What a player on his day. How we could do with a player of his drive and determination now.
I went to Whitehill and after school heard he was in the Alexandra Bar on Duke Street. I went in and asked him to sign my jotter. He nearly fell off the chair laughing at me saying he hadn’t heard the word “jotter” in years!!
The things you remember when you meet your hero!
Living down south means I'd barely recognise most spl players. I watched Scotland the other night and had no idea who a few of the players were!Spot on, there was a time when I could name most of the players in the top flight by pictures (like Fenners £10s), but now I don't even recognise many names for "them".
He was voted player of the year back in 89 by our supporters club and turned up at the venue a week beforeFergie done a Q&A at our club a few weeks ago and it was the best we have had. His stories are first class and span a great period for the club and involve many famous Gers players and rival players. He tells it straight, warts and all. If ever you get a chance to have him guest at your functions I would strongly recommend it.
Fergie was our player of the year back in 88 and was invited to our supporters club dance but turned up a week early at the venue to find it was a country & western night.Fergie done a Q&A at our club a few weeks ago and it was the best we have had. His stories are first class and span a great period for the club and involve many famous Gers players and rival players. He tells it straight, warts and all. If ever you get a chance to have him guest at your functions I would strongly recommend it.
A born winner, he absolutely loved playing for Rangers, and hated the mhanks too.
A very underrated footballer too.
He lived the dream and disappointed nobody.
Great Rangers man.
Perhaps a bit controversial ......
We signed a fantastic player
A couple of St Mirren following mates always say he is the best post war player they ever had...
But here is the rub....
The guy was a pacey skilful footballer suited to playing just behind the centre forward (or forwards back in the day)
See where Pera is 'meant to be playing' well that is where Fergie should have always been.
But you see he could also tackle and was strong so Souness thought.....you know what Fergie Im going to make you the new me !!!!
So for the first few seasons Fergie tried to be a centre midfielder in the Souness mould...when in truth he could never be that given he had far more attacking attributes.
I argued with many at the time who were slating him.
A great guy and a great footballer but I think he would have been a world star had we given him the attacking role his skills required and deserved.
What a player. What a man. What a Ranger.
A true Rangers man who would never shit on the club like many ex- so called Rangers men have done.
Loved watching Fergie. Outstanding.
Love it. Oh to have a Fergie these days. I have serious man love for the guy.Hard to read this - its a DR article and I don't want to give it the hits - but the bold section gives an insight of his Blue Bloodedness:
Rangers hero Arthur Numan recalls Ian Ferguson slaughtering stars after thrashing against Celtic
THE former Dutch star only wishes the Light Blues could still call on the fire and brimstone oratory of the ex-Ibrox hardman to inspire them in 2016.
THE last time Rangers lost 5-1 at Celtic Park they went on to win the SPL by six points.
Arthur Numan fears they will do well to even keep in touch with their arch rivals at the top of the table this season.
The former Dutch star only wishes the Light Blues could still call on the fire and brimstone oratory of Ian Ferguson to inspire them in 2016.
Numan all but echoed the calls of former boss Ally McCoist, who claimed last week it could be three years before Rangers challenge for the title again.
Numan staggered out of his Old Firm debut, dazed and confused, but Rangers were still seven points ahead at the top of the table, despite the humbling in November 1998.
His team also included players such as Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Barry Ferguson, Jorg Albertz and Rod Wallace, quality Rangers fans would give their eye teeth to see in their side today.
Lubo Moravcik and Henrik Larsson inspired Celtic to one of their finest and most emphatic Old Firm victories, but it was the reaction of Ferguson that Numan remembers best.
He said: “Ian wasn’t in the starting line-up, but came on for the last 16 minutes. Within a minute he picked up a yellow card - I think he tried to kick as many green and white players as he could!
“After the game he came into the dressing room and went absolutely ballistic and mental for five minutes.
“Advocaat was standing there and he didn’t say a thing. He left Ian to say his stuff and he told us: ‘You f***ing foreigners don’t have a clue what it means to get beat by them.’
“For him, it meant more to beat Celtic four times a year than winning the league. I had a discussion with him. I said we had lost 5-1 but were still seven points ahead and the most important thing was to win the league.
“He said it wasn’t, he wanted to win four times. I then realised what it actually meant to come to Scotland and be involved in an Old Firm game.
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Simply The Best eh?
He seems to be the most popular choice for interview on HandH.
That would be wonderful if it could come off.
He has 23fergies haul of medals tells us how good he was
Its only now you realise what brilliant players we had back then compared to what we have now.
Could watch this every day and not get bored of it... What it is to be a Rangers ManThoroughly enjoyable entertainment from start to finish.