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wellyboot · Joined: 14 Jul 2008 Posts: 2283 Location: Aberdeenshire

Morton legend sadly passed away

Specky Ginger · Joined: 16 Jun 2012 Posts: 4163 Location: Dysart

Sad news.

His playing career was before my time, but remember him well as a manager.
We generally did well against Morton in that era, but they were still a decent side and he produced a conveyor belt of talent for them, sold on for big money - Brian Reid, Alan Mahood, David Hopkin, Alex Mathie (although he was signed from Celtic initially).

The biggest tragedy was that he wasn't afforded a great quality of life due to mobility issues caused by multiple cortisone injections, before it was known the damage that excessive doses could do.
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