I watched Durrant dominate the midfield at Elland Rd, he was absolutely amazing that night for Rangers in the European Cup. I’m 59 now and those days following Leeds were the best of my life. From a boy of 5 years old I’ve been going to watch Leeds, the tackle that injured Ian was horrific and deserved prison time, no place for it on a football pitch, none. An amazing player and to recover from that injury then was near on a miracle. mot⚽️

As a Celtic fan I wasn't mad for Ian, for obvious reasons, but as a box-to-box midfielder, he was as good as anyone. Also have to say, his injury gave me zero pleasure ...terrible thing to happen to any young player.

@The160879

Жыл бұрын

In a sad way it kind of kept him at Rangers as if he had kept on going he’d probably have been away. In saying that Rangers had enough cash to keep him back then. He’s still crippled by it and I can’t imagine Neil Simpson looks back on it with any happiness. Was a tasty game. Some hard challenges that one just went badly badly wrong

@OasisWullie1872

6 ай бұрын

Was not a football tackle it was Asault man ,go on the Gers man.RFC1

i know this was 3 years ago ..but i was in tears when durranty mentioned Davy Super Cooper ...and then again when he mentioned Watty smith .durrant was my fav Rangers player it was a travesty what happened to his carer but like he said he was happy to have played on for another 10 years after it .but never at the form that he should have been playing at .

Ian durrant Everton legend 💙💙💙💙

First time I ever saw Ian Durrant was when his brother brought him down to the Bellahouston sports centre five a sides. This 18 year old skinny kid with a mop of curly hair wearing a scotland under 18 tracksuit. Even there you could see the class ( his brother wasn’t too shabby a player either). Coincidentally I ended up rupturing my ACL playing at the Bella and ended up in Rosshall at the same time as Ian and got operated on by Peter Scott who was first to operate on Ian after his injury. After his recovery he was still a great player.

Not a Blue Nose. Wishing Ian all the best.

I met Cooper at Ibrox when our under 14s team visited he was pinging balls at a numbered wall under the main stand. He stopped and had plenty of time for the lads. Brilliant to meet him when I was a 13 year old boy.

We were at our local club and Ian was at a footballer's wedding next door, and the players kept coming in to watch the Liverpool Champions League Final. Ian (and everyone else) were great, but Ian in particular was great and kept coming back for a pint and a chat at the bar. Unfortunately I asked him about the injury but he was nice about it, I kind of regretted mentioning it but it was such a big deal at the time.

Blue n White Dynamite 💙 What a player

My dad God rest him said ,Ian Durrant was the most naturally gifted Scottish midfielder he had ever seen and he seen Baxter in the flesh!! What a compliment ......

@fenianbhoy5285

Жыл бұрын

Durrant was average for Scotland. Your judt giving him the pity card.

@jjutube313

Жыл бұрын

My old man couldn't see anyone better than Jimmy millar hence the middle name Thanx Popz watp

@jjutube313

Жыл бұрын

@@fenianbhoy5285 yeah he was better at 21 than mcstay at 28 I can tolerate use bleach drinkers but enuff wen use start dribbling

Shocking tackle. Although I understand the hatred it makes me shudder to see something like that from one professional to another. Thank God football has changed.

A local as well. Grew up 10 mins walk from ibrox

Ian Durrant was my favourite ever Killie player, never seen a player like him since. All about the vision and the killer pass.

@robw8173

10 ай бұрын

Didn’t have the killer tackle like Simpson though 😂👍🏻🇵🇪

@richardcoats6430

8 ай бұрын

​@@robw8173hardy a tackle.

@robw8173

8 ай бұрын

@@richardcoats6430 durrant pulled out simmie went in!you get hurt when that happens!

@garethblack4892

6 ай бұрын

​@@robw8173Ian Durrant has won more league titles than Aberdeen have in their whole history, it's no wonder the sheep shagger are still celebrating a tackle from over 30 years ago 😂

@robw8173

6 ай бұрын

@@garethblack4892 aye in a team that cheated to win those trophies 👎🏻 cheating caught up with them though 😂🧟‍♂️

Brilliant show again thaks

Brilliant! More of this boy's...thanks!!

First minute in already laughing away. Love the podcast nearly as much as I love the show!

Durrant was a magnificent player before his injury. He had the best bits of Keane and Gerrard but was more dynamic than both. He had the strut of a cockerel. I loved watching him play - except against us. From a Celtic fan.

@LIAMGUNNER89

Жыл бұрын

More Dynamic than Steven Gerrard and Roy Keane hahahahaha you've been at the brandy bottle early the day, a good player for sure and terrible injury but behave with such nonsense talk of being anywhere near the level of Keane and Gerrard.

@damien1351

11 ай бұрын

There are levels to the game. Very good player but levels below Keane.

@cookie1970red

11 ай бұрын

I suppose he also made Souness look average 😂😂😂

@polaris7122

10 ай бұрын

Hahahaha, more dynamic than Keano and Gerrard, keep taking the meds pal! Hahahahahah!

@BeatPoet67

10 ай бұрын

@@polaris7122 "Hahahahahah!" Indicative of a soul who's a bit scared to get on a bus that goes outside the scheme. Portrayed affectionately by Limmy in his sketch show by way of the character "Dee Dee". An existential disaster and a grim reminder of how generations of bad decisions and societal decay result in the bleakest of lives. Ha. Ha.

Loved wee Durranti

One of the best players of his timè 21:04

Just found this, fabulous show guys. X

Rough is bursting out of his shirt.

Hilarity aside...Roughie makes THE point in the first minute. That ball to Davie Cooper.......in Marseille....the cross for Gough...League Cup Final goal...goals against the beggars etc. etc. etc. We got so much, but we (including of course the man himself) were robbed of so much more.

LEGEND

Durranty what a player his determination proved true forever one of my favourite ranger.

I watched Ian from he was sixteen. He was the best midfielder I ever witnessed. What a crime. But what a trooper.

@fenianbhoy5285

Жыл бұрын

Thought it was Gazza, or was it the wife beating & swaggering about the street naked. McSTAY was better than them both, naka, Bobby murdoch, Gemmell. They don't half massage ego,s on this show.

@sturner80

5 ай бұрын

Better than Zidane ? Or Keane ? Or Scholes ? Lampard ? Gullit ? Ludicrous comment .

Durrant commenting on the 87 Skol Cup Final being a favourite game. To this day that remains probably my top memory of watching Rangers, ill never forget him getting that winning penalty then celebrating in front of us in the Rangers end. Coopers goal as well, say no more

Greetings from Dublin great show

What a player legend

Great banter, Im Celtic daft but injuries like Ians are sickening no matter who they play for. Glad to see him doing well.

@robw8173

Жыл бұрын

Physio shouldn’t have carried him off the way he did more damage done than the mistimed tackle!!!

@KyloNight

10 ай бұрын

@@robw8173I don’t think we can blame the way he was carried off the pitch for his injury…. Did you no see the tackle for Christ sakes.

@robw8173

10 ай бұрын

@@KyloNight durrant pulled out Simpson went in!injuries happen!

@KyloNight

10 ай бұрын

@@robw8173 you are an idiot. Blaming the physio, then blaming Durrant. You’ll be blaming the boogie next.

Brilliant when Tam cowen talking about Motherwell as per but Greame Souness going to see Fernando Ricksen & stuck for words 👍💯🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Well done tam, diddy teams often get forgotten, one of the finest players to kick a ball for killie

Class patter funny as fuck great stories from real characters.

thanks

Durranty was well before my time but my old boy always told me if it wasn’t for the injury Durrant could have been as good if not better than Gazza. He’s blue he’s white he’s fucking dynamite 🇬🇧

great show, tam should always be on it

Durranty. Class. As a player and dealing with these idiots. Goal against Celtic towards the Copland and in Marseilles. Always 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Brilliant stories, hearing an other side of these giant figures. RIP Jock

What about sourness trying to end George mcluskey as a way of announcing his arrival in Scotland

good stuff! when listening to most of the ex rangers players who played during the Graeme Souness era' most of them seem to have a story abt Souness chinning them lol and they all say' great memories! brilliant man!

@John-tz2tx

Жыл бұрын

Souness was a bit of a dick that way

That was a brilliant podcast with one of my heroes as a fan of the Gers. I grew up in Aberdeenshire as the only Rangers fan for miles around and my hatred for the Dons increased greatly after that tackle. I was glad Ian rebuilt his career at Rangers and Kilmarnock. When you talked of the greatest game the 4 each draw at Ibrox I had purchased 4 tickets to celebrate my late Dad's 50th Birthday as he was raised in Ibrox as a baby before moving to Eaglesham and was a life long Rangers fan. My sister did the eulogy at my Dad's funeral and referenced that game when my Dad stood up and clapped when Murdo thundered that ball into the net and broke my heart and a big guy next to him questioned!! why he was clapping and he replied it was a great goal and the guy replied aye it was and sat down. My Dad had that kind of aura about him that could diffuse any situation but he appreciated football even if it was a rival team. I met Murdo a few years back at a dinner but didn't tell him the story or the fact he had ruined Dad's 50th Birthday for me.

Peter just merged uncle buck and Austin powers together 😂 brilliant

@Moostafa78

Жыл бұрын

Durrant and Cooper were on another level, loved the pair of them

When I hear the phrase "orange bastard" for sone reason this character is always the image that comes to my mind!

@franzherflek4116

5 ай бұрын

Lol

Agree about Cooper

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Neil Simpson will NEVER be forgiven. As horrific as it was, Im forever grateful to the photographer that caught the expression on Simpsons face as he stamped down on Ian's leg. It was as clear an assault as you'll ever see, the word "tackle" had no place in that incident. Simpson didn't just take out a Rangers player, Ian could have been up there wi Dalglish as a truly exceptional World Class player. I'm an Aberdonian and believe me if I ever have the good fortune to come across Simpson he's getting the treatment. Big time.

@ripgeorgie3156

Жыл бұрын

You'll find him at the the Kingsford training ground most days of the week Mr Hardman...

@EOTA564

Жыл бұрын

Dry your eyes. Not like he killed the bloke.

@ianmcdonald1538

Жыл бұрын

@@EOTA564 you ken f all aboot fitba in Scotland.

@ianmcdonald1538

Жыл бұрын

@@ripgeorgie3156 you blind or summin. It's Mr McDonald

@charlieemslie7708

Жыл бұрын

I agree wholeheartedly.Simpson assaulted Durrant and got away with it.Outrageous to call it a tackle 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬

Ian Durrant was a fantastic player, he was world class that animal Bell should have been sent to Prison for that attack and it was an attack, caused by being jealous of him and the player he was...Ian Durrant is/was Glasgow Rangers to the bone....❤❤❤❤❤❤

Still doesn’t alter the fact it was a serious football injury regardless of other injured people at Lilleshall and as Derek Ferguson said he could have packed it in, he didn’t need to stick at it. Maybe the organisers were kind of dismissing the effects of maybe lesser injuries, anything would look less compared to a car crash victim.

That was great still think Ian was great player after injury but if hadn’t happened what a player he’d have probably been

@sturner80

Жыл бұрын

Never seen such an overrated player in history .

The Europa team with the best record after the group stage should be promoted to the Champions League last 16 and the CL team which is second top of the group with the worst record should be put into the last 16 CL.

NOW HITTING 56 YEARS OLD . STARTED LORNE STREET PRIMARY WITH IAN. NOT THAT HE WILL REMEMBER

If you're a rangers player,for the supporters,should you be a big hard aggressive tough fearless person and who cares òr can you play with skill?

Why has Peter gone down an octave??

Speaking as an Aberdeen fan, I thought THAT challenge was disgraceful and agree it put the guy back, but when he got 100% fit was he any better / worse then he might have been without the injury. Did it change him as a player ?

@TopBananna

Жыл бұрын

Of course it did ffs, he lost a yard or 2 after the injury. He was out for over 2 years remember . He still had quality but he lost one of best attributes which was his pace and we will never know how good he could have been unfortunately.

@jjutube313

Жыл бұрын

He hardly kicked a ball for 30 months m8 if ure talking levels Simpson be lucky to get in the Darvel team he was a clogged 0 more

Would have been the best ever ger 💙

Richard Steadman was the knee guru in USA Many players Paul Lake was misdiagnosed at Man City ... The standard of medical back up was appalling Richard Steadman gave many careers a second chance

He was Scotland’s Gascogne. Sad.

@andrewjohnston6338

4 ай бұрын

alky wife beater ?

An eejit plays with pure aggression. Johnny Giles got it right..

Rangers had their fair share of hooligan tacklers over the years.

Won the ball

Ian Durrant was world class,a few of his performances were breath taking against Leeds he was top notch..its a shame about the leg injury.

Durrant was a a class player. As a Dons fan i took no pleasure from witnessing his injury, and the time out he had recovering. It actually sickens me, that even to this day, alleged Aberdeen fans sing songs about it, and perhaps worse, they worship Simmo purely based on that tackle. Simmo is a Dons legend because of what he achieved with the club, for being a 100% committed player, not because of one tackle. Those 'fans' who sing these songs weren't even around when the incident happened, and that's worrying, that it's obviously been passed down, from Father to Son. We'll never know just what Durrant would've achieved in the game, and that's unfortunate for him, and football fans.

DURRANT WAS NOBODIES DOOR MAT. GOID PLAYER. LOVES HIS CLUB . 1 THING PEOPLE NEEDS TO WISE UP TO RIVALRY GOES OVER THE TOP. KEEP RELIGION POLITICS OUT OF IT. SPORT IS TO BRING PEOPLE TO GATHER

Beautiful tackle

Great player, pity about his overly aggressive staunchness..

He was wasted on the bench, along with a bunch of other Scottish players, as Rangers became fixated with foreign players

@yingyang1008

Жыл бұрын

@@MarcoNegrisEye Semi final of CL came in the early days, when they had loads of Scottish players CL record afterwards was terrible You or me could have got nine in a row with the money they spent and with Celtic in such a mess Was just a shame to see so many Scottish players struggle to get game time and the record for bringing through youth was appalling

@yingyang1008

Жыл бұрын

@@MarcoNegrisEye Surely you agree that Rangers underperformed in Europe - they had Gazza and Laudrup and spent a fortune They also really failed to bring through young players

Great show should be on stv or bbc

@nuncaolvidare4895

Жыл бұрын

The mainstream don't do "good shows" no more. ₩0ke.

Best player the UK has every produced never mind scotland. More natural talent than gazza.

@EmmaMonroe000

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@awolrugged

3 ай бұрын

@@EmmaMonroe000 what would you know 🤔 😏

I was born on the same day as mr Durrant and I’m 🔴⚪️🔵 too

Now now now

A vicious tackle by Simpson. You can see the intent in his face as he made it. The worst tackle I’ve ever seen.

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

Simmo was a hard player, but he was never dirty. It was an horrific challenge, but there was no intent to injure Durrant. To suggest that is disgraceful.

@jjcale27

Жыл бұрын

@@scottw.3258 It was horrendous & cowardly …Durrant was the best young Scot of his generation, career ruined to a certain extent by that tackle…Simpson should be ashamed but he’ll forever be a legend in the eyes of Aberdeen fans because of that tackle

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

@@jjcale27 It wasn't cowardly. It was an awful tackle. As i've said Simmo wasn't a dirty player. He had this one horrendous tackle in his entire career. I felt for Durrant, he was a truly outstanding player at that time. I'm not one of the moronic Aberdeen fans who takes pleasure in what happened. I've never sang the song, i've never mocked him. Simmo for me, and the vast majority of Dons fans of the time will forever be a legend because of what he helped the Dons win, not because of that one tackle. What you'll find is, the Dons fans who celebrate it weren't around at the time.

@ianmcdonald1538

Жыл бұрын

@@scottw.3258 you obv ain't seen the photo then

@scottw.3258

Жыл бұрын

@@ianmcdonald1538 I saw the game, live. I saw the highlights on TV, i've seen it numerous times since.

I watched all of this and not a Ukrainian flag in sight. Great.

@thelstanedwardsson4374

Жыл бұрын

👍👍😊😊

Did Ian Durrant get an injury , its never mentioned . his legendary status increases with time , average .

world class, never heard such pish

a really attractive guy

Celtic fan. Durant was a scary player, only Gascogne scared me more.

Is Durrant and Morelos related. Pair of Lord of the Ring, Extras lol

It's amazing how much Barry Ferguson emulated Ian , the way he ran the way he played fergie obviously watched Ian closely and copied his style 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Horrendous challenge, and was malicious. Is the only thing Simpson will be remembered for.

@northern_lights9333

Жыл бұрын

How about this even worse assault by Johnston on McMaster…deliberately stamping on his throat. McMaster had to be revived on the pitch as he stopped breathing. Simpson as bad as that tackle was has been vilified & demonised by Rangers fans & the media when Johnston’s diabolical behaviour is largely forgotten about kzread.info/dash/bejne/h32hktyYZsXAnaQ.html

@dickt8555

Жыл бұрын

Wise up, great player and part of the team of the decade. Poor tackle and unfortunate outcome, no more no less.

@fraserstirling202

6 ай бұрын

Aye what about the following 2 league winners medals 3 scottish cups 1 league cup 1x cup winners cup 1 x super cup and goal in the final. Snapping the buns leg was way down his list of accomplishments

Yes what a player but never a Paul mcstay

@johnblack9298

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

Roughys some man

Always felt the banter, carry on is a bit arsehole in dressing rooms, ridiculous that someone could crumble cos of it.

What kind of idiot who is born and PLAYED for Scotland, says that he wants the opposition to win a WC Play Off? Rhetorical question. Sounness

@johnreeveswilliamson7228

Жыл бұрын

Did Souness say he wanted England to win the World Cup?

@thelstanedwardsson4374

Жыл бұрын

@@johnreeveswilliamson7228 Derrrrrrr what? 🤡🤡

What about inviting Bobby Lennox on and chat about John animal greig breaking his leg. Neil Simpson went in hard big deal.

@onceatim67

7 ай бұрын

What a shit comment. Doesn’t reflect well on u

If ma Auntie had balls 😏

Ian Durrant. I walked down the road.Now. I went to the shops.Now. I Bought sweeties. Now . Nice lollipop. Now. Licked my lips after. Now. This guy's grammar and vocabulary leaves a lot to be desired. Now!

@alanz3497

Жыл бұрын

Yip. I did notice that. But I do think he's a likeable guy and I don't support any of the teams he ever played for. The "nows" are way too much though. I live in Scotland and I've never met anyone else in my life who puts "now" at the end of every sentence. It's a very unusual habit he has developed.

@johncopeland3826

Жыл бұрын

@@alanz3497 My guess is he means to say know what I mean. He curtails it to now!

@johncopeland3826

Жыл бұрын

@Delta 1 not now!!

@nuncaolvidare4895

Жыл бұрын

Alan Z where have you been......? In Scotland......

Here we go all the deluded huns and west chats media trotting out the Durrant was world class lines. The simple fact is knee injury or not he was nowhere near world class just the usual west coast Glasgow trips

Ùvf

From everyone at Pittodrie….. Shit happens 🇦🇹 🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹🇦🇹

Tbf.. if the medical guy had not carried you off and left you to get taken off on a stretcher, it wouldn’t have been so bad… oh and you dived

Does he know how much it costs to go to games week in week out could argue it's the only thing to do nuggets in their you've listened to only nugget anywhere near is you sick of saying it if we did go down to England within five to ten years wes ne just as big or bigger than tje english sides once we caught up financially end we already have one of the biggest out of four maybe five stadiums in Britain that's full every other week same as rangers nearly a sixty thousand seated stadium easily fill it we could fill Wembley every other week FFS we've got sixty odd thousand seats already and a waiting list that could probably fill it again maybe even dill it twice over again Graeme souness said this years on sky sports and would certainly be a person that's would know as is Chris Sutton played in both leagues for big clubs

Why are you celebrating a dive??? He should have pulled out of the tackle, he knew he was being stupid and pulled out but, no..

Prince Andrew 😂😂😂😂

Sourness and Siggi Jonnson

Jesus he Says Now far too much!!

Never really did it for Scotland. Why?

Is it furgavness do y furgav

He was a modest player, playing in a mediocre league. World-class. 😂 not a single major European club came in for him and made offers to Glasgow Rangers, why? not because of his injury, because he wasn’t good enough.

Wonder if durant n Simpson ever made up

@glasgowgee5323

Жыл бұрын

They never , don’t think he ever apologised for it

@ajjohnstone7063

Жыл бұрын

No. Sued for loss of earnings and damages

@arthurfnshelby4335

Жыл бұрын

It wasn’t the tackle that caused the injury, the surgeon that treated Durrant blamed the physio for carrying him off on his back. Had he been stretchered off with the leg strapped his injury would have been less serious.

@ajjohnstone7063

Жыл бұрын

@@arthurfnshelby4335 not true mate. Back then it was very common for players to be Carried off. They actually botched the first surgery and he got infections etc. the whole lack of rehabilitation wouldn’t have helped either. Was only when he went to the army camps down south that he got fit again

I’m not want to talk about your injury, 14 minutes in and it’s all about the injury.

@nuncaolvidare4895

Жыл бұрын

Seriously 😂 Grow up or f*ck up. Pick one - since you like giving out the orders then?!

Done a lot ov prison with his younger brother,!!