Toepoke Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 Sorry to hear of Paul Wilson's death at 66. Always had an affinity with him as he was in the first packet of Panini stickers I bought... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-fans-pay-tribute-paul-11195687 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 11 minutes ago, Toepoke said: Sorry to hear of Paul Wilson's death at 66. Always had an affinity with him as he was in the first packet of Panini stickers I bought... http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/celtic-fans-pay-tribute-paul-11195687 He seemed to be in every pack ! Had a spell in the mid 70s where he was outstanding and seemed to always play well against Rangers Was an early age to hang up his boots and think he had a lot of confidence issues - a lot probably down to racism. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted September 18, 2017 Author Share Posted September 18, 2017 1 hour ago, Ally Bongo said: Was an early age to hang up his boots and think he had a lot of confidence issues - a lot probably down to racism. True. Shocking times they were. Although I think many of the folk abusing him would have had no idea of his ethnic background due to his less exotic name. The only non white Scotland player in the 20th century according to the news earlier. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EddardStark Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Certainly scored against us in the 75 Glasgow Cup Final in 2-2 in front of 71000. Cup was shared. Celtic fans nicknamed him Toomai. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
euan2020 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 6 hours ago, Toepoke said: True. Shocking times they were. Although I think many of the folk abusing him would have had no idea of his ethnic background due to his less exotic name. The only non white Scotland player in the 20th century according to the news earlier. " Wilson recalls: “There would be chants of ‘Wilson’s a darkie’ and then it would come back ‘Oh, I’d rather be a darkie than a hun’. But I loved playing in that atmosphere and just laughed it off.”Read more at: http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/interview-paul-wilson-on-stein-celtic-and-racial-abuse-in-the-1970s-1-1901659 " http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/teams/celtic/interview-paul-wilson-on-stein-celtic-and-racial-abuse-in-the-1970s-1-1901659" Although i notice he said was only fans of 1 club who abused him + the kids at school Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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