October 5 – Gaddafi’s Serie A Adventure and Miner to Messiah
We celebrate the birth of one of the game’s best ever managers and look at an unlikely name popping up in Serie A in today’s football history round up.
FOR the best suits they say go to Saville Row, to get the best wine, go to France, and if it’s a top-drawer football manager you’re after, history tells us you’d probably be best to head to Scotland.
They do rather a good line in stern red-faced disciplinarian bosses who have a habit of creating successful dynasties at clubs both north and south of the border.
It was on this day in 1922 that one of the best Scottish gaffers ever was born in Burnbank, South Lanarkshire in typically humble beginnings. Read who here.
2003 – Gaddafi’s Serie A Adventure
EVERY kid wants to be a professional footballer, but some simply lack the talent, motivation, or perhaps just the opportunity to achieve their dream.
When your father is the dictator of his own country however, you might have a better chance than most of turning pro, even if your skills are not quite of bill-paying standard. Click here to find out which daddy’s boy was turning out in one of the planet’s most famous leagues.
Jock’s finest hour.
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