minstral 5,375 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I was reading about him and its amazing to read that he was a player, director, and ended up as chairman of our club. No other Rangers player in our history has ever ended up as chairman, and it said that he was disposed in a boardroom coup and they say that he never set foot in Ibrox again. I know some fans cant be bothered with reading about the old days, but some of the stuff is fantastic to read about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Have you ever read 'Ten Days That Shook Rangers'?It has a chapter on the boardroom coup of 1947 when Bowie was ousted.A great read, basically arguing that that was the point when control of our Club's business was removed from former players and given to businessmen, without which minty would possibly never have darkened Ibrox's doorstep.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 Have you ever read 'Ten Days That Shook Rangers'?It has a chapter on the boardroom coup of 1947 when Bowie was ousted.A great read, basically arguing that that was the point when control of our Club's business was removed from former players and given to businessmen, without which minty would possibly never have darkened Ibrox's doorstep....Manti i have never read it and will try to get a copy,it looks a great read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Here is his RangersPedia page. http://www.rangerspedia.org/index.php/Bowie,_JamesMaybe someone could expand upon it if they have info from a book? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BLUEDIGNITY 33,647 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Have you ever read 'Ten Days That Shook Rangers'?It has a chapter on the boardroom coup of 1947 when Bowie was ousted.A great read, basically arguing that that was the point when control of our Club's business was removed from former players and given to businessmen, without which minty would possibly never have darkened Ibrox's doorstep.... Will try to get this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I was just googling about Bowie.He played 299 times for the Club from 1919 to 1922, winning 5 league titles.Just imagine it, he played for us in 1910. He'd have been at Ibrox before the Main Stand was built, and he lived to see us win a European trophy.He was also President of the Scottish Football League from 1939-1946. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Manticore* 1,893 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 I just found this quote that I vaguely remembered:Chairman Jimmy Bowie said on completion of the main stand in 1929: This is our magnificent new main stand. It holds 10,000 and we could fill it ten times over with young boys who want to play for the Rangers. http://www.sportingo.com/football/a9333_murrays-ibrox-facelift-must-mirror-ambitions-hopes-rangers-fans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 28, 2010 Author Share Posted April 28, 2010 I was just googling about Bowie.He played 299 times for the Club from 1919 to 1922, winning 5 league titles.Just imagine it, he played for us in 1910. He'd have been at Ibrox before the Main Stand was built, and he lived to see us win a European trophy.He was also President of the Scottish Football League from 1939-1946.Manti that is amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Added the quote and changed his date of death on his page. Cheers Manti Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty657 1 Posted April 28, 2010 Share Posted April 28, 2010 Interesting.I really need to dig up on these sort of things, and read more about our great history. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 The things you can dig up about the History of our great Club could keep you reading for 2 lifetimes.It is a fascinating History, not just about the Football side of it but also the Social aspect of life in general through the ages.I never get sick of reading that kind of stuff.Great post Manticore! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishartsAshes 1,137 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Here he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted April 29, 2010 Author Share Posted April 29, 2010 Here he is.Cracking photo and thanks for posting it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WishartsAshes 1,137 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Cracking photo and thanks for posting it. It is from this great sitehttp://imageevent.com/wertpHere's another from the site with added colour. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BasileBoliSoup 9 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Great pictures, I've added them to his RangersPedia page. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 The boardroom revolt of 1947 came about following Jimmy Bowie's suggestion that Bill Struth should retire and become a director. Struth took this badly, and with the help of other major shareholders, outfoxed and ultimately ousted Bowie at the annual meeting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinblair1690 2 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 Love reading about the club's history Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKai 439 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 They look very distinguished..quite typical of The Rangers.Unlike these other ragamuffins from the East End. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin 18 Posted April 29, 2010 Share Posted April 29, 2010 When you read 10 Days That Shook Rangers and the chapter on how Bowie was ousted by Struth, one feels some sympathy for Bowie and contempt for Struth over this issue, Strruth comes out a winner in the boardroom struggle but he looks like a bully in this case, no disrespect to Struth as our manager or his accomplishments but in this case he comes out not so rosie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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