Ray Wilkins last game for Rangers

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

vs Dunfermline in 1989.

Can remember standing the East Enclosure frozen to my bones that day unable to get a view of Wilkins pre match due to all the photographers.

That PASS to Mo Johnston for the first goal as well!

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[ChrisWoods]

Remember it well, he was in tears when he came off.

 

[archimedes]

Loved that strip

 

[Wugs]

vs Dunfermline in 1989.

Can remember standing the East Enclosure frozen to my bones that day unable to get a view of Wilkins pre match due to all the photographers.

That PASS to Mo Johnston for the first goal as well!

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Fog was bad by the end of the game.

 

[The Railway Bear]

Fog was bad by the end of the game.

That’s my abiding memory, could hardly see the opposite side of the pitch.

 

[BWO]

Fog was bad by the end of the game.

My dad and I were in the Broomloan Rear that day and you could barely see the Copland at the end

 

[hammer17]

a proper gentleman

and outstanding midfielder

 

[HMS.Temple.Garden]

Fog was bad by the end of the game.

that as well, can remember going home in car frozen to the bone

 

[amabluestar]

Fog.

 

[WinkieWATP]

I posted about this game in one of the recent Ray Wilkins threads. As a 9 year old boy that was the moment I think I realised what this club means to so many people.

 

[Scaramanga]

Sorely missed. Loved how passionately he always talked about Rangers and just how in every single TV appearance he came across as the most gentlemanly man in the world.

 

[Stoorie]

One of the worlds most under rated players of his time. On his day he could turn opponents into the ground. A hard bastard as well, which sometimes got the better of his skill and could change his game, but when he was on it, my god, what a joy to watch.
Came across as a throughly likeable person as well, as long as you agreed with him
Not many could fill his boots nowadays.

 

[Crown_Defender]

vs Dunfermline in 1989.

Can remember standing the East Enclosure frozen to my bones that day unable to get a view of Wilkins pre match due to all the photographers.

That PASS to Mo Johnston for the first goal as well!

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Remember it well. First season ticket in 1988 so also first time I was really aware of players leaving. There was a lot of sadness on seeing him go and can remember loads of the adults around me wondering when the game would be abandoned.

 

[immortal7]

loved that game, emotional at the end as the fog billowed in.

 

[The Lone Sniper]

Cool top.

 

[CoopBlue]

Was there that day. Yes, very foggy towards the end of the game. Emotional send off.

What a gentleman he was.

He was back up on the night of the EC Leeds game at Ibrox and I had a chat with him on Edmiston Drive. He correctly predicted that we would do them over the two legs.

Proud to have had him at our club and associated with it after he left.

Taken far too early.

 

[Der Bomber]

Absolutely sublime pass from super ray!!

 

[dougiem]

Fog was bad by the end of the game.

Fog was bad by the end of the game (was in the east enclosure ) you couldn't see the govan.
Ray Ray super Ray super Ray Wilkins R.I.P. LEGEND.

 

[Optimus_Prime]

My first gers game, was in broomloan rear.

the fog was that bad I think we barely saw mojo miss a penno.

 

[dixonofdockblu]

He left us after two years but we never left him.
We found out who our friends were in our moment of need and he was a good friend.
Legend.

 

[O.K. Bear]

Archie mentioning Butchers stubble just after he scored. Good old presbyterian standards.

 

[GBOY]

Copland front (red section).
As others have said, phucking freezing but a good send off for Butch.

 

[dcbear]

A few years after he left us I saw him playing in a pre-season friendly for QPR at Hibs.

Pre-game he was walking up the sideline and some Hibs fans were giving him stick for being baldy, he stopped in front of them, ran his fingers through his thinning hair then flicked the v's at them.

My other memories of the game are Danny Dichio being the worst professional footballer I'd seen, and the QPR fans singing "I'd rather be a paki than a jock".

 

[Gordy Boy]

The story the ex-solider who finds himself homeless tells about Wilkins would bring a tear to a glass eye. Had a look on YouTube but couldn't find it.

 

[JMCK]

I wonder if he ever regretted leaving; it wasn't as if the club were wanting him to leave.

 

[Carnwadric-bluenose]

I'm sure i remember not knowing we had scored until we heard the copland end cheering such was the fog at the end of the game .

 

[Flash81]

That pass man wow only Pirlo could match it

 

[jimcornette]

George O’Boyle playing for Dunfermline. Now there’s a name for the more senior Ulstermen among us.

 

[Carlton The Bear]

I was at the game, the fog was getting ridiculous. It’s been a while now so I can’t remember if it’s this game or another one that the fog was bad but it had cleared as soon as we got up towards Newton Mearns on the A77. And the driver of the car had been wanting to leave early in case we couldn’t make the boat. Once I started driving myself I kinda knew how he’d have felt, but that day I thought he was nuts.

Ray was a class act, on and off the pitch, and I feel privileged to have seen his last Rangers game. Here for too short a time, but never forgotten.

 

[RutherglenLoyal]

For a younger bear why did Wilkins leave at that time.

 

[GranvillusClutterbuckus]

Wilkins remains the best long range passer I’ve seen at Ibrox. He was to long range passes what wee see Borna as for pinpoint crosses imo.

Ironically, he was nicknamed “the crab” prior to joining us, because it was asserted he only ever passed sideways. He certainly knocked that rumour out the park.

Sadly missed.

 

[GranvillusClutterbuckus]

For a younger bear why did Wilkins leave at that time.

Homesick for London. The City was in his blood.

 

[TNT]

For a younger bear why did Wilkins leave at that time.

He wanted to go home after being in Manchester, Italy, France and Scotland.

Also Souness wanted Trevor Steven more central.

Spackman coming in was a different type of player too.

 

[Gibraltar Loyal]

What a player. Thought the game was going to get called off with the fog.
My memory of Butch was a testimonial that he returned to play in and he was near the half way line and the ball was punted towards him. He took a step towards the ball with his back towards the opposition goal and back heeled rhe ball in the volley and it went about 25 yards and was a perfect pass for McCoist to run on to. A sublime piece of skill.
Sorely missed.

 

[stewarty]

The first game my dad took me to, I was 8 at the time. Was up the back of the main stand singing along to “Super Ally” when my Dad pointed out it was “Super Ray” for his last game.

 

[Baloo72]

What a send off

Think he was genuinely shocked

 

[chenksy72]

Class player, class human being

 

[UlsterScotGer]

George O’Boyle playing for Dunfermline. Now there’s a name for the more senior Ulstermen among us.

Oh cheers mate, feel about 100 now!

 

[BlueBaloo]

The story the ex-solider who finds himself homeless tells about Wilkins would bring a tear to a glass eye. Had a look on YouTube but couldn't find it.

Here it is mate a total gentleman greatly missed

 

[turps100]

Here it is mate a total gentleman greatly missed

That gets me every time! The world was a better place with Ray Wilkins in it.

 

[coplandron]

Thanks for posting, that was a great watch, trip down memory lane. What a player he was.

 

[Brother Moses]

Absolute gentleman of the game.

 

[Damsidebear]

I have fond memories of Ray I was only 13/14 at the time but what a player and what a gentleman.

The quintessential footballer.

 

[RS_Jam]

Was in the main stand. I was 11 and didn’t really appreciate what was going on. Wasn’t until many years later I understood. RW is a proper football legend.

 

[HinshelwoodDrive]

vs Dunfermline in 1989.

Can remember standing the East Enclosure frozen to my bones that day unable to get a view of Wilkins pre match due to all the photographers.

That PASS to Mo Johnston for the first goal as well!

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I am so glad that I watched this. Now for another drink!

 

[SMIB]

Can remember who foggy it was and also being in tears when Ray went off.

Sadly missed

 

[Corkinator]

vs Dunfermline in 1989.

Can remember standing the East Enclosure frozen to my bones that day unable to get a view of Wilkins pre match due to all the photographers.

That PASS to Mo Johnston for the first goal as well!

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People talk about “Rolls Royce of a player” well, he was that, the original, Genuinely.

 

[omar]

I’d played for my school team away at Knightswood Secondary in the morning, got home and was heading out to play for my afternoon team when I got a phonecall to say that my game was off because of the fog.

Quick change of clothes and off to Ibrox - picked up a West Enclosure ticket outside the subway. Genuinely sad that Wilkins was leaving as he’d been superb. We could have won by more that day but the fog was getting really bad towards the end and it was freezing.

 

[Amity75]

I remember heading to the game against Hearts and it came on the radio that we'd signed him. His first touch of the game was poor and the guy behind me shouted "You've done f@ck all since you came here!"