Uilleam 5,932 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Forrest was denied the opportunity to fulfil his Rangers destiny, it was a terrible decision. He was McCoist but better. We are seeing so many old heroes pass away 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,932 Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Bill said: Forrest was denied the opportunity to fulfil his Rangers destiny, it was a terrible decision. He was McCoist but better. We are seeing so many old heroes pass away A goal machine, by all accounts, and records, who was treated very shabbily, after Berwick, taking the blame for the debacle. I have a feeling that this cost the Club, big time. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 6,004 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Struck the fiercest shot I ever saw, a volley from about fifteen yards at Tynecastle. Didn’t score but the crossbar that got in the way shivered for what seemed like ages. Actually, five seconds. Poor McNeill. Thought Millar was out of the way for a while and along came Forrest. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Ro55 761 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 R.I.P 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,038 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Would have been the greatest striker in the clubs history if the manager at the time would have stood up to the chairman a whole career unfulfilled by panic in the boardroom and a silly little thing was we shared the same birthday R.I.P. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,293 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I've only ever heard good things about Forrest. He was still attending Rangers matches long after he left the club. It seems some rash decisions were made after the Berwick debacle. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CammyF 8,087 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Rest easy Jim - my Dad still raves about Forrest. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankie 8,562 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 A dreadful few weeks... 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
26th of foot 6,082 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 I attended my first Rangers match at Cathkin Park in 1962, Jim Forrest was our centre forward. Jim was prolific, he had a plethora of very good inside forwards, wingers and, half backs supplying him. Mercurial is the best word to describe him, a fluidity that was most difficult to contain. His end at Rangers was most undeserving. In fact if he and his cousin, Alex Willoughby had been retained, we would have won the European Cup Winners Cup in Nuremberg in 1967. We lost 1-0 to Jock Wallace's Berwick Rangers in the third round of the Scottish Cup at the end of January'67 and the then Chairman, John Lawrence demanded scapegoats. Forrest, Willoughby and, George(the Dandy)McLean were deemed het. They were sold for comparative peppercorn fees to Aberdeen and Dundee. Jim notched 145 goals in 163 games. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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