gnasher16 30,217 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 jock stein died while manager for scotland, they were playing wales in a world cup qualifier at the time and he took a heart attack at the end of the game, alex ferguson was his assistant manager at the time. oh ok so i wasnt a million miles out....seem to remember him slumped in the dug out im sure i watched it on telly...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jf1970 328 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 jock stein died while manager for scotland, they were playing wales in a world cup qualifier at the time and he took a heart attack at the end of the game, alex ferguson was his assistant manager at the time. oh ok so i wasnt a million miles out....seem to remember him slumped in the dug out im sure i watched it on telly...... i remember watching it aswell, was a sad day for scottish football, would be interesting to know the answer to your question about the managers being born only 20 miles away from each other, i think it was more than that, will be interesting all the same Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 jock stein died while manager for scotland, they were playing wales in a world cup qualifier at the time and he took a heart attack at the end of the game, alex ferguson was his assistant manager at the time. oh ok so i wasnt a million miles out....seem to remember him slumped in the dug out im sure i watched it on telly...... i remember watching it aswell, was a sad day for scottish football, would be interesting to know the answer to your question about the managers being born only 20 miles away from each other, i think it was more than that, will be interesting all the same Stein.....Burnbank, South Lanarkshire Busby.....Orbiston. Bellshill Shankly...Glenbuck, East Ayrshire Ferguson..Govan. Wikipedia so if its wrong its there fault...............dont know the distance between them though........ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jf1970 328 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) jock stein died while manager for scotland, they were playing wales in a world cup qualifier at the time and he took a heart attack at the end of the game, alex ferguson was his assistant manager at the time. oh ok so i wasnt a million miles out....seem to remember him slumped in the dug out im sure i watched it on telly...... i remember watching it aswell, was a sad day for scottish football, would be interesting to know the answer to your question about the managers being born only 20 miles away from each other, i think it was more than that, will be interesting all the same Stein.....Burnbank, South Lanarkshire Busby.....Orbiston. Bellshill Shankly...Glenbuck, East Ayrshire Ferguson..Govan. Wikipedia so if its wrong its there fault...............dont know the distance between them though........ 20 miles might not be far wrong then. i think i remember watching a programme about shankly and the place he came from doesn't exist anymore, all the buildings knocked or fell down, all the pits closed down and all the people moved away. Edited July 26, 2011 by jf1970 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jf1970 328 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 the shortest distance is burnbank - glenbuck= 24.89mls and the longest is govan - glenbuck = 34.55mls. how sad am i Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 the shortest distance is burnbank - glenbuck= 24.89mls and the longest is govan - glenbuck = 34.55mls. how sad am i Very............. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,217 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 No matter if its 25 or 35 miles the fact is boys thats a remarkable statistic that 4 of the greatest managers in the history of the game came from the same area.....must be something in the water up there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 No matter if its 25 or 35 miles the fact is boys thats a remarkable statistic that 4 of the greatest managers in the history of the game came from the same area.....must be something in the water up there. Think its more Scotland as a whole mate..........full of legends!!!...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,217 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Think its more Scotland as a whole mate..........full of legends!!!...... Thats what i would find the sad part.....it used to be Anyway i wont be negative on a jock footie thread Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joe67 239 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 how long till ally is sacked,place bets here Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jf1970 328 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 the shortest distance is burnbank - glenbuck= 24.89mls and the longest is govan - glenbuck = 34.55mls. how sad am i Very............. checked it on AA route planner, i even wrote the names of the places on a piece of paper so i wouldn't forget them when i was looking them up, ffs :laugh: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lab 10,979 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 the shortest distance is burnbank - glenbuck= 24.89mls and the longest is govan - glenbuck = 34.55mls. how sad am i Very............. checked it on AA route planner, i even wrote the names of the places on a piece of paper so i wouldn't forget them when i was looking them up, ffs :laugh: Might have done that too....................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 jock stein died while manager for scotland, they were playing wales in a world cup qualifier at the time and he took a heart attack at the end of the game, alex ferguson was his assistant manager at the time. oh ok so i wasnt a million miles out....seem to remember him slumped in the dug out im sure i watched it on telly...... George Graham was born in bargeddie on the outskirts oh Glasgow and within that 25mile radius of the other managers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
undisputed 1,664 Posted July 26, 2011 Report Share Posted July 26, 2011 Great win for Celtic yesterday, I wasn't looking forward to that game. I never saw it but listened on the gettoblaster. I don't know why cos they so called expert pundits do my head in. One who will remain nameless came out with the classic, I tip rangers to win the league cos they have the same team as last season and will be more settled yes they won the league on the last day but we had a new manager and a new team. This season we have a manager who has experience managing in the spl, who isn't up against arguably one of the best managers to grace Scottish football and if I'm not mistaken, our team hasn't changed much either. Whereas rangers have a new owner, new rookie manager, the same mediocre players and contrary to paper talk, very little money to spend. No more pulling rabbits out the hat, no more wyly old tactics and as the booing at ibrox proved, not off to a good start either. them mediocre players have stop yous winning the title pass 3 seasons on the bounce...wan game ffs dont count yer chickens yet.....and super ally got more spl experience than whole ginger bollocks :blink: judge at the end of a season no at the start....typical tim Euro dream hanging by a thread now...will coisty even make it till Xmas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gnasher16 30,217 Posted July 27, 2011 Report Share Posted July 27, 2011 George Graham was born in bargeddie on the outskirts oh Glasgow and within that 25mile radius of the other managers I was told earlier today that George Graham,Jim Mclean,Tommy Docherty and Craig Brown were all born within that same 25 mile radius.......im not suggesting these were on that same level of greatness......just strikes me as an amazing little statistic thats all ......Thats now 9 or 10 who managed at the very highest level 4 or 5 of which would go on any world list of all time greats.............all born within 25 miles of each other !.....Unbelievable really. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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