Archie MacPherson on Rangers reaching the final - STV
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HMS.Temple.Garden
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fcvk him!
Thornliebank_Bear
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Quite like him was always a good commentator, Scotland v Wales was one of the best ever, why is he talking crap about favs even their manager said you couldnt really split the sides at the very least its a close call.
El Buffalo
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Oh dear
WeeJockMcPingPong
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Staunch. SIU.
J Spaceman
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You didn't even watch it, did you?
HMS.Temple.Garden
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I did.
China Bear
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Still a huge part of my past commentating on many of our games with good or bad outcomes.
Sticky Fingers
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He would be a happy man if Rangers bring that trophy home with them.
Delboy1962
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On the continent when folk are asked how a final between a German team and a Scottish team would go,the vast majority of them would pick the German team.
Doesn't mean it will happen though!.
Doesn't mean it will happen though!.
Moses McNeil
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What’s your issue?
Noddy
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He's not talking crap, they are the favourites.
Souness’s Moustache
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Not quite understanding why you said this after watching that interview.
The guy is a good man.
HMS.Temple.Garden
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Always fawning over them and Stein.
Some forget about the Mark Walters racism documentary in Scottish football & he said he didn’t realise the significance of the bananas at Parkhead that day!
Really? A man of his intellect didn't see the significance?
Jan Wyck
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Needed said.
Bobby Russell
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Agreed. His book is full of praise for Celtic, yet has a dig at Rangers constantly regarding sectarianism.
Wish I could find that clip of one of Archie's interviews in 2008 when he said he was amazed by the number in the press pack that wanted Rangers to get beat in Manchester.
Could substitute 2022 for 2008
Remains a remarkably well informed, balanced and eloquent speaker. Puts current TV journalists to shame.
Thornliebank_Bear
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Not on here they aint !
RaoulDuke11
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Why dont you like him?
He's generally very fair and talked a lot about the "survival" of the club there.
Edit - forget it. No negativity today.
I like Archie. Always thought he was one of us?
Jamiegatami
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To be fair his constant mispronunciation of Darcheville either proves he really was oblivious, or that he’s a massive secret racist. Not sure what’s worse.
Superior Talent
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Didn't he have a slightly different than the other commentators pronunciation of Prso too? I'm not sure its right to suggest motives on one bit of information
TheFrenchTank
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LUNDSTRAAAAAAM, WOOF! HE'S DONE IT!
Valley Bluenose
RTV? Completed it mate!
Tell you what, I'd take Archie ahead of Crocker & Co every day of the week.
I thought there was a fair bit of nonsense in what he said. First of all he called that mob "pathfinders". We played in European competition long before they ever did and we were the first British club ever to reach the final of a European tournament. Simiĺarly when he was speaking about 1972 anď Aberdeen and Dundee United, neither of that pair did anything in Europe back then. McLean only arrived at Tannadice in 1971 and Fergie was approaching the end of his playing days. Age undoubtedly does do some things to the memory but as Robert Burns said, "Facts are chiels that winnae ding". Archie was a bit off the mark with a few of his facts in that interview.
bearmind
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Archie's commentary still lives with me from the ECWC 1972 final against Moscow Dynamo in Barcelona on 50 minutes gone -
"And Rangers are 3 up, incredibly 3 up."
Like most of us who weren't in Barcelona we had to make do with highlights of the game and avoid any live score!
What I wouldn't give for those words to be expressed again tonight by whomever the commentator is.
"And Rangers are 3 up, incredibly 3 up."
Like most of us who weren't in Barcelona we had to make do with highlights of the game and avoid any live score!
What I wouldn't give for those words to be expressed again tonight by whomever the commentator is.
Govan_Guy
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Overall was ok but him and Roddy Forsyth are the same, have to get the crazy conspiracy theories about us being a new club a mention.
The Doctor
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Totally unwarrented comment. He was practically a lone positive Scottish voice in Manchester, and stated that he was disgusted when other so-called Scottish journalists cheered when Zenit scored and told them so.
Archie is, and always has been, a friend of Rangers.
HMS.Temple.Garden
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see post 16.
frankieboy
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I’m with you mate.
FifeBlue
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"Darkee-veal"
FifeBlue
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Old school. Most Bears under 30 won't have a Scooby who these guys are.Would far rather have 2 guys like this than the twats on BBC and Sky
Will we ever see their like again?
FifeBlue
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Archie on SportScene late on a Saturday night provided one of the critical backdrops to my growing up as a teenager in the 1980s.
His authoritative voice, his knowledge and his precise commentary are like poetry ...
especially if you compare it to that over-excited w. ankstain Liam McLeod on BBC Radio Shortbread
Scarface
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I like him. His football knowledge is fantastic.
Forzabear1872
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2nd best ever Scottish commentator.
David Francey Loyal.
David Francey Loyal.
