Frankie 8,172 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 On our main site today, author David Gordon looks back on the hugely impressive career of the late, great Scot Symon whose cricketing and footballing pursuits earned him recognition, but perhaps he deserved more... At almost 9000 words long you'll need a cup of tea but I highly recommend you take ten mins out of your day to read this fantastic biography of one of our club's greatest servants. If, like myself and David, you think Scot should be in the Hall of Fame, then you can nominate him here: http://www.sshf.co.uk/nominate/ http://www.gersnet.co.uk/index.php/news-category/current-affairs/767-double-standards-remembering-scot-symon 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,208 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Nominated wth pleasure Ritchie, Shearer, Caldow ....aw, jings, too emotional to go on. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott7 5,208 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Excellent article. Taking Jack Fingleton's wicket and being endorsed by Tom Finney - I would die a happy man on that alone. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
compo 6,187 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Not only a first class manager but also a gentleman 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uilleam 5,458 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) A gentleman. I wonder what he would have made of contemporary figures; of, oh, say, "lenny". Hard to tell, but I think we may rest assured that JSS would not have proposed him for the Golf Club Edited May 9, 2017 by Uilleam 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davie P 4 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 What a brilliant article. Scot Symon was before my time and all I knew about him was that he was the manager when Rangers lost 'that' match, so to read up about him was quite fascinating. I had no idea that cricket was such a big sport in Scotland in pre-war years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrahimHemdani 1 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I think I may have related this here before but I met him when he was GM at Partick Thistle and I was refereeing the Reserve League. He phoned me to apologise the day after the night I was inadvertently locked in Firhill after refereeing PT v Dundee and said he hoped it wouldn't influence me in the Saturday match I was due to take again at Firhill vs Celtic. Full story at the dinner for those who might be interested. A true gentleman indeed. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
boabie 230 Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 I met Mr Symon a few times when I was young. My Grandad was a friend of his and could never speak highly enough of him. A friends dad used to arrange Rangers flights and became friendly over the years with both Mr Struth and Scott Symon and had nothing but praise for both. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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