Jimmy Millar - A question for older Bears

Fondablondes

Fondablondes

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Another thread about a nudge on Jak Alnwick at Motherwell's first goal got me thinking about the present day protection goalkeepers get.
My old man told me stories about 50's and 60's players, particularly about one of his heroes Jimmy Millar. According to my old man, Jimmy, and other centre forwards, were not adverse to knocking the keeper into the net and getting a goal on occasion. Can any older Bears confirm if this is fact?
 
True Goalies weren’t a protected species then and my all time hero JM was not averse to a little muscle, Jimmy’s greatest ability was his heading ability, cut him in two and it would be Rangers!
 
Fondablondes said:
Another thread about a nudge on Jak Alnwick at Motherwell's first goal got me thinking about the present day protection goalkeepers get.
My old man told me stories about 50's and 60's players, particularly about one of his heroes Jimmy Millar. According to my old man, Jimmy, and other centre forwards, were not adverse to knocking the keeper into the net and getting a goal on occasion. Can any older Bears confirm if this is fact?
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I think by Millar's time the practice of bundling the keeper into the net had been outlawed.
Now in Jimmy Smith's time....
 
I used to hear a lot about goalies being bundled into the net but I have to say that in the 60+ years of watching Rangers and also and load of other games, it is not something that I ever saw happening in a match. I have seen old films showing footage of goalies being shoulder charged while they held the ball but I think it had disappeared from our game by the time Jimmy Millar was playing for us.
 
Saw Willie Thornton shoulder Jimmy Cowan into net at Ibrox and goal given.
As someone mentioned earlier big Jimmy Smith was a specialist at the skill.
 
Fondablondes said:
Another thread about a nudge on Jak Alnwick at Motherwell's first goal got me thinking about the present day protection goalkeepers get.
My old man told me stories about 50's and 60's players, particularly about one of his heroes Jimmy Millar. According to my old man, Jimmy, and other centre forwards, were not adverse to knocking the keeper into the net and getting a goal on occasion. Can any older Bears confirm if this is fact?
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If I remember correctly it was outlawed before Jimmy Millar's time but the keepers didn't get anything like the protection as they seem to do nowadays.

W.A.T.P.
 
Some modern day players complain about taxing schedules. Pretty sure when Jimmy Millar signed from Dunfermline, he was doing national service but always put in a good shift. Don’t think he signed as a centre forward but eventually played there with distinction. Don’t recall him getting involved with goalkeepers other than slotting the ball past them. Remember Jimmy Millar scoring a last minute winner at Parkhead when Rangers won 1-0 after missing a penalty. His contribution to our club was outstanding.
 
jimbear said:
I used to hear a lot about goalies being bundled into the net but I have to say that in the 60+ years of watching Rangers and also and load of other games, it is not something that I ever saw happening in a match. I have seen old films showing footage of goalies being shoulder charged while they held the ball but I think it had disappeared from our game by the time Jimmy Millar was playing for us.
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I agree with that. Players simply did not get away with, or routinely attempt to, bundle goalies into the back of the net in JM's day.
 
livi_true_blue said:
Seem to remember Colin Stein bundling Jim Fallon into the net to claim a goal Vs Motherwell early 1970s.
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My memory of the goal is while Colin Stein was in close proximity, Fallon actually fumbled the ball over the line. He tried to retrieve it but failed to stop it crossing the line. Colin Stein may have followed the ball in but I am sure he would have had a foul given against him if he had bundled Fallon over the line. John Fallon was another good servant to The Rangers :)
 
The Meik's Crombie said:
My memory of the goal is while Colin Stein was in close proximity, Fallon actually fumbled the ball over the line. He tried to retrieve it but failed to stop it crossing the line. Colin Stein may have followed the ball in but I am sure he would have had a foul given against him if he had bundled Fallon over the line. John Fallon was another good servant to The Rangers :)
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And a godsend to Rangers fans on Twitter:D
 
As an old Bear who played between the sticks a keeper was fair game for a shoulder charge if he had his feet on the ground.

When coming for cross balls it was pretty much every man for himself as refs were nowhere near as protective of keepers as nowadays.

It had to be a fairly severe ‘dunt’ before a foul was given, hence keepers coming out with their knee up.

Different game today both from the ref’s and goalie’s perspective
WATP
 
muz73 said:
As an old Bear who played between the sticks a keeper was fair game for a shoulder charge if he had his feet on the ground.

When coming for cross balls it was pretty much every man for himself as refs were nowhere near as protective of keepers as nowadays.

It had to be a fairly severe ‘dunt’ before a foul was given, hence keepers coming out with their knee up.

Different game today both from the ref’s and goalie’s perspective
WATP
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Proper man's game ;)
 
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