Ronnie McKinnon having a chat with a player who won a few World Cups.

Scotland v TBrazil international friendly at Hampden Park, 25th June 1966. Down goes Pele ... and going down to join him is Ron McKinnon. Final score: Scotland 1-1 Brazil. Scotland v Brazil International Friendly at Hampden Park, 25th June 1966. Pele running with the ball. Final score: Scotland 1-P1 Brazil.

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The Scotland v Brazil friendly match above was played at Hampden on Sat 25th June 1966. A 1-1 draw in front of a crowd of 74,933.

The Scottish domestic season had ended on 4th May 1966 and it would have been just a week before most Scottish clubs returned for their 1966/67 Pre Season Training !!

 

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1970 World Cup Finals, Guadalajara, Mexico, 14th June, 1970, Brazil 4 v Peru 2, Brazil's Pele shoots at goal as Peruvian goalkeeper Luis The Brazilian striker Pele (in the yellow shirt, number 10), is about to score the first goal in the final match of the 

A section of Wembley Crowd. Late 1920s or early ish 1930s. A sea of hats !

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Zentralstadion (1954-2000). Leipzig.

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Olympia-Stadion Berlin.

Wembley in the late 1920s.

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Ibrox in the 1950s.

On this date in 1986 Rangers played Celtic at Ibrox and the final score was 4-4. On the same day we won 1-0 at Southampton and the next day we beat Man. City 5-4 in the Full Members Cup Final. For those who were at Ibrox and Wembley it was goals galore.

On 21/03/2022 at 21:20, Boyne said:

Ibrox in the 1950s.

Amazing to think that Edmiston Drive was part of the A9.  This was the main Glasgow to Greenock road until the mid 1970s, when the M8 Motorway was completed!   Obviously the traffic was diverted on match days!!😀

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A sporting gesture from England captain Ray Wilkins who says 'well done' to Northern Ireland goalkeeper Pat Jennings, after he had made a magnificent save during the World Cup Qualifying match at Wembley Stadium, 13th November 1985. The match ended 0-0 ensuring Northern Ireland's qualification for the 1986 World Cup Finals. (Photo by Bob Thomas Sports Photography via Getty Images)

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On this date in 1995 the great man left us. As I've mentioned before the best British footballer I've seen.

On 15/03/2022 at 19:50, Boyne said:

1973 Scottish Cup Winners. Sandy is enjoying a beer. Can't see Jaws the scorer of the winning goal in the picture.

Boyne or Ersk, looked up the final to see it was between the Old Firm and the managers were Jock Wallace and Jock Stein which given political correctness these days is a little unusual now growing up of course I recall jokes about Scots and 'Jock' being used as a term of reference.

However looking at their Christian names they are both names as John, was John the only name traditionally changed to Jock?

55 minutes ago, strider6004 said:

Boyne or Ersk, looked up the final to see it was between the Old Firm and the managers were Jock Wallace and Jock Stein which given political correctness these days is a little unusual now growing up of course I recall jokes about Scots and 'Jock' being used as a term of reference.

However looking at their Christian names they are both names as John, was John the only name traditionally changed to Jock?

Strider: I think for Jock Wallace it was because his father was also called John. Not sure about Jock Stein. As far as I’m aware John-was the only name traditionally changed to Jock. I may be completely wrong!😀

1 hour ago, strider6004 said:

Boyne or Ersk, looked up the final to see it was between the Old Firm and the managers were Jock Wallace and Jock Stein which given political correctness these days is a little unusual now growing up of course I recall jokes about Scots and 'Jock' being used as a term of reference.

However looking at their Christian names they are both names as John, was John the only name traditionally changed to Jock?

 

2 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Strider: I think for Jock Wallace it was because his father was also called John. Not sure about Jock Stein. As far as I’m aware John-was the only name traditionally changed to Jock. I may be completely wrong!😀

My Dad was given the name John but everyone called him Jack. On occasions though he was called Jackie by his siblings. People in parts of Scotland and the North of England would call men Jackie. Can think of two examples: the Newcastle United player, Jackie Milburn and the Celtic footballer, Jackie  McNamara.

The only times that my Dad used John was when completing official documents.

4 minutes ago, Boyne said:

 

My Dad was given the name John but everyone called him Jack. On occasions though he was called Jackie by his siblings. People in parts of Scotland and the North of England would call men Jackie. Can think of two examples: the Newcastle United player, Jackie Milburn and the Celtic footballer, Jackie  McNamara.

The only times that my Dad used John was when completing official documents.

Boyne:Cheers, just remembered one of my mates in my late teens was called Jack. Yet his name was John. 
 

DOH !😀

1 hour ago, Boyne said:

On this date in 1995 the great man left us. As I've mentioned before the best British footballer I've seen.

Fantastic left foot. He carried Rangers at times until the arrival of Graeme Souness in 1986. Saw him play for Clydebank before he signed for Rangers. 

Davie Cooper and Mick Mills. Rangers v Ipswich Town. Pre Season Friendly at Ibrox in Aug 1981.

Ipswich were really good that day. 

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Davie Cooper v Kilmarnock in a Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox in March 1978. He scored in a 4-1 Rangers win.

3 minutes ago, erskblue said:

Davie Cooper v Kilmarnock in a Scottish Cup tie at Ibrox in March 1978. He scored in a 4-1 Rangers win.

That is one of my favourite Rangers shirts.

16 minutes ago, Boyne said:

That is one of my favourite Rangers shirts.

Agree with you. The picture also shows quite a large section of the Copland Road Terracing.

The Copland Road terracing would be demolished in June/July 1978 as Ibrox changed. Three new stands would be  built over three years and  replaced the terraces.

 

1972 European Cup Final. Ajax v Internazionale, Mauro Bellugi and Piet Keizer in action.

European Cup 1972/73. Ajax v Bayern Munich.