The years have not diminished the sharpness of this nifty left winger.
At 75, Davie Wilson remains as quick as some of the darting runs he embarked on during his pomp in the blue of Rangers. Introduced into Scottish football's shimmering Hall of Fame as the man who scored 98 goals in 227 games with the Ibrox outfit, Wilson swiftly intervened. "That's wrong . . . it was 157 goals in 357 games," he said with a smile.
Six of those goals would come in one match back in 1962 as a marauding Wilson single-handedly demolished a shell-shocked Falkirk and led rampaging Rangers to a 7-1 win. You could say it was wing and a prayer stuff. Wilson worked wonders on that wing; his hapless opponents were left saying their prayers
"I got by them, I crossed them and then they clicked my heels," reflected this famous son of Newton. "I was called 'Davie the Diver'. When I crossed the centre line, they didn't worry . . . they s*** themselves."
That super six 52 years ago was a spectacularly special moment for Wilson. Over half a century later, though, the pride in that moment has finally been surpassed.
"Those six goals came on my mum Meg and dad Tam's wedding anniversary in 1962; that was my proudest moment, until now," added Wilson of his induction into the Hall of Fame. "This is the proudest moment of my life."
There have been a few proud moments in this sporting life, of course. A magical spell at Rangers was followed by successful stints at Dundee United and then Dumbarton, where he would go on to be a manager and hoist the part-timers into the top flight. A haul of 22 caps for his country also came his way and he would score one of the goals in the 2-0 win over England in 1962, 12 months after the Scots had been humbled 9-3 by the Auld Enemy at Wembley.
The wee boy done good. "I was 14 and Cambuslang Rangers said I was too wee and too young," he recalled. "So I went to Baillieston Juniors. A fortnight later we played Cambuslang. It was one each with four minutes to go and I scored with my heid. Too wee eh?"
Still a regular at Ibrox during this era of tumult, Wilson's passion for Rangers is unwavering. "I buy my lottery ticket every week and if my numbers came up I would put half the money into buying them," he said. "And I'd keep Ally (McCoist). There is no man who could have come through what Ally has been through."
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