Jermaine Defoe - Teetotal, Almost

[hammer17]

I’ve loved all the players posts about Jimmy, Goldsons and Tavs have been wonderful, but I shed a wee tear at this.

Good on you Jermaine, you have a way with words

 

[Deek1872]

Its been interesting and quite nice to read all the players/explayers stories about how much he was loved.

 

[sprally]

Somebody chopping onions?

 

[Tailwind]

I’ve loved all the players posts about Jimmy, Goldsons and Tavs have been wonderful, but I shed a wee tear at this.

Good on you Jermaine, you have a way with words

Can you post Goldson’s and Tav’s? Not seen them

 

[devilman]

It was really nice words from Jermaine and outstanding hat tea total or not he was drinking a whisky whether he liked it or not.

As above, been nice hearing some of the stories. So sad about the circumstances bringing them out.

 

[GF1]

Can you post Goldson’s and Tav’s? Not seen them

We should maybe have a thread dedicated to player tributes. Davis and McGregor also put stuff out. It's all on their Instagram accounts

 

[strathavenbear]

Reading the posts on Instagram from players past and present shows you just what Jimmy meant to so many people around the club.

 

[Carson1912]

These stories are making Me even sadder but great stories all the same.

 

[Ally Shuffle]

It’s amazing the level of respect all players past or present are showing jimmy, he will be missed massively

 

[humie]

He should be put into the hall of fame this year without doubt. I’ve been saying it for years but it needs to happen now

 

[Royal Burgh Bear]

Can you post Goldson’s and Tav’s? Not seen them

 

[blutos]

I'm no crying, you are

 

[Hurricane Run]

The club will miss Jimmy dearly. Those wee anecdotes build connections to the players and pass on history to the next set of players. Players who would otherwise have had no genuine affiliation.

Jimmy is the reason a lot of these players will have adopted the "once a Ranger, always a Ranger" mantra.

Im genuinely devastated hes gone

 

[chilebear]

He should be put into the hall of fame this year without doubt. I’ve been saying it for years but it needs to happen now

I said last year that we should name the training ground after him.

 

[StuMac1972]

If there is one person I wish had written a book, then that person is Jimmy.
It would have been a bestseller on day one.

 

[Shug176]

He should be put into the hall of fame this year without doubt. I’ve been saying it for years but it needs to happen now

He should indeed

 

[BlueSevenTwo]

Another brilliant and heart warming story.

 

[Ciro]

The club will miss Jimmy dearly. Those wee anecdotes build connections to the players and pass on history to the next set of players. Players who would otherwise have had no genuine affiliation.

Jimmy is the reason a lot of these players will have adopted the "once a Ranger, always a Ranger" mantra.

Im genuinely devastated hes gone

Summed up very well. Its a very sad day for RFC.

The connections between decades of Rangers was woven through people like Jimmy Bell. We’re unlikely to ever see his like again.

 

[11alberz]

Another brilliant and heart warming story.

Its a sad sad day for The rangers Family.

 

[RobbenHood]

Defoe has a way with words, that’s a wonderful tribute

 

[BruceyBear]

This is beautiful

 

[William Cutting]

Someone like Defoe being humbled by a man in Jimmy's position just shows how much he was respected by all. Will be such a massive loss.

 

[Chris the Bandito]

If there is one person I wish had written a book, then that person is Jimmy.
It would have been a bestseller on day one.

I think one of the attributes that made him who he was is that he would never have written a long form gossip column. All those players referring to him as a confidante trusted him not to plaster their secrets all over social media for a reason.

 

[Malakai Blue]

Got a massive lump in my throat reading that. What a legend he was

 

[Tommy48]

This day just gets sadder and sadder.

 

[Double D]

Been holding it together today but that tipped me over the edge.
Lovely tribute.

 

[Jelle1880]

So many of the stories from former players talk about how Bell was instrumental in keeping their feet on the ground and not to get above their station.

 

[Union]

There’s been some cracking tributes from ex players and staff to the legendary Jimmy Bell.

 

[True Blue]

Lovely and heartfelt tribute from JD.

 

[Vinted]

If there is one person I wish had written a book, then that person is Jimmy.
It would have been a bestseller on day one.

100%

 

[The Hooded Claw]

Welling up at all these tributes to a Rangers great. A stalwart of the club

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Somebody chopping onions?

Me….as usual

 

[Bluebearjim]

Such lovely words from JD and nice from Tav and Goldson. He was held in such high esteem by everyone in the Rangers family, past and present. Such a sad day, and so sudden.

 

[mayfairblue]

We should maybe have a thread dedicated to player tributes. Davis and McGregor also put stuff out. It's all on their Instagram accounts

Good idea mate.

 

[Fourladshadadream]

When I think of him.

I laugh about him grabbing the subs board from the lad at the side of the pitch.

With a growl.

 

[RabSpackman]

The club will miss Jimmy dearly. Those wee anecdotes build connections to the players and pass on history to the next set of players. Players who would otherwise have had no genuine affiliation.

Jimmy is the reason a lot of these players will have adopted the "once a Ranger, always a Ranger" mantra.

Im genuinely devastated hes gone

100%

This ongoing loyalty to the club that so many players have is forged in the day-to-day of the club and Jimmy Bell was there every day - making things run smoothly, having a laugh, clipping someone’s wings, no doubt putting an arm round a shoulder when required too.

People talk about an assistant manager being a buffer to the manager but I think our kitman was probably a buffer to even that.
Eyes & ears of the club and support for the players.

Walter Smith and now Jimmy Bell gone this season - so much to celebrate in each of them, and so much to miss.

 

[basiltherat]

I think one of the attributes that made him who he was is that he would never have written a long form gossip column. All those players referring to him as a confidante trusted him not to plaster their secrets all over social media for a reason.

I think we would all have loved to read the book but it is a huge tribute to his integrity that despite being very far from being the highest paid st the club he never attempted to cash in
I am sure he knew some juicy tales the media would have liked to get but he was never a source for them
Good on him I say and if that means I am deprived of 4 or 5 hours of reading pleasure it is well worth it

 

[hammer17]

100%

This ongoing loyalty to the club that so many players have is forged in the day-to-day of the club and Jimmy Bell was there every day - making things run smoothly, having a laugh, clipping someone’s wings, no doubt putting an arm round a shoulder when required too.

People talk about an assistant manager being a buffer to the manager but I think our kitman was probably a buffer to even that.
Eyes & ears of the club and support for the players.

Walter Smith and now Jimmy Bell gone this season - so much to celebrate in each of them, and so much to miss.

Couldn’t agree more.

 

[TQ3]

That’s a beautiful story. I remember both him and Stevie G saying that he had never touched alcohol in his life, and it always seemed an important thing to JD, so for him to have a dram with Jimmy shows how much he touched people.