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Add to what you’ve said Ipswich have spent 20 million on a winger from Villa

Rangers legend John Greig only wanted to play for Hearts June 28, 2024 8:54 am Greig, 81, was born and raised in Edinburgh, where he dreamt of playing at Tynecastle every week, for his beloved Hearts. Speaking in the final episode of BBC Scotland documentary series “Icons of Football” to be shown on Sunday Greig reveals he was snubbed by his idols as a youth and only signed for Rangers after being ordered to by his father. He said: “It was my ambition to play for Hearts. Hearts had a great side in those days and I was very very disappointed when so many players in my juvenile team were signed for Hearts and they didn’t come to me because they thought I was too small. “My brother Tam said to me one day ‘there’s a guy to see you, he’s from Rangers Football Club’ and I thought ‘well there’s no harm in speaking to the guy’. “My father was sitting in the chair reading his Sunday paper and Bob McAuley came in and started giving me the spiel about Rangers. “After about 20 minutes or so he brought a form out of his pocket and said ‘so just sign there son’, “I turned to my brother and I said ‘I’m not signing that because I’m a Hearts supporter, I don’t want to sign for Rangers’. “My father just moved the paper an inch away from his face and said ‘sign that paper’. I had to do as my father told me.” He added: “Bob McAuley went away out the door and I said to my brother ‘I’ll never forgive you for that, I’m a Hearts supporter’. “He said ‘I don’t think you’ll ever regret that, you’ve signed for a really good club. They’re playing at Easter Road next Saturday, we’ll go down and see what this team’s like’. “They beat Hibs 6-1 that day and I thought ‘what a team this is I’ve signed for’. And that was me, I never worried about Hearts again, it was Rangers for me after that.” Greig made a record 755 appearances for Rangers and later became manager. Now honorary life president at Ibrox, Greig is best remembered for winning 16 major honours in the club’s colours, including its only European trophy in 1972. But in the BBC Scotland programme, he reveals how just five years earlier he urged a referee to blow the final whistle as Rangers suffered their most humiliating ever defeat, at the hands of minnows Berwick Rangers. Greig was captain of the Rangers side that was knocked out of the Scottish Cup in the first round by the part-timers on 28 January 1967. The Glasgow giants went into the match at Shielfield Park in Berwick Upon Tweed as cup holders. They dominated the match but failed to score, and Sammy Reid’s historic goal for the hosts in the 32nd minute caused one of the biggest upsets in football. Greig recalls how, with time running out, he told referee Eddie Thomson to blow the whistle and end their misery. He said: “That was probably one of the worst days of my life. We just couldn’t put the ball in the net. “We were getting beaten one nothing and we’d missed chance after chance after chance and I said ‘Eddie, how long is there to go?’ “He said ‘it’s nearly time up, John’, so the next time I passed him I said “Eddie, blow the whistle and let us get away out of here, we’ll never score’. “So he just blew the whistle and we went off. That was probably the worst defeat of my career as a Rangers player.” Striker Willie Johnston, who was stretchered off in the 65th minute of the defeat, recalls in the programme: “I was in the hospital, I’d broken my ankle and I said to the nurse, ‘could you tell me the score please’. “She said ‘one-nil to Rangers’. I said ‘that’s alright then’, but she said ‘no, it’s Berwick Rangers’. And this boy jumped up and punched a hole in the window.” * Icons of Football: John Greig is on the BBC Scotland channel, Sunday, 10

I liked the look of Rice and Curtis maybe time they were starting matches

On match day I'll volunteer to meet the fans at Bridgeton cross and lead them up the London road singing in full voice . were the boy's from the toll we are loyal and were true you only live once so make the most of it .

Another good striker from Hearts Donald Ford .

Who would you like in the next round a home tie or a nice away day tie me I'd love to take on Celtic at Parkhead

When is the draw for the next round

Dessers for his goals .

Ange might be gone soon same as the clown at Arsenal I'd make it a treble with the other mug at United 11 points from 11 games not good enough.

Four goals and an own goal and big brawbaws scoring first gives me £20 @14/1 .

At 30 he should be rattling them in maybe it's the to much money syndrome to much to soon

Can Forrest do a Leicester

Second half we should rattle in another four

Toffees are playing rather well against the Spurs today

Come away the Rangers.

I wonder what’s gone wrong with Sterling I see similarities with that former Spurs player Ali career has started going in reverse not a patch on the players they were.

It’s a lovely day for the football

About time Arsenal sacked their manager

A nice win tomorrow and then just to cap off what's been a spiffing weekend so far Celtic in the next round at Parkhead fingers crossed.

If he's clever he'll walk away and get a nice signing on fee with another club no doubt being advised by his dad .

Gunners could be dropping more points today

The ball the older lads used

The Geordie's just got a right good thumping today

I wonder what the present day transfer fee if yo bought these three at today’s prices .

Strange bringing in a center half who hasn’t played a game for the club that’s loaning him out sorry I’d stick with Nsiala and whoever is available