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Two Scottish legends looking after him in Huddersfield. Andy Beattie, then Bill Shankly. And it was Beattie's brother who was our scout, that spotted him in the first place.

Yeah think Shankly wanted to take him to Liverpool with him. Now there is a thought.


Those were the days when English club scouts had a proper network up here and got a lot of good players. Even Celtic and Rangers didn't have that kind of system then. So many players went from nowhere in Scotland to big clubs in England. Lorimer and Gray went straight to Leeds from school for instance.

I know Law had Charlton and Best with him but i genuinely think he would have been a top player anywhere.

His humour was also legendary - not only was he gently poked fun of on "Only an excuse" up here "The reactions of a mongoose, with the face and hairstyle to match.."

But he came out with some classics himself such as at Best's funeral "I wouldn't be surprised if he turned up today"

The game badly misses characters like him.