SaintJet Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 RIP Alex, Great servant and as someone earlier alluded to one of my lasting memories of Alex was banging in the winner against Rangers at Muirton- we played in red and white that day. Thanks for the memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepless Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 what a terrible week - first John Muir, now Alex Rennie. He is one of the giants of the club - as player and captain in our wonderful 70s team and then as manager in that brief, glorious period in the early eighties before our desperate decline. A true legend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzil Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 RIP Alex. A true gent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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McCarry One Nil Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Very sad news. He was tremendous at the Night Of Legends that Bear organised a few years ago up the Letham Club. Brilliant stories and a true gent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HALLS ANGEL Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 Alex Rennie one of the all time greats. A player who could play in any position and never let us down. He arrived at Muirton in late October 1967 from Stirling Albion in a swap deal for Bruce Munro (ex Kinnoull Juniors). Munro I think on his debut for Albion scored 2 goals against Rangers. We at the time thought what has Ormond done but as we were to learn he didn’t make bad signings. To begin with Alex was mainly in the reserves but you could tell he was a talented player. I don’t think that Willie Ormond knew what his best position was and I remember him playing centre forward against Keith in a Dewar Shield match and scoring a hat trick. In a match against Morton in late 68 Saints were 3-0 down and put Rennie up front and he scored 2 goals but unfortunately that was not enough. This was a time that you could see Saints were beginning to click and soon went on winning run with a settled team which didn’t include him but he was in the 13 or 14 man squad, there was only one substitute then, no Saints fan was ever disappointed if he was playing. It wasn’t until the end of season 70-71 that he became an automatic choice and played in the 2-0 win against Rangers at Ibrox to clinch third place. He also was in the team against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu His winning goal against Rangers will never be forgotten by the Saints supporters who witnessed it. Interestingly enough at that time if both teams strips were the same colour the home team changed, something that annoyed my father no end. On a lighter note does anybody else remember the Alex Rennie song. Which was a take off of the Piglets Johnny Reggae, Here comes Alex Rennie, Alex Alex Rennie, Alex Rennie score a goal. I don’t know if there were any more lines to the song. As for his time as manager after getting promoted to the Premier League it was always an uphill struggle with a part time team and little money for players. If only Saints had held out in the Scottish Cup match against Rangers. We did beat Celtic at Muirton and Hibs at Easter Road in the League Cup and beating Hearts in the race for First Division Championship being some of the highlights. Remembering You Alex Alex Rennie. Thanks Abernethy Saint, Saintdunc, Dave Ferg and 7 others 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PanamaSaint Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 6 minutes ago, HALLS ANGEL said: Alex Rennie one of the all time greats. A player who could play in any position and never let us down. He arrived at Muirton in late October 1967 from Stirling Albion in a swap deal for Bruce Munro (ex Kinnoull Juniors). Munro I think on his debut for Albion scored 2 goals against Rangers. We at the time thought what has Ormond done but as we were to learn he didn’t make bad signings. To begin with Alex was mainly in the reserves but you could tell he was a talented player. I don’t think that Willie Ormond knew what his best position was and I remember him playing centre forward against Keith in a Dewar Shield match and scoring a hat trick. In a match against Morton in late 68 Saints were 3-0 down and put Rennie up front and he scored 2 goals but unfortunately that was not enough. This was a time that you could see Saints were beginning to click and soon went on winning run with a settled team which didn’t include him but he was in the 13 or 14 man squad, there was only one substitute then, no Saints fan was ever disappointed if he was playing. It wasn’t until the end of season 70-71 that he became an automatic choice and played in the 2-0 win against Rangers at Ibrox to clinch third place. He also was in the team against Real Madrid at the Bernabeu His winning goal against Rangers will never be forgotten by the Saints supporters who witnessed it. Interestingly enough at that time if both teams strips were the same colour the home team changed, something that annoyed my father no end. On a lighter note does anybody else remember the Alex Rennie song. Which was a take off of the Piglets Johnny Reggae, Here comes Alex Rennie, Alex Alex Rennie, Alex Rennie score a goal. I don’t know if there were any more lines to the song. As for his time as manager after getting promoted to the Premier League it was always an uphill struggle with a part time team and little money for players. If only Saints had held out in the Scottish Cup match against Rangers. We did beat Celtic at Muirton and Hibs at Easter Road in the League Cup and beating Hearts in the race for First Division Championship being some of the highlights. Remembering You Alex Alex Rennie. Thanks Fantastic post. Respect. dunkeldneil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintdunc Posted March 5, 2018 Report Share Posted March 5, 2018 (edited) Rennie, Rooney, McPhee. What strength we had in the middle of the park in front of Willie Coburn and John Lambie. All heroes supporting a magificent front 5. Alex Rennie you were a legend, may you be a first pick in God's first team. RIP Edited March 5, 2018 by Saintdunc Cagey and dunkeldneil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tranmere Saintee Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Alex was manager when we first moved to Perth in 82 and used to let the boys have a kick about with the players at the end of training on the Florence Place ‘Astro turf’, RIP Alex. dunkeldneil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunkeldneil Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Rest in peace Alex Rennie I salute you Sir Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixties saintee Posted March 6, 2018 Report Share Posted March 6, 2018 Needs to be in our Hall of fame asap Dave Ferg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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