doc holliday 1,653 Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 Now on sale in hardback at Waterstones . ' Wilson on the Wing' by Davie Wilson and Alistair Aird. Foreward by Walter Smith. Davie was one of the best players ever to pull on a Rangers shirt. Part of that great international and class left flank of Eric Caldow,Jim Baxter and Davie. A regular attendee at Ibrox too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter huistra 1,740 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Amazing team back then, names that will live on forever. Read a few of Aird's books on McCoist and a few articles he's got online on other players always comes across as a good writer and probably is a Rangers fan. Aird actually reached out to Wilson by contacting him on Facebook, asking him if he could write his story, which I thought was a nice touch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiverpoolBlue 1,398 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Seeing him on one wing and wee Willie Henderson on the other weave their magic will live in my memory forever Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
They Gnu 11,553 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 He played in the first match I attended, a friendly v Morton about 1963ish we won 2:0 just remember this blonde headed guy bombing up and down the wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter huistra 1,740 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Davie Wilson - “The saying ‘once a Ranger, always a Ranger’ definitely applies to me and I try to get along to as many games at Ibrox as I can. Davie scored an incredible 157 goals for Rangers in a career spanning over a decade with the club, he once turned down a move to Everton, which would have made him the most expensive player in British football at the time breaking the record set by the Jimmy Greaves transfer from Milan to Spurs. Later on in his Manager career he once signed a young Walter Smith while managing Dumbarton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hadron Collider 30,996 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 10 hours ago, They Gnu said: He played in the first match I attended, a friendly v Morton about 1963ish we won 2:0 just remember this blonde headed guy bombing up and down the wing. My first match was watching him against Stirling Albion. We won 6-0. I believe he scored twice that day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George McLean 190 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Bought his book a couple of months ago on Amazon, quite a good read. One of my favourite players as a lad, he is an out and out bluenose who was released far too early by the club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter huistra 1,740 Posted September 1, 2020 Share Posted September 1, 2020 Can admin delete those posts ? @gogzy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieT 65 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 07:53, LiverpoolBlue said: Seeing him on one wing and wee Willie Henderson on the other weave their magic will live in my memory forever Me also Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted September 3, 2020 Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 01/09/2020 at 08:53, Tom0411 said: Some guys have everything as I knew a lassie who went out with him. Changed that for you. Show some respect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billyblueblood 88 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zetland 5,830 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 @Creampuff @Sparkle Any chance you could please clean this thread up a bit? May not seem like much but terrible posts for such a valued and respected former Player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkle 53,615 Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, Zetland said: @Creampuff @Sparkle Any chance you could please clean this thread up a bit? May not seem like much but terrible posts for such a valued and respected former Player. Absolutely right Z Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc holliday 1,653 Posted September 4, 2020 Author Share Posted September 4, 2020 He was our 7th best ever scorer and from wing position too..incredible. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Widow's Son 399 Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 Davie Wilson was a very underrated Rangers player. I actually met him at a lodge harmony in Cambuslang at Lodge Buchanan many years ago and found him delightful company. He's a non-smoking teetotaler and played a good few times for Scotland too. On the few occasions I've met Rangers players, I actually feel quite shy but Davie was beyond polite. A true measure of the man in his career after leaving Rangers: some years ago, I read that after a game at celtic Park between celtic and Dundee Utd., Jimmy Johnstone had a fine game in a celtic victory. Davie Wilson was waiting at the tunnel at the final whistle to offer him his congratulations. This recognition meant so much to Johnstone since it was a fellow player offering it right at the end of the game. Says a lot about Davie Wilson so it does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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