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January 18th 1967
Rangers travel to Pittodrie for a tough midweek fixture.
Both teams are locked on 28 points, trailing Celtic by 7 points, though Rangers have 2 games in hand, and a rearranged home game v Celtic to come.
This was very much a must win game for Rangers, against an Aberdeen side that was undefeated at home all season long.
There was a bit of recent history between the two clubs, with them having faced each other 7 times in 7 months, between March and October.
3 League Games, a Scottish Cup Semi Final and Replay, a League Cup Semi Final and Replay.
Rangers were Undefeated in all 7, winning 5, drawing 2.
Aberdeen were led by the impressive Eddie Turnbull, who had recently turned down the offer to become Assistant Manager at Ibrox to Scot Symon.
Rangers fielded an unchanged XI for the 4th consecutive game, though Symon opted to switch the positions with Jim Forrest, going to Inside Left, and George Mclean playing Centre Forward, as he had done in the previous two games.
Martin Johansen Provan Greig McKinnon D.Smith Henderson A.Smith McLean Forrest Johnston.
30,000 packed into Pittodrie on a freezing January evening to witness a superb game of football served up by both teams.
Aberdeen were the better side in the first half of a very bruising encounter, inspired with the 'Aberdeen Baxter' Jimmy Smith, who was outstanding in midfield, that saw Aberdeen take the lead through Johnston in the 27th min.
Rangers looked down and almost out, as the left the field at the break.
A different Rangers emerged for the second half. Three minutes after the restart, a clever flick from Forrest lines up beautifully for Mclean to run onto, and slam the ball underneath the diving Clark into the net. The game changed in an instant. The confidence was immediately sucked right out of Aberdeen, and the travelling fans joy just added to that.
Rangers pummelled them, Henderson hit the post, Alex Smith with a diving header forced Clark into another fine save.
'Eight minutes to go McLean capped perhaps his finest performance with an astonishingly slick goal.'
A clever back heel from McLean to Johnston, saw Big Dandy take the return and fire the ball low and hard into the bottom corner, for his second of the night, to give Rangers the points.
The often much maligned George McLean was now the Toast of Rangers.
ABERDEEN 1-2 RANGERS
McLean's two goals that night brought his tally to an outrageous 55 Goals in his last 53 Games!
His partner, Jim Forrest with 147 Goals in 160 games was none to shabby either.
10 Days later, 23 year old George McLean and 22 year old Jim Forrest were told they would never play for the Rangers again.
Rangers travel to Pittodrie for a tough midweek fixture.
Both teams are locked on 28 points, trailing Celtic by 7 points, though Rangers have 2 games in hand, and a rearranged home game v Celtic to come.
This was very much a must win game for Rangers, against an Aberdeen side that was undefeated at home all season long.
There was a bit of recent history between the two clubs, with them having faced each other 7 times in 7 months, between March and October.
3 League Games, a Scottish Cup Semi Final and Replay, a League Cup Semi Final and Replay.
Rangers were Undefeated in all 7, winning 5, drawing 2.
Aberdeen were led by the impressive Eddie Turnbull, who had recently turned down the offer to become Assistant Manager at Ibrox to Scot Symon.
Rangers fielded an unchanged XI for the 4th consecutive game, though Symon opted to switch the positions with Jim Forrest, going to Inside Left, and George Mclean playing Centre Forward, as he had done in the previous two games.
Martin Johansen Provan Greig McKinnon D.Smith Henderson A.Smith McLean Forrest Johnston.
30,000 packed into Pittodrie on a freezing January evening to witness a superb game of football served up by both teams.
Aberdeen were the better side in the first half of a very bruising encounter, inspired with the 'Aberdeen Baxter' Jimmy Smith, who was outstanding in midfield, that saw Aberdeen take the lead through Johnston in the 27th min.
Rangers looked down and almost out, as the left the field at the break.
A different Rangers emerged for the second half. Three minutes after the restart, a clever flick from Forrest lines up beautifully for Mclean to run onto, and slam the ball underneath the diving Clark into the net. The game changed in an instant. The confidence was immediately sucked right out of Aberdeen, and the travelling fans joy just added to that.
Rangers pummelled them, Henderson hit the post, Alex Smith with a diving header forced Clark into another fine save.
'Eight minutes to go McLean capped perhaps his finest performance with an astonishingly slick goal.'
A clever back heel from McLean to Johnston, saw Big Dandy take the return and fire the ball low and hard into the bottom corner, for his second of the night, to give Rangers the points.
The often much maligned George McLean was now the Toast of Rangers.
ABERDEEN 1-2 RANGERS
McLean's two goals that night brought his tally to an outrageous 55 Goals in his last 53 Games!
His partner, Jim Forrest with 147 Goals in 160 games was none to shabby either.
10 Days later, 23 year old George McLean and 22 year old Jim Forrest were told they would never play for the Rangers again.
