Ian Petrie is swarmed by reporters after Rangers were relegated in 1978. Photo: SCMP
Who was Ian Petrie? – Hong Kong Rangers founder a revolutionary who squandered success with his inability to cultivate people
- He broke barriers by bringing in Asia’s first Western professionals but within less than two years they had abandoned him
- Petrie was said to have been chased down Leighton Road by a player who was wielding a hatchet and determined to use it
Ian Petrie is swarmed by reporters after Rangers were relegated in 1978. Photo: SCMP