One picture can tell a story.

[piperpete 3,186]

3 hours ago, Gaffbear said:

I remember sandy Jardine saying he vomited every day pre season doing the sands ...take them back there 

They only did IT once a year which was enough to give tgem the message of Train as I tell you or you will be back for another beach party, Big Jock never had to take them back a second time. 

[Tom0411 1,226]

He used to say that he trained his team to play for 2 hrs as sometimes a game could go to extra time. If I remember correctly we used to score a lot of late goals. Also when you look at the pic of the players all watching DJ they look as fit as fek.

[True Azure 1,414]

7 hours ago, Sweetheart said:

Those were the days. MW was scolded by him back in the day.

http://www.<No links to this website>/sport/football/football-news/rangers-management-target-mark-warburton-5812743

Fuck me, I canny remember Starsky fae Starsky & Hutch playing for us?

[Bobby Hume 13,098]

17 hours ago, OlegKuznetsov said:

I may be wrong Oleg but I think that's Ronnie McKinnon as I remember him.

[will2203 821]

17 hours ago, Blue Nosed Babe said:

Love this pic.

Great. Rekindles good memories. If our players were half as fit today....

[Rangersfansmediawatch 1,055]

Gives you an idea of how steep the hill was.

[TheKingObv 10,646]

19 hours ago, Sweetheart said:

I think that's what's lacking these days. That level of endurance training put them in good standing for the season ahead.

Players are 10x fitter and more athletic now.

[Sweetheart 8,458]

3 minutes ago, TheKingObv said:

Players are 10x fitter and more athletic now.

I'd agree but do they have the same levels of endurance as those guys back then? JW trained them to last two hours.

[Big Al 55 9,252]

Had it's time...served it's purpose...but lets face it archaic from a sports science perspective.

[Sweetheart 8,458]

3 minutes ago, Big Al II said:

Had it's time...served it's purpose...but lets face it archaic from a sports science perspective.

Just curious as to which system served us better for endurance training.

[ritchieshearercaldow 22,139]

Funny too think some of them had a fag after that 

[Helicopter Sundae 6,008]

16 hours ago, cr3_bear said:

was jock not ex army or marine ? 

 

Wallace's playing career began inauspiciously. A goalkeeper, Wallace was freed by his first club, Blackpool, but rekindled his career by signing for Workington in 1952, dovetailing football with work in the local pit. National Service with the King's Own Scottish Borderers afforded Wallace the opportunity of signing for the local club, Berwick Rangers. After character-defining military service in Northern Ireland and – famously – the jungles ofMalaya, Wallace's playing career extended to Airdrieonians, West Bromwich Albion, non-league Bedford Town and Hereford United.

[ger4life_1872 29,529]

Its the attitude of we should still be running up sand dunes etc that meant we were left behind in this country while the rest of europe became athletes who also realised the importance of working with the ball

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53 minutes ago, ger4life_1872 said:

Its the attitude of we should still be running up sand dunes etc that meant we were left behind in this country while the rest of europe became athletes who also realised the importance of working with the ball

Maybe so, but that was the era we won a European trophy. His training worked for the times he operated in.

[ger4life_1872 29,529]

3 minutes ago, DP FC said:

Maybe so, but that was the era we won a European trophy. His training worked for the times he operated in.

Yeah i never said it didnt , but even now in this thread we have ppl saying we should go back to that and they honestly seem to believe if we did then it would bring us success 

[Corky True Legend 2,682]

1 minute ago, ger4life_1872 said:

Yeah i never said it didnt , but even now in this thread we have ppl saying we should go back to that and they honestly seem to believe if we did then it would bring us success 

That's because in these days football was a man's game and players didn't fall over at the slightest touch. We still saw great skill from the likes of Waddell, Wilson, Baxter and many others.

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5 minutes ago, ger4life_1872 said:

Yeah i never said it didnt , but even now in this thread we have ppl saying we should go back to that and they honestly seem to believe if we did then it would bring us success 

Maybe not every day, maybe just for players that step out of line

[ger4life_1872 29,529]

7 minutes ago, Corky True Legend said:

That's because in these days football was a man's game and players didn't fall over at the slightest touch. We still saw great skill from the likes of Waddell, Wilson, Baxter and many others.

Yeah and now we produce nothing on the player front because we didnt evolve with the game , you could argue wether it was better then or now all day but it is what it is , and im not criticising the methods back then as we could go head to head with anyone in the world then 

[StaunchLondonGer 1,651]

Cheers for that. Brilliant pics. Read about it but never seen the photies before. Reminds me of that old Connery film The Hill (below).

Personal favourite Jock Wallace anecdote was when he ripped Lineker a new one for being a lazy cunt and only scoring two goals by half time!!

[gmcf 34,234]

21 hours ago, pcbear said:

Is that Alex O'Hara?

Could be , I was thinking Bobby Russell , not sure though . 

[ThatNightInFlorence 696]

A lot of footballing dinosaurs on here probably think it's a good idea 

 

It would have been good for teams at the time but gone are the days of pointless running.