Baxter against England 1967

[King Jela 20,378]

11 minutes ago, Bobby Hume said:

Anything for a Bear. 

Cheers glad you liked it mate ...... 

Pish patter

[Fred H Crawford 1,182]

30 minutes ago, gmcf said:

Just to throw a spanner in the works . 

Was talking about this game with someone who reckons an even bigger achievement was beating England 2-1 at Wembley back in 1963 . Rangers and Scotland captain , Eric Caldow broke his leg early on , and Scotland played nearly the full game with 10 men , in the days before substitutes were allowed . 

Oh , and a certain Jim Baxter scored the two Scotland goals .

Before my time, so I'll leave it to the older Bears as to what was the bigger achievement , but it would be an interesting debate . 

A lot of the older Bears that drank in the pub when I was younger (most sadly no longer with us ) used to say the same , and that was Baxters finest game for Scotland .

I mind seeing JB speaking about that game and how he was raging when England pulled a goal back as he had told some teammates that he was going to score an og so that he could say he scored a hat-trick at Wembley .

[Bobby Hume 13,122]

2 minutes ago, King Jela said:

I wish I could write like you mate ... but I'm afraid all I've got is  Pish Patter .... 

 

Don't worry about it mate ..... you'll get better the older you get .... hopefully .... 

[Corky True Legend 2,682]

15 minutes ago, Fred H Crawford said:

A lot of the older Bears that drank in the pub when I was younger (most sadly no longer with us ) used to say the same , and that was Baxters finest game for Scotland .

I mind seeing JB speaking about that game and how he was raging when England pulled a goal back as he had told some teammates that he was going to score an og so that he could say he scored a hat-trick at Wembley .

Baxter scored with his first ever senior penalty. However, I reckon the real star of that match was Davie Wilson, Went to LB and  at one point played a ball to the LW. He then remembered that he ws LW, ran up the pitch and collected his own pass!

[bornabear 6,208]

1 hour ago, gmcf said:

Just to throw a spanner in the works . 

Was talking about this game with someone who reckons an even bigger achievement was beating England 2-1 at Wembley back in 1963 . Rangers and Scotland captain , Eric Caldow broke his leg early on , and Scotland played nearly the full game with 10 men , in the days before substitutes were allowed . 

Oh , and a certain Jim Baxter scored the two Scotland goals .

Before my time, so I'll leave it to the older Bears as to what was the bigger achievement , but it would be an interesting debate . 

To be fair to the English (ha ha), Eric Caldow broke his leg in what was a harsh tackle from Tottenham's Bobby Smith, a big burly fucker. Smith came back on after treatment but spent the rest of the game on the right wing as a passenger.

A tackle such as that one, and there were many in those days, would get a player banned for 10 games nowadays.

Walking football - bollocks,  Maybe a bit slower than today but certainly a lot harder. Men played it in those days unlike the jessies of today who fall over when someone gets even close to them.

 

[WadeWilson 4,670]

When you compare it to some of the brain-dead shite that gets lauded on here, Baxter getting 9 'likes' (10 now) just goes to show what a bitter, uninformed, seething, self-loathing cesspit this site (and the support) has become.

Shame really. 22 magnificent players on that park too.

[WadeWilson 4,670]

Thanks for posting, OP. Proper football.

[gmcf 34,316]

4 hours ago, bornabear said:

To be fair to the English (ha ha), Eric Caldow broke his leg in what was a harsh tackle from Tottenham's Bobby Smith, a big burly fucker. Smith came back on after treatment but spent the rest of the game on the right wing as a passenger.

A tackle such as that one, and there were many in those days, would get a player banned for 10 games nowadays.

Walking football - bollocks,  Maybe a bit slower than today but certainly a lot harder. Men played it in those days unlike the jessies of today who fall over when someone gets even close to them.

 

Without a doubt . A pity really , when you think great tackles like Tam Forsyth's on Mick Channon would probably no longer be allowed . 

I can remember a game in the mid 70's where Alex Forsyth punched someone at Ibrox after a wee ' argument ' during a game ( St Johnstone maybe ? ) and the referee made them . . . . .  shake hands ! Never happen today . 

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

7 hours ago, Bobby Hume said:

Don't worry about it mate ..... you'll get better the older you get .... hopefully .... 

Time he gets tae high sKool he'll be dead pure brilliant,  or maybe not.

[Bobby Hume 13,122]

1 hour ago, siddiqi_drinker said:

Time he gets tae high sKool he'll be dead pure brilliant,  or maybe not.

 

[Sam English Loyal 945]

Said it before many times; if Slim Jim hadn't gotten his leg broken we would have won the European Cup in 65. Then if we'd went on to win the league in 66, Scottish football would be very, very different today.

[Bobby Hume 13,122]

51 minutes ago, Sam English Loyal said:

Said it before many times; if Slim Jim hadn't gotten his leg broken we would have won the European Cup in 65. Then if we'd went on to win the league in 66, Scottish football would be very, very different today.

[Tom0411 1,226]

The comments on "foreign" players attitude to playing reminds me of many comments from Rangers players. I kept hearing about them pulling the hairs on their legs at corners or standing on their toes. Another favourite was after they fouled you they would help you up and supposedly pat your head but were actually pulling your hair. I also remember Colin Stein & big Derek J saying they put shinguards on the back of their legs as well as the front. 

[scottyscott1963 18,418]

2 hours ago, Sam English Loyal said:

Said it before many times; if Slim Jim hadn't gotten his leg broken we would have won the European Cup in 65. Then if we'd went on to win the league in 66, Scottish football would be very, very different today.

No Ifs Buts or Maybes

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,658]

11 hours ago, Corky True Legend said:

Baxter scored with his first ever senior penalty. However, I reckon the real star of that match was Davie Wilson, Went to LB and  at one point played a ball to the LW. He then remembered that he ws LW, ran up the pitch and collected his own pass!

 

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

15 hours ago, Corky True Legend said:

Baxter scored with his first ever senior penalty. However, I reckon the real star of that match was Davie Wilson, Went to LB and  at one point played a ball to the LW. He then remembered that he ws LW, ran up the pitch and collected his own pass!

No subs either so not only a LW at LB but played most of the game with 10 men

[Corky True Legend 2,682]

16 hours ago, Fred H Crawford said:

A lot of the older Bears that drank in the pub when I was younger (most sadly no longer with us ) used to say the same , and that was Baxters finest game for Scotland .

I mind seeing JB speaking about that game and how he was raging when England pulled a goal back as he had told some teammates that he was going to score an og so that he could say he scored a hat-trick at Wembley .

Pity he hadn't been in the team 2 years earlier. I watched it in a neighbour's house; unfortunately, he was English. It was said that day that England used an orange ball so that Shearer and Caldow wouldn't kick it and Haffey wouldn't touch it.

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,658]

Picked for Rest of The World v England 1963, Legend, never see his likes again!

[William McBeath 2,154]

On 29 November 2016 at 0:13 AM, Fred H Crawford said:

A lot of the older Bears that drank in the pub when I was younger (most sadly no longer with us ) used to say the same , and that was Baxters finest game for Scotland .

I mind seeing JB speaking about that game and how he was raging when England pulled a goal back as he had told some teammates that he was going to score an og so that he could say he scored a hat-trick at Wembley .

Got to love the man 

[siddiqi_drinker 14,635]

11 hours ago, BLUEDIGNITY said:

Picked for Rest of The World v England 1963, Legend, never see his likes again!

Imagine the value of that group of players at today's prices.  Edson Arantes do Nascimento, at least 200 million if Pogba was worth 100  

 

[BLUEDIGNITY 33,658]

2 hours ago, siddiqi_drinker said:

Imagine the value of that group of players at today's prices.  Edson Arantes do Nascimento, at least 200 million if Pogba was worth 100  

 

Pele isn't in that team bud!?

[Dunny_01 2,007]

i actually thought this video was a piss take at first of him giving ball away non stop! woulda love to see him and gazza in same team

[harlands plater 16,989]

44 minutes ago, Dunny_01 said:

i actually thought this video was a piss take at first of him giving ball away non stop! woulda love to see him and gazza in same team

Or the same bar....

[Number5 2,122]

Loved the swagger of the man.

He'd get fucking destroyed by our fans nowadays the amount of slack passes he made!!

Got my Dad the DVD of the game a few years back. The game has moved on so much, virtually non contact in todays game, its embarrassing. I remember thinking it much have been some achievement for a CB like Bobby Moore to have never been booked in his career, then I saw his tackle on Law in this game when he virtually broke him in two and got nothing!

[harlands plater 16,989]

The thing that strikes me watching a lot of games from that era is how poor the goalkeeping was a lot of the time, big flabby guys flapping at shots or standing watching the ball go by them. That classic Real Madrid v Eintracht game would have ended about 3-1 with modern quality goalies.