This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. 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. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. You shouldn't, really.'. It's easy! Football Disconnected From its Supporters? And so, of course, I run through my own unimpressive, cod-sociological, middle-class theorising . The answer was three Scottish league titles, three Scottish Cups, and four Scottish league cups. But 1967, the year after England won the World Cup, was an even better platform upon which Baxter could stand tall and shine. He started doing. Whatever the exact truth, by the time he was sitting down for breakfast at his parents house, he had earned almost as much in a night as he would from a years salary. Then beat that man again, The scoreline! [7] He came on to the field in the second half, and his performance won the admiration of Ferenc Pusks. And, when the teams trot out at Wembley next month, one presence will loom huge over the twin towers: revered by the Scots, respected by the English: Jim Baxter. Hugh Drysdale, 67, said changing his medical status was the last thing on his mind when he booked the emergency trip from Aberdeen to Florida earlier this year. A former Scottish international footballer, Jim Baxter was granted a public house licence at the Licensing Court in Glasgow. One while at university, I had a summer job working on a farm near Dunfermline. 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. Baxter is still spoken about today in the red and white part of the North East. His marriage to Jean broke down in 1981 and the two divorced. [8] After the replay of the Scottish Cup Final against Celtic in 1963 he stuffed the match ball up his shirt and later gave it to a new member of the team. His football career would be over at just 31. Slim Jim claimed to have won 3,000 at the roulette table. In photographs taken at full-time, when Scottish fans had invaded the pitch and one was caught, draped around Baxters neck, it wasnt a Slim Jim anymore. . [12] In 1983 Baxter formed a relationship with Norma Morton, and the couple remained together until his death in 2001. 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. He had touch, balance, vision and just this wonderful aura" Rangers manager Willie Waddell said, "Jim was the finest left half ever produced by Rangers." 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. Baxter was such a majestic player, if you look at his ball control at that goal it gives you an idea of how goal he was. Stirling Albion's fixture hopes washed away again as they wait to make 2023 bow. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". FourFourTwo is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. 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. I was privileged to watch him, meet him and know his parents his mother being a lifelong member of our local Labour Party. Pancreatic cancer Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. He did well for Scotland against England at Wembley in 1967. Subscribe to the Worlds #1 football magazine. [7] He undertook National Service with the Black Watch from 1961 to 1963.[9]. [22] In the 1963 game Scotland were reduced to 10 men when their left back Eric Caldow's leg was broken in a tackle by Bobby Smith substitutions were not allowed at that time. TO say Jim Baxter had enjoyed his first trip to Wembley is more than an understatement. Culloden and that. Southwell Minster, Southwell, Nottinghamshire. Sign up for a new account in our community. Your email address will not be published. Aye, it was great. 'You should never go back,' he has now decided. The other twenty one? Ill alternatively offer an individual take on a man who entranced the world of football during the 1960s. Jean married golfer William McCondichie three years later. But Baxter? The talk was of Slim Jim and hi, s magic left foot which he self-christened The Glove. The club did too. Describing McNaught as, 'a smashing guy', Baxter explained how instead of thoughtlessly charging forward with the ball, McNaught suggested more considered football change from running 30 yards to produce a five-yard pass to running five yards and producing a 30-yard pass. Jim Baxter, the legendary Scottish footballer, who humbled England at Wembley. Never missed a penalty for us and was an absolute joy to watch. Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet. Hibs open Easter Road on Christmas Day for those less fortunate, Lowdham Festival (1) The Brian Clough Evening, Notts County Nott$watch: The Sad Incidence of Ian McParlands Departure, Scrates Brasileiro Sampaio de Souza Vieira de Oliveira. Jim was known to be fond of the odd Bacardi and Coke and found a terrific ally in Garfield Sobers, the greatest cricket player that ever lived and also a world class drinker. Its moving television. 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. Driver of overturned lorry in hospital after being rescued from Scots road crash. . Just give the ball to me, said Jim Baxter. Something went wrong, please try again later. Free Online Library: My Story Jim Baxter: Day 3: YES, MY CAREER WAS A BALL; As these pictures show, there was always time for a laugh amid the highs and lows of football. And Now For Something Completely Different, Lowdham Book Festival (2) Blog-talk with Mike Atkinson. Slim Jim Baxter Rangers football team fame took over the licence in 1970. The Scots have found something else to do with their ice apart from putting it in drinks! Tell us granddad Across the next 50 years whether at home or in Downing Street Id watch either on TV, or in person, most of Scotlands internationals and cheer as I did when we qualified for tournament after tournament and sat head in hands in the stand when Gary McAllister missed that famous Euro 96 penalty and watched in disbelief as Paul Gascoigne scored for England a minute later. A Working Class Hero? But Baxter tantalized and sucked them in And then there was the drinking. I used to watch him playing for Rangers and Scotland in the sixties. Tony Blair and Gordon Brown flew across the room to shake his hand. Anyone else on here old enough to remember the game? They hardly agreed on anything, except they all said Jim Baxter was the best footballer any of them had ever seen in Scotland. [7][11][12] Baxter regarded his performance in 1963 as the better of the two. . 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Punishing them into submission. Quite simply he was the best player I have ever seen. Not just a pastiche of other greats who have been consumed by their compulsions and vices, but a real and original immortal of Scottish football. A one-word swagger a wink and the promise of something special in what is still probably the greatest Scotland game of all time. On this occasion Jim had taken on one too many doormen and come off worst, so bad in fact that his team. Remains of young woman found more than five years after she disappeared. 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. 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. He was indulged in ways that other players werent and had an aversion to nurturing his gifts that was never properly challenged. two liver transplants A Fatal Accident Inquiry will examine how Derek Roan, 71, died at his family farm near Dalbeattie, Dumfries and Galloway, in June last year. 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. Gordon Brown, the former Prime Minister remembers our wonderful Wembley Wizards of 1967 and his memories of one of Fife's favourite sons. It was sad to see his self-imposed health and weight problems as he got older. Still some glimpses of his awesome talent though. Meghan and Harry release statement after Jeremy Clarkson's latest public apology. THE football shirt worn by Jim Baxter during Scotland's famous victory over England in 1967 could fetch up to 60,000 when it goes up for auction next month. Powered by Invision Community, We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. By the end of the game of his life, 'Slim Jim' Baxter, left-midfield architect of the Scots' victory, was openly toying with the furious, frustrated deities in white. My father noticed the shoes first: the sheen of expensive leather and the slenderness of the toes, which were cut into the sharpest points, each glinting like the top of a chefs knife. Next month, Baxter won't be there. The talk was of Slim Jim and his magic left foot which he self-christened The Glove. 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. . Keepie uppie is it called? He is generally regarded as one of the country's greatest ever players. Baxter was also addicted to gambling, and is estimated to have lost between 250,000 and 500,000. He out played them, Grown men were seen to cry the tears And what football! Bill McLaren -Theyll be sad in the streets of Hawick tonight. He was formerly a regularly columnist for the FourFourTwo website, covering all aspects of the game, including tactical analysis, reaction pieces, longer-term trends and critiquing the increasingly shady business of football's financial side and authorities' decision-making. [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. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Mesmerised. Tis hard to say Stephanie Bain, 29, believes little Finlay would have died if a Scottish Ambulance Service call handler hadn't told her how to perform a life-saving chest massage on her young son after he became unresponsive. "[37], In February 2001, Baxter was diagnosed as suffering from cancer of the pancreas, and he died at his home on Glasgow's South Side on 14 April 2001, with his partner Norma and his sons Alan and Steven at his bedside. He said he found the idea of being given any sort of football education laughable, before then commenting on Willie McNaught. Scottish public opinion at the time blamed lack of commitment by the "Anglos", Scottish-born players who spent little or none of their playing careers in Scotland. we'd decided he sounded just like this comic, Jimmy Clitheroe, so at the beginning I sidled up and said, "Is that right? Tell of us of the day? Baxter scored both goals. He chose the shirt God wore that day as the one object which should sum up the twentieth century. Why Kevin Prince-Boateng looks back at his career and thinks: You f**king idiot!, Pep Guardiola is 'SCANDALOUS' to suggest refs are biased at Old Trafford, says ex-official, Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta slammed for touchline antics by former referee: "Youre getting more incidents of referees being surrounded", Chelsea's Mykhailo Mudryk deal would have been tricky under Roman Abramovich Shakhtar Donetsk CEO, 8 genuinely brilliant FA Cup replays that truly prove how worthwhile they are, Every issue delivered direct to their door. David Nash, 26, passed away following four "shambolic" calls with NHS 111 when he was trying to get an urgent in-person consultation. He was the elegant rapier that cut and tore England to pieces with his cavalier midfield play, prompting prodding and waltzing around the England rearguard in elegant style. I owe them. At the end of 1967 Sunderland transferred him to Nottingham Forest, who gave him a free transfer back to Rangers in 1969 after 50 games. [32] Four years later Baxter played in only two of the qualifying games, (however one of these games was against Italy where he made John Greig's winning goal after starting the move by taking the ball from Scotland's keeper)[20] before breaking his leg in a club game in Vienna. His passing, movement, positioning and first touch was absolutely exceptional. [7] Baxter, supported by Mackay, White and Law,[8] led Scotland to a 21 win, scoring both of the goals, the first being Baxter's first-ever penalty kick, for an English foul on Willie Henderson. Baxter, like all great players do, played at his own. You could hardly get a more sad, Scottish answer to my question about what happened next, after April '67. The Statue is a good likeness and sits in front of Hill of Beath Ex-Serviceman's Club. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads. The man who, more than any, started off modern Anglo-Scots football rivalry, with a display of such lavish cheek, such sheer giant-killing exuberance, that the emotionally corseted Alf Ramsey reportedly never forgave him to his dying day. Another Baxter story was of him addressing the apprentice boys in the Nottingham Forest dressing room, requesting them to, Jim was known to be fond of the odd Bacardi and Coke and found a terrific ally in Garfield Sobers, the greatest cricket player that ever lived and also a world class drinker. There's no fun in the game any more, no entertainment, which is part of the problem. It was outrageous and ridiculous, provocative and cheeky. . We always said when Baxter plays well, Sunderland play well. [14] He described his approach to playing football as "treating the ball like a woman. I dont think Ive ever seen a player with a finer touch, one so deft. how on earth did he celebrate something like that? His liking for the sauce shortened his career dramatically and led to two (aye, two) liver transplants. He was born, educated and started his career in Fife, but his peak playing years were in the early 1960s with the Glasgow club Rangers, whom he helped to win ten trophies between 1960 and 1965, and where he became known as "Slim Jim". The man who utterly humiliated England the year after they won the World Cup. In his words, "One day, I was a Raith Rovers player who couldnae pull the birds at the Cowdenbeath Palais. Then nonchalantly knocked it wide, That game you boys play in the street 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. But the happiest day was at Wembley. Can anyone tell me - Did Jim Baxter actually sit on the ball during a International match against England? A very brilliant star at that. When England saw him gliding oer the green I moved to U.S.A.from Scotland in 1965 and subsequently coached youngsters for 12 years. [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. 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. He doesn't get about much these days: bad knees, mainly, but not really in great health generally. "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. . [8], Baxter joined Sunderland for a transfer fee of 72,500, the highest ever paid to a Scottish club at the time. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. My Dad says he remembers Baxter doing this at the corner flag once and waiting for the English to come towards him. I didn't actually sit on the ball, not that game. Not that often now. Miserable, horrible places' - nor any particular sense of injustice at today's gulf between the rich South-East and the de-industrialised lowlands of Scotland. I think we paid about 17k for him from Raith. 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. Jim Baxter goes to hug centre forward Jim McCalliog as Scotland stars celebrate a stunning win against world champions England. Football Player; A Fife lad 'Slim' Jim Baxter was born in Hill of Beath in 1939. Nottingham Evening Post reporter Tony Pritchett described the signing of Baxter as "probably the worst transfer in Forest's history". Jim Baxter was like no other football player Ive seen. He will always be remembered. Legacy benefit claimants will not receive 20 weekly uplift back payments following new appeal outcome. Livingston Women's striker confident side can pick up crucial win at Rossvale now rust is away. Postecoglou has promised to shake his team up but who could come in to his starting XI as they look to avenge their defeat in Paisley? On this occasion Jim had taken on one too many doormen and come off worst, so bad in fact that his teammates were not allowed to see the state of him for the next two weeks as he was ordered to train on his own. In 2003, a statue was erected in his honour at his hometown, Hill of Beath . Absolute GENIUS. He laughed and giggled and, improbably, his eyes still danced when he spoke of his yesterdays. And a lot of womanising. Jim Baxter played in this game as if his very life depended on it, fantastic poem We finish our pub soup and he gets up slowly, painfully, refusing anything else to eat or drink, and a rare smile starts to cross his face. The Nottingham Panthers Memories from Lower Parliament Street, Market Square, Nottingham by Arthur Spencer, A Physiotherapist visitand the Running Streak endures, My Fourth Marathon The Nottingham Robin Hood Marathon, 2009, The Marathon Diaries: Cleaning up the Act, The Marathon Diaries: The First Fifteen Weeks, The Marathon Diaries: The Inspiration of Terry Fox, Hibs manager, Lee Johnson, at his post-match interview after the derby loss today had the look of a man who is meas. . Scotland won 3-2 and could, by every account, have knocked in several more with ease. I let them down; I didn't have one good game for them' - and an anti-climactic return to Rangers. Its one of the anecdotes which sustains Baxters legend. Student dies after being told 'you sound like you're feeling a bit sorry for yourself' by NHS 111. My heart says Scotland, but my head says England.'. Rutherglen Glencairn 'made their own luck' to jump up three league places, says boss, Willie Harvey was delighted with the win over Neilston and wants to go on a run, Former Masters champion Yan Bingtao among TEN Chinese snooker players charged with match fixing. [7], His former headmaster James Carmichael took an interest in ex-pupils and encouraged Baxter to join local football team Halbeath Juveniles instead of one of the glamour clubs. Good luck to Sunderland for the coming season. The Beehive at Maplebeck, Nottinghamshire slight return. At just 61 he was dead, succumbing to pancreatic cancer. And even now I can watch the grainy black and white highlights again and again and watch him. "[12] Allegedly Pel once said that Baxter should have been a Brazilian. After leaving school he spent eight months as an apprentice cabinet maker, and then worked as a coal miner. He came into the pub and sat on a high wooden stool, as if he owned the room. [13] Rangers fans remember him as "Slim Jim", and in 18 "Old Firm" games against local rivals Celtic ten Scottish League, five League Cup and three Scottish Cup matches he was only twice on the losing side. During the four months in which he was unable to play he began drinking to his detriment; this ultimately was to curtail his playing career and his life. Possessed with ball at feet Great fun.' Almost thirty, forty yards, its true, What did England do grand-dad, A few observations on Hibs v Killie, Being Hibs: Spending some time with the family. He died on 14 April 2001. [8][26] Alex Ferguson said Baxter's performance "could have been set to music". And first touch was absolutely exceptional on this occasion Jim had taken one! Music '' 11 ] [ 26 ] Alex Ferguson said Baxter 's performance could! 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