Despite arriving as a centre-half and going on to make his name in that position, he initially played as an inside-forward and netted 17 goals in his breakthrough season as Motherwell won the Second Division. Ten years later, the same Scotsman comes across the same bar, goes in and sees the same barman, and the Hopi Shaman in the same corner. In respect for the Shaman's memory, wisdom and knowledge, the Scot approaches him with the traditional greeting: "How!" Global building product manufacturer, Sika, has appointed Tom Forsyth as General Manager, a role that will see him build on the continued growth of the company across its multiple UK markets. My first game for Rangers was – you'll never guess – against Motherwell at Fir Park. I kept giving the ball to Motherwell players."

He had been purged of his old self, his false self, that had led MacLeod and others to view him as a “blue-eyed, whitened sepulchre and too-good-to-be-true neurotic do-gooder.” He felt now “at the commencement of life proper.” During his Rangers career, Forsyth made 332 appearances in all competitions and won three league championships, four Scottish Cups and two League Cups; these successes included two domestic trebles, in 1975–76 and 1977–78. [6] [7] International [ edit ] mainMenu {position:absolute; left:0; width:10em; text-align:right; line-height:1.6em; padding:1.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em; font-size:1.1em;} It seemed unmissable but for one split second it looked as if he was embracing the option. But he was there, when all was said and done, to make history. Sika has appointed Tom Forsyth as General Manager, a role that it says will see him build on the continued growth of the company across its multiple UK markets.

Sad news for a true Rangers legend – always gave 100% for the jersey and a true gentleman off of the pitch. Today's players could learn a lot from the likes of Tam. Safe in arms of Jesus – God Bless.

Before the game, former Scotland manager Tommy Docherty said that comparing Forsyth with his Manchester United defender Martin Buchan was "like comparing a Clydesdale with a thoroughbred". My second-ever Rangers game was seeing him scrape the ball over the line with his studs from four inches – I can still see the joy in his face even now, and I loved him from that moment on. Seventy-one is no age at all – massive respect Jaws. If ever the term Rangers Legend applied, you are one to me.I lifted my seven-year-old brother over the turnstile and my mates helped with "shoulder" duty during the game. I loved the guy! My son and I were discussing "real" centre half's during the Barca game midweek and I just thought that Tam wrote that particular book. Without a pause, the Shaman replies "Rangers beat Celtic 3-2 in front of 122,714, Connelly and Dalglish for Celtic, Conn and Parlane for Rangers and Big Tam Forsyth got the winner. I'll have a large bourbon with a marischino cherry."

HALF a second earlier he misses the ball and Channon is thru on goal, half a second later, it’s a penalty. At the end of a season in which Forsyth had just won the first of his two domestic trebles, the Rangers defender later admitted Docherty's words had driven him on as Scotland clinched their first home internationals trophy in nine years. One day, while sipping champagne at Lennoxlove, the baronial hall of the Duchess of Hamilton, he found himself talking to Lady Ursula Burton. “Eigg is for sale”, he told her, “the jewel in the heart of the Hebrides.” Eigg was a community in decline by the time it returned to the market in 1991. Together with some accomplices, funded by his dry stone dyking work, Tom Forsyth registered the trust. His Scotland career began at Motherwell and he went on to win two British Championships with the help of victories in both his appearances against England, in 1976 and 1977, also captaining his country once. He won his 22nd and final cap at the 1978 World Cup.After a night in Dingwall jail, he was referred to Craig Dunain hospital’s legendary psychiatrist, Martin Whittett. “You’re not mad,” said Whittett, in a cheery conversation. “I’ll put you down as … religious mania.” A Mark II version of his 1950s Iona manifesto called for a revitalised culture of Gaelic arts, spirituality and ecology. “When a shoot is grafted on to an established root, the green of the root must meet the green of the stalk. The green, or cambium, is the only living and dynamic part of the plant. In the cultivation of human beings the same natural law must apply.” Forsyth is survived by his three children, Karen, Julie and David, from his marriage to Linda, who died last year. He will always be remembered as a no-nonsense defender but with a reputation that he believed was exaggerated. Ask wee Tam, for whom he served riding shotgun through the management years at Morton, Motherwell and Hearts. They were some double act who would tag-team weary reporters like this one. And verbally have a go like a dog with a rag doll. But still come up smiling. Well, nearly always.