robphil Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 a true giant of the game for clubs and country. hard as nails but blessed with all the skills. rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazy davie Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 RIP Dave. Football giant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulo Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 RIP Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 As said a true giant of the game. I think I'm correct in saying Dave is one of a very select few who have won cup winners and league championship medals for both north and south of the border. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sabbath Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 No bad for a Jambo, My kind of player, sad sad loss Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaggernaut Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Willjag Posted March 4, 2015 Members Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 The classic picture of him gripping the late Billy Bremner by the scruff of the neck is one of the best footballing photos ever and I think the only time I've ever seen Bremner scared by someone! RIP Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themadozjag Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 Sad to hear of the passing of Dave MacKay. I actually had a drink with him way back in August 1987 in a Bar in Edinburgh. It was my last day at work for Matthew Hall and I took the lads in my squad to a pub at lunchtime for a farewell drink. Dave was standing in the corner reading his newspaper when I spotted him. He would've been 52 then. At first he wouldn't take a drink but when I told him that I was going to Australia in 2 weeks time he changed his mind and we had a couple of nips together and he wished me all the best. I actually have a copy of that famous Photo of him and Bremner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robphil Posted March 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 he hated that famous photo because he reckoned it exaggerated his 'hard man' image; here was a player who was never once sent off in his entire career, and whose party trick was to juggle an orange between both feet before flicking it into the air and catching it on his back. he would also play keepie-uppie with a coin, finishing this routine by lobbing it into the top pocket of his jacket. whenever he took the pitch at white hart lane he would boot the ball high into the sky then cushion it ever so gently in the final seconds of its descent. jimmy greaves recalls standing in the stadium car park watching dave volley the ball off the surrounding wall up to 50 times from a distance of 15 yards without the ball once touching the ground. aye, you could hear his tackles echo round the ground but dave mackay also had the touch of an angel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Bunny Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) The classic picture of him gripping the late Billy Bremner by the scruff of the neck is one of the best footballing photos ever and I think the only time I've ever seen Bremner scared by someone! RIP Dave. Mackay had just recovered from breaking his leg a second time and Bremner deliberately kicked him on the same leg as a bit of "afters". One of the few times he really lost his rag. As Robhill says never sent off and very skilful for such a tough player. Also a good manager, winning the league with Derby. Edited March 4, 2015 by Mr Bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whitburn Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 A really moving tribute by Tom English on the BBC scotland football website. http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/scotland/31724881 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Third Lanark Posted March 5, 2015 Report Share Posted March 5, 2015 (edited) Sad news thoughts go to his family at this difficult time. RIP Dave Edited March 5, 2015 by Third Lanark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Stevenson Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 An actual legend of the game. Never saw him play, but aware of his career and reputation since I was young. Only 22 caps for Scotland despite the degree of success he had. There are guys literally unfit to lace hos boots who have more caps! At least he will be widely remembered and honoured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 An actual legend of the game. Never saw him play, but aware of his career and reputation since I was young. Only 22 caps for Scotland despite the degree of success he had. There are guys literally unfit to lace hos boots who have more caps! At least he will be widely remembered and honoured. He'd almost certainly have gained far more caps had he not had those two leg breaks. That and of course going head to head with Jim Baxter for the left half position. No substitutes back then either. Baxter himself idolised MacKay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sunnylaw Jag Posted March 6, 2015 Report Share Posted March 6, 2015 He'd almost certainly have gained far more caps had he not had those two leg breaks. That and of course going head to head with Jim Baxter for the left half position. No substitutes back then either. Baxter himself idolised MacKay. The 60's does throw up a lot of these anomalies cap wise but then again a World Cup campaign was four games and we never qualified for any in the 60's. The Euros didn't exist in the same way as the Home Internationals counted towards the '68 Finals and as you say there were very few substitutions. Like Mackay, Alan Gilzean only had 22 caps. Jimmy Johnstone a shocking 23 but with Willie Henderson on 29 and Charlie Cooke playing 16 it does balance out in some ways. I am currently compiling an article on the Scotland sixties team for the next issue of the Scotland Epistles and they truly were an outstanding team but real real underachievers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lady-isobel-barnett Posted March 7, 2015 Report Share Posted March 7, 2015 The 60's does throw up a lot of these anomalies cap wise but then again a World Cup campaign was four games and we never qualified for any in the 60's. The Euros didn't exist in the same way as the Home Internationals counted towards the '68 Finals and as you say there were very few substitutions. Like Mackay, Alan Gilzean only had 22 caps. Jimmy Johnstone a shocking 23 but with Willie Henderson on 29 and Charlie Cooke playing 16 it does balance out in some ways. I am currently compiling an article on the Scotland sixties team for the next issue of the Scotland Epistles and they truly were an outstanding team but real real underachievers. The campaign to qualify for the '62 World Cup wasn't helped by the amateurish approach of the SFA. A lot has been said about us beating the World Champions in '67 but very little about us just failing to qualify after a play off with Czechoslovakia. No one was going to beat Brazil in '62 but the Czechs reached the final making them the 2nd best in the World. There's little doubt in my mind we had strength in depth back in the early sixties. Law, MacKay, John White, Baxter, Caldow, Crerand to name a few. With proper management we might just have achieved something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stillresigned Posted March 13, 2015 Report Share Posted March 13, 2015 (edited) In the modern world when anyone who's ever mad a substitute appearance Is tagged a legend by the wonderful media we have in this country: Dave MacKay WAS the real deal on and off the park. Edited March 13, 2015 by stillresigned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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