PaulRFC1 115 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wid ye fuck Question for the older bears, just how good was the big man ?Hear alot of stories about him from my Grandad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1st_Jan_1994 4,868 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He looks like a serial killer. Fuck messing with him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRFC1 115 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 He looks like a serial killer. Fuck messing with him.Fuck being a striker against him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budswiser 196 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wid ye fuck Question for the older bears, just how good was the big man ?Hear alot of stories about him from my Grandad.I,ve got an old Rangers book written by a really well known journalist at that time called William Allan. He starts one of the chapters describing how Tiger Shaw had to come off the park in a game at Parkhead after suffering a really bad head gash, blood pouring from the wound and he was pleading with Bill Struth to get back on as there were no subs in those days. Mr Struth told him he wouldn,t be needed as the ten men on the park would give the extra effort to make up for his absence. Final score Celtic 0 Rangers 4. True story. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRFC1 115 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 I,ve got an old Rangers book written by a really well known journalist at that time called William Allan. He starts one of the chapters describing how Tiger Shaw had to come off the park in a game at Parkhead after suffering a really bad head gash, blood pouring from the wound and he was pleading with Bill Struth to get back on as there were no subs in those days. Mr Struth told him he wouldn,t be needed as the ten men on the park would give the extra effort to make up for his absence. Final score Celtic 0 Rangers 4. True story.He gives of that sort of impression.Seemed like he was a proper captain, that story is something else tho.You wouldn't see any players nowadays pleading to go back on the pitch with a really bad gash and blood pouring from them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKai 439 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 It took the whole Rangers end to hold him back!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budswiser 196 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He gives of that sort of impression.Seemed like he was a proper captain, that story is something else tho.You wouldn't see any players nowadays pleading to go back on the pitch with a really bad gash and blood pouring from them.Exactly mate, believe me I have thought more than once about sending this passage from that book to Ibrox before must win games, especially when its games against them. I might just do it before this next game at Ibrox, love it to be put permanently in the dressing room as a reminder about what this clubs traditions and expectations are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRFC1 115 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 Exactly mate, believe me I have thought more than once about sending this passage from that book to Ibrox before must win games, especially when its games against them. I might just do it before this next game at Ibrox, love it to be put permanently in the dressing room as a reminder about what this clubs traditions and expectations are.Good idea mate.I doubt they would do it tho. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulRFC1 115 Posted April 7, 2011 Author Share Posted April 7, 2011 It took the whole Rangers end to hold him back!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
G.E.C. 18,874 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Don't fuck with us! Or we'll rip your nuts off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Mess with Jock "Tiger" Shaw? I done it heaps of times when I was a wee fella and I've still got the boot marks oan my arse tae prove it. As I said on another thread,big Jock had steeley eyes that made you think you had done something wrong, then he'd flash that smile of his and you would think..."Phew!" He lived virtually all his life in the same wee village that my Mother's family live.One of the greatest men I've ever had the privilege of knowing. :praise: :praise: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
willcol 13 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He looks like a serial killer. Fuck messing with him.He just needs a cuddle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wid ye fuck Question for the older bears, just how good was the big man ?Hear alot of stories about him from my Grandad.My uncle Jimmy was apparently good mates with Jock's brother, Davie, and Jimmy reckoned that Jock was the best in the business.Now if this came from a Rangers supporter, you would expect that...But my Uncle Jimmy was (and still is) a Celtic supporter...and was no mean footballer himself,and to this very day he still maintains that Jock "Tiger" Shaw was the best in the land. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie2909 21 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 My uncle Jimmy was apparently good mates with Jock's brother, Davie, and Jimmy reckoned that Jock was the best in the business.Now if this came from a Rangers supporter, you would expect that...But my Uncle Jimmy was (and still is) a Celtic supporter...and was no mean footballer himself,and to this very day he still maintains that Jock "Tiger" Shaw was the best in the land.I go to the games with his Nephew Jim he is a copper in Dundee Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 I go to the games with his Nephew Jim he is a copper in DundeeIs that a relation of Davie's? or is he from Meg's (Tiger's wife)side of the family? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose 5 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Did Tiger Shaw still work in some capacity at Ibrox in 1970/75 ?? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Did Tiger Shaw still work in some capacity at Ibrox in 1970/75 ??Tiger was our groundsman for a while in later years, so there was a possibility that he was still doing it around that time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose 5 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Tiger was our groundsman for a while in later years, so there was a possibility that he was still doing it around that time.Thanks, I'm sure it was him who let me in when he was opening the gate at half-time during a pre-season friendly against a second division German team.Colin Stein was playing and had a good game,the rest were pish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Thanks, I'm sure it was him who let me in when he was opening the gate at half-time during a pre-season friendly against a second division German team.Colin Stein was playing and had a good game,the rest were pish. Well mate! you can at least say you got one of the greatest players in Rangers history to open the gates of Ibrox for you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jose 5 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Well mate! you can at least say you got one of the greatest players in Rangers history to open the gates of Ibrox for you. Wish now I had my camera with me or even asked him for his autograph. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcheVinny 1,003 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 He gives of that sort of impression.Seemed like he was a proper captain, that story is something else tho.You wouldn't see any players nowadays pleading to go back on the pitch with a really bad gash and blood pouring from them.Can you imagine Boughy grazing his forehead?Be back on that playing to Algeria in no time! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Wish now I had my camera with me or even asked him for his autograph. Well you don't think of these things at the time. I remember playing in a Schools cup game against Bellshill Academy in the pissing rain,and after the game finished,this guy with a bunnet on came up to me and said..."Son! That's the best right back performance I've ever saw from a wee laddie!"I almost fainted when I saw it was none other than Captain Cutlass himself, Bobby Shearer. I was so flabbergasted that the great man said that to me, I blubbered out..."Thanks Mr Cutlass!" I didn't have the nerve to tell him I was actually supposed to be playing right winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Well you don't think of these things at the time. I remember playing in a Schools cup game against Bellshill Academy in the pissing rain,and after the game finished,this guy with a bunnet on came up to me and said..."Son! That's the best right back performance I've ever saw from a wee laddie!"I almost fainted when I saw it was none other than Captain Cutlass himself, Bobby Shearer. I was so flabbergasted that the great man said that to me, I blubbered out..."Thanks Mr Cutlass!" I didn't have the nerve to tell him I was actually supposed to be playing right winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amac9 2,060 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 On a similar note I met Tam Forsyth at Ibrox on Saturday outside BF1.One tough looking bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozblue 4,331 Posted April 7, 2011 Share Posted April 7, 2011 Fuck! I never gave this a thought until now...Maybe I was the original attacking fullback Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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