Jim Baxter debut

[dom]

Was there in the Fulwell, remember the bottles of whisky getting passed around by their supporters all through the game and some half pissed Scottish lass burning my arm with her fag ! Also remember their fans singing Baxter Ha Ha Ha and "feed the bear" John Hughes song. Jim Baxter was my hero and I'd just bought a massive poster of him the week before we sold him. Cried my eyes out when I heard he'd gone. FTM

My hero too mate!

 

[The Hunter]

My hero too mate!

I recall getting one of those very nice Typhoo Tea card-mounted portraits of Lord Jim in his all-red Sunderland top. Kept it for years...Jim preferred a different brew...

 

[dom]

I recall getting one of those very nice Typhoo Tea card-mounted portraits of Lord Jim in his all-red Sunderland top. Kept it for years...Jim preferred a different brew...

As I myself do now!

 

[Herman Hermit]

I think there's still a Jim Baxter supporters club running that do occasional visits to the SOL.

I met a bloke in Belfast a couple of years ago - in his 60s - who saw my son's SAFC top and told me how he'd switched his allegiance from Rangers to SAFC when Slim Jim signed and never looked back.

 

[Bigmackem]

Remember slim Jim taking the proverbial out of England the World Cup winners by playing keepie uppie while England players were backing off him rather than being made to look silly by trying to get the ball off him , Scotland first team to defeat the 1966 World Cup winners .Memories!