Alex Venters
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Yip.Young Dave mackay??
Is that David Holmes with the grey hair
Fir Park.We don't need Eusabio cos we've got Colin Stein....
Yip.Young Dave mackay??
Is that David Holmes with the grey hair
Fir Park.We don't need Eusabio cos we've got Colin Stein....
There's goal netting in the picture (bottom left) so, not Fir Park, Bayview is still the front runner.Yip.
Fir Park.
Somerset Pk?There's goal netting in the picture (bottom left) so, not Fir Park, Bayview is still the front runner.
You've got previous for being right.There's goal netting in the picture (bottom left) so, not Fir Park, Bayview is still the front runner.
I was talking about that very subject with my 83 yo uncle in Charlie's Bar in Ardrossan yesterday.Colin Stein was part of me growing up. Wee bud was my favourite but hey ho.
But for our older pop pickers how did Colin Stein amongst the Rangers support rate against Millar, Brand and Forrest?
Old pictures of Bayview rules that out , no cover behind the goalsThere's goal netting in the picture (bottom left) so, not Fir Park, Bayview is still the front runner.
Agree , it looks the correct answer.Somerset Pk?
Aye - and making a right c**t of it also!You've got previous for being right.
That's us in the same supporters club.Aye - and making a right c**t of it also!
I've never met him but I like your uncle. Those would be good conversations.I was talking about that very subject with my 83 yo uncle in Charlie's Bar in Ardrossan yesterday.
His take was that Jimmy Millar was a cleverer player than Stein and that both Brand and Forrest were better finishers.
Colin Stein was a real trier and covered every blade of grass on the pitch as far as he was concerned......and then,of course, the subject as it always does with him got changed to Baxter.
Wee question about Kai. He was not freed by Rangers until May 1971. However played not a single minute of football for Rangers in 70-71.Kai Johansen c.1965/66:
Did he fall out with Waddell?Wee question about Kai. He was not freed by Rangers until May 1971. However played not a single minute of football for Rangers in 70-71.
Any background to why this happened?
Just to young to remember, but wasn't it just a case of Sandy Jardine moving to right back and making the position his own?Did he fall out with Waddell?
He certainly wouldn't have been alone if he did.
Certainly a factor.Just to young to remember, but wasn't it just a case of Sandy Jardine moving to right back and making the position his own?
This photo brings it home that only 2 or 3 seasons before, we had Shearer, Caldow, Baxter, McMillan and Brand in our side. Always difficult to replace great players with even better players.Rangers in 1966:
This photo brings it home that only 2 or 3 seasons before, we had Shearer, Caldow, McMillan and Brand in our side. Always difficult to replace great players with even better players.
It's been quite a while since I've looked at the vintage photos and, as always they're great. This one brings back memories of when I was in my early teens. It was on the cover of an L.P. of Rangers songs issued circa 1967-68, the singer was a guy called Alex McKeown, who, I think, was from the Greenock/Port Glasgow area. My brother and I would have played it constantly - at that time we needed something to keep our spirits up. The photo was taken in Bob Moffatt's Four Step Inn on the Shankill Road in Belfast, I'm guessing it was of members of a supporters club based in that bar. The pub was bombed by the I.R.A. in September 1971, two men were killed and 27 injured. I came across our copy of the album in my loft about two years ago, I must look it out again, brings back great memories of an era when I first got the Rangers bug.
Bloody hell!Scottish Cup Final replay riot, 17th April 1909. The payboxes ablaze at Hampden. The cup was withheld following an SFA enquiry:
Willie Reid, one of the greatest goalscorers in Rangers and Scottish football history, made his debut for us in the riot final.Bloody hell!
Definitely Somerset Park. After putting out Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of November 1971 Greig vowed he wouldn’t shave while Rangers were still in the Cup Winners Cup. This must be theSomerset Pk?
Agree .( post 6557)Definitely Somerset Park. After putting out Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of November 1971 Greig vowed he wouldn’t shave while Rangers were still in the Cup Winners Cup. This must be the
game at the end of November with Henderson and Stein scoring in a 2-1 win at Ayr.
I'd love to know more about that game!Willie Reid, one of the greatest goalscorers in Rangers and Scottish football history, made his debut for us in the riot final.
I bet he was wondering what he had got himself into!
I'd love to know more about that game!
I'd love to know more about that game!
Tam was ma wee uncle.I've never met him but I like your uncle. Those would be good conversations.
Back in the day in The Keystane in Brigton when we still had that wonderful pub, there was a guy called Val. His surname was Valente. Yes he was of Italian extraction. But he went to school with our lot. So he was one of us. Sort of.
It could have been a cultural day but he was talking to my old man in the boozer. Now back then I sat with Tam Bain and John Bradley in the North East corner of The Keystane. People from the toll will know what I mean.
Val said, 'Tommy, I love those two auld geezers but all they ever talk about is Rangers. Your uncle would have been in good company, trust me.
I remember John Greig had a cut or injury to his jaw which meant he could not shave. The injury healed but, as you said, he vowed not to shave while we were in the ECWC.Definitely Somerset Park. After putting out Sporting Lisbon at the beginning of November 1971 Greig vowed he wouldn’t shave while Rangers were still in the Cup Winners Cup. This must be the
game at the end of November with Henderson and Stein scoring in a 2-1 win at Ayr.
Did he not cut his chin falling on a bench at Largs or some other Ayrshire training camp? Beards and moustaches would have been banned by Waddell around this time.I remember John Greig had a cut or injury to his jaw which meant he could not shave. The injury healed but, as you said, he vowed not to shave while we were in the ECWC.
Add Forrest and McLean to that list,early the following year.This photo brings it home that only 2 or 3 seasons before, we had Shearer, Caldow, Baxter, McMillan and Brand in our side. Always difficult to replace great players with even better players.
EDIT : I am embarrassed to say I did not mention Jim Baxter in the original post. Mistake rectified and hair shirt now being worn.
I cannot remember the exact circumstances of his injury @Sancus. However it must have been a lucky omen for Europe only because there were some grim domestic results that year.Did he not cut his chin falling on a bench at Largs or some other Ayrshire training camp? Beards and moustaches would have been banned by Waddell around this time.
Look at Fleck's sunbed eyes
There was a game at Cathkin in the early 60s my dad spoke about, the gates got stormed and fans flooded in and swarmed on to the pitch.Not 100% sure of the occasion but this looks like after the final whistle of the last league match of the 1959/60 season, Rangers vs Third Lanark.
Rangers lost the game 1-2 and finished 12 points behind champions Hearts and eight behind runners-up Kilmarnock.
Think that's George Young in the foreground, he was manager of Third Lanark at this time.
Edit: This could be Cathkin park?
Somerset parkYip.
Fir Park.
Hi bud,I've never met him but I like your uncle. Those would be good conversations.
Back in the day in The Keystane in Brigton when we still had that wonderful pub, there was a guy called Val. His surname was Valente. Yes he was of Italian extraction. But he went to school with our lot. So he was one of us. Sort of.
It could have been a cultural day but he was talking to my old man in the boozer. Now back then I sat with Tam Bain and John Bradley in the North East corner of The Keystane. People from the toll will know what I mean.
Val said, 'Tommy, I love those two auld geezers but all they ever talk about is Rangers. Your uncle would have been in good company, trust me.
A great question, but not sure of the definitive answer, other than I think it is very much a generation thing, depending on who you grew up with.Colin Stein was part of me growing up. Wee bud was my favourite but hey ho.
But for our older pop pickers how did Colin Stein amongst the Rangers support rate against Millar, Brand and Forrest?
Not 100% sure of the occasion but this looks like after the final whistle of the last league match of the 1959/60 season, Rangers vs Third Lanark.
Rangers lost the game 1-2 and finished 12 points behind champions Hearts and eight behind runners-up Kilmarnock.
Think that's George Young in the foreground, he was manager of Third Lanark at this time.
Edit: This could be Cathkin park?