mdingwall
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Jim Holton biography to be launches next week - "Six Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue . . ."
http://www.empire-uk.com/holton.html
I was at Hampden the night he scored his goal. The good old days when we could support our national team.
Aye he was ,January 3 1975 we went to parkhead to watch the reserves playing, only their main stand was open , a fair size crowd but it was segregated anyway the bold Jim rocked up with his wife/ girlfriend, we gave him pelters it was all taken in good fun but he made an exit shortly afterwards & reappeared at the other side of segregation & gave us a wave.A big tim was big Jim.
Six foot one, eyes of dun,Ironic nickname given that he was 6'1 with dark brown eyes
Aye he was ,January 3 1975 we went to parkhead to watch the reserves playing, only their main stand was open , a fair size crowd but it was segregated anyway the bold Jim rocked up with his wife/ girlfriend, we gave him pelters it was all taken in good fun but he made an exit shortly afterwards & reappeared at the other side of segregation & gave us a wave.
We got beat 4-3 that day but the next day we won the game that mattered 3-0 & paved the way for our first title in 10 years
I was at hampden that night also.
I was in the North Stand. Won 3 0?I remember seeing him score v East Germany on the day Princess Ann got married to Marc Philips as we got the day off school.
First time I seen Joe Jordan in the flesh as they say, came on for Denis Law if I am not mistaken?Same here, was a fantastic night, especially after going a goal behind.
Us youngsters back in 1973 couldn’t believe we’d gone almost 16 years without qualifying for the World Cup Finals, so how do today’s youngsters feel?
Proper Scotland team. Players like Jardine, McGrain, McQueen, Buchan, Jordan, Dalglish. Now you see them and your on Wiki trying to find out who they play for.
I enjoyed going to watch Scotland back then,how times have changed.Proper Scotland team. Players like Jardine, McGrain, McQueen, Buchan, Jordan, Dalglish. Now you see them and your on Wiki trying to find out who they play for.
I was in the Rangers end that night, in the days when you wore your Rangers scarf to Scotland games.I was at Hampden the night he scored his goal. The good old days when we could support our national team.
South enclosure for me.I was in the Rangers end that night, in the days when you wore your Rangers scarf to Scotland games.
Aye, that’s how I used to go to Scotland games with a Rangers scarf. Big Holton dislocated his shoulder (I think) in a game and the physio put it back in on the sidelines game was still going on. Came back on and had a great game ( I think ). Nowdays I wouldn’t change channel to watch Scotland because of what it represents.I was in the Rangers end that night, in the days when you wore your Rangers scarf to Scotland games.
I was in the Rangers as always, along with a Clyde fan, how times have changed?I was in the Rangers end that night, in the days when you wore your Rangers scarf to Scotland games.
Was there too Sept 1973, my first Scotland game. Celtic keeper Hunter never really recovered from losing that first goal ! IIRC it was one of the last of the 100000 attendances where the true numbers were 10-20k more than the recorded numbers due to the amount of guys paying the turnstile operators cash.I was at Hampden the night he scored his goal. The good old days when we could support our national team.
The South stand was easy to get into. Approach the steward at the emergency exit, he would kick the door with his heel and open sesame. Get inside quickly and square the guy up who was waiting on you. It was a slick operation.Was there too Sept 1973, my first Scotland game. Celtic keeper Hunter never really recovered from losing that first goal ! IIRC it was one of the last of the 100000 attendances where the true numbers were 10-20k more than the recorded numbers due to the amount of guys paying the turnstile operators cash.
The South stand was easy to get into. Approach the steward at the emergency exit, he would kick the door with his heel and open sesame. Get inside quickly and square the guy up who was waiting on you. It was a slick operation.
For all that he was a “hardy big CÜNT”, Holton was no match for our very own “Greatest Ever Ranger” Big John Greig, who absolutely HALFED him in that “friendly” at Old Trafford in March 1974.Six foot one, eyes of dun,
Big Jim Holton's gonna half you son.