Players who smoked

[hurlock22]

Hamann

Seen him with a cigarette going into Edinburgh castle of all places.

 

[Ger77]

Fabio Cardoso was a smoker.

 

[Cromwell]

Socrates, what a player, smoked 20 fags and a shag before a game, liked a wee shandy too, what’s not to like about him.

 

[govanite]

Simon Gardner Blackburn Rovers and Arsene Wenger used to smoke on the bench and the German manager.

 

[Polar bear]

most of them pre 1970!

Lots of smokers in the 60’s.

 

[sheddensbear]

Remember watching Hibs v Leeds in 1970s. Standing outside main door, Billy Bremner came out helping to carry team hamper and he was smoking.

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Joe Mason

 

[wgodfrey]

Different sport but couldn't help thinking of this Ulster legend.

 

[Tiny_Kilby_Loyal]

Always remember hearing that Socrates the Brazilian skipper smoked 40 fags a day even though he was a doctor. What other players, past or present day especially Rangers players, enjoyed a drag or two?

Johnny Doyle smoked in the attic.

 

[Clockwork Tangerine]

Thomas Hitzelsperger loved a fag

 

[WATP]

Vialli was a smoker when he played. And, what a player. His finishing was superb.

He’s blamed his cancer on that habit

 

[WATP]

Robert Prosinecki

 

[Bobby Russell's Perm]

Gazza….on the pitch while playing against the great unwashed!!!

 

[yosemite sam]

The Brazilian Socrates(was also a doctor),bragged he smoked 40 fans a day.
Was still a shit hot player

 

[DonDraper]

Pele

 

[subversive_bear]

Has anyone mentioned Latapy yet?

 

[RFC81]

Dunno how people can play football and smoke fags. I remember I was at some point when I played and I was always heaving for air after 5 minutes, haha. Could run all day when I was off them....

 

[beowulf]

Up until the early 60s players like the Spurs goalie used to advertise cigarettes in matchday programmes, brands like "Craven A"

 

[Northampton Lodger]

Was playing bowls one day in the village where I grew up and Tommy Mclean and Tom Forsyth were playing next to us. When we finished big Forsyth ordered himself two pimts of lager , downed the first and then got the fags out and casually drunk the second.

 

[Aaritalo]

Tugay.

Tugay fae Blackburn?

 

[pelem]

Pele

I used tae but no any mair.

 

[pelem]

Socrates, what a player, smoked 20 fags and a shag before a game, liked a wee shandy too, what’s not to like about him.

The ultimate professional.

 

[Rumping Roger]

Tugay fae Blackburn?

Yup. Best mate did a job at his house when he was at Rangers, littered with sleeves of Marlboro Lights!

 

[Odin1972]

Always remember hearing that Socrates the Brazilian skipper smoked 40 fags a day even though he was a doctor. What other players, past or present day especially Rangers players, enjoyed a drag or two?

Albertz, Van Vossen, Gazza

 

[Thern7]

Once saw Mo Ross and Michael Ball puffing away in an Ashton Lane bar,

Ball used to smoke regularly and stick away large quantities of pints when he was with us.

 

[Thern7]

Once saw Mo Ross and Michael Ball puffing away in an Ashton Lane bar,

Ball used to smoke regularly and stick away large quantities of pints when he was with us.

 

[superrr]

Only when he drank. Staff at Gleneagles can confirm that haha

Scanned 35mm Ally McCoist Paul McStay at Rugby Park Kilmarnock 1986 in training session, they are both wearing t-shirts designed by local school children for the NHS to highlight the dangers of smoking, The T-shirt say Puffin Kills, Smokebuster. The

Download this stock image: Scanned 35mm Ally McCoist Paul McStay at Rugby Park Kilmarnock 1986 in training session, they are both wearing t-shirts designed by local school children for the NHS to highlight the dangers of smoking, The T-shirt say Puffin Kills, Smokebuster. The footballers were...

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Probably the majority in the 80s/90s were caught out on the odd night out when smoking indoors was allowed in pubs, and when cigars were more common.

 

[bustergonad]

Rangers played FC Zurich back in the 70's and we were getting tickets from Alex McDonald at the team's hotel.
Was actually shocked to see big Tam puffing away in the lobby.
Never crossed my mind that the players smoked.

My first European game

Big Tam gave me an autograph at Boghead while he was smoking

John Greig smoked

 

[DonDraper]

I used tae but no any mair.

Can you still not get it up?

 

[YorkshireBlue]