delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (1) 1972 Semi final vs Bayern Munich. A side that would form the core of the 1974 world cup winning team. (2) Another has to be the 1945 Moscow Dynamo draw. They came to the UK and essentially destroyed all comers in England. It was left up to us to restore British pride. Remember, back then , our lads were working and had to train after they ended a hard shift.... it ended 2-2. And by all accounts, we dominated them in the latter stages of the match. Heart, commitment and pride made that happen.Look at the crowd... Incredible. How I wish Ibrox was like that today.http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=13438 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Good clips mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Good clips mate. np mate. Thought you -- in particular -- would enjoy.Those were the days indeed. My Grandfather was at the 1945 match. Talked about it until he died. Loved hearing his stories about seeing The Rangers in the early days. (He was born in 1899) fought in WW1) A Rangers man through and through. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cammy. Watp. 492 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Great match. They had some great players and we really outplayed them at times, Beckenbauer arguebly the best defender of all time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 That Bayern team were to go on to win the European Cup 3 times in a row, and was filled with players who won the World Cup 2 years later.Maier, Breitner, Beckenbauer, Muller, Hoeness are still all talked about today, they were that good.What an achievement to beat such a team on the way to our greatest glory. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKai 439 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 They were so desperate to beat us, at one time they had 12 men on the park! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 That Bayern team were to go on to win the European Cup 3 times in a row, and was filled with players who won the World Cup 2 years later.Maier, Breitner, Beckenbauer, Muller, Hoeness are still all talked about today, they were that good.What an achievement to beat such a team on the way to our greatest glory.Exactly my point mate. We won out of playing for our jersey. We did not have the talent... the inherent skill... and no reason to be on the park with them. But we won.I see the semi final as a greater achievement than the final. As stupid as that sounds :-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 (2) Another has to be the 1945 Moscow Dynamo draw. They came to the UK and essentially destroyed all comers in England. It was left up to us to restore British pride. Remember, back then , our lads were working and had to train after they ended a hard shift.... Are you sure about that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Exactly my point mate. We won out of playing for our jersey. We did not have the talent... the inherent skill... and no reason to be on the park with them. But we won.I see the semi final as a greater achievement than the final. As stupid as that sounds :-)I'm not so sure about that mate. We didn't have the talent of the Germans, that's for sure, but Jardine was a World Class player, and there was no shortage of skill in Johnston, McLean, and the imperious Davie Smith, not to mention some teenagers who were on their way to become Rangers legends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Are you sure about that?Yes.It was just after the war and our lads were not full time professionals. Matches were played during the war years -- aye. But in no way was the 1945 team back to full professional quality.Debatable I'm sure. And worthy of a debate. I'll find my original source. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'm not so sure about that mate. We didn't have the talent of the Germans, that's for sure, but Jardine was a World Class player, and there was no shortage of skill in Johnston, McLean, and the imperious Davie Smith, not to mention some teenagers who were on their way to become Rangers legends.I know your sentiments -- I share them. But that was a side that would dominate World football. Did we? No. So.... My suggestion -- as simple as it may be -- is correct imho. The semi final was -- and probably still is -- one of the biggest upsets in Footballing history.And WE did it.Jardine was unplayable on his day. No arguments from me.I had the privilege on seeing Slim Jim. A better football player you will not find. As Pele said... "I wish Jim Baxter was born a Brasilian" True statement Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Sorry -- let me add....Dave Smith was immense.Pure class.. solid, no nonsense. In the final (partilcularly) he outclassed the Russians. Cool, collectde.Big Goian reminds of him actually. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Yes.It was just after the war and our lads were not full time professionals. Matches were played during the war years -- aye. But in no way was the 1945 team back to full professional quality.Debatable I'm sure. And worthy of a debate. I'll find my original source.I'm not doubting you, and thought if they did have to do some work, it would be related to the war just finishing.I don't think I've heard of any of our players having jobs though, outside of being expected to do duties within the army. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skol 401 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 Terrific clips, many thanks for sharing.The commentator in the second clip is superb. I wonder what sort of abuse Waddell would have got on here after his penalty miss! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 I'm not doubting you, and thought if they did have to do some work, it would be related to the war just finishing.I don't think I've heard of any of our players having jobs though, outside of being expected to do duties within the army.My Father worked at Weirs. They gave jobs to both sides of the OF iirc. (if I remember correctly).They certainly worked mate. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
delamonty 992 Posted September 12, 2011 Author Share Posted September 12, 2011 Terrific clips, many thanks for sharing.The commentator in the second clip is superb. I wonder what sort of abuse Waddell would have got on here after his penalty miss!Aye.. Imagine. Shite! Sell him! etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 My Father worked at Weirs. They gave jobs to both sides of the OF iirc. (if I remember correctly).They certainly worked mate. Interesting. Cheers for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
covbear 61 Posted September 12, 2011 Share Posted September 12, 2011 What a night that was v Bayern. They were some team and our guys don't get the credit they deserve for winning that one.There were 155,000 watching football in Glasgow that night - 80,000 at Ibrox and 75,000 at the scumdome.I remember my dad telling me of the journey back to Greenock after our game had ended. The tims game kicked off 30 mins after ours so they were listening to the ET as they played Inter Milan in the ECSF. The bus was at traffic lights when Deans missed his pen and he said the bus in front of them was rocking from side to side as the bears jumped all over each other in celebration. It rounded off the night. He was also at the 1945 game as a 10 year old and talked of that day many times too.Nice memories of some great days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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