Scott7 6,030 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 12 minutes ago, 26th of foot said: . 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. Willoughby wasn’t in the team for the Berwick cup-tie so was spared the threat of the axe. He played the following week in a league match against the Hearts and scored three. He left Rangers at the end of 68/69. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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BlackSocksRedTops 3,757 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) Amazing to think he scored 56 in one season. RIP Jim. One of my dad's favourites. Edited September 27, 2023 by BlackSocksRedTops 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gonzo79 15,294 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 28 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said: Amazing to think he scored 56 in one season. Dessers will be lucky to get 6 at this rate. When paying respects to a Rangers great, is there really any need to criticise a current player? Plenty of room for that elsewhere. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSocksRedTops 3,757 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 55 minutes ago, Gonzo79 said: When paying respects to a Rangers great, is there really any need to criticise a current player? Plenty of room for that elsewhere. Apologies. You're right Gonzo. I'll leave that for the Lvingston thread tonight. I'll edit accordingly. 👍 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rousseau 10,679 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 minutes ago, BlackSocksRedTops said: Apologies. You're right Gonzo. I'll leave that for the Lvingston thread tonight. I'll edit accordingly. 👍 Just criticise Beale instead... 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 7,073 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 2 hours ago, Scott7 said: Willoughby wasn’t in the team for the Berwick cup-tie so was spared the threat of the axe. He played the following week in a league match against the Hearts and scored three. He left Rangers at the end of 68/69. Managers in my opinion have a sell buy date the other lot had brought in Stein who was out with his players track suit on ours was happy as was the board to let him oversee training the only casualty from Berwick should have been the manager he had a good record but his winning days were all but over 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill 13,717 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 4 hours ago, compo said: 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. Scot Symon was treated every bit as badly as Forrest and Willoughby. He brought huge success to Rangers and was ditched in shameful fashion. These awful decision probably cost us a European trophy and opened the door to Celtic's NIAR. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,830 Posted October 13, 2023 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Supporters wishing to pay their final respects to former player, Jim Forrest, are invited to gather on Edmiston Drive on Monday from 10am as the funeral cortege makes its way to a private service. https://x.com/RangersFC/status/1712757592504565958?s=20 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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