One for the auld guys

[Texas ranger]

Land it plum on big DJ or Bomber's head.

Again, and again and again.

 

[Texas ranger]

Hmm a " tanner"

Penny for me, Castlemilk poor team loyal.

 

[SimonLeBon]

Sitting watching “Now 70s” on one of the music channels and on comes a singer called Jackie Lee - now my 60s/70s knowledge isn’t bad but I can’t remember her at all. Anyhoo, she’s singing a song called “Rupert The Bear”. Did we sing “Tommy, Tommy McLean” to that tune or is senility even closer than I think?

We did indeed.

 

[The Great Waldo]

I was going to pass over this thread, until I realised I am an "auld guy".

BTW the song was sung & wee Calimero was he best crosser of a ball I have ever seen.

 

[Elder55]

Sitting watching “Now 70s” on one of the music channels and on comes a singer called Jackie Lee - now my 60s/70s knowledge isn’t bad but I can’t remember her at all. Anyhoo, she’s singing a song called “Rupert The Bear”. Did we sing “Tommy, Tommy McLean” to that tune or is senility even closer than I think?

Saw the thread Bro clicked on and realised that it is relevant to me!!!
I am that Auld ‘yin!!

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Sitting watching “Now 70s” on one of the music channels and on comes a singer called Jackie Lee - now my 60s/70s knowledge isn’t bad but I can’t remember her at all. Anyhoo, she’s singing a song called “Rupert The Bear”. Did we sing “Tommy, Tommy McLean” to that tune or is senility even closer than I think?

Nice one…we sure did sing it to Tommy McLean

 

[muz73]

We did indeed.

Loud 'n' proud.

 

[exiled bluenose]

Sang it to wee Calimero many times. Tam knew instinctively where big DJs heid was going to be and chipped over a pinpoint accurate cross more times than i had hot dinners. Couldny tackle to save his life though.

 

[Big Joke New]

Was Jackie Lee the female from Peters and Lee?

When they split up Lee went straight into a solo career and Peters went straight into a wall. There’s a joke for the older clienteor.

Bad taste

 

[calderbear]

The wee Calimero

That's an injustice!

 

[Texas ranger]

 

[Beer Belly Loyal]

Wee Tommy McLean replaced Wee Wullie Henderson as a first pick.

I vaguely remember thinking at the time "Nae chance mate!". Took me a while to get used to the idea, turned out he was indeed the man to take up that position.

Wee Wullie was the better of the two mind.

 

[Al khobar-ger]

SC final against Aberdeen pin point cross right into big DJ ‘s napper
Calamero loyal

 

[Al khobar-ger]

Wee youngsters will not know who calamero is

 

[JerseyLoyalist]

Wee Tommy McLean replaced Wee Wullie Henderson as a first pick.

I vaguely remember thinking at the time "Nae chance mate!". Took me a while to get used to the idea, turned out he was indeed the man to take up that position.

Wee Wullie was the better of the two mind.

To be fair,they were two totally different players.

 

[Orange Peel]

Sang it to wee Calimero many times. Tam knew instinctively where big DJs heid was going to be and chipped over a pinpoint accurate cross more times than i had hot dinners. Couldny tackle to save his life though.

Great player and as you say, couldn't tackle and got pelters for it at times.

 

[whitbyontbear]

Wee Tam. The best crosser of a ball I've ever seen.

After we bought Colin Stein,the Killie fans sang “100 thousand down the drain,you’d be better buying Tommy McLean”.
Well, we did and he was good too.

 

[Square it!]

McLean was a star, I could never understand the 'Get intae them' bams giving him a hard time for shirking tackles against hammer throwers twice his size. Superb crosser of the ball.

Tommy & Sandy were such an effective force working together down our right.

 

[Big D]

Fairly confident we used the same tune for Bobby McKean for a while too.

 

[big_hec]

McLean must have had most assists in Scottish football in his prime - sublime crosser of the ball

Derek through the middle
Tommy on the wing
Tommy chips it over
And Derek nods it in

then it’s nice one Derek nice one son …….

 

[Dugsy]

100% we did.

 

[Weegie]

Ffs I remember that so less of the “Auld yin’s”!

 

[Cahoochie]

Daily records, 1/2/1972
“Spew it out it “ today demanded City of Glasgow Police act following Rangers fans vile anti Irish Catholic singing of Rupert the Bear.
“ It is well known Rupert was the code name for a leading loyalist Figure” said Demonina Hoggmarty, a spokesperson for the charity…..” this has been corroborated by the well known Glasgow journalist Mal O’Dorous.

 

[Il Ciocco]

Remember the Newcastle fans singing it for Philipe Albert. Simple but effective.

 

[The paisley loyal]

Wonder what FARE would construe from that?

I would like to point out, that I think all Bears would be absolutely furious, if anyone was to call them , Rupert. A mean come on boys, a bear called Rupert. You'll be telling me next that the
Hokey Cokey, is sectarian.

 

[Delboy1962]

Wee Tam. The best crosser of a ball I've ever seen.

Always remember big DJ saying with Tommy McLean and Davie Cooper supplying those crosses,he couldn't help but score and they made him.

 

[BallaratBear]

I can remember watching the kids TV series in the 70’s but I can’t remember the Tommy McLean song.

 

[NUL bear]

Wee Tam. The best crosser of a ball I've ever seen.

Good though wee Tam was Willie Henderson was brilliant
And Cooper
And Laudrup when out wide
And Bud

in fact we have had a plethora of brilliant wingers

 

[biggee]

Good though wee Tam was Willie Henderson was brilliant
And Cooper
And Laudrup when out wide
And Bud

in fact we have had a plethora of brilliant wingers

And as many not so.

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Parlane, Parlane, Parlane, Parlane.
Parlane’s the king of Ibrox Park!!!

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Good though wee Tam was Willie Henderson was brilliant
And Cooper
And Laudrup when out wide
And Bud

in fact we have had a plethora of brilliant wingers

Absolutely. Add Walters and McCann to the list.

 

[shoulderpads]

Funnily enough, was humming this tune the other day trying - and failing - to fit a current first teamer's name into it.

 

[huistra23]

Everyone knows his name

AKA,wee Calimero

 

[irvine96]

Did we not also sing the same for Bobby McKean?

Naw.
Players in that era had a lot of individual songs some about them although cant remember any for Colin Jackson or Gordon Smith

 

[ibrox1975]

Sitting watching “Now 70s” on one of the music channels and on comes a singer called Jackie Lee - now my 60s/70s knowledge isn’t bad but I can’t remember her at all. Anyhoo, she’s singing a song called “Rupert The Bear”. Did we sing “Tommy, Tommy McLean” to that tune or is senility even closer than I think?

My first visit to Ibrox 1975, climbing the steps into the stand the first Rangers player I set my eyes on was Tommy McLean.
Still remember that moment clear as anything

 

[Bearcage]

Loved his goal against the unwashed at Ibrox when he ran from halfway line in the mud and rain to put ball away at scum end.Think 2 nd goal.

 

[shrewed wullie cf2]

I’m no even that old :shh:

Fxxk sake,hate being an auld guy.

aye same here , at 60 I got rhumatoid arthritis for ma birthday , my 70th a fekin hernia ,

 

[Alex Venters]

Remember one of the first games I went to as a kid, Tommy McLean was one of my favourite players, and some old guy near me spent most of the game shouting abuse at McLean. "Ya wee f***ing worm" over and over.

So he wasnt universally popular with the support.

He had a hard act to follow in Willie Henderson so he was really on a hiding to nothing with the support. He was a different player but our support wanted him to play like Henderson, he couldn't. Still, a very talented ball player all the same.

 

[BlueHaze]

I could pish for Scotland,67 .