Was Davie White As Bad As Some People Make Out

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I remember being at Ibrox at the last game of 1967-68 and we lost 3-2 to Aberdeen, our first league defeat of the season. If we had won that game we would have been champions and the tarriers would have no 9-in-a-row.

When you think that we only lost 1 game that season and still never won the title.

[Turnberry18 3,204]

Was also at that game, seem to recall another time they got away with it, think Lennox scored about the 6th minute of injury time down at Cappielow that gave them the title.

Thought the refs were not good to them in those days?!

[Edmiston Drive 3,846]

you know during the others nine in a row there was never very much in it we allways seemed to somehow drop 3 or 4 points in the last half dozen games for some reason maybe the fans out there who keep records would know the scores in those last six games of the others nine

The three points can/does make a big difference.

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Thought the refs were not good to them in those days?!

I know never defeated always cheated.

[marmalade1872 40]

When you think that we only lost 1 game that season and still never won the title.

that was the year my father went blind and i allways recall him saying i will never SEE the rangers win the title again but he lived long enough to listen to it on his radio

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remember watching the third team play at helenvale park with players like setterington,wood,watson,sutherland all playing

I still have all those guys' autographs. And Junior McGillvary's and Tottie Beck's.

[marmalade1872 40]

The three points can/does make a big difference.

no what iam saying is there was never a big margin in it unlike when we won our nine we left them well behind most seasons

[Edmiston Drive 3,846]

I still have all those guys' autographs. And Junior McGillvary's and Tottie Beck's.

Maxie Murray and JIM Christie and Billy Semple.

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no what iam saying is there was never a big margin in it unlike when we won our nine we left them well behind most seasons

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Maxie Murray and JIM Christie and Billy Semple.

I'll raise you a Tom Matchett.

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that was the year my father went blind and i allways recall him saying i will never SEE the rangers win the title again but he lived long enough to listen to it on his radio

That must have been a great day for your father.

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I'll raise you a Tom Matchett.

John Leckie

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John Leckie

Gus McCallum.

[marmalade1872 40]

I'll raise you a Tom Matchett.

what about eadie jardine macfarlane reid they were all third team plyers back then

[KingKai 439]

I remember being at Ibrox at the last game of 1967-68 and we lost 3-2 to Aberdeen, our first league defeat of the season. If we had won that game we would have been champions and the tarriers would have no 9-in-a-row.

Was going to mention that...

I was at that game too... was White manager than? We had done not too bad in the league, but shit..last game!

After the Gornik game at Ibrox, wasnt there demonstrations outside the main stand?

I was still pretty young, but I remember demonstrations calling for Lawrence's head...! ( maybe that was ANOTHER game. We didnt take kindly to the shettlesons winning so much!)

[marmalade1872 40]

i remember we signed a player from third lanark junior mcguilvary think he only played one game for us he was a decent right back though

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what about eadie jardine macfarlane reid they were all third team plyers back then

A couple of them are familiar, I would have to dig out the old autograph book from the loft.

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Gus McCallum.

my mate from school

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Gus McCallum.

George Walker

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George Walker

Brian Heron.

[minstral 5,375]

When you think that we lost the league by 2 points yet notched a record number of points since the league re-construction in 1955-56. The 61 points we collected that season would have won us the title in 11 of the past 12 seasons which is amazing.

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Brian Heron.

Davie Armour a good KP boy used to play against him school football and played down the plots with him. Sadly passed away a number of years ago. His family well know in Plantation had many an invite from him to the Blue Star Club.

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my mate from school

I heard a story years ago that Rangers went to watch Dalglish but were so impressed by the guy playing against him that they signed him instead - Gus McCallum.

Probably a myth, you hear so many of these stories.

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I heard a story years ago that Rangers went to watch Dalglish but were so impressed by the guy playing against him that they signed him instead - Gus McCallum.

Probably a myth, you hear so many of these stories.

Gus and I knew kenny when he moved to the Broomloan Rd flats , Never played against Kenny, in fact recall Gus saying that Kenny would never make the grade. He nearly never as that lot had him to be shown the door but they were short of players for end of season game testimonial I think against Killie . Kenny scored a few that day and they kept him on.

Gus played one 1st team game against Falkirk around xmas time we lost, he was presented with Eusabios choice as man of the tournament in Lisbon. He was the one they signed instead of me. Not because of football reasons.

[marmalade1872 40]

at the end of the day davie white was a good manager we should remember he did try to change things for the better training/coaching etc i wont forget him for me he did his best in the space of time the board gave him.