Whoever scouted Bobby Russell should have been knighted.
I know mate,what a step up.As a kid, I watched Bobby Russell play for Shettleston Juniors. Not long after, he was at Ibrox.
I know mate,what a step up.
It was a guy called Bobby Dinnie mate. Great guy.Whoever scouted Bobby Russell should have been knighted.
‘Twice the game’ not really doing it justice bud.Cracking goal. Sort of glad Redford missed the penalty in the first game as the replay was twice the game.
Think the replay was the Tuesday night?Flew back from Canada for the first game on the Saturday which was a waste of a day out. Ian Redford I think missed a late penalty at 0-0 to set up the replay the following Wednesday night. Cue a Davie Cooper magic show as we swept them aside by 4-1 in brilliant fashion.
I always think of the PSV European Cup away tie in the 1978-79 season when I think of Bobby Russell.
It's nearly in colour
Similar age and played against when a kid and from his background I don't think he would have needed much persuadingWhoever scouted Bobby Russell should have been knighted.
A Very underrated player ... IMO .....Whoever scouted Bobby Russell should have been knighted.
Feel for you. The first game was rotten. The highlight , if you can call it that was Redfords missed penaltyThe first cup final was my first game attended at Hampden. But the replay was a night match, so I wasn’t allowed. I was 10 and it was a school night.
What a glorious night that was!
Signed from shettleston juniors
The replay wasn't just my first cup final,, it was my first ever Rangers game!The first cup final was my first game attended at Hampden. But the replay was a night match, so I wasn’t allowed. I was 10 and it was a school night.
Mine too. We stayed in N Yorkshire at the time and me and ma da drove up and back the same night. Was in the Smelly end. I seem to recall that Bobby Sands died that day can anyone confirm that?The first cup final was my first game attended at Hampden. But the replay was a night match, so I wasn’t allowed. I was 10 and it was a school night.
Whoever scouted Bobby Russell should have been knighted.
Absolute fkn bedlam when Russell scored,remember it well.Here's the goals in colour, mate.
Absolute fkn bedlam when Russell scored,remember it well.
Get what you are saying mate but i was absolutely distraught when he missed that late penalty on the Saturday which would have won us the cup.Cracking goal. Sort of glad Redford missed the penalty in the first game as the replay was twice the game.
I was 13 when I went to that night final. Even convinced my neighbour (tim pal) to come with me. What a laugh, everytime we scored I told him to cheer or u would grass him up for being a tim.The first cup final was my first game attended at Hampden. But the replay was a night match, so I wasn’t allowed. I was 10 and it was a school night.
No mate, he started at Possil and went down south to Sunderland I am sure, he stayed just under a year and came back to Possil. The signed for Shettleston before joining Rangers .Memory might be playing tricks, but wasn’t he a Rangers player and got farmed out by Jock Wallace to Shettleston to help toughen him up? I saw him play against Rob Roy that season and he was light years beyond anything I’ve ever seen in Junior football. It wasn’t a total surprise to see him go straight in to Rangers’ first team. Wallace was always associated with toughness and physicality but that team was full of highly skilled football players - Cooper, Smith, McLean, Jardine and Russell.
Don't think Dinnie was working for Rangers at the time in 1977, it was another scout who signed him for Rangers, but Bobbie Dinnie Knew Bobby Russell very well from his Possil days so for sure had a hand in things.It was a guy called Bobby Dinnie mate. Great guy.