26 years ago today Gazza got the most ridiculous booking of all time.

[55 and counting]

I was at that game. It was absolutely freezing from what I remember.

What a performance though!

Was the year the Clyde froze. Was Baltic for weeks overnight temperatures of minus 20 in the central belt definitely 1 of the coldest games I've been at.

 

[Unclerico27]

The one and only game the wife has been taken to. -18 degrees as we left for the match.

I'm an old romantic.

 

[Walrus]

He was a Hibs fan from Newcraighall and was in Pat Stanton’s class at school before he moved west

Wrong Smith it was George Smith

George Smith worked with my grandad (who was not a football fan), when Smith started with him, he asked after a while if being a practicing crash barrier would hold him back at work, he also professed a strong dislike for the Gers and most things not RC

 

[GEODGC]

I knocked back a ffee ticket for that game. Not my best decision it has to be said.

 

[And Goram. Again]

Remember watching the game on ceefax, more simple times.

 

[IrvineLoyal]

Coldest day ever.

 

[Talktalk]

George Smith worked with my grandad (who was not a football fan), when Smith started with him, he asked after a while if being a practicing crash barrier would hold him back at work, he also professed a strong dislike for the Gers and most things not RC

As the crow flies I live less than a mile from where both he and Stanton lived.

 

[Marky86]

Can’t believe it was 26 years ago! Still as laughable a decision today as it was then.

 

[Gauche.]

I was there, Copland rear that day.
What a performance, maybe I am just old and bitter, but I don't believe any patter the ref has subsequently given out about regret.
He will have loved the attention of being featured in sports reports all over the globe.

 

[saltire65]

I was at that game. It was absolutely freezing from what I remember.

What a performance though!

Absolutely Baltic that day and there was a burst pipe in the East Enclosure.

 

[BlueHaze]

The Bears went from laughing to raging in in a split second,The only comparison was Hallidays second yellow resulting in a sending off at Morton for a fist pump.

 

[Macca-EK]

I was sitting Broomloan Front that day right where he picked up the card. Absolutely nuts he got booked

 

[Rt. Hon. Bearman]

Scottish football really does try it's hardest to suck the life out of any enjoyment of the game.

Too many of our officials and administrators think Scottish football is something to be endured, not enjoyed.

 

[top_cat]

Remember watching the game on ceefax, more simple times.

Indeed mate!

 

[828909]

I was there, in my old seat in the Copland rear. Probably the coldest I’ve ever been at a game.

Great game, and the 4th goal was a stoater!!

 

[Hammy]

Love how the tims are convinced there was a conspiracy against them. Yet, I keep seeing clips from the 90s of referees giving poor decisions against us (and other teams). This being one of them.

 

[cambridgeblue]

The one and only game the wife has been taken to. -18 degrees as we left for the match.

I'm an old romantic.

It was absolutely baltic - freezing fog, treacherous as feck underfoot and mind numbingly cold. But what a game.

 

[be11y]

That's nuts, can't believe it's 26 years!

But what a goal Gazza scored after that

 

[gersandproud]

This was the game I took my son to his 1st match
I couldn't explain the booking of Gazza to him at the time & I still can't

I also had a bit of trouble making him understand that 7 -0 wins wouldn't happen every week

 

[Frankie and Ronnie]

Great to watch Gazza running. Balanced and head up looking at the options then goal.

How many miss-hits did Durie score with?

 

[Loyal72]

Pathetic and embarrassing from the ref.

Always pissed me off that he never saw it for the laugh that it was lol

 

[Bada-Bing]

Ibrox with Gascoigne was a f@cking buzz

 

[gersin008]

Dougie Smith was my boss for some time after this and would never discuss it. Quite rightly, he took pelters and didn't referee big games after it but he did work for SFA for sometime after it

Ironically, he was one of the best bosses I ever had but what the fk was he thinking that day

 

[LenzieLoyal]

Brilliant.

What a moment this was, and one of those that will go down in history, not only at Ibrox but in football.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1476473281280720898

Even the Hibs player thought the Ref was out of order.

 

[Funkhouser]

26 years ago today Gazza got the most ridiculous booking of all time.

Just talking about it on Talksport there. Gazza showing the yellow card to the ref as he had dropped it on the pitch and he reacted by showing Gazza the card for real. Gave Hibs a damn good thrashing that day. Can’t believe that was 26 years ago. Time flys right enough.

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[Hap Hapablap]

Pathetic and embarrassing from the ref.

Always pissed me off that he never saw it for the laugh that it was lol

Ever made a mistake at work, did or said something you've instantly regretted?
I know I have.

Put yourself in the Referees shoes. He is in a position of authority on the pitch and thought he was being openly mocked and ridiculed in front of both teams.

Now, if he had the speed of thought to realise the card Gazza was showing him was actually his, laughed it off and walked away then happy days.

But he got it horribly wrong and its well known he was devastated by it, ruined him as a ref and you can't help feel a bit sorry for him.

 

[Bluenote]

Just talking about it on Talksport there. Gazza showing the yellow card to the ref as he had dropped it on the pitch and he reacted by showing Gazza the card for real. Gave Hibs a damn good thrashing that day.

Can’t believe that was 26 years ago. Time flys right enough.

Couldn't go that day because I had to pick my old man up from hospital, but what a brilliant result, with some brilliant goals- especially Gazza's for 4-0. Gazza's booking was completely ridiculous and even Hibs players protested against it- notably Jim Leighton, who generally comes across as a decent guy.

 

[stonewall Jackson]

Good old Dougie Smith. Used to see him about Troon quite often. I think the backlash/ridicule changed him as he was never quite the same after it.

Quite right too. A ridiculous piece of officiating by a total buffoon.

 

[Davieblue1977]

Remember being at that game

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

Remember being at that game

And it was bloody freezing.

 

[BlueSevenTwo]

Remember the game like yesterday, 7 goal Jim Leighton left the field in tears.

 

[50delboy50]

The day a ref made himself look a dick .

 

[Sasa]

Knew the ref well. Always regretted doing it.

Been dead a while now I believe.

 

[Stanley]

A great day of football. Cold, but our display was outstanding. Laudrup incredible that day, almost a forerunner of the SCF with Laudrup and Durie running riot against Hearts.

 

[Koist-El]

Knew the ref well. Always regretted doing it.

Been dead a while now I believe.

He’s my best friends uncle & still alive & in good health. He’s never been allowed to forget that moment to this day, certainly not by me & my friend anyway

 

[Black and red socks]

Scottish football in a nutshell

 

[Sasa]

He’s my best friends uncle & still alive & in good health. He’s never been allowed to forget that moment to this day, certainly not by me & my friend anyway

Maybe confusing him with Jim McCluskey.

Your best friend isnt S McK by any chance?

 

[LenzieLoyal]

Who was the Hibs player shouting at the Ref that it was a fucking joke?

 

[Koist-El]

Maybe confusing him with Jim McCluskey.

Your best friend isnt S McK by any chance?

No we are all from Troon & definitely him. He was at my friends wedding a couple of years ago. He was videoing it & made an arse of that also

 

[bluetonic]

Brilliant.

What a moment this was, and one of those that will go down in history, not only at Ibrox but in football.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1476473281280720898

Even the Hibs player thought the Ref was out of order.

Joe Tortalano was first to go to the referee iirc, never liked him before that

 

[Bum chin]

Absolutely shocking from Gazza. The poor ref had done nothing to deserve getting booked.

 

[RoyalBlue]

I was there that day. Can’t believe it was 26 years ago. I’m getting old.

Same here. I was also there. Surely can’t be 26 years

 

[Oduwa]

Fair play to Joe Tortolano who stuck up for Gazza at the booking. Almost getting booked for protesting about it himself.

That's how fûcking awful the decision was.

Gained a lot of respect for Tortolano that day.

 

[Sasa]

No we are all from Troon & definitely him. He was at my friends wedding a couple of years ago. He was videoing it & made an arse of that also

No ya dafty, I’m confusing him with Jim McCluskey, not you

 

[Oduwa]

Coldest day ever sitting an Ibrox. I was 20 (sad face)