It was with great sadness that I learned of Tommy’s passing this morning at a tragically young age. Tommy once said that his epitaph would be “Andy Goram broke my heart”. Former Rangers goalkeeper Goram said it was the greatest compliment he had ever received from a fellow professional.
Tommy Burns once broke my heart. In 1989 Dumbarton visited Celtic Park for a Scottish Cup tie. With about twelve minutes to go and with the score at 0-0 Tommy came on as a sub and scored with his first touch to set Celtic up for a 2-0 victory.
Tommy Burns, a very good footballer, football manager and coach. Renowned as a family man and a thoroughly decent human being. My thoughts are with his family.
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Nice tribute and not too sentimental. Thanks.
Blimey, was that nearly 20 years ago?
Good to see the majority of Rangers fans joining in the minutes applause for TB at Pittodrie last night. Sadly you could plainly see some eejits standing with their arms folded, the same eejits that wear the orange scarfs and tops usually…