Jim Forrest RIP

[Tommy]

One of my favourite players many years ago.

[johnstrac]

Jim could play, one of he fastest players around when I was a lad. Alex Willoughby was his cousin if I recall.

[jamiesd]

Before my time,  but RIP Jim.

[fine-n-dandy]

5 years at Huns 

5 years at Dons

 

BBC ‘Rangers legend dies’ & only a brief mention he played for us as well 

More apps for us than Huns (more goals at Huns though) & 3 of his 5 Scot caps with us 

 

Rip. Was an amazing player

[Crossbow]

I remember him as one of our forward pairing with Joe back in the day and watching him as a wee boy in a Cup Final back in 1970. RIP.

[Guest Matt Armstrong's Dog]

A great player by all accounts and part of the legendary 1970 Scottish Cup winning team that fucked over celtic in the final that year against all odds. 

RIP JF.

[Kincardine_Mearns_Red]

RIP a late 60s/early 70s Dons legend and a crucial part of a great team we had at the time.

[Torry Tosser]

My Da's favourite.. RIP Jim.

Forrest once said,best thing he ever did was joining the Dons.

[donswin1983]

Never saw him play, but my old man talked about him a lot as a great player!

RIP! 

[johnstrac]

2 hours ago, fine-n-dandy said:

5 years at Huns 

5 years at Dons

 

BBC ‘Rangers legend dies’ & only a brief mention he played for us as well 

More apps for us than Huns (more goals at Huns though) & 3 of his 5 Scot caps with us 

 

Rip. Was an amazing player

Just seen this on the BBC, usual West coast bias.

Possibly not the time to mention it as Jim was a helluva player for us.

[Helmet]

The bbc article is a bit crazy - barely mentions he played for other clubs.

[WesthillWanderersFC]

4 hours ago, Tommy said:

One of my favourite players many years ago.

Reading the Scottish media you’d barely know he played for the Dons 🙄

He actually played more games for us than the vermin.

RIP. 

Played in a Dons cup winning team, which aside from the 80’s, is a rare thing. 

[WesthillWanderersFC]

13 minutes ago, Helmet said:

The bbc article is a bit crazy - barely mentions he played for other clubs.

Lazy cunt of a Glasgow journalist. 
Basic research & he either couldn’t be arsed or didn’t think it was newsworthy.

 

[Awayfromhomered]

Afore my time, but sounds like he was a good player.  RIP Jim

[BaaBaaRedSheep]

1 hour ago, johnstrac said:

Just seen this on the BBC, usual West coast bias.

Possibly not the time to mention it as Jim was a helluva player for us.

Don't forget when the Titanic went doon the P & J reported that an NE man was lost at sea.

Anyhoo Forrest was some player and was he not part of the Dons/Washington Whips side that toured the States, and reached the final?

[Guest Matt Armstrong's Dog]

38 minutes ago, Helmet said:

The bbc article is a bit crazy - barely mentions he played for other clubs.

Going by what my old pal said (a Barcelona bear but a bloody good lad) about Jim Forrest, he was soon released after featuring for the dead club in the 1967 SC loss to Berwick. 

Their loss, Aberdeen's gain.👍

[shooftahmooftah]

Great player for the Dons , fast scored some great goals for the Dons watched him many times at pittodrie,   RIP Jim.

[Reykjavik 1967]

Jim Forrest was my favourite player in my teens. He played CF for Rangers but Turnbull played him as a winger, and what a winger he was. He was usually on the right wing where he could run at the full back, and with the pace he had there wasn't a defender in the league who could stop him getting to the bye line to cross a ball. You hear the expression "explosive pace" well he had that. He scored 62 goals for us and had assists for probably twice as many. Rest in peace, Jim, and thank you for the memories you created for many of us. 

[Lang Bar]

Winning the Scottish Cup for afc was an amazing achievement in 1970 against arguably the best team in Europe. Jim Forrest was an integral part of that legendary Dons side. He was super fast, and had a shot on him to rival Peter Lorimer.

RIP Jim Forrest