19 hours ago, The Rising Sun said:

I think that after the tragedy that staircases were altered so that you couldn't walk straight down anymore. Altered so that the single long staircases were divided up into a  series of shorter lengths .

They certainly removed the concrete embedded thick wooden ‘railway sleepers at either side of Stairway 13. These had prevented people from escaping the fatal crush on 2nd Jan 1971.  You are correct about the division into shorter lengths on the stairways.
The Centenary Stand was built to stop the large volume of spectators arriving at one time  at the top of the staircases at the Copland Road end 

 

 

Edited January 18, 20251 yr by erskblue

Stanley Matthews playing for Rangers during the Second World War. Think this is against Morton.

Rangers, c.1902: The old Pavilion which stood at the corner of Copland Road and Edmiston Drive, is in the background. 

Ibrox in either summer 1975 or 1976. 

Edited January 18, 20251 yr by erskblue

The great Eric Caldow.

Great words from Walter. So very true.

On 18/01/2025 at 21:16, Boyne said:

The great Eric Caldow.

A defender who was a generation ahead of his time. Fast, skilful had a great reading of the game and was a good tackler.

At his peak, he would be worth an absolute fortune in today’s transfer market.

January 1976. Derek Parlane had broken his collar bone in the previous game against Hibs at Easter Road in November 1975.

This was his comeback game and goal. Rangers won 2-0.

Edited January 21, 20251 yr by erskblue

A former Chelsea player in this picture. Only scored one goal for Rangers but that was against Celtic at Parkhead.

Spackers.

 

Slim Jim using his right foot!

The greatest Ranger. Back in the day when footballers played cards, dominoes and golf. Nowadays it's golf and computer games.

The new Copland Road terracing roof at Ibrox was badly damaged by the Great Storm of January 1968.

Willie Henderson.

Rangers v Queens Park in the Scottish Cup. January 1974.
Rangers won 8-0, with Derek Parlane and Tommy McLean both scoring a hat trick.

The late, great Tom Forsyth. A great player for Rangers and Scotland.

26th January 1985. How this game went ahead ? I still don’t know!

I can still remember how old it was that day, all these years later!!

On 22/01/2025 at 15:07, Boyne said:

Slim Jim using his right foot!

Blimey! I've looked for ages for pictures of Chelsea games with those blue disability cars parked at the shed end, only to see em parked up in Scotland ! They were a regular feature back in the day.

1 hour ago, The Rising Sun said:

Blimey! I've looked for ages for pictures of Chelsea games with those blue disability cars parked at the shed end, only to see em parked up in Scotland ! They were a regular feature back in the day.

The Rising Sun: Just found and posted a photo of a blue disability car at The Bridge in the Vintage Thread.😀

Colin Stein scoring the winner to make Rangers champions in 1975.