Memories of Jim Stewart

[The Widow's Son 399]

Remember seeing him a couple of times on visits back home.  He was a good goalie playing with a bad team (early 1980's).  Is he coaching or has he retired from the game?  Remember a shot from Charlie Nicholas going through his arms at a New Year's Day game.

[gmcf 34,134]

My recollection was he did well when he first signed , but struggled thereafter . 

[ianferguson 2,619]

7/10 goalie on his very best days , not in Rangers top 10 imo.

[Young Bob 1,360]

I remember him running along the byeline trying to stop a ball for a goalkick and making a balls of it. Should have been a corner to the sheep. Probably saw every domestic game he played for us and thats all I remember. Wasnt the worst , i would class hhim as average.

[onefootwillie 1,518]

Fairly average goalkeeper. He came from Kilmarnock ,who had a good record of producing goalkeepers at the time but he could not be termed a success.

[McEwan's Lager 30,519]

5 hours ago, The Widow's Son said:

Remember seeing him a couple of times on visits back home.  He was a good goalie playing with a bad team (early 1980's).  Is he coaching or has he retired from the game?  Remember a shot from Charlie Nicholas going through his arms at a New Year's Day game.

Was 1st team GK coach under Walter right through until Pedro didn’t want him so he went to Forest.

His son Colin is now our GK coach.

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,772]

7 minutes ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Was 1st team GK coach under Walter right through until Pedro didn’t want him so he went to Forest.

His son Colin is now our GK coach.

Still makes me laugh that Pedro went on and on about hiring this local coach that he wanted even though he had Jim Stewart already on his staff but he had decided that he didn’t want him 

 

[mearns loyal 2,713]

He played in a Cup Final and there was a shot bound for the top corner. He got a fingertip to it and the ref gave a bye kick. After the game DJ commented that if he had been Jim Stewart he would have demanded a corner kick to prove how good the save had been...

[The Dude 20,026]

2 hours ago, DBBTB said:

Still makes me laugh that Pedro went on and on about hiring this local coach that he wanted even though he had Jim Stewart already on his staff but he had decided that he didn’t want him 

 

Think that was more someone that worked with the full group rather than a 'specialist' like Jim.

[The Dude 20,026]

2 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Was 1st team GK coach under Walter right through until Pedro didn’t want him so he went to Forest.

His son Colin is now our GK coach.

Think Jim still works with the Scotland squad too.

[thedarvelmarvel 796]

cup final replay against dundee u. mind he was never away from the camera men behind him every time he did the guy would look at his watch and shout back.. funny how he did because we were 4/1 up .. prob because he was short of medals for his career.

[WeeJacksonRFC 647]

The way you wrote the tittle I thought he had passed away !! 

[BlueSuedeSambas 53,772]

9 hours ago, The Dude said:

Think that was more someone that worked with the full group rather than a 'specialist' like Jim.

Probably but do you not think he could easily have slotted into the role of intermediary between Pedro’s staff and the players because I always thought that’s what JJ’s role mainly ended up being.

[TopCat 4,511]

1 hour ago, WeeJacksonRFC said:

The way you wrote the tittle I thought he had passed away !! 

Thought I was the only one mate!

 

Glad he's ok.......... was a decent keeper for us back in the day.

[hammer93 15,057]

I've met the big man on a good few occasions and he is a gent, the 81 cup final is my main recollection of him in a Rangers shirt 

[eejay the dj 31,964]

Never liked him after he was part of the Saints team that lay down to the scum in 86 .And he had been part of a shite team in the 80s that I had to live through 

Not got one good memory of him 

[Prso's headband 35,427]

Couldn’t teach Foderingham to come for corners

[pcbear 10,913]

Was in goal when Dundee Utd beat us 4 - 1 at Ibrox  with about 11000 present is my memory of him.

[murzo 7,446]

14 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Was 1st team GK coach under Walter right through until Pedro didn’t want him so he went to Forest.

His son Colin is now our GK coach.

Was there not a wee, stocky guy who was also part of the Scotland setup that was our goalkeeper coach when Smith was gaffer first time around. He seemed to get the best out of our keepers. Back on point I’d say Stewart was a better coach than keeper, tho I’ve never seen him him play in goals or coach

[McEwan's Lager 30,519]

15 minutes ago, murzo said:

Was there not a wee, stocky guy who was also part of the Scotland setup that was our goalkeeper coach when Smith was gaffer first time around. He seemed to get the best out of our keepers. Back on point I’d say Stewart was a better coach than keeper, tho I’ve never seen him him play in goals or coach

Yes, Alan Hodgkinson who also coached Schmeichel at Man Utd. Capped a few times for England.

Sadly died a couple of years ago.

[sandyinroyalblue 16,478]

I liked It's A Wonderful Life but not much else he done.

[murzo 7,446]

1 hour ago, McEwan's Lager said:

Yes, Alan Hodgkinson who also coached Schmeichel at Man Utd. Capped a few times for England.

Sadly died a couple of years ago.

That’s him. Didn’t know/ remember he’d died, did a fantastic job coaching.