bobby Watson's ankle, so severe that it appeared to have broken it. The young dynamic Rangers midfielder had to be stretchered off, and Rangers would have to play the remaining 52 minutes with only 10 men. This was how the Germans wanted to play.
This was a turning point in the game. Rangers would have to withstand the Germans barrage of attacks, and believe me, this 10 man Rangers, were more than up for it.
Scot Symon immediately ordered the versatile Alex Smith into a defensive role.
Some of the reports from that came from the game
McKinnon was simply magnificent, he cleared every ball that came into his territory, he won every header that came into the box. Norrie Martin was unbelievably outstanding, an incredible two fisted save, just minutes after Watson's departure, and then making save after save, throughout that second half, even after recovering from a suicide dive at the feet of Sigi Held, that saw Martin out cold for two minutes.
Greig was everywhere, like a man possessed, he even took the time to put Emmerich on the sidelines for a few minutes, with what one can only call a John Greig special, minutes after the restart.
Johansen crushed Held out of the game. The man they dared to call a clown, Davie Provan, allowed Libuda so few touches, he was a nonentity. The two Smiths, Dave and Alex performed intelligently.
Rangers actually had the chance to win the game, when a superb through pass from Greig, gave Forrest the chance to go one on one with the keeper, but unfortunately, Forrest placed the ball the wrong side of the post.
All of the forwards, Henderson, Forrest and Johnston (what a Trio that is!) did their defensive duties like never before.

The Game finished 0-0, Borussia Dortmund, the Holders of this Trophy were Out, yes, the conquerors of Bill Shankly's Liverpool, and yes, those loud mouthed Kraut prophets were now shuffling away rather quietly.

Those 10 guys who played those last 52 minutes should be considered Heroes for their performance, which was at the time, probably the greatest performance ever by a Scottish team in Europe.

A Famous result that is too often overlooked, and certainly worthy of much more recognition than it gets.
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Think that game was shown live
 
MO_TxTruBlu said:
A very underrated result, and one of our greatest ever in Europe.
Borussia Dortmund were the holders, having defeated English Champions, Liverpool in the Final at Hampden back in May.
Back then we didn't have the worldwide knowledge of players around the globe, that we have such easy access to nowadays, but we were well aware of at least three of their players, who had all done well for West Germany in World Cup 66' in England. Hans Tilkowski the National Goalkeeper, and forwards Sigi Held, and Lothar Emmerich.
If you thought the Scottish press were negative towards Rangers chances, it was nothing compared to the German press, who were already writing their obituaries prior to the second leg, that we had no hope of stopping one of the best attacking teams in Europe, giving Rangers absolutely no chance of qualifying.
It was not just the papers that were predicting Rangers funeral.
With the tie being played on St Nikolaus Day (Dec 6th), the Dortmund players had taken an oath to deliver Rangers in a sack, as a gift to their fans.
Their coach/manager Heinz Murach had boldly predicted "we will win, of that there is no doubt. We will score in the first 10 mins, and then attack attack attack, and they will not be able to cope with us. My Right winger. Libuda (nicknamed Stan), is a cross between Stanley Matthews and Garrincha, and he will destroy their Left Back, Davie Provan, who is slow, and will make him look like a a clown."
There was bad blood going into this game, and within 5 mins, Emmerich came out of a scuffle with McKinnon, with his nose bleeding badly. Emmerich for all his dirty tricks and talent, would not get the better of McKinnon all night. He would though take his revenge elsewhere. In the 38th minute, with the game still deadlocked at nil, and the ball on the other side of the field, some 50 yards away. Emmerich swung a boot at Bobby Watson's ankle, so severe that it appeared to have broken it. The young dynamic Rangers midfielder had to be stretchered off, and Rangers would have to play the remaining 52 minutes with only 10 men. This was how the Germans wanted to play.
This was a turning point in the game. Rangers would have to withstand the Germans barrage of attacks, and believe me, this 10 man Rangers, were more than up for it.
Scot Symon immediately ordered the versatile Alex Smith into a defensive role.
Some of the reports from that came from the game
McKinnon was simply magnificent, he cleared every ball that came into his territory, he won every header that came into the box. Norrie Martin was unbelievably outstanding, an incredible two fisted save, just minutes after Watson's departure, and then making save after save, throughout that second half, even after recovering from a suicide dive at the feet of Sigi Held, that saw Martin out cold for two minutes.
Greig was everywhere, like a man possessed, he even took the time to put Emmerich on the sidelines for a few minutes, with what one can only call a John Greig special, minutes after the restart.
Johansen crushed Held out of the game. The man they dared to call a clown, Davie Provan, allowed Libuda so few touches, he was a nonentity. The two Smiths, Dave and Alex performed intelligently.
Rangers actually had the chance to win the game, when a superb through pass from Greig, gave Forrest the chance to go one on one with the keeper, but unfortunately, Forrest placed the ball the wrong side of the post.
All of the forwards, Henderson, Forrest and Johnston (what a Trio that is!) did their defensive duties like never before.

The Game finished 0-0, Borussia Dortmund, the Holders of this Trophy were Out, yes, the conquerors of Bill Shankly's Liverpool, and yes, those loud mouthed Kraut prophets were now shuffling away rather quietly.

Those 10 guys who played those last 52 minutes should be considered Heroes for their performance, which was at the time, probably the greatest performance ever by a Scottish team in Europe.

A Famous result that is too often overlooked, and certainly worthy of much more recognition than it gets.
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Excellent stuff, enjoyed reading that.

The 10 players that were left on the park, goodness, they put 11 of our current players that start to shame........

Changed days granted, but that's what you call Rangers men.
 
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