News Source: Guardian Unlimited
| about 1 year ago
It is debatable whether or not this was money well spent by the Scottish FA. A reported figure of £800,000 brought Argentina and Diego Maradona; the visitors had rendered what can be a raucous venue at times about as noisy as a library before many...
News Source: The independent
| about 1 year ago
It was the summer of '79 that a stocky young South American bounded into town, scored his first international goal and departed on a journey that hurtled to the top of the world...If this slim-line victory 29 years on for the managerial version of...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
Burley believes the lessons learned by his Scotland players in defeat to Argentina last night can be put to positive use when their World Cup qualifying campaign resumes with a trip to the Netherlands in March. Despite the 1-0 loss to Diego Maradona'...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
Glasgow this week, it was all too easy to forget Scotland were also welcoming a collection of gifted footballers to Hampden...While on one side there were names attached to second-tier English clubs such as Wolves and Derby County, the selection...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
Scotland and Argentina had small hope of elevating itself above the continued fascination in the little individual who looked on from the sidelines. An early, deflating goal for the opposition ensured that Diego Armando Maradona remained the story...
News Source: The Scotsman
| about 1 year ago
IF THE avoidance of embarrassment was a more realistic objective than the prevention of defeat, George Burley and his players could certainly be said to have succeeded in what proved to be something of an enigmatic friendly against the eagerly-...