Used to see him all the time sitting in the Georgic telling stories. Of course he played here at Forest also when he was getting a bit older. [33] In 196869 he was not selected to play in any of the qualifiers for the 1970 World Cup. Now 50 years on I hope a Jim Baxter commemoration and celebration can serve a broader and noble purpose helping to raise money to nurture players of the future the next Jim Baxters. Remembering Red Star Belgrades European Cup winners, 29 years on from their greatest victory. Of course orchestrating two Scotland victories over England at Wembley in 1963 and 1967 (and humiliating them in the process in the latter game) elevated Jims standing in our house to astronomic status. Baxter is still spoken about today in the red and white part of the North East. history. Did find loads of clips of Baxter doing keepie-ups against the Auld enemy tho :-). Almost all of the first-hand accounts describe a uniquely flippant person, completely unaffected by the games pressure, and that seems evident in the way he played. Rangers squad revealed as Robbie Ure sent SOS call amid three-pronged striker struggle. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. I didnt actually sit on the ball, not that game. "He was arguably the best player to play in Scottish football and the greatest player I ever played with.he had touch, balance, vision and just this wonderful aura" (Alex Ferguson about Jim. Its criminal to think how the memory of his play is often ignored nowadays but not by those of us who saw him caress and stroke that football. Tell of us of the day? And right in the thick of it James Curran Baxter. And even now I can watch the grainy black and white highlights again and again and watch him. Jim would read the game very well and see a pass where others wouldnt and slide it through with precision weight and accuracy. . I know for a fact Willie Johnston used to sit on the ball. The way that Job stroked the ball around was just inimitable. The victory was complete when Baxter showed Scotlands dominance by casually playing keepie-uppie as the clock ticked down. . . You shouldn't, really.'. By 55 he needed a liver transplant. well done 'Aye, that stuff. [24], The following year Scotland, again inspired by Baxter and Law, beat England 10, and only poor finishing prevented them from scoring a bigger win. One of the greatest talents Scottish football has ever seen, Jim Baxter's years at the top were curtailed by his lifestyle which saw him fade from view by his thirtieth birthday. The pub was situated at the corner of Paisley Road and Admiral Street. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. and he bats them all back by making it clear he doesn't know what I'm on about. [44] In the December 1999 issue of World Soccer magazine he was voted by a readers' poll into a list of the 100 greatest players of the 20th century. . He'll be sitting at home in Glasgow, watching the game on Sky. And, sadly, I know where I'd put my money this time. Jim, of course, went on to play regularly for Scotland scoring both goals in the 2-1 win over England in 1963 despite Scotland playing the bulk of the game with only 10 men after Rangers full-back Eric Caldow broke his leg. Another reason was simply because Jim was absolutely brilliant. Albian Ajeti offers Celtic transfer solution as forgotten flop's revival could quell panic buy temptation. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have shared a response to Jeremy Clarkson's latest statement. He made our dreams into a reality. And right in the thick of it James Curran Baxter. Almost more than Hampden. The visitors had the lead and the command of the game in the second half and Baxter, framed on the far touchline, juggled the ball towards a phalanx of England defenders, before sending an impudent flick over their heads and into the stride of Denis Law. It's just . The man was a genus, and I dont use that term lightly. One of my team asked me once who my favourite player was. North of the border skill was still king and there at Wembley, decades after those differences had stopped being relevant, was Baxter as their cipher. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. A God amongst mere men Death of Scots farmer killed by cow to be probed by sheriff. On a research study at my favourite watering hole The Woodlark at Lambley, (tours available), I , Baxter and Joe Baker dutifully came to bear upon proceedings. Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, My heart says Scotland, but my head says England.'. 'I just loved Wembley. A former Scottish international footballer, Jim Baxter was granted a public house licence at the Licensing Court in Glasgow. Horror as dozens of Scots find 'Do Not Resuscitate' notices on medical files. Simply the Best. I moved to U.S.A.from Scotland in 1965 and subsequently coached youngsters for 12 years. [7] He came on to the field in the second half, and his performance won the admiration of Ferenc Pusks. The greatest compliment hes due today is the observation that his style hasnt aged. Forest had a team on the wane when Jim arrived and his football brain, though let down by his physical condition, was still razor sharp. we'd decided he sounded just like this comic, Jimmy Clitheroe, so at the beginning I sidled up and said, "Is that right? Raith Rovers youth development manager Craig Easton needs 60,000 a year simply to pay the bills for modern apprenticeships the team offer. Press ESC to cancel. [10] He later said of his time with the two Fife clubs, "I would never have made it in today's circumstances. 20 July, 1994: Jim Baxter is just days from death in the liver transplant unit at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after decades of hard drinking. Remains of young woman found more than five years after she disappeared. Maybe Irvine Welsh is right, and Baxter should sum up the century for Scotland. This, Baxter then stated, was his football education with Willie McNaught the provider. HMRC has also confirmed the new rates and thresholds for Child Benefit and Tax Credits. Kept trying to kick me the whole game, couldn't play at all. A very brilliant star at that. Sure made them pay that day, With Jules Rimet stood watching SCOTLANDHow Graeme Souness kick-started a Rangers revolution. [14], In the 1960s Baxter gained 34 caps as a member of strong Scottish teams, which included Billy McNeill, Pat Crerand,[12] John White, Dave Mackay, Denis Law[8] and John Greig. mates were not allowed to see the state of him for the next two weeks as he was ordered to train on his own. But Saturday, April 15, 1967 has stood the test of time. ', Scotland's talisman on football's most intense rivalry, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. #7. He thought his best international performance was a 21 win against England in 1963, when he scored both goals after Scotland were reduced to 10 players. Jun. A Fatal Accident Inquiry will examine how Derek Roan, 71, died at his family farm near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, in June last year. 'Slim' Jim Baxter died 19 years ago today, but the Scottish icon's legacy as a player has only grown in the years since he graced a pitch. Many people will have heard of the great Slim Jim Baxter alias "Bacardi Jim". and he just went fucking spare. 'It's not really hatred, though, is it? oh, it went down a storm, so it did. He had grown irritated by his salary. "[8], In June 1960,[11] Baxter joined the Glasgow team Rangers for a transfer fee of 17,500, a Scottish record at the time. The Press Association arent known for breathless flair in their reporting, but they were captivated. When this game is often talked about Flair is a much overused word these days in relation to football but Jim encompassed it. I dont think Ive ever seen a player with a finer touch, one so deft. Jim also joked: If I dont turn it on here you can kick me up the backside.. Irvine Welsh thinks this man is God. Great article here,he say's he didn't sit on the ball "in that game anyway" played keepy up and generally took the proverbial,sure i remember footage of him standing on the ball and surveying the horizon looking for a team mate to pass too,great stuff, Not in that game (I watched the whole game a couple of years ago on DVD). Not Baxter, though. Baxter joined Raith Rovers as a part-timer in 1957. There's no rancour at the pit closures which many Scots argue devastated Fife - 'Best thing they ever did, close those bloody places. Slim Jim Baxter Rangers football team fame took over the licence in 1970. I've just spent the last two hours watching England v Scotland in 1967 for my Sports Journalism class. The marriage broke up in 1981, and in 1983 he formed another relationship that lasted the rest of his life. Keepie uppie is it called? Football Player; A Fife lad 'Slim' Jim Baxter was born in Hill of Beath in 1939. Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. He had owned it, as requested, and Scotland owned their old rivals. [15], In December 1964, Baxter played brilliantly to set up a 20 win for Rangers in an away game against Rapid Vienna in the European Cup. [7][20] In 1961 Scotland had lost 93 to England at Wembley, and April 1962 Baxter and Crerand played brilliantly, helping Scotland to gain some revenge with a 20 win. "most memorably in 1967 when he toyed with the English defence at Wembley - sitting on the ball and playing "keepie-uppie" - as Scotland defeated the World Cup winners 3-2. Well-Known Member. English football was polluted by the direct and brutish corruptions of the game played in the public schools. He started doing. With a taunt, a feign, a pass, They tried hard to get the ball off him According to Ken Gallachers fine biography of Baxter, Symon would admit as much when a deal was completed in 1960, telling him that: You controlled everything and that was in a Raith Rovers jersey and I wondered just what you would be capable of in a Rangers jersey.. Slim Jim claimed to have won 3,000 at the roulette table. Jim Baxter is hugged by fans as Scotland beat England in 1967 (Image: PA Wire) "Just give the ball to me," said Jim Baxter. I had never been asked that before, but when pondering my answer, I realized there was only one obvious response. [41], Baxter is a member of the Rangers supporters' Hall of Fame,[14] and one of the first 50 added to the Scottish Sporting Hall of Fame when it was created in 2002. In two and a half years at Sunderland he played 98 games and scored 12 goals, becoming known for drinking himself unconscious the night before a match and playing well the next day. At Sunderland his cross field passes and at time his vision were superb . He appears briefly in The Footballer Who Could Fly, Duncan Hamiltons memoir. Shaming England on their own turf, and with a performance - the footballing equivalent of the Ring Cycle - that has since seen him lionised, along with Kenny Dalglish, as the finest player Scotland ever had . He didn't sit on the ball. From 1960 to 1967, he was a leading member of a strong Scottish international team that lost only once to England, in 1966, shortly after he recovered from the leg fracture. i remember when i was a young boy watching jim playing for rangers and scotland , he was my boyhood hero. ", http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/braveheart.html. A town mourned. [8], In the 1967 British Home Championship, Baxter produced a dominating but controversial performance for Scotland, tantalising England, who had won the World Cup in 1966,[8] by playing "keepie uppie" (ball juggling) while waiting for teammates to get into good positions. You will receive a verification email shortly. My, how those English boys did try In fact, I work out later, with a twitch of mournful, perverse nostalgia for my homeland and precisely what this says about it . I went to a dance one night, and here was Slim Jim, looking very dapper in a mustard coloured Italian siut, with girls mobbing him. He initially remained part-time, though. . (Features) by "Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)"; News, opinion and commentary General interest Nov 10, 2011. A colleague, I say to him, remembers a time at Sunderland, when the ref was accidentally laid low in a clash, and Baxter strode formally over, stood above him and started tapping his watch . Jim Baxter granted a pub licence in October 1970. However, you may visit "Cookie Settings" to provide a controlled consent. Its 50 years ago yet still we smile. But Wembley in 1967 was a game just out of reach for a boy who had just turned 16. Something went wrong, please try again later. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. what a loss football when he retired at 31, R.I.P JIM. At one point though he puts his foot on it, gestures to McCreadie to come over for it, then walks away :(. And so, of course, I run through my own unimpressive, cod-sociological, middle-class theorising . Its 50 years ago yet still we smile. The story Tom Miller recounts is that when Brown asked Baxter to warm up, Jim first stretched out his left leg and then his right and quipped, Thats me warmed up! He then ran the show. I needed bastards like Carmichael, Buckard, Ferrier, Herdman and McNaught. Yon blonde capn called retreat, Baxter walked about the pitch I remember seeing it in 1963, walking out on the Friday, looking at that pitch, and saying to a mate, "If I don't turn it on here tomorrow, you can kick my arse." By clicking Accept All, you consent to the use of ALL the cookies. French nun Lucile Randon, who was also known as Sister Andr, passed away in her sleep at a nursing home in Toulouse yesterday. A few observations on Hibs v Killie, Being Hibs: Spending some time with the family. Seb Stafford-Bloor is a football writer at Tifo Football and member of the Football Writers' Association. Beat the England team away, Well if memory serves me right Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. A terrific victory 'Ach, no, son, nothing else. In a 1995 interview, he likened his upbringing to a scene from a Charles Dickens novel and recalled the forty-a-side playground matches which would have first demanded his delicate touch and technique. But how the hell did Scotland win it? Absolute GENIUS. Or grab yourself some me-time and treat yourself! In Denis Law, Jim Baxter and Billy Bremner, the team that took to the turf at Wembley for the Auld Enemy clash on April 11, 1967, boasted three players who would make it into any all-time Scotland XI. Rightly so. Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features. One while at university, I had a summer job working on a farm near Dunfermline. DEALThree ways to (safely) get FourFourTwo magazine right now with special offers, Thank you for reading 5 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access, Enjoy your first month for just 1 / $1 / 1, *Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription, Get daily World Cup 2022 news, updates and other football frolics to your inbox. A football match has its own rhythm. There was the wee heart problem a couple of years ago. There are more important results beating Czechoslovakia in 1973 to qualify for the World Cup in West Germany, beating Holland in Argentina in 1978, twice beating France in recent years. [34], Baxter is generally regarded as one of Scotland's greatest ever players. Please refresh the page and try again. The talk was of Slim Jim and hi, s magic left foot which he self-christened The Glove. First link doesn't seem to work Wyness. There was a bit more time with Sunderland, then a poor period with Nottingham Forest when he realised his wild living was losing him the skill - 'I was always just a yard away, and it made all the difference in the world. Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right. Powered by Invision Community, We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. [7] Baxter often got falling-down drunk the night before a match, but this did not seem to hamper his play, and team managers took little notice of his drinking. When he went to Wembley that day it was simply with a sense of excitement, and occasion, and his attitude to the English now - 'I just wanted to beat the shite out of them and have a good laugh; it was nothing personal' - is a long way from the resentful kind of half-surly, half-deferential culture which has since flavoured so many of the North's dealings with the South. Although he was given most of the credit for the 32 win, some commentators wished he had made an effort to run up a bigger score. Possessed with ball at feet Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister remembers our wonderful Wembley Wizards of 1967 and his memories of one of Fife's favourite sons. He was some player, John. Thats particularly true prior to the 1970s, before which the heavy balls, thick boots and boggy pitches often conspired to reduce players, obscuring their true technical merits. [16] However England won the match 21. Interestingly Iit seemed lost on these local men after the decades had passed on how Jim struggled in the Garibaldi Red of their beloved team, (mainly due to the wonderful social life James Curran Baxter had sought out in the Lace city). Ciro Well-Known Member. The Binos have been one of the few sides not to play in the last couple of weeks. Bath Sven-Goran Eriksson signs for Notts County! People making new claim for PIP may not need to attend an assessment this year. Baxter was from Hill of Beath, a small village in Fife which was built to the serve the mining community. Baxter was also addicted to gambling, and is estimated to have lost between 250,000 and 500,000. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". 1939 - 2001. However, in 1965 he married Jean Ferguson, a hairdresser, and the couple brought up two sons Alan and Steven. [7][14][16] Baxter played 98 games for Sunderland in England's First Division (then the top tier), scoring 12 goals. What kind of football player was Jim Baxter? After retiring from football he became manager of a pub, and his continued heavy drinking damaged his liver so badly that he needed two transplants at the age of 55, after which he swore off alcohol. . And a broken leg. It was that word just that made all the difference. He was mischief. The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. The Scottish Labour leader said it was up to Keir Starmer to judge how the controversial law looks in the rest of the UK. World Football Jim Baxter - sitting on the ball Jim Baxter - sitting on the ball By stomach February 8, 2010 in World Football Share stomach 05: Full Members 283 Gender:Male Location:Inverness Posted February 8, 2010 Can anyone tell me - Did Jim Baxter actually sit on the ball during a International match against England? . Disgraceful. [12] His funeral was held in Glasgow Cathedral, where a reading was given by Gordon Brown, a long-time fan of Raith Rovers F.C., where Baxter began his career. On this occasion Jim had taken on one too many doormen and come off worst, so bad in fact that his team. But perhaps the performance which really retains its gleam comes ironically from the shadow of Baxters own decline. Baxter who died in 2001 at the age of only 61 is folklore in Fife. He laughed and giggled and, improbably, his eyes still danced when he spoke of his yesterdays. The Scotland jersey worn by Jim Baxter against world champions England at Wembley in 1967 could fetch a record 60,000 at auction next month. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. He caressed it, he passed it, he laid on a goal and even found time late in the game to showboat much to the annoyance of his manager. Baxter was entertainment and flair. he never showed any regret for his lifestyle and we should remember he left his elegant footprint on football more than most. Sadly Baxter would be capped only two more times the last a few months later in November 1967 before his international career was over. Baxter was also addicted to gambling, and is estimated to have lost between 250,000 and 500,000. The one with him and Pele is a great photo. In 2003, a statue was erected in his honour at his hometown, Hill of Beath . But Scotland led by Baxter [12] In 1961 Baxter played in the Rangers team that contested the first ever European Cup Winners' Cup Final, a two-legged tie that they lost 41 on aggregate to Fiorentina. A Working Class Hero? They hardly agreed on anything, except they all said Jim Baxter was the best footballer any of them had ever seen in Scotland. When you drank the heavenly elixir Susan Aitken has written to John Swinney and Michael Gove to question why "a major investment is going entirely to one side of Scotland". I didn't actually sit on the ball, not that game. The answer was three Scottish league titles, three Scottish Cups, and four Scottish league cups. today I'd be booked for that kind of stuff. According to this Nutmeg article: In 1963 Rangers beat Celtic 3-0 in the Scottish Cup final replay. Curran Baxter controversial law looks in the last a few observations on v... 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