HG5 11,411 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I've never understood why the great Dave Smith is not remembered more fondly from that era - what a player!Didn't he have a leg break which robbed him of quite a lot of playing time?My early hero along with Doddie! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Didn't he have a leg break which robbed him of quite a lot of playing time?My early hero along with Doddie!Davie broke his leg twice inside a year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
islandblue 366 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We also played Arsenal and the ticket price was something like 5p.Went with my old man and we didn't think we'd get in queues were huge.Don't remember the score but Alan Ball was playing for them and got pelters Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duncan1957 102 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 www.its-off-to-the-match.co.uk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Apparently DJ read one of Cruyff's famous turns in this tie which prompted Johan to say well done Derek Johnstone ... ro which DJ responded with I've seen you do that on television Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thermopylae 15,287 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 www.its-off-to-the-match.co.ukWish I had a time machine Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I'd forgotten that Davie Smith also led Berwick Rangers to the 2nd Division title as player manager. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We also played Arsenal and the ticket price was something like 5p.Went with my old man and we didn't think we'd get in queues were huge.Don't remember the score but Alan Ball was playing for them and got pelters Think they played in yellow top and blue shorts that game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalton 1,192 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I didnt appreciate how good we were at the time Ajax were a force in Europe and so were we !I am gutted that i never seen johan cruyff in the flesh play Holland were every kids dream team at the time and as football folklore the best team not to win the world cup.That said our team was on that level playing ajax and were never disgraced over two games . Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 I didnt appreciate how good we were at the time Ajax were a force in Europe and so were we !I am gutted that i never seen johan cruyff in the flesh play Holland were every kids dream team at the time and as football folklore the best team not to win the world cup.That said our team was on that level playing ajax and were never disgraced over two games .Half of that Ajax team played in the World Cup final in 1974, against a West Germany side which was stock full of players from the Bayern Munich side we pumped on the way to Barcelona.Ajax were in the midst of winning 3 European Cups, and Bayern were to follow them by doing the same 3 ECs in a row.Throw in the aforementioned World Cup final, and Rangers were competing with and beating the players who were at the very pinnacle of World football at the time.That's what you call legends. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Think they played in yellow top and blue shorts that game.They won the 1971 FA cup in that strip. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 They won the 1971 FA cup in that strip.Charlie George...guy I used to play against (shit had his name Eddie Kelly came on as sub in that game. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,411 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Davie broke his leg twice inside a year.Thanks CM - thought he'd had a rough time - wasn't quite the same again, if I recall correctly? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Thanks CM - thought he'd had a rough time - wasn't quite the same again, if I recall correctly?No, quite the contrary. He was imperious on the way to our Barcelona glory, and I'm sure won the Scottish Player of the Year after it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WVB 2,560 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We should have refused to play this ridiculous competition unless they let us defend the Cup Winners Cup.I think we should protest this injustice by wearing black & red scarves. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We should have refused to play this ridiculous competition unless they let us defend the Cup Winners Cup.I think we should protest this injustice by wearing black & red scarves.We protested at the time by wearing red and white socks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mongolikecandy 418 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 did we not play Borussa Moenchengladbach(sp) that year with Bertie Vogts as their captain Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 did we not play Borussa Moenchengladbach(sp) that year with Bertie Vogts as their captainYes. The following season they beat us 3-0, and we won 3-2 at Ibrox.As well as Vogts, they had superstars like Bonhof, Heynkes, and Wimmer in the team.Interesting that we pumped Munchengladbach 8-0 and 3-0 on the way to our first European final only a dozen years previously. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harlands plater 17,065 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We also played Arsenal and the ticket price was something like 5p.Went with my old man and we didn't think we'd get in queues were huge.Don't remember the score but Alan Ball was playing for them and got peltersOver 70,000 at that game, some real old Rangers legends were introduced to the crowd before kick-off. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Yes. The following season they beat us 3-0, and we won 3-2 at Ibrox.As well as Vogts, they had superstars like Bonhof, Heynkes, and Wimmer in the team.Interesting that we pumped Munchengladbach 8-0 and 3-0 on the way to our first European final only a dozen years previously.Remember the 8-0 game more for the fact I was in hospital for about 6 weeks then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Remember the 8-0 game more for the fact I was in hospital for about 6 weeks then.Were you getting fitted for that new invention of the time, the zimmer? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmiston Drive 3,846 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 Were you getting fitted for that new invention of the time, the zimmer?cunny funt.....was just a young boy . Remember got home just before Christmas and still got my present when leaving hospital at Christmas. Airfix Wellington Bomber kit. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
minstral 5,375 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 We clapped Ajax of the park that night as we had seen a special team. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HG5 11,411 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 No, quite the contrary. He was imperious on the way to our Barcelona glory, and I'm sure won the Scottish Player of the Year after it.Aah!I saw him come on as sub in a league cup sectional game at Ibrox in Aug 73 (my 1st scum game) - don't think he featured much after that? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Mustard 380 Posted March 23, 2012 Share Posted March 23, 2012 cunny funt.....was just a young boy . Remember got home just before Christmas and still got my present when leaving hospital at Christmas. Airfix Wellington Bomber kit.I think I got the Airfix HMS Hood that year. I threw the fucking thing in the bin when Fuckyer Harry signed for them. What were you in hospital for six weeks for? Were you a sickly child? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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