Ally Bongo Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Aged 79 Rangers most prolific post war striker with 145 goals in 163 games Moved to Preston and then Aberdeen, helping them win the Scottish Cup in 1970 Was capped 5 times between 1965 and 1971 but never scored Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 (edited) With Ronnie McKinnon las week and now Forrest, it seems that there are hardly any of my early heroes left. Forrest later reinvented himself as a right winger at Aberdeen. Edited September 27, 2023 by Third Lanark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: Aged 79 Rangers most prolific post war striker with 145 goals in 163 games Moved to Preston and then Aberdeen, helping them win the Scottish Cup in 1970 Was capped 5 times between 1965 and 1971 but never scored Different times. 145 goals in 163 games for Rangers and got 2 Scotland caps in that time!! We’d be building a team round him now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDFH64 Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 3 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: Different times. 145 goals in 163 games for Rangers and got 2 Scotland caps in that time!! We’d be building a team round him now! Now you play 2 games for rangers & you get capped 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 27, 2023 Author Share Posted September 27, 2023 27 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: Different times. 145 goals in 163 games for Rangers and got 2 Scotland caps in that time!! We’d be building a team round him now! lol For most of the 60s you would be fighting for a place up front with Denis Law and Alan GIlzean Shite time to be a good Scottish striker tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo cop Posted September 27, 2023 Share Posted September 27, 2023 Remember him when I first started going to Pittodrie when I was a kid, great player and good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morrie21 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 18 hours ago, Fairbairn said: Different times. 145 goals in 163 games for Rangers and got 2 Scotland caps in that time!! We’d be building a team round him now! Nah, yous would sign a jobber from the lower end of the EPL on loan or a fringe Welsh international and the homegrown Scottish player wouldn't get a chance to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Ramy 1314 Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 Condolences to his family....🥺 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 good tribute on this page https://www.afc.co.uk/2023/09/27/jim-forrest-1944-2023/ am thinking that's Dons v St Johnstone at Muirton ? ; happy to be corrected though ; Ibrox / Dens ..... very early seventies .. or could be tynecastle ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 between Bumper & the Brush in this photo 7 ? Internationals in this pic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 His Rangers career came to an abrupt end after the 1-0 cup defeat to Berwick Rangers in 1967. I don’t think that changes his place as a Rangers great. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaid Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 Rangers play Aberdeen tomorrow, lets see if both sets of fans can behave themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auchinyell Sox Change Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 14 hours ago, EddardStark said: His Rangers career came to an abrupt end after the 1-0 cup defeat to Berwick Rangers in 1967. I don’t think that changes his place as a Rangers great. RIP. I recall reading that ; was another player we got from rangers as part of that purge ; alex willoughby ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 29, 2023 Author Share Posted September 29, 2023 17 minutes ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: I recall reading that ; was another player we got from rangers as part of that purge ; alex willoughby ? Wasnt in the squad for the Berwick game and played with Rangers till 69 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 29, 2023 Share Posted September 29, 2023 36 minutes ago, Auchinyell Sox Change said: I recall reading that ; was another player we got from rangers as part of that purge ; alex willoughby ? Side trivia, Forrest and Willoughby were cousins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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