Eric Caldow

Eric Caldow ( born May 14, 1934 in Cumnock ) is a former Scottish football player and coach. The five-time Scottish champions and long-time full-back of the Glasgow Rangers completed 40 caps for the Scottish national team, and participated in the 1958 World Cup in Sweden.

Playing career

Caldow visited in his home in East Ayrshire Cumnock the Academy and was spotted at the age of 14 years by the Glasgow Rangers. However, the Scottish giants had Caldow first at the Muirkirk Juniors play and then signed him 18 years old. The full-back was there at the side of successful players like Willie Woodburn, Sammy Cox and Willie Waddell on September 12, 1952 in a 4-2 win at Ibrox Stadium home against Ayr United on his debut, and graduated in the first season 13 competitive games. During the following season 1953/54, he stood in the total of 41 Rangers games twelve times on the court.

On the right -back position Caldow was from the 1955/56 season regulars, winning its first Scottish Championship. This track his defense in the subsequent championship round 1956/57, and he increased his use of numbers in official matches still from 35 to 40 - which he usually came on the left side of defense to use now that had been purchased with Bobby Shearer, another right-back from Hamilton Academical. At the end of the second championship season, he was also at Wembley to a first international match against England, which was lost with 1:2. He had made himself next to the duel strength above all by its speed is now a name.

The increased value was then read in his 49 missions in the season in 1957/58; among them were four games in the European Cup of Champions against AS Saint- Étienne and AC Milan. Title he won but not as well in the World Cup 1958 in Sweden Caldow denied although all three group matches against Yugoslavia, Paraguay and France, but won none of it and retired with his team out prematurely. Back in Scotland he won in season 1958/59 his third championship and missed merely a game.

After the three Scottish Championships Caldow won his first Scottish Cup with the Rangers in 1960. The champion he could not defend, but moved with his team in the European national champion competition after wins against RSC Anderlecht, Red Star Bratislava and Sparta Rotterdam in the semi-finals - and finally lost there clearly against Eintracht Frankfurt. The following year, he was the inaugural European Cup Winners' Cup in the final and was defeated after previous victories against Ferencvaros Budapest, Borussia Moenchengladbach and Wolverhampton Wanderers 1:4 by return match against Fiorentina. In the defensive network of the Rangers Caldow next Bill Paterson was about the only player who was not like the substantial redesign of coach Scot Symon victim, and now matured to the captain. Overall, he was again absent in only one competitive match and won his fourth alongside Scottish league titles now also the first League Cup edition.

Behind the new surprise champions FC Dundee Caldow won the Rangers a year later "only" the runner-up title. But both domestic cup trophies could be equally achieved. At European level, he moved in the national champion competition before the quarter-finals and lost there against Standard Liege. His fifth and final Championship title Caldow in the season 1962/63, but faced with the beginning of the end of his career with the Rangers. Ironically, in a 2-1 away win on April 6, 1963 against the selection of England at Wembley he suffered after a duel with Bobby Smith a triple leg fracture. The 40th International Match - 14 of them as captain - after all, made ​​in his six-year National team career for a premature end, where he had been missing after his debut in only two games.

Healing was slow and so he came only to four inserts in the season 1963/64. He has been represented on the left -back position of David Provan. Only in the season 1964/65 he fought his way to his place back - Provan changed sides - and won after a 2-1 victory against Celtic Glasgow with the League Cup trophy in the last of his playing career. Also in the European Cup he came again into the quarter- finals, where he retired with the Rangers despite a 1-0 home victory against Inter Milan in the addition of both games with 2:3 goals. The championship round ended four places behind FC Kilmarnock only ranked 5 and in the season 1965/66 Caldow came only three games. It was his last season with the Rangers and it ended for him after 407 games in 13 years on March 9, 1966 with a 2:3 defeat against FC Falkirk.

His active career he trailed off at Stirling Albion before signing on as player-coach for the English club Corby Town in 1968.

After the active career

After involvement in Corby, he returned to his native Ayrshire and trained from 1970 Hurlford United. Three years later he moved into the second Scottish League and oversaw the FC Stranraer. This he left in 1975 and only came back again as a scout at Queens Park Rangers in the football business in appearance.

Achievements

  • Scottish champions: 1955 /56, 1956/57, 1958/59, 1960/61, 1962/63
  • Scottish Cup Winners: 1959/60, 1961/62
  • Scottish League Cup Winners: 1960/61 1961 /62 1964/65
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