The Moonlighter 3,624 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Yesterday I had the honour and pleasure of attending the event to unveil a new stone on the plot of Rangers great Neilly Gibson at Larkhall Cemetery. Thank so much to all those who attended. The grave had lain unmarked since 1947. Gone but never Forgotten. Neilly Gibson: NEILLY GIBSON joined Rangers when he was still a teenager from junior side Royal Albert and went on to enjoy more than a decade of service with the club. A man who would become a 14-times capped Scotland international, he would go on to win six major honours with the Rangers including four league championships. Defender Gibson was an ever-present in the 1898/99 league campaign when Gers won every one of their 18 matches to win the title by 10 points. Indeed, he scored three times in the two biggest wins that campaign, notching a double in an 8-0 rout of Clyde and scoring from the penalty spot in a 10-0 thrashing of Hibernian. That championship win was the first of four consecutively and in the first three campaigns Gibson missed only three games overall. Playing 377 times overall for Rangers – including in 184 competitive fixtures with 14 goals – he later spent five years in Partick Thistle’s squad. Gibson had three sons – Neil, Willie and James – with all three going on to follow in their father’s footsteps as they played the beautiful game. In James’ case, he emulated his dad by playing for Scotland and also scored once against Wales in 1929, some 32 years after his parent had struck against Northern Ireland. Neilly Gibson (1894-1905) Appearances: 184. Goals: 14. Honours: Four league titles, Two Scottish Cups. 14 caps (Scotland). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevemac 5,381 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Sterling work as always. Love posts like this, always think if I had a time machine I'd love to go and watch the early days of the bears. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 @The Moonlighter Excellent work by everyone involved. You should all be proud of what you do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Fantastic work as ever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Courtyard Bear 41,357 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Great work again guys. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopCat 4,511 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Excellent work as always guys. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueshoff 12,688 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 I often wonder what they would think if they could see this and that people care enough to carry out this work to honour their memory. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,715 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Fantastic work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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