Happy Birthday Colin Colin Colin Stein!!

[Don54 25,517]

52 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said:

@Don54 5 if not for tommy gemmill  -- could have let Colin take the penalty 

I don't know if my memory's playing tricks with me, but I thought I read something years ago that Colin refused the penalty, as he didn't want to beat the record with a penalty

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

12 minutes ago, Don54 said:

I don't know if my memory's playing tricks with me, but I thought I read something years ago that Colin refused the penalty, as he didn't want to beat the record with a penalty

Stein had another goal disallowed and could have had a fifth had he been tempted to prise the ball from the grasp of the nation’s regular penalty taker and celtic rival, Tommy Gemmell.

In front of the ‘Rangers end’ at Hampden, there were calls for Stein to take the 76th-minute spot-kick, but he added: “I wasn’t the penalty taker, so Tommy Gemmell took it and scored. I wasn’t really tempted to take it off him, because I wasn’t thinking of records or anything like that.

The record he refers to was held by Hughie Gallagher and some say Gemmel did not want the record broken by a Rangers player  

 

EDIT -- HERE'S Gemmel's recollection: 

“I wasn’t having any of that. I was the designated spot-kick taker and it was my responsibility when one came around.

“Colin saw the futility of arguing as I took the ball off him and placed it on the spot.

“I remember it was at the traditional ‘Rangers’ End’ of the national stadium and the Ibrox fans were chanting for me to pass on the opportunity to Colin.

“No chance! They could shout themselves hoarse for all I cared – I was going to take the kick.

“In any case, if Colin had been given the ball and scored he would have beaten Denis Law’s record of four goals for his nation.

“The Lawman, a very good friend, had achieved the feat twice – in a 5-1 win over Northern Ireland in 1962 and a 6-1 victory over Norway a year later, with both games at Hampden.

“That re-enforced my belief that I had to take the kick.

“Could a celtic player allow a Rangers rival the opportunity to eclipse a Scotland legend? No way.

“A check of the record books later proved only one Scot had ever scored five in an international and that was Newcastle’s Hughie Gallacher in a 7-3 victory over Northern Ireland in Belfast in 1929

[Don54 25,517]

17 minutes ago, siddiqi_drinker said:

Stein had another goal disallowed and could have had a fifth had he been tempted to prise the ball from the grasp of the nation’s regular penalty taker and celtic rival, Tommy Gemmell.

In front of the ‘Rangers end’ at Hampden, there were calls for Stein to take the 76th-minute spot-kick, but he added: “I wasn’t the penalty taker, so Tommy Gemmell took it and scored. I wasn’t really tempted to take it off him, because I wasn’t thinking of records or anything like that.

The record he refers to was held by Hughie Gallagher and some say Gemmel did not want the record broken by a Rangers player  

 

EDIT -- HERE'S Gemmel's recollection: 

“I wasn’t having any of that. I was the designated spot-kick taker and it was my responsibility when one came around.

“Colin saw the futility of arguing as I took the ball off him and placed it on the spot.

“I remember it was at the traditional ‘Rangers’ End’ of the national stadium and the Ibrox fans were chanting for me to pass on the opportunity to Colin.

“No chance! They could shout themselves hoarse for all I cared – I was going to take the kick.

“In any case, if Colin had been given the ball and scored he would have beaten Denis Law’s record of four goals for his nation.

“The Lawman, a very good friend, had achieved the feat twice – in a 5-1 win over Northern Ireland in 1962 and a 6-1 victory over Norway a year later, with both games at Hampden.

“That re-enforced my belief that I had to take the kick.

“Could a celtic player allow a Rangers rival the opportunity to eclipse a Scotland legend? No way.

“A check of the record books later proved only one Scot had ever scored five in an international and that was Newcastle’s Hughie Gallacher in a 7-3 victory over Northern Ireland in Belfast in 1929