They Don't Make Them Like This Any More

[DCB]

Interesting read about a true Scottish footballing legend.

http://www.scotsman.com/news/aidan-smith-meeting-celtic-legend-tommy-gemmell-1-3533166

 

[Doon frae Troon]

I can picture that Gemmel run as if it was yesterday.
The whole team were stars, one thing is for certain we will never see their likes again.

 

[DCB]

The lines about the school playground football brought back memories. Celtic and then Leeds were the two playground favourites of that time. Didn't matter that almost 3/4 of the school supported Hearts or Hibs, you could be anyone you wanted to be at playtime

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Was he Archie Gemmel's dad? Seems like a proper old skool player. Think us Sassenachs down south could do with his "get stuck and so them" drive

 

[DCB]

Trouble is, he'd get booked in the first five minutes nowadays and play the rest if the game on eggshells. I remember seeing Tommy Gemmell make a clearance on a match at Tynecastle, don't know what ended up at the back of the Shed, the Hearts winger or the ball. Don't get me wrong, he was a stopper but he also had a cultured footballing style as well and like many in that era, could switch between the two quite easily.

I wonder what some of the current superstars would make of a per season trip to Gullane for some real fitness conditioning