Hearts 0 Rangers 1, January 1950

[dh1963]

21st January 1950, the great Iron Curtain team beat a good Hearts team 1-0 in front of over 49,000 at Tynecastle.
Forward Willie Findlay scoring the only goal.

Despite us only losing twice in the league all season, Rangers only won the title by a single point from the best team in Hibs history, who had the Famous Five in attack.

Almost 70 years ago, not the best picture quality, but then as now the biggest crowds wanted to see the Rangers, and the Rangers did what they do best. They won.

 

[wee bud's pit boots]

Bless them all.

 

[Alex Venters]

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[Jan Žižka]

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Click the score on top of the video.

 

[Alex Venters]

Click the score on top of the video.

Cheers.

 

[ThorntonMM]

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[karanja]

40 to 45 years ago I was in a pub with my old man and he introduced me to the above Willie (Banana) Findlay.Spent the afternoon talking about his time with us.

 

[Chris the Bandito]

I love videos like that.

So many thoughts but the first few are:

Tynecastle looks bursting and that isn’t their record attendance- 4000 more in 32 when the bears visited

The shape of the terraces looks smaller then than when 29000 was the capacity when I started going

Rangers and Bheggars crowds are probably bigger on average than any time in history but where has the support gone from Hearts and Hibs since the 50s and Dundee since the 60s?

Scottish football is much the poorer for being a 2 horse race - although everyone outside of us seemingly enjoyed the 1 horse race for the last few years

Scottish football commentators should have done pot black “ for those watching in black and white the blue is next to the pink”

 

[dh1963]

I love videos like that.

So many thoughts but the first few are:

Tynecastle looks bursting and that isn’t their record attendance- 4000 more in 32 when the bears visited

The shape of the terraces looks smaller then than when 29000 was the capacity when I started going

Rangers and Bheggars crowds are probably bigger on average than any time in history but where has the support gone from Hearts and Hibs since the 50s and Dundee since the 60s?

Scottish football is much the poorer for being a 2 horse race - although everyone outside of us seemingly enjoyed the 1 horse race for the last few years

Scottish football commentators should have done pot black “ for those watching in black and white the blue is next to the pink”

Compare to these days. A packed terracing, no fence, and only 1 policeman standing in front of them.
These days it would be 20 police and 30 stewards!

 

[Barca Bear]

the distillery/brewery behind the terracing

 

[simply_the_best]

21st January 1950, the great Iron Curtain team beat a good Hearts team 1-0 in front of over 49,000 at Tynecastle.
Forward Willie Findlay scoring the only goal.

Despite us only losing twice in the league all season, Rangers only won the title by a single point from the best team in Hibs history, who had the Famous Five in attack.

Almost 70 years ago, not the best picture quality, but then as now the biggest crowds wanted to see the Rangers, and the Rangers did what they do best. They won.

Tremendous, hard to believe nearly 50,000 in Tynecastle, just over 20,000 there when I went first in 1990 and it was rammed.

 

[jaws73]

Tremendous footage.

 

[bluestory]

2 beautiful old teams.

Shame what happened to Hearts over the years.

 

[ao2]

I love old videos like that. I well remember great games at Tynecastle in the 80s and 90s with 29,000 there and it seemed packed. It must have been amazing to be part of a near 50,000 crowd like that one.

 

[Alex Venters]

l think the cup replay in 1968 had a crowd of 44,000. Unfortunately as it was a school night I was confined to barracks.
I can remember being part of 30,000+ crowds at Tynecastle in the early 70's.

 

[theweebarra]

Compare to these days. A packed terracing, no fence, and only 1 policeman standing in front of them.
These days it would be 20 police and 30 stewards!

Aye but the 50s were quiet times.

 

[Maxi 4]

Was at cup replay 1968 47000 attendance

 

[hawkfalcons]

21st January 1950, the great Iron Curtain team beat a good Hearts team 1-0 in front of over 49,000 at Tynecastle.
Forward Willie Findlay scoring the only goal.

Despite us only losing twice in the league all season, Rangers only won the title by a single point from the best team in Hibs history, who had the Famous Five in attack.

Almost 70 years ago, not the best picture quality, but then as now the biggest crowds wanted to see the Rangers, and the Rangers did what they do best. They won.

never seen that before what a find

 

[Weesam]

Did

21st January 1950, the great Iron Curtain team beat a good Hearts team 1-0 in front of over 49,000 at Tynecastle.
Forward Willie Findlay scoring the only goal.

Despite us only losing twice in the league all season, Rangers only won the title by a single point from the best team in Hibs history, who had the Famous Five in attack.

Almost 70 years ago, not the best picture quality, but then as now the biggest crowds wanted to see the Rangers, and the Rangers did what they do best. They won.

Jimmy souness play for hearts team

 

[Rangerista]

l think the cup replay in 1968 had a crowd of 44,000. Unfortunately as it was a school night I was confined to barracks.
I can remember being part of 30,000+ crowds at Tynecastle in the early 70's.

The front page of the Scottish Daily Express had an edge to edge picture at the top of its front page (it was an old fashioned broadsheet publication) of Bears on the pitch, after Hearts scored to knock us out out. I was only 9 and wasn't there, but I remember that we were in the doghouse for a few days for our fans behaviour.