Gullane Sands

[Darthter 542]

Ah, you're talking about Josh Windass, who confessed that his legs had gone by HT v M'well.

 

All footballers....."Oooo, I've got to play 3 games of football in 12 days....how will I cope"

[colinstein 294]

I used to train there myself periodically as a youngster. Was always very hard work but a great laugh on a nice day when you got to go for a swim afterwards.

 

Gullane is a beautiful wee village and has superb beaches so always worth a day trip if, unlike me, you're not from the local area. Murder Hill is around a 5-10 min walk from the main car park (turn left when on the beach).

 

great beaches. Park at the end of Sandy Loan and walk eastwards along the beaches past the headlands. One beautiful (and empty) beach after another. Magnificent.....good for the fishing as well

[pete 2,511]

I can't remember ever going there I am afraid it was always Seamill we were taken too. The Mhanks used Seamill later and I was born in Lennoxtown Castle. The C**ts are stalking me.

[colinstein 294]

I can't remember ever going there I am afraid it was always Seamill we were taken too. The Mhanks used Seamill later and I was born in Lennoxtown Castle. The C**ts are stalking me.

 

I was born there as well. It was overspill from Glasgow maternity hospitals. Mind you it became a........I was going to say "loony bin" but after the other thread I dare not.

[JohnMc 3,023]

I would rather run 100 yards round the Ibrox track as 100 yards up a sandy hill. Was it just not pre-season we done that to get the holiday laziness out of the way?

 

 

It was pre-season and it was done to get fitness and strength up, same as every club does. Wallace knew the players thought the sand dunes were harder, in fact he told them they were, but in actual fact running up sand-dunes makes you no fitter than running up the stairs of the terraces as many clubs did or today using a stairmaster or similar running machine. It was all in the head, the players believed they were fitter than they'd ever been, they believed they'd be fitter than the opposition were. That gave them a psychological advantage that Rangers needed. Celtic were dominating, Rangers had been second best for years despite having one of our best ever sides, and Wallace knew the side needed something to make them believe they could better Celtic over a season. Gullane helped him do that.

Wallace is often depicted as a fearsome warrior, terrifying players, shouting and balling. Some of that is true but it's only a part of the picture. He was an astute tactician and understood the mental side of the game very clearly. You didn't best Jock Stein by being a Neanderthal and that's often how some people like to depict the ex-miner and jungle soldier.

One of the best people on Wallace is Gary Linekar, he speaks glowingly about him and particularly about his ability to make his players mentally stronger and give everything for the team. There's a reason why there are so many photographs of 'murder hill', because Wallace wanted the players, the media, the supporters and those at other clubs to think Rangers were the fittest team in the league. It worked. He did exactly the same thing at Leicester when he went there.