wee daft fact

[Steve1872 4]

Christie, Jim

Date of Birth:

Position: Forward

 

New South Wales Representative Honours

1965 - New Caledonia, Auckland

 

Playing Record

Junior club: Pollok Juniors (Scotland)

1959/60 - Ayr United (Scotland) 0 app.

1960/1 - Ayr United (Scotland) 10 app. 5 gls.

1961/2 - Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 3 app. 3 gls.

 

1965 - Hakoah (NSW Div 1)

 

Coaching Record

1974 - Guildford (NSW Div 2)

 

http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/C/CH.html

Edited September 21, 2012 by Steve1872
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[Steve1872 4]

Can anyone tell me how many players from the ROI have played for us?

 

Alexander Ernest Stevenson (9 August 1912â??1985) was an Irish footballer who played for Rangers and Everton, amongst other teams. As an international, Stevenson also played for both Ireland teams - the FAI XI and the IFA XI. Stevenson is the only footballer to have played for both the FAI XI and Rangers and is one of only three players born in what is now the Republic of Ireland to play for the club. The other two were Alex Craig and James Lowry McAuley (Reuben Evans was another Rangers player from the Republic of Ireland but he did not play for the first team).

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Christie, Jim

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1961/2 - Glasgow Rangers (Scotland) 3 app. 3 gls.

Thanks for that Steve,... just to clarify those stats are for league games, he also played in 3 League cup games, scored 3 and got another 2 goals v Monaco.

...here's more of wee daft facts, his first goal was against Airdrie, John Greig also scored his first goal for the club in that game..... on his debut

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before the club deck the original plan was to build executive boxes allong the full lenghth of the enclosure

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In the days before booze bans and all-seater stadia, when standing watching your heroes, some b@stard behind you would piss into his empty beer can and miss.

[Steve1872 4]

In Rangers’ 1971 European Cup Winners’ Cup tie in Lisbon against Sporting, the teams finished 5-5 on aggregate and extra time had to be played. Each side scored one more goal which should have meant that Rangers would go through to the quarter finals on the away goals rule. However, the referee made a mistake and ordered a penalty shoot-out to take place - which Rangers lost. Thankfully, a Scots journalist had a UEFA rule book in his possession and went to the Rangers’ dressing room to point out the ref’s error to Willie Waddell, the Gers manager. Waddell informed the official UEFA representative who promptly overturned the referee’s decision, allowing Rangers to progress to the next round

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In a 1940 Glasgow Charity Cup tie against Celtic at Ibrox, that Rangers eventually won 5-1, Gers’ Alec Venters, in disgust at a refereeing decision, booted the ball behind the goal. Unfortunately, this was the goal at the Broomloan Road end of the ground – the “Celtic End”. The ref ( they were really strict in those days!) ordered the player to go and retrieve the ball. As Venters did so, a hail of bottles and missiles rained down on him. The hapless player retreated as if German bombers were overhead. The adamant ref ordered him to go back but he refused and was sent off. Blimey! Those refs were tough in those days!

[Steve1872 4]

In October, 1937, Rangers played a benefit match at Stoke City for victims of the Holditch Colliery Disaster. £2,000 was raised for the cause and, in gratitude, Stoke President, Sir Francis Joseph, at the post-match banquet, presented Rangers with a Loving Cup. This showed the high esteem in which the hosts held Rangers as this cup was one of a limited number created for the Silver Jubilee of King George V and presented to all English First Division clubs at that time. The Stoke President made one simple request - that on the first game of every new year at Ibrox, the cup should be used to toast the monarch. This has become an Ibrox tradition ever since with Rangers’ officials and their opposite number drinking a toast to the monarch of the time. The Loving Cup rests in the Ibrox Trophy Room to this day.

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In a 1940 Glasgow Charity Cup tie against Celtic at Ibrox, that Rangers eventually won 5-1, Gers’ Alec Venters, in disgust at a refereeing decision, booted the ball behind the goal. Unfortunately, this was the goal at the Broomloan Road end of the ground – the “Celtic End”. The ref ( they were really strict in those days!) ordered the player to go and retrieve the ball. As Venters did so, a hail of bottles and missiles rained down on him. The hapless player retreated as if German bombers were overhead. The adamant ref ordered him to go back but he refused and was sent off. Blimey! Those refs were tough in those days!

 

That's a cracker....

[Steve1872 4]

One of the few players who became famous for something other than playing for the club was the forward R.S.McColl. At the beginning of the 20th century he was a brilliant goalscorer, even managing a hat-trick against England in a 4-1 win in 1900. He was a former Queen’s Park player but Rangers actually signed him from Newcastle. He won his first cap at 19 and played 13 times for Scotland.

 

This player seemed to have every attribute needed for an outstanding forward. He was fast, brave, could swerve past opponents and his finishing power was awesome. Remarkably, he could “bend it like Beckham” – a real feat in those days of heavy leather balls with laces! One of his nicknames was the “ Prince of Centre-Forwards” but the other one was “Toffee”! You see, he also had a sweet shop business in Glasgow that would eventually become a national chain, known to millions. Yes, he WAS that R.S.McColl!