stevemac 5,000 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Being a younger bear and idolising players like gazza, prso etc. I'm interested to know who our first proper superstar was. Whether it be international or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterC 12,269 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 RS McColl would be a good shout Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElBufalo20 7,887 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 5 minutes ago, MisterC said: RS McColl would be a good shout No chance the prices in his newsagents are a disgrace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter huistra 1,740 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Jardine. Id say Mykhaylychenko was pretty massive and well known so was Butcher and Souness and Cooper was heavily respected by other top players but in my life time Gazza. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbyst 570 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 jimmy bell Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Traive 22,740 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Jim Baxter especially after his keepy uppy at Wembley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 "The Wee Blue Devil" Alan Morton. And a "Wembley Wizard" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter huistra 1,740 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Just now, tannerall said: "The Wee Blue Devil" Alan Morton. Just read his wiki, Struths first signing and looks like he had an amazing Gers career. On his wiki it said this : Morton's dress was as precise as his play.[4] He was a familiar figure strolling down Paisley Road West towards training at Ibrox sporting a bowler hat and umbrella (as befitted a professional gentleman of the time), which caused locals to dub him "The Wee Society Man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
don logan 8,062 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 28 minutes ago, tannerall said: "The Wee Blue Devil" Alan Morton. And a "Wembley Wizard" Slight whiff of gay in that first picture. Doing the half teapot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiger Shaw 30,445 Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 Think the answers is possibly in a thread further down the forum... Tom Valance If not him then definitely Sandy Clark imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tannerall 25,935 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 George Young was a legend in British football after the war. I think Willie Henderson would have been the first to get reaction from foreign teams as a top class star player, especially at international level. Baxter was arguably the first "media" superstar", but I would probably give that to Morton too. Gazza was certainly the biggest media superstar,, though some might consider McCoist as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluenoz 30,809 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 My dad's were Baxter & Forest Mine was Colin Stein. But the name that I always hear of before I was alive was George Young. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
real boydie9 17,605 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Jim Denny 😊 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willis 20,919 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 3 hours ago, tannerall said: George Young was a legend in British football after the war. I think Willie Henderson would have been the first to get reaction from foreign teams as a top class star player, especially at international level. Baxter was arguably the first "media" superstar", but I would probably give that to Morton too. Gazza was certainly the biggest media superstar,, though some might consider McCoist as well. I don't think some of the younger bears realise how big a deal it was that we'd signed Gascoigne, I can remember my dad absolutely buzzing about it and I think Gazza was the first player I can remember us signing that I knew about and was really excited about. The Gazzas Coming Home (i think that's the name but I might be thinking of another) documentary is great. The way his agents mention teams like Chelsea etc wanting him then they mention Rangers and he thinks they're talking about QPR and then they make it clear its us they're talking you can see his face change and he says "Glasgow Rangers speaks for itself" or something like that. And the huge crowd outside Ibrox. I was just a wean but I can remember the buzz surrounding his signing, was really a special time. It was almost the same feeling when we got Gerrard, I was doubtful when people said we were signing him, but the day he was about to be unveiled I knew it was a special moment, I picked by daughter up from school and flew up the motorway to Ibrox and we were on the pitch when Gerrard first came out, I remember telling my daughter that she'll tell hopefully tell her kids about this day. But i still think Gazza signing takes the cake Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nameless Ghoul 6,053 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 My dad always talked about Sandy Jardine. He was like a kid a Christmas when we met him in 2005. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakbear 3,586 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Gazza was massive. He was absolute box office and basically brought Italian football to Britain when he signed for Lazio. there are legends and there are phenomenal players.... Butcher (captain of England), Gary Stevens, Trevor Steven etc but a combination of footballs place in the public eye and lack of Sky, internet, champions league etc means that Gazza was in my opinion the first (and arguably only) global superstar to play for us. Edit: last sentence is wrong. Gattuso and Gio were probably also global superstars. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camshy 812 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Without doubt Gazza was and still is the highest profile player and greatest pedigree of player in Scottish football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,519 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Neilly Gibson is probably the answer. Was considered by some to be the greatest footballer ever in the early professional era prior to WW1. Steve Bloomer, who at the time was considered England's greatest ever player, said he was the best he had ever watched. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,519 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 12 hours ago, tannerall said: "The Wee Blue Devil" Alan Morton. And a "Wembley Wizard" Morton was certainly the undisputed best left winger in the world at the time according to contemporary reports. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieD 18,912 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 5 hours ago, McEwan's Lager said: Neilly Gibson is probably the answer. Was considered by some to be the greatest footballer ever in the early professional era prior to WW1. Steve Bloomer, who at the time was considered England's greatest ever player, said he was the best he had ever watched. Was going to say this, although I do wonder if Steve Bloomer had ever watched anybody outside of the home nations. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McEwan's Lager 30,519 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 18 minutes ago, JamieD said: Was going to say this, although I do wonder if Steve Bloomer had ever watched anybody outside of the home nations. I don't know when Bloomer said that but he did coach in Germany (and was interned there in a POW camp during WW1) and Spain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneDavidCooper 2,505 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Mark Falco Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zappa6995 3,645 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Gazza Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bornabear 6,202 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Very good question from OP. My first thought was how to describe "superstar" in yesteryear language. In my day, it would have been Young, Shearer or Baxter, to name but 3. History would point you to Vallance as the first " superstar", although I doubt he would recognize the status. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
My Fathers Scarf 1,144 Posted February 17, 2021 Share Posted February 17, 2021 Derek Johnstone was a cracking player and would have been a superstar if he'd been about 4stone less. Davie Cooper was a superstar. Wasn't called super Cooper for nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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