Blue Nosed Babe 21,459 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaffbear 4,174 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 God bless ye big bomber. .RIP big man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the goal machine 7,994 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carsons Army 4,146 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 A player I grew up watching and he formed a terrific partnership with Tam Forsyth,My thoughts are with his family at this sad time and I will never forget the great memories he gave me as a child.Sleep well Big Man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harthill Loyal 1 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP Colin Jackson Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill8972 479 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP Colin, very sad news. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cumnockbear 2,446 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP Colin Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WadeWilson 4,670 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I seem to recall that towards the end of his career he was nicknamed (or it might just have been a joke) Caramel Wafer --- because he was Gray & Dunne. Anyway, sad loss. RIP Colin Jackson. WATP.No need. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sprintervanman 150 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP colin.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedart1952 1,392 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight-Edge-Loyal 6,700 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I never had the chance to see you play Colin but you are a legend of our club Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
daviec1953 147 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Terribly sad news.Another of the players of my generation to leave us.God bless you Colin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LegendofCoop 18,125 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sadly never got to see the big man play.RIP Colin.....you're amongst some true blue legends, once again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Widow's Son 399 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Great club servant. RIP. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarcheVinny 1,003 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 An RM interview with Colin, from a few years ago.RangersMedia Speak To: Colin JacksonRaised up in Aberdeen, Colin broke the mould, as far as the local area was concerned, by supporting Rangers. This was following a game where Rangers beat a very strong and successful Aberdeen team in 1956. The score that day was 6-2 as Scott Symon's men romped to victory with Bobby Shearer, Billy Simpson, Max Murray and Johnny Hubbard all on the scoresheet."I just thought wow, I'll support that team. I'd never seen Aberdeen get such a hiding and that was it, decision made."After playing for Aberdeen schoolboys, Colin was invited to Manchester United at the age of 15 for a weeks trial, funnily enough, the week after George Best had arrived from across the water."Man United was the only other place I would have gone too. I trained with George Best as a kid and I got asked to sign. There was a guy 'Murph', Jimmy Murphy, who was the assistant manager to Matt Busby and he pointed out Besty and said 'Do you wanna be like that lad there?' and I remember him looking out the window and saying 'he's gunna be a player'."Despite the huge attraction to sign, Colin decided that Manchester was too far away at the time and he made the long train journey back to Aberdeen.Still playing for Aberdeen Schools, Colin featured in the Schools Cup final, held at Tynecastle in 1962, where he attracted interest from numerous teams. Dundee and Hearts were the first, then Rangers and then Celtic, but being a Rangers supporter, there was only one team for Colin and he looks back at the day his dreams came true."Something that sticks in my mind, is the day I signed for Rangers. They had just been gubbed up in Aderdeen and I was sat with Scott Symon discussing my terms as the players were coming in changed from the game. They all looked fully remorsed after getting so badly beat and I thought too myself they take this seriously don't they. It really sunk in what I was about to do".After signing for Rangers so young, Colin spent the first few years serving a real apprenticeship. How couldn't you learn vast amounts when Bobby Shearer was your captain?Colin made his debut in the Ne'er Day game against Partick Thistle in 1966."I was in and out of the team at first and my first game was on New Years Day against Partick Thistle and we won four nothing. I played in that game and then two days later they played Celtic and I thought I was in with a shout. Davie Provan came in at centre half as they didn't want to risk me, but we lost 5-1, so I was relieved despite being disappointed at first. In these days if guys got injured, you got in the team, but unless they got injured, the team never really changed nine times out of ten."With over 500 appearances for Rangers, Colin played in more than a few Old Firm games. His first came in a league cup game in August 1968."We got beat two nothing and having just won the European Cup they were a real good team, but it was at Ibrox, which really pissed me off. It was really embarrassing to get beat at Ibrox. We got our revenge later on in the season, when we beat 'em 4-2 at Parkhead. That was the last time we beat them in the league at Parkhead until 1974 and I should know because I scored the winner!"Despite featuring heavily in the climax to the 1971/72 season and starring in the famous victory over Bayern Munich at Ibrox in the semi-final of the Cup Winners' Cup, Colin was due to start for the final. Much to his bitter disappointment, Colin went over on his ankle, in the warm up of the day of the game!"I went over and my ankle swelled up straight away, I knew I was out of the game. I was sat having a drink in the hotel room with Ronnie MacKinnon on the afternoon of the game, who was also injured from the quarter final, steaming drunk and absolutely distraught. At half four big Jock came in and bawled 'Look at the state you're in' and he dragged me in to the bathroom and threw me in the shower still in my training gear. By the time I got on the bus I was OK, but it was embarrassing and all the guys were looking at me saying 'are you alright?'. That was probably the worst moment in my football career."As we all know, Rangers won that game and the celebrations that followed, were more than enough for Colin to lose this feeling of anguish. He looks back at that famous semi-final against Bayern Munich, a hell of a lot more fondly."That game was the highlight of my career. They had five or six of the world cup winning team and Muller especially was quite interesting and challenging to play against. He did nothing in the game for so long, then all of sudden, whoosh and you really had to be close to him. You couldn't get too close to him though because he was a strong bugger"."The fans were superb that night. They say there were 80,000 there that night but I was sure it was more like 90,000. The place was absolutely heaving and the noise was phenomenal. You've got to know what you're doing when it's like that because you can't hear the man five yards away."As far as domestic honours go, the League Cup win in 1979 was rather special as Colin scored a headed winner against his native Aberdeen."That's a good one against your own mob, because my old school pals still talk about that goal today".With the length of Rangers career that Colin had, he served under five different managers; Symon, White, Waddell, Wallace and Greig. Some more than famous names there, as far as Rangers history is concerned. So who was his favourite? And who wasn't?"Willie Waddell I didn't like. I couldn't stick him actually, he was a pain in the arse. Don't get me wrong, he was a good manager, but he was a bit of a bully"."Jock Wallace was the one I had great admiration for, not only as a manager but as an actual human being. Gullane sands was really hard though, you were physically sick. You would try and get young kids to run and get a you a bottle of water when the gaffer wasn't looking."Make no mistake, Colin was a true legend of his generation and it is fantastic to get such an insight, in to life as a Rangers player from a hall of fame entrant, a club legend and all round gentleman with plenty of amazing stories to tell.I was fortunate enough to spend many evenings enjoying Colin's Rangers stories, and he was always kind enough to offer to help me with many Rangers-related projects throughout the past few years.Regrettably, I hadn't seen him this year and had no idea he had been unwell, but I can say that the world is definitely worse off without him.Rest well, Colin. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoreworker 204 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 thoughts with the jackson familyr.i.p bomber legend gbnf Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Persson 555 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Very sad. Saw lots of him, home and away. Cool as a cucumber. Scored vital goals and no jumping about. Took it all in his stride. Condolences to family. Gone but not forgotten. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa6995 3,792 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP Bomber.Another regular from my early days sadly no longer with us.Thoughts with his family , friends and colleagues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shuggy 1,308 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 A regular in the team when I first started going to matches.My condolences to his family. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don1972 492 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sad news...RIP Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana100 335 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Watched Bomber throughout his playing days. Good player, solid and reliable.RIP Big man Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
offshoreworker 204 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 I seem to recall that towards the end of his career he was nicknamed (or it might just have been a joke) Caramel Wafer --- because he was Gray & Dunne. Anyway, sad loss. RIP Colin Jackson. WATP.you taking the cunt out of a rangers legend ya fuckwit Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk49er 52 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 RIP The big man presented me with my first ever football medal back in 75. Not a lot of modern day footballers do a lot in local community. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangers#1 5,547 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Great Ranger,RIP Bomber Jackson. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Rd 2,860 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Sad day RIP Big man Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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