Davie Cooper signed for Rangers from Clydebank for £100,000.
“I played for the team I loved”
RIP Davie.
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Davie Cooper signed for Rangers from Clydebank for £100,000.
“I played for the team I loved”
RIP Davie.
A sheer delight to watch from the stands.
Great days when we had such world class talent wearing with ease the heaviest jersey in football.
RIP Davy.
Great days when we had such world class talent wearing with ease the heaviest jersey in football.
RIP Davy.
Before my time unfortunately GG.
M
MearnsUnionist
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And mine mate.
From what I've been told suffered badly in a poor team for a couple of seasons and lost his way, only for the magic to come back and be better than ever.
Henderson and Cooper at their peaks are the 2 players I'd love to have seen live.
RIP Coop.
Ronnietheranger
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RIP Davie...............what a signing you were and you gave us so many memories & goals & THE greatest goal in our history, fittingly against the tims who were put firmly in their place by your skill & guile. I was there to see it & it's a moment I will never forget.
Ill 2nd this, would have loved to have seen that era.
Cha Cha Cha
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God rest his soul.
My dad loves giving me some Cooper stories and my cousin has named his first wean after the man.
Gutted I never got to see him play - a wizard by all accounts.
My dad loves giving me some Cooper stories and my cousin has named his first wean after the man.
Gutted I never got to see him play - a wizard by all accounts.
tazzabear
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Davie Cooper signed for Rangers from Clydebank for £100,000.
“I played for the team I loved”
RIP Davie.
“I played for the team I loved”
What a line.
There’ll be a thousand players who’ll wish they uttered those seven words.
I've won the sweep
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"Davie,oh Davie Cooper.....!"
Ally’s Golden Boot
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My hero.
Spinning Blue
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I have that top he's wearing (the replica not Coop's).
He was a delight to watch.
He was a delight to watch.
Dr Steve Brule
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When He passed away, it's one of only 3 times I've seen my old man cry.
A truly beautiful player.
Family bam
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Always remembered fondly.
A quite simply fantastic player who, if he had been more consistent, could've graced any club in the world.
A quite simply fantastic player who, if he had been more consistent, could've graced any club in the world.
blue division
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Just before he signed for us I saw him play in a 2-2 draw at Kilbowie for Clydebank against St. Mirren in the old second division.
St.Midden under Fergie kicked fck out of him.
Leeonell Tidy
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RIP Sir
Loved his statement to Big Shirley Aitken "you couldn't a beach baw aff me in a phone box"
On his day that was true.
Loved his statement to Big Shirley Aitken "you couldn't a beach baw aff me in a phone box"
On his day that was true.
The most naturally gifted and most magical left foot of my days watching Rangers.
Couldn't tackle.
Couldn't win headers.
Wasn't all that quick.
Could be inconsistent.
But when you are blessed with genius, forget what he couldn't do and be thankful how incredible he was at what he did best.
Couldn't tackle.
Couldn't win headers.
Wasn't all that quick.
Could be inconsistent.
But when you are blessed with genius, forget what he couldn't do and be thankful how incredible he was at what he did best.
Teddyjohn
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Davie Cooper signed for Rangers from Clydebank for £100,000.
“I played for the team I loved”
RIP Davie.
Well done for bringing this to our attention pal and I remember the day when he signed. The man became a Rangers legend with a magical left foot....when he was in the mood. Super Cooper!!
Beer Belly Loyal
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The days when Scottish players were not quite as good as before, he stood out like a beacon, amazing skill in a game full of 'hammer throwers' Davy Cooper was a very special player, for him to realise his dream meant we realised ours. RIP Davie.
The Busby Bear
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Any significant Cooper thread I’ll say it, my all time hero. 42 and still aspire to play like him.
Shongo
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Thanks for sharing this, got a wee tear in my eye watching that. I had the club wall paper and Davie Cooper bed spread as a young bear, him leaving in '89 I don't really remember much on the pitch. I was 14 when he passed and remember it well, such a loss
Texas ranger
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Autographed a few hours before beating Motherwell to win the league and part two of the treble in 1977-78
Rip Davie.
Rip Davie.
charlie_snowball
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Quite simply my hero. I am 41, and turned 41 a few weeks ago, so all I ever knew was Davie Cooper.
Before it was a ‘thing’, I used to get ‘11’ on the back of my jerseys down at Roberts Stores the first day they were released.
Whenever I played football I pretended to be Davie Cooper, when I went to sleep I dreamed of being Davie Cooper.
I cried when he signed for Motherwell, I crumbled when he died.
Just a beautiful footballer.
Before it was a ‘thing’, I used to get ‘11’ on the back of my jerseys down at Roberts Stores the first day they were released.
Whenever I played football I pretended to be Davie Cooper, when I went to sleep I dreamed of being Davie Cooper.
I cried when he signed for Motherwell, I crumbled when he died.
Just a beautiful footballer.
Kincardine
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I'm blessed to have seen both. Two very different players but both could light up Ibrox.
Wee Henderson was fast, direct, could deliver a ball and just loved when he scored now and then. No Bear who saw Willy arms aloft after he scored could be anything other than happy. He loved The Rangers.
Cooper was a more complex character but, at his best, an absolutely stunning player. I went to Yooni in London and, in 1985, bought a flat in Hoxton/Shoreditch. The bloke who lived next to us was a journalist but was also a big Spurs fan. I'd often get a train from Euston on a Saturday morning to go to Ibrox. When I got back in the evening or on the Sunday the first question on the neighbour's lips was, "How did Davy Cooper play?".
Cooper was, simply, the best of the best when he wanted to be.
El Buffalo
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My earliest vision of a footballer, is Davie in his tight fitting shorts, weaving in and out of defences. What a legend
Virgil Hilts
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My first Rangers hero.
God given talent.
A tragic loss.
God given talent.
A tragic loss.
Geoff Hurst
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I love when Davie Cooper threads appear on here everyone’s recollections of him bring back great memories
Mine were 1981 Cup Final replay,his reverse pass to Durrant against the beggars in Souness’s first season and his amazing free kick against the sheep
There’s so many more RIP Davie you graced the team I love
Mine were 1981 Cup Final replay,his reverse pass to Durrant against the beggars in Souness’s first season and his amazing free kick against the sheep
There’s so many more RIP Davie you graced the team I love
Forzabear1872
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RIP Davie...
Sorely missed but never forgotten.
A Rangers legend.
Sorely missed but never forgotten.
A Rangers legend.
