28-12-2020, 16:51
(This post was last modified: 28-12-2020, 19:37 by hibeejim21.)
Just wanted to post a wee tribute to this great manager and great character from Scottish footballs golden era.
Mclean was an exceptional manager who built a great side at Dundee Utd who won the league with 13 players in 1982/83 and went on to have memorable European results beating Barcelona home and away and reaching the European cup semi Final where they were cheated by Roma of a spot in the final in the most disgusting, disgraceful ways. They also narrowly lost the UEFA cup final to Gothenburg.
He memorably turned down the rangers job because of their anti catholic signing policy and went on to be assistant to Jock Stein for the national team, and then became director of his beloved Dundee Utd up until he retired (signing off with a memorable punch to a BBC interviewer who annoyed him)
It's totally incorrect to say Souness brought Scottish football into the modern age with his open chequebook because with teams like Dundee United and Aberdeen challenging in the league and in Europe as well as playing exciting,innovative football.... I'd say it was in a very healthy state in the 1980s and went backwards when Souness arrived.
RIP Jim. You will never be forgotten.
Mclean was an exceptional manager who built a great side at Dundee Utd who won the league with 13 players in 1982/83 and went on to have memorable European results beating Barcelona home and away and reaching the European cup semi Final where they were cheated by Roma of a spot in the final in the most disgusting, disgraceful ways. They also narrowly lost the UEFA cup final to Gothenburg.
He memorably turned down the rangers job because of their anti catholic signing policy and went on to be assistant to Jock Stein for the national team, and then became director of his beloved Dundee Utd up until he retired (signing off with a memorable punch to a BBC interviewer who annoyed him)
It's totally incorrect to say Souness brought Scottish football into the modern age with his open chequebook because with teams like Dundee United and Aberdeen challenging in the league and in Europe as well as playing exciting,innovative football.... I'd say it was in a very healthy state in the 1980s and went backwards when Souness arrived.
RIP Jim. You will never be forgotten.