auldyin
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I know that off course i would have obviously wanted Forrest to stay the other 2 could have done a better job than big RogerForrest would have been enough.
Criminal.
I know that off course i would have obviously wanted Forrest to stay the other 2 could have done a better job than big RogerForrest would have been enough.
Criminal.
Theres more Poles in the front of the Bovril stand than Warsaw
Do you have any idea what the capacity of the ground was because the Rangers end looks a lot smaller than it was in the 40's plus
63,000..Do you have any idea what the capacity of the ground was because the Rangers end looks a lot smaller than it was in the 40's plus
Agree mate,the Jim Forrest thing still does my head in.I know that off course i would have obviously wanted Forrest to stay the other 2 could have done a better job than big Roger
Yet another heartbreaking experience for us that night in Nuremburg, but it was shown live on British TV that night unlike in 1972. One image i recall from that night was Scot Symon on the touchline wearing a full length New York cop style raincoat which had the words Rangers FC on the back. I wonder where that coat finished up and is it in someones collection of memorabilia, It would have been an interesting item for the club museum.
According to The Rangers Football Companion book John Paterson (the father of Craig) was the Hibs No5 in both games and John Grant the number 2 in both of those games.Rangers v Hibs? the only player that i got right away was Eddie Turnbull well i think it is him
I'm guessing, but I think still the only cousins to ever both score in the same cup final.
As I frequently do and get the narrative wrong. Dung may or may not as the case may be, have said the Rangers end sang your or my interpretion of the lyrics. However I think it might have been at the Scotland v England game of 64 as opposed to the SC final.I vaguely remember hearing/reading about that chant,
but I thought it was
Oh Campbell Forsyth
YOU wish you were Ritchie
If it is Ferguson presumably heading in, it can only be 67/68. Wee bud to the left (not the greatest snap) and possibly Persson in the middle?
If it is 1958, the ref would possibly be Bobby Davidson?If it was the 1958 semi final games Sammy Baird was number 6 at both games
I'm sure the disallowed "goal" was scored by Max Murray.If it is 1958, the ref would possibly be Bobby Davidson?
I think the semi final went to a replay and Davidson disallowed a Rangers goal (Brand?) in a 3-2 defeat.
I found the teams etc on both games and i cant find now ffs I remember the Brand "goal" that would have made it 3-3If it is 1958, the ref would possibly be Bobby Davidson?
I think the semi final went to a replay and Davidson disallowed a Rangers goal (Brand?) in a 3-2 defeat.
Davidson had time on his side regards us and Hibs in a cup tie.I'm sure the disallowed "goal" was scored by Max Murray.
And almost as sure the game finished 2-1.
For some reason, I can well remember him as "RH Davidson of Airdrie", he seemed to referee a lot of our games in my early years going to Ibrox.Davidson had time on his side regards us and Hibs in a cup tie.
Pretty sure he was the ref at Ibrox at the start of 1974/75 when he disallowed a Derek Johnstone blaster in a leagye cup section tie.
My old man always told me that Lawrie Reilly basically had the referee (Davidson) by the throat during a Scottish cup tie against Hibs resulting in a Rangers goal being chalked off.I found the teams etc on both games and i cant find now ffs I remember the Brand "goal" that would have made it 3-3
Lawrie Reilly was still in Hibs books in to 1958My old man always told me that Lawrie Reilly basically had the referee (Davidson) by the throat during a Scottish cup tie against Hibs resulting in a Rangers goal being chalked off.
I've got two queries here without looking info up and I only have Rangers stuff to go by anyway and sod google.
Was Reilly still a Hibs player as late as 58?
Was there another previously disallowed Rangers goal in the SC tie v Hibs at Ibrox in 1950/51, when Reilly would undoubtedly have played?
To add to the mix, I can't envisage Davidson being a referee as far back as 1950.
Two of the above gentlemen passed away this year.
The one in 74 sticks out. DJ's last minute blaster. Chalked off and they went up the park and scored. Alex Cropley scored.For some reason, I can well remember him as "RH Davidson of Airdrie", he seemed to referee a lot of our games in my early years going to Ibrox.
I would have thought Joe Baker was Hibs centre forward in 1958?My old man always told me that Lawrie Reilly basically had the referee (Davidson) by the throat during a Scottish cup tie against Hibs resulting in a Rangers goal being chalked off.
I've got two queries here without looking info up and I only have Rangers stuff to go by anyway and sod google.
Was Reilly still a Hibs player as late as 58?
Was there another previously disallowed Rangers goal in the SC tie v Hibs at Ibrox in 1950/51, when Reilly would undoubtedly have played?
To add to the mix, I can't envisage Davidson being a referee as far back as 1950.
So if Reilly played in that semi final my old man was possibly right. I was wondering if he had got the two different cup ties mixed up. Which was the puzzler.Lawrie Reilly was still in Hibs books in to 1958
That's how the crowd looked in my early days of attending the stadium. There were plenty who wore shirt and tie.
He certainly played against Clyde in the 58 FinalI would have thought Joe Baker was Hibs centre forward in 1958?
March 1968 v Stirling Albion. 5 nil game
Persson scored one from a corner.March 1968 v Stirling Albion. 5 nil game
But not in Glasgow.Theres more Poles in the front of the Bovril stand than Warsaw
Do you have any idea what the capacity of the ground was because the Rangers end looks a lot smaller than it was in the 40's plus
Another great pictureMarch 1968 v Stirling Albion. 5 nil game
I'm sure the disallowed "goal" was scored by Max Murray.
And almost as sure the game finished 2-1.
If it is/was the 2-1 controversial replay defeat, both Brand and Murray had goals disallowed.If it is 1958, the ref would possibly be Bobby Davidson?
I think the semi final went to a replay and Davidson disallowed a Rangers goal (Brand?) in a 3-2 defeat.
Yes, Reilly retired in 1958 due to an injury. Hibs played the same team in both semi-final games in 1958 - Leslie, Grant, McClelland, Turnbull. Paterson, Baxter, Fraser, Aitken, Baker, Preston and Ormand.I would have thought Joe Baker was Hibs centre forward in 1958?
Scored 3 , the direct corner was at the Rangers end.Persson scored one from a corner.
We were in front all that season only to drop silly points in the last few weeks but crowds did swing from 80 thousand plus to under 20.The big difference was very few season tickets in the sixties and seventies.Was just
Another great picture
It's incredible how our crowds fluctuated back then
Growing up in the early 70's I heard about our record attendance and so many 80/90 thousand crowds.
But when you read into it ,we had a lot 20,000 or so attendances in amongst it .
For me, that means my old man was getting a disallowed goal against Hibs mixed up. Unless of course there was one in the 1951 fixture.Yes, Reilly retired in 1958 due to an injury. Hibs played the same team in both semi-final games in 1958 - Leslie, Grant, McClelland, Turnbull. Paterson, Baxter, Fraser, Aitken, Baker, Preston and Ormand.