Jaggernaut Posted July 9, 2018 Report Share Posted July 9, 2018 I wasn't sure whether to put this in the "football" or "general" forum, but anyway: RIP Never saw him in the flesh, but always thought of him as a kind of legend. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted July 13, 2018 Report Share Posted July 13, 2018 On 7/9/2018 at 7:47 AM, Jaggernaut said: I wasn't sure whether to put this in the "football" or "general" forum, but anyway: RIP Never saw him in the flesh, but always thought of him as a kind of legend. a wonderfully elegant player for dundee, spurs and scotland Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted July 14, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 And I always liked the name....... Gilzean...... not very common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted July 14, 2018 Report Share Posted July 14, 2018 Slightly off on a tangent. Conversation came up re the World Cup and Scotland's non appearances compared to England's regular attendance. I was saying during my lifetime there's only been three spells where I would've confidently backed Scotland to beat England (head talking and not just heart). One of those spells was circa 1962-64. Gilzean was a majestic player around that time. Good with both feet but also a fantastic header of the ball. This was a time when Scotland had at least two class players for every position, which explains Gilzean's relatively low number of caps. For instance Alan would be competing with the likes of Denis Law & Ian St John plus a good few other class players to earn a cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve61 Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 My dad (now 82) has a lifetime membership of the Tottenham Supporters Club and still gets a fixture card sent to him every year. Jimmy Greaves and Alan Gilzean were his 2 favourite players, so I grew up knowing quite a bit about Gilzean. Class act he was. Sadly Missed. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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