Unbelievable that they all got in.Rangers 3-0 Celtic - Scottish Cup Final replay, 15th May 1963. Just minutes to go before the kick-off and there are still thousands outside trying to get in (there were over 120,000 at the match):
Unbelievable that they all got in.
If the crowd were in focus I could see myself.Robert Fleck celebrates tying the score at 3-3 in the 1987 League Cup Final. Leighton as ever appears to be claiming offside :
I'm sure I read that this was where both Clubs were given the Old Firm tag.Rangers 1-1 Celtic - Scottish Cup Final replay, 17th April 1909. For the second week in a row the two teams are tied and no one knows the rules. Is there extra-time or another replay? SFA incompetence is nothing new but the rules at the time stipulated extra-time would only be played at the end of a 2nd replay. When the fans saw the two teams eventually start to leave the field they became incensed and, for the only time in history, united as one to vent their fury on the authorities, rioting and setting fire to the entrances (and cutting the firemen's hoses as they tried to put the fires out!). The cup was withheld after an enquiry:
I'm sure I read that this was where both Clubs were given the Old Firm tag.
Apologies if this is incorrect.
Cheers, thanks for sorting that.I think it was earlier mate, possibly the 1904 final.
Cheers, thanks for sorting that.
I love Rangers history.
Agreed.Me too mate. We have the greatest club in the world
I don't know how to post photos on here, my apologies, but theres a cracking pic from the 1979 League Cup Semi Final (we beat the scum 3-2 aet) of Alex McDonald in a boxing pose up against Aitken.
That was a great night.
I remember getting told that waving a white hankie in a crowd was the signal that someone in the crowd was injured. The calm, big polis with the helmet and the satisfied look has probably decked some ned with his truncheon whilst his younger colleague is in a state of panic.A spot of bother in the crowd at a Rangers v Celtic match at Ibrox sees the police intervene, 1949:
. . . with The Albion dog track ( later the Rangers training ground, and now car park ) in the background.Outside Ibrox for Rangers v Celtic, 1949:
Here it is (colourised by the Photo Doctor himself!) ...
And in a more conciliatory pose ...
A good KP lad, like myself!Despite all the great midfielders I have seen since, I still put Alex Macdonald in my best 11 of those I have watched.
I remember getting told that waving a white hankie in a crowd was the signal that someone in the crowd was injured. The calm, big polis with the helmet and the satisfied look has probably decked some ned with his truncheon whilst his younger colleague is in a state of panic.
Two football legends,Bobby Shearer and Danny Blanchflower.
Two football legends,Bobby Shearer and Danny Blanchflower.
Memo to the haters who lurk in this board.
Our pennant says The Rangers on it.
Love it says 'The Rangers' proper history there!Two football legends,Bobby Shearer and Danny Blanchflower.
Brilliant, cheers for posting that.Here it is (colourised by the Photo Doctor himself!) ...
And in a more conciliatory pose ...
Possibly the New Year game in 1949, we beat them 4-0.
Jimmy Duncanson scored a hat trick, the first league treble against them of the 20th century.
The legend and the bigot together.Fraternising with the enemy! Jim Baxter is snapped in Glasgow city centre with Pat Crerand:
I love this thread