News of The Stevie Chalmers Bench in Troon broke last night on Twitter, and as a result there will be plenty of Celtic fans heading down to the wee seaside town in Ayrshire over the next few weeks and months to see it. Word spread on after the images were posted on Twitter by Mark Nicholas and David Potter sent the pictures over to The Celtic Star, then send over a short tribute to Stevie who you might remember scored the winning goal in a European Cup Final for Celtic!
The message on the green bench below the Celtic Star says “In memory of STEVIE, loving Husband, Dad, Papa, Grt. Papa 26/12/1935 – 29/04/2019 – “FOREVER IN PARADISE”.
Was in Troon today and saw a plaque to Stevie Chalmers pic.twitter.com/jPZSzhnVYt
— Mark Nicholas (@joydivision61_h) March 3, 2020
— Mark Nicholas (@joydivision61_h) March 3, 2020
Mark went on to give some details on where to find the Stevie Chalmers bench, when asked exactly where it is located. “It was on one of the benches along the front. I was walking along the front from the toilets towards the Old Troon Golf Club and it was on one of the benches before you reach the dunes.
“I was walking along the beach front and it was on a bench 100 or 2 yards from the toilets towards old Troon. Can’t really miss it because of the star. Didnt know it was there,” he added.
Here’s David Potter’s little tribute to Stevie Chalmers, inspired bu the Chalmers family’s touching tribute which you can see on Troon beach. And when you”re down in Ayrshire, head over to Saltcoats to see the very fine Bobby Lennox statue.
“YOU COULDN’T EXPECT TO MEET A NICER MAN THAN STEVIE CHALMERS” – DAVID POTTER
You couldn’t expect to meet a nicer man that Stevie Chalmers. Unassuming, quite spoken, anything but your stereotype of a football player, always well dressed, polite, sensible and a great ambassador for the club.
And he scored the winning goal in a European Cup final!
Not many people could say that, and the modest Stevie seldom did. He is also one of the very few men who has scored a goal against Brazil. He did this when playing for Scotland in summer 1966 in one of his five appearances for his country.
Born in 1935, Stevie joined Celtic from Ashfield after he had done his National Service. He had also recently recovered from a life threatening attack of meningitis He broke into the team in 1959, and in the early 1960s played very well on the right wing.
It was on the right wing that he won his first Scottish Cup medal against Dunfermline in 1965, but that was after Stein arrived.
For a spell before Jock’s arrival, his career seemed to be going nowhere as he was shunted about the forward line in all sorts of positions to suit the whim of Mr Kelly, and it always seemed to me that Stevie bore the brunt of the supporters’ anger when things went wrong.
Time and time again, I recall appealing to so-called supporters with their foul-mouthed tirades at such a decent man to give him a break. My reward was the same sort of language that they were directing at Stevie!
There is, of course, one way to shut up the ignorant and that is to score the winning goal in a European Cup final!
Stevie played with Celtic until 1971 before finishing his career with Morton and Partick Thistle.
David Potter
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— The Celtic Star Editor (@CelticStarMag) March 4, 2020
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