bluto Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Great Scotland, Hearts and Spurs midfielder. A hard lion of a man, solid, fearless. And he ran a company making sports ties, too. Deid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Famous photo of him and Billy Bremner springs to mind. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Questions? Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Any source for this apart from Wikipedia? Edit: See it on the Spur's website RIP Edited March 2, 2015 by Questions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted March 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 Any source for this apart from Wikipedia?Aye.A trustworthy Jambo on TSFM. And 80 years isnae bad..... (I also looked for an obit on the Beeb. None yet) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintargyll Posted March 2, 2015 Report Share Posted March 2, 2015 In his day it was a tackle...nowadays its a criminal offence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 The Grauniad obit: http://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/mar/02/dave-mackay-scotland-tottenham-hearts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsons dropped it Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Now on Sky Sports News..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Shull'll probably start a thread soon.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 What a great player but he was of his time. These ferocious tacklers got away with a lot back then that would get them in a lot of bother today. There was almost a tacit kind of three hits before you're in bother rule then and Dave exploited it. If Dave Mackay and Jim Goodwin went head to head in a tackle, I honestly believe Jim wouldn't know what hit him. Physically Mackay was built like Davy Lapsley and I must have seen them cross swords at Love Street but I'm damned if I remember anything untoward happening. Despite what I've said about him, I wish we had his like, and Davy Lapsley, playing for St.Mirren and Scotland today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2becks Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 The word 'legend' is bandied about too easily in the game. I think it is deserved in this case. RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Famous photo of him and Billy Bremner springs to mind. RIP.Springs here, also.https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_IHK5iWkAErEpo.jpg I hope this helps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Springs here, also. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_IHK5iWkAErEpo.jpg I hope this helps? I can almost imagine Billy saying something like 'Sorry,Sir'. A lot of Scots players were in awe of Dave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shull Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Shull'll probably start a thread soon.... I was going to when I noticed a RIP on Facebook. However, I googled some News Channels and couldn't find confirmation. After the Tony Hart doodah,I decided to pass. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pozbaird Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Springs here, also. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B_IHK5iWkAErEpo.jpg I hope this helps? Aye. Oaksoft's anger management classes must have been full to bursting back in them' days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted March 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 I was going to when I noticed a RIP on Facebook. However, I googled some News Channels and couldn't find confirmation. After the Tony Hart doodah,I decided to pass. Lol Hah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
windae cleaner Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 What a great player but he was of his time. These ferocious tacklers got away with a lot back then that would get them in a lot of bother today. There was almost a tacit kind of three hits before you're in bother rule then and Dave exploited it. If Dave Mackay and Jim Goodwin went head to head in a tackle, I honestly believe Jim wouldn't know what hit him. Physically Mackay was built like Davy Lapsley and I must have seen them cross swords at Love Street but I'm damned if I remember anything untoward happening. Despite what I've said about him, I wish we had his like, and Davy Lapsley, playing for St.Mirren and Scotland today. That's a tad unfair He was a hardly player but no liberty taker By all accounts a skillful player with passing ability with both feet Brian Clough said he watched in awe as he continuely kept the ball off the ground by hitting volleys off a wall with either foot for ages at a time Greaves said he was Spurs greatest ever player With players he played with in their greatest ever side i think he was more than a hatchet man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 That's a tad unfair He was a hardly player but no liberty taker By all accounts a skillful player with passing ability with both feet Brian Clough said he watched in awe as he continuely kept the ball off the ground by hitting volleys off a wall with either foot for ages at a time Greaves said he was Spurs greatest ever player With players he played with in their greatest ever side i think he was more than a hatchet man I never meant to infer he was only a hatchet man. He was much more than that. He would still play for Scotland today if he could be reincarnated and he would still be a great player but he would have to be very careful. Any time in the past, or this morning when I heard the sad news, the first thing that springs to mind when I think of Dave is those ferocious tackles. I always felt a Centurion tank might beat him but by God he would dent it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tambo Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Some of the stills shown on sky show him alongside ex Saint Jimmy Robertson.Davie was a great tackler and inspired all his team mates and will be surely missed by all who knew him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Hughes in BlueSuedeShoes Posted March 3, 2015 Report Share Posted March 3, 2015 Haw Bremner, did you spill ma pint?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloomsbury Bud Posted March 4, 2015 Report Share Posted March 4, 2015 http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2015/mar/03/dave-mackay-hearts-scotland-tottenham-derby-ill-health-passed-on Good article on McKay, even includes his thoughts on that photo and Bremner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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