| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | William Pullar Jardine[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1948-12-31)31 December 1948 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Date of death | 24 April 2014(2014-04-24) (aged 65) | ||
| Place of death | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| North Merchiston BC | |||
| United Crossroads BC | |||
| Edinburgh Athletic | |||
| 1964–1966 | Rangers | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1982 | Rangers | 451 | (42) |
| 1982–1988 | Heart of Midlothian | 187 | (3) |
| Total | 638 | (45) | |
| International career | |||
| 1970–1979 | Scotland[2] | 38 | (1) |
| 1971–1972[3] | Scotland U23 | 4 | (1) |
| 1972–1973[4] | Scottish League XI | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1986–1988 | Heart of Midlothian | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine (31 December 1948 – 24 April 2014) was a Scottish professionalfootballer who played forRangers,Hearts and representedScotland. He played over 1000 professional games and twice won theScottish Football Writers Association Player of the Year award. He won several honours with Rangers, including twodomestic trebles in1976 and1978, and was part of the Rangers team that won theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup in1972. He won 38 caps for Scotland and played in the1974 and1978World Cups. Jardine was also co-manager of Hearts withAlex MacDonald and later worked for Rangers.
Jardine died in April 2014, 18 months after being diagnosed with liver cancer.
Jardine grew up inEdinburgh in close proximity toTynecastle Park, the home ground ofHearts who he supported as a youngster.[5][6] His ability at football shone through at an early age as he earned local and national schoolboy honours with Balgreen Primary and Tynecastle Secondary. As a youth he played for North Merchiston Boys Club, United Crossroads Boys Club andEdinburgh Athletic. He also trained at Hearts' ground.[6]
Although his full name was William Pullar Jardine, he became known as 'Sandy' due to his hair colour.[5]
Jardine signed for Rangers in 1964. Signed as a midfielder, he spent a couple of years in the reserves before making his debut aged 18 in a 5–1 league win at home toHearts on 4 February 1967, playing atright-half. This match took place a week after Rangers had been knocked out of theScottish Cup byBerwick Rangers.[7] He scored his first Rangers goal a few weeks later on 18 March 1967 in a league match againstAyr United. That same season Jardine played in the1967 European Cup Winners' Cup Final againstBayern Munich, losing 1–0 after extra time.[5]
Jardine played in various defensive positions as he became a regular under managerDavie White, even as a centre-forward, before finally settling as a right full-back at the start of the1970–71 season under new managerWillie Waddell. He proved a revelation at right-back; a strong player who enjoyed marauding forward, he had an excellent turn of pace which ensured he was rarely caught out of position. The position was where he went on to make the bulk of his 674 appearances for the club.[5]
He won his first major trophy in 1970, Rangers beatingCeltic 1–0 in theScottish League Cup Final.[5] The following season he was an ever-present in the Rangers side which reached the1972 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, playing in all eight matches en route to the final and scoring the first goal of a 2–0 win over Bayern Munich in the semi-final.[5][8] Jardine went on to help Rangers win the final, defeatingMoscow Dynamo 3–2 at theNou Camp in Barcelona.[8] Between 27 April 1972 and 30 August 1975, he did not miss a single game for Rangers and played in 171 consecutive matches for them.[8] Further success continued during this time; in 1974–75 he helped Rangers win their firstScottish league title in 11 years[8] and his performances were acknowledged by theScottish Football Writers' Association, who voted him theirPlayer of the Year.[9] Jardine was a key part of the Rangers sides that won thedomestic treble in1975–76 and1977–78.[5][8]
By the early 1980s Rangers were in decline, and 33-year-old Jardine was reluctantly given a free transfer to Hearts in mid-1982 by managerJohn Greig.[5][7][10] The pair were close friends, having both grown up and lived in Edinburgh, and commuted together to train and play for Rangers in their younger days. Greig allowed Jardine to leave due to his long service and his stated wish to end his playing career at the club he supported as a boy.[10]
Jardine signed forHearts, the club he had supported as a child, in 1982.[10] He joined Hearts at a time when their fortunes were at a low ebb,[10] as they had failed to win promotion from theFirst Division in the1981–82 season. Jardine linked up with former Rangers teammateAlex MacDonald, who was nowplayer-manager at the Edinburgh club. Jardine was now also assistant manager, and according to teammateJohn Robertson he helped to instil higher standards of professionalism at the club.[10] Hearts gained promotion in1982–83 and became a competitive force in thePremier Division, finishing fifth in their first season back in the top division and qualifying for theUEFA Cup.[6]
Still playing regularly, Jardine was an integral part of the side that almost won theScottish league championship in1985–86, finishing second behindCeltic on goal difference.[5][10] Robertson said that Jardine's contribution to the team was his ability to read the game and to pass the ball out of the defensive area.[10] During the season, he made his 1000th professional appearance1 on 16 November 1985 in a league match at home against Rangers.[11] His performances that season saw him win theScottish Football Writers Association Player of the Year award again, aged 37.[9][10] Jardine was the second player to win the award more than once (John Greig had been the first) and the first player to win the award with two different clubs.[9]
In November 1986, Jardine was appointed joint manager alongside MacDonald.[5] He continued to feature in the team but by 1987-88 had begun to phase himself out of the side to concentrate on his management duties.[5]
1Includes appearances in friendlies and minor cup competitions such as theGlasgow Cup,Drybrough Cup and theAnglo-Scottish Cup.
Jardine made his debut appearance forScotland as a substitute forDavid Hay on 11 November 1970 in aEuropean Championship qualifying win againstDenmark.[12] His next appearance, and first start, came almost a year later in October 1971 in another European Championship qualifying tie, a 2–1 win overPortugal.[12]
By 1974 Jardine had become a regular atright-back in the international side and played in all three matches of the victorious1974 British Home Championship campaign,[12] during which he scored his only international goal in a 2–0 win overWales.[12] He had also helped Scotland qualify for the1974 World Cup finals inWest Germany. Jardine played in all three group matches of the tournament,[12] where he and Celtic'sDanny McGrain were voted the best pair of fullbacks in the competition.[10]
He continued to play regularly for Scotland throughout the 1970s and made one further appearance in the finals of a major tournament, againstIran during the1978 FIFA World Cup in Argentina.[12] Jardine made his final Scotland appearance on 19 December 1979, againstBelgium in aEuropean Championship qualifier.[12]
Jardine was capped 38 times in total and captained the team on nine occasions.[12]
Jardine joinedHeart of Midlothian in July 1982 as a player, but also took on the role of assistant manager under ex-Rangers teammateAlex MacDonald.[5] The club achieved promotion to the Scottish Premier Division in 1983 and three years later came close to winning the title, eventually finishing in second place on goal difference behindCeltic.[5] In November 1986 he was promoted to joint-manager alongside MacDonald.[5]
Hearts could only finish fifth in the league the following season but regained form in 1987-88 and again finished a credible second, ahead ofAberdeen and high-spending Rangers.[5] Poor form at the start of season 1988–89, however, saw Hearts ownerWallace Mercer sack Jardine in November 1988, stating that the experiment of having joint-managers had not delivered the expected results.[5]
Jardine later worked for Rangers in a public relations capacity and then in the retail department as the club's sales and marketing manager. AfterRangers entered administration in February 2012, Jardine was placed in joint control of a fans' "fighting fund" to aid the club.[13][14] Jardine was upset by the imposition of sanctions on Rangers by aScottish Football Association (SFA) judicial panel in April 2012.[15] He then led a march of Rangers fans to the SFA offices atHampden Park to deliver a letter protesting against the sanctions.[15] Jardine also said that the Rangers fans would consider taking action against other clubs or governing bodies that they felt had acted against Rangers' interests.[15]
On 17 November 2012, Rangers announced that Jardine was being treated for cancer.[16][17] Jardine died on 24 April 2014, aged 65.[18][19][20]
On 16 July 2014, Rangers announced that the club would pay a lasting tribute to Jardine by changing the name of the Govan Stand to the Sandy Jardine Stand.[21]
| Club performance | League | Scottish Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Club | League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1966–67 | Rangers | Division One | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 2 |
| 1967–68 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 1 | ||
| 1968–69 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 8 | ||
| 1969–70 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 2 | ||
| 1970–71 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 49 | 2 | ||
| 1971–72 | 31 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 53 | 6 | ||
| 1972–73 | 34 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 53 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 51 | 3 | ||
| 1974–75 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 14 | ||
| 1975–76 | Premier Division | 25 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 7 | |
| 1976–77 | 36 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 10 | ||
| 1977–78 | 32 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 48 | 6 | ||
| 1978–79 | 35 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 60 | 2 | ||
| 1979–80 | 35 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 51 | 5 | ||
| 1980–81 | 32 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 1981–82 | 36 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 4 | ||
| Total | 451 | 42 | 64 | 8 | 106 | 25 | 52 | 2 | 674 | 77 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hearts | First Division | 39 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 0 | – | – | 53 | 2 |
| 1983–84 | Premier Division | 36 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | – | 45 | 0 | |
| 1984–85 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 45 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | 35 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 43 | 1 | ||
| 1986–87 | 34 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | ||
| Total | 187 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 238 | 3 | ||
| Career total | 638 | 45 | 83 | 8 | 135 | 25 | 55 | 2 | 912 | 80 | ||
| Scotland national team[12][2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1970 | 1 | 0 |
| 1971 | 3 | 0 |
| 1972 | — | |
| 1973 | 6 | 0 |
| 1974 | 11 | 1 |
| 1975 | 6 | 0 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1977 | 5 | 0 |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 |
| 1979 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 1 |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 14 May 1974 | Glasgow, Scotland |  Wales | 2–0 | 2–0 | British Home Championship |
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