Scabby Dug Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/25722694 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted January 13, 2014 Report Share Posted January 13, 2014 Aye. A great wee player. He's a lot closer to what I'd call a genuine legend, making a real impact at more than one big club. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Aye. A great wee player. He's a lot closer to what I'd call a genuine legend, making a real impact at more than one big club. ie. Morton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintnextlifetime Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 ie. Morton Morton , a big club. . when was that. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickMcD Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 He was a really terrific player and talking about physicality (Oh, f**k!) only 5ft.3ins. If you're good enough, you're big enough. In some ways he reminded of Tommy Bryceland. Tommy had a pretty good football career but if he had behaved a bit better and applied himself like Bobby Collins he could well have picked up a good few caps for Scotland. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Griff Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 He played senior football in four different decades, can,t think of anyone that achieved that . Norman Hunter also described him as the e hardest player he had ever played with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluto Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 Morton , a big club. . when was that. . Exactly. Even legends have to busk on occasion. His Morton 'stint' was when he was in Scotland anyway, employed as a Scout for Don Revie, his real job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beyond our ken Posted January 14, 2014 Report Share Posted January 14, 2014 a wee indicator of how times have changed since BC was a kid, the tail end of the BBC report mentions he came from Govanhill. i pass by Govanhill every day on the way home from work. Take it from me, there is no sign of any exceptional football talent coming from that neighbourhood anytime soon, the streets are packed with cars, there are little or no indoor or outdoor sports faclities and the population seems to be a mix of recent immigrants that mainstream scottish society doesnt seem to be reaching out to, students and pensioners. Scotland, especially the west and especially glasgow, seems to have been left behind as the breeding ground of the game's great players. We havent moved with the times at all. PS, I hope i'm proved wrong about talent in Govanhill's young. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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