Slipshod
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Not true, as Jardine played up front as a youth.off topic slightly We didn't need to sign McGrain as we had Sandy Jardine
Not true, as Jardine played up front as a youth.off topic slightly We didn't need to sign McGrain as we had Sandy Jardine
Was watching the Forest film on Netflix and it was talking about how dirty he was as a player. Showed him standing behind an opponent in the wall and he just nutted him on the back of of the heid. Yellow cardWe let Burns go, allegedly because he was too dirty a player.
Probably one of the worst footballing decisions the club has ever made.
We let Burns go, allegedly because he was too dirty a player.
No that will be his boy paul.Was he not deemed too small ?
No he took then down after he signed for them while crying his eyes out. My late wife knew him from school and they were in a group that ran about together.Any truth to the old story that does the rounds down here at the bottom of England? That he frantically tore down all his Rangers posters in his room when he heard there was a scum scout coming to speak to him?
That line was actually in Danny Mcgrain,s bookI’m sure in one of Dalglish’s books he talks about when him and Danny McGrain had signed for Celtic as youths and were both Rangers fans. They had attended a OF game and Celtic had scored and McGrain cheered. Dalglish asked “why are you cheering for them”.
Probably an element of ‘pompousness ’ about us at the time tbh.
Most likely expected good players to crawl on their hands and knees and beg to play for us.
Correct--His parents flat overlooked Rangers training ground the old Albion greyhound stadium.He watched Rangers training from his window.
The story of his signing for Celtc is one of weird coincidence. They had been after him for a while and he was reluctant because of his Rangers leanings. Sean Fallon the then assistant to BJK, car broke down in the Ibrox area. In the days before mobile phones he had to traipse to a telephone box for help, and in the hours they said he would be waiting he decided to visit the Dalgleish home to have one more stab at convincing him to sign for them. Sadly it worked and the rest is history.
If he had signed for his boyhood Rangers, I believe we would be having him in the frame for one of the greatest Rangers.
Was she from Milton / Possil area?No he took then down after he signed for them while crying his eyes out. My late wife knew him from school and they were in a group that ran about together.
John White with Falkirk was also deemed "too wee"We also be missed John Wark, McLeish, and Kenny Burns as well as many others....not sure we were on top of scouting then.
Correct, remember even Davie Cooper threatened to leave Rangers on account of the club's refusal to pay a signing on fee [£10k I think]. This was common place at other clubs when players renewed contracts.Basically this and also a very stingy board of directors. The huge success of the club during the Struth and Symon eras had bred that attitude In my opinion Rangers only really began to modernise as a club when Graeme Souness walked through the door in Edmiston Drive.
Kenny Burns was at Ibrox as a boy but released at 15. These things happen.We also be missed John Wark, McLeish, and Kenny Burns as well as many others....not sure we were on top of scouting then.
Add Willie Miller to that listWe also be missed John Wark, McLeish, and Kenny Burns as well as many others....not sure we were on top of scouting then.
Could show my appreciation for him once he moved to Liverpool. Was in a pub near Anfield before the Wales-Scotland game in 1977 and Dalglish was all the locals were talking about.They worshipped him.Probably the best Scottish player in my lifetime.
I used to think we had two Jardines back then...Sandy and WillieNot true, as Jardine played up front as a youth.
As long as it’s a real quote I’m happy LOLThat line was actually in Danny Mcgrain,s book
Certainly seems like the regimes were very much ultra-conservative and indeed mean in how they salaried our players in those times but Id doubt that as the reason for not signing Dalglish and McGrain mate .Penny pinching?
YeahWas she from Milton / Possil area?
I know he went to High Possil Senior.
It's a real quote alright, Mcgrain,s book was lying in our tee shack a number of years ago, I started reading through it & I think that quote was in the first or second chapter.As long as it’s a real quote I’m happy LOL
I heard DJ talk about that recently.. in this context then losing out on Dalglish likely saw a smartening up of the youth recruitment efforts from Rangers.Thankfully they went to DJ’s door.
Im sure Kenny Burns in the 1971-72 first tram squad photo wearing the 2nd strip alongside other 2nd string guys like Alex Miller.We let Burns go, allegedly because he was too dirty a player.
Was he not deemed too small ?
I remember reading he and Danny McGrain got picked up by celtic at the same time and Dalgleish couldn't understand that McGrain didn't support Rangers anymore.Someone on here will probably know but I've always wondered why he signed for Celtic when he grew up as a Rangers fan. Did Rangers ever show an interest in him before he signed for Celtic?
It's total shite.Yes. It was that simple.
It's total shite.
Who scouted Willie Henderson....Ray Charles?
I used to think we had two Jardines back then...Sandy and Willie
Oddly enough, we had more than one scout.