Fergie Rises

by Michael Grant

  The Daily Record, The Evening Express, The Evening Times, The Glasgow Herald, The Press & Journal, The Scotsman, The Sunday Mail, and Aberdeen Football Club match programmes 1978–1986

  INDEX

  Aberdeen ix–x, xi, xii, xiii, xiv, xv, 2–319 passim; attendances 27, 87, 219, 221, 259, 260–1; games/performances see under individual competition name; players see under individual player name; finances 218–26; press and 118–27 see also under individual publication and journalist name

  Adams, George 36, 104

  Adidas 105, 176, 200, 222, 226, 227

  Aitken, Roy 131, 211, 212, 215, 237

  Akranes 203, 273

  Albiston, Arthur 287

  Allan, Hugh 266, 267

  Allan, Willie 1

  Allison, Willie 251

  Anderson, Chris 13, 26, 27–8, 29, 30, 31, 51, 57, 59, 70, 96, 105, 106, 124, 200, 202, 214, 231, 264, 268, 291–2, 309, 311

  Angus, Ian 104, 168, 190

  Archibald, Steve x, 29, 34, 50, 53, 55, 59, 61, 66, 71, 76, 78, 79, 80, 89, 96, 218, 221, 239, 295, 311

  Ardiles, Ossie 37, 188

  Argentina 4, 9, 10, 29, 32, 37, 155, 156, 289

  Arges Piteşti 113–14, 124, 161

  Arsenal 113, 156, 237, 297, 306–7, 314

  Aston Villa 108, 143, 277, 292, 307–8

  Athletic Bilbao 162

  Atkinson, Ron 304, 306, 308, 309, 310

  Augenthaler, Klaus 143, 147

  Auld, Bertie 12

  Austria Vienna 86, 150, 156, 157, 163

  Ayr United 20, 29, 54, 161, 251

  Barata, Fernando 206

  Barcelona 138, 146, 150, 156, 160, 161, 203, 273, 276, 306, 307

  Bayern Munich xii, 125–6, 138, 142–50, 151, 152, 157, 172, 174, 179, 183, 205, 207, 221, 231, 273, 312, 315, 319

  BBC 3, 81, 176, 179, 182, 183, 228, 236, 319

  Beckenbauer, Franz 114, 115, 143, 145, 285

  Begg, David 164

  Bell, Dougie 70, 93, 131, 135, 136, 142, 143, 145, 151–2, 160, 162, 168, 188, 193, 204, 206, 212, 215, 233, 234, 244, 253, 254, 256

  Benfica 205

  Berwick Rangers 95

  Bett, Jim 182, 254, 255–6, 263, 269, 280, 293, 298, 301

  Beveren 203

  Black, Eric xi, 104–5, 114, 115, 133, 134, 137, 142, 147, 149, 151, 152, 153, 161, 170, 171–2, 173–4, 175, 177, 182, 187, 204, 210, 214–15, 222, 233, 234, 235–6, 243, 248, 253, 254, 270, 275–7, 280, 292, 293, 294, 295, 311

  Blackley, John 248

  Boniek, Zbigniew 227, 274

  Bonthrone, Jimmy 26, 28

  Borussia Mönchengladbach 139

  BP 198, 311

  BP Youth Cup, 1985 198

  Brazil, Alan 107, 109, 112

  Breitner, Paul 143, 145, 146, 147, 151

  Brown, Craig 281

  Brown, Jock 135–6, 147, 235–6, 299–300

  Buchan, Martin 26, 305

  Burkinshaw, Keith 232

  Burns, Hugh 254, 257

  Burns, Tommy 194, 204

  Butcher, Terry xii, 107, 109, 112, 297–8, 299, 311

  Calder, Bobby 101–2, 103

  Camacho, Antonio 161

  Cameron, Alex 124, 136, 179, 231

  Cameron, Andy 9, 15

  Cantona, Eric x

  Carswell, Jimmy 102, 103

  Celtic x–xi, xii, xiii, 2, 3, 5, 7, 10–11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 22, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 35, 40, 48, 51, 52, 54, 58, 61, 65, 66–7, 68, 69, 71, 72, 75, 76, 77–80, 82–3, 84–5, 86, 94, 95, 96, 102, 103, 113, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120–1, 122, 123, 125, 126, 129, 130, 131–2, 134, 139, 142, 152, 153, 157, 158, 164, 174, 175, 180, 181, 182, 183, 187, 194, 198, 204, 208, 209–15, 216, 218, 235, 237, 240–2, 252, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263–4, 269, 270, 271, 274, 278, 282, 287, 289, 292, 294, 297, 298, 299, 301, 305, 306, 312, 316, 319

  Charlton, Bobby 305, 306, 309

  Charlton, Jack 52

  Chelsea 65, 226, 227, 281

  Clark, Bobby 32, 37, 50, 51, 54, 61, 63–4, 66, 74, 78, 79, 80–1, 82, 96, 102, 103, 104, 318

  Clark, Sandy 181, 277

  Clemence, Ray 88, 91

  Clijsters, Lei 150

  Clough, Brian 113

  Clunie, Jim 12

  Clyde 11, 18, 34, 48, 227

  Clydebank 275, 278

  Cohen, Avi 92

  Collie, Lord Provost Alex 248–9

  Cologne 142, 181, 224–6, 305

  Connor, Robert 122, 191, 281, 295, 298

  Considine, Doug 188

  Cooke, Charlie 102

  Cooper, Davie 4, 62, 128, 133, 267, 272

  Cooper, Neale 91, 104, 109, 111, 114, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 143, 145, 148, 151, 152, 168, 171, 183, 189, 193–4, 195, 196, 210–11, 212, 213, 222, 234, 239, 255–6, 280, 292–3, 295, 311, 318

  Cooper, Paul 112

  Copland, Jackie 23, 41, 42, 59

  Corson, John 56

  Cowan, Stevie 93–4, 98–9, 190, 196, 244, 254, 256

  Craig, Tommy 103, 248, 270

  Crick, Michael: The Boss 307

  Daily Record 3, 8, 13, 118–19, 136, 159, 179, 231

  Dalglish, Kenny 87, 88, 90, 91, 92, 265, 283, 284

  Davidson, Alan 298, 301

  Davidson, Duncan 61

  Davies, Billy 182

  Dawson, Ally 128, 129, 253–4

  de Clerck, Marc 95

  Del’Haye, Karl 148

  Denmark 251, 285–6

  Derwall, Jupp 145

  Di Stéfano, Alfredo 155–6, 158, 162, 169, 170, 172, 173, 176

  Dodds, David 295

  Donald, Dick 13, 26–7, 30, 49, 51, 57, 70, 75, 81, 105–6, 124, 157, 183, 200, 214, 220, 221, 223, 226, 231, 232, 261, 268, 272, 277, 292, 309–10, 312, 313, 316

  Donald, Ian 200, 227, 299, 309, 313–14

  Dornan, Andy 91

  Douglas, Fred 59

  Duffy, Jim 213

  Dumbarton 12, 193

  Duncan, Jim 298

  Dundee United x, xii, 2, 23, 35, 37, 72–5, 78, 89, 95, 100, 103, 113, 116, 118–19, 139, 142, 158, 160, 169, 180, 208, 209, 214, 215, 216, 220, 231, 236–7, 240, 257, 259, 269, 274, 278, 280, 281, 282, 289, 295, 297, 298, 301, 305, 310, 317

  Dunfermline 19, 101, 134, 163, 168, 263

  Dynamo Berlin 233, 312

  Dynamo Tirana 140–1, 174

  East Stirlingshire ix, 12, 20–2, 25, 104, 119, 264

  Edelson, Mike 308, 309

  Edwards, Martin 304, 305–6, 308, 309, 312

  Eintracht Frankfurt 70, 155, 233

  Elgin City 36

  Eriksson, Sven-Göran 205

  European Cup: 1959–60 155; 1966–7 11, 139, 157, 164, 240; 1969–70 263–4; 1976–7 87; 1977–8 87; 1980–1 86–95, 233; 1982–3 x, 200; 1983–4 208; 1984–5 233, 291, 292; 1985–6 260, 280; 1986–7 207

  European Cup Winners’ Cup: 44, 46, 47; 1966–7 88; 1971–2 139; 1978–9 233; 1979–80 208; 1981–2 138; 1982–3 x, 138–54, 155–79, 180, 202–3; 1983–4 203–8, 216, 220–1, 233; 1985–6 273–4; 1986–7 207, 294

  European Super Cup, 1983 125, 201–2, 203, 216, 220, 226

  Everton 18, 32–3, 277, 283, 297, 306

  Falkirk 20, 21, 30, 33, 48, 19, 156, 251

  Ferguson, Alan ‘Fingers’ 184–5, 289

  Ferguson, Alex (father) 18, 57–9, 60, 230, 263

  Ferguson, Cathy (wife) 19–20, 22, 44, 124, 190, 229, 231, 232, 251, 292, 308, 318

  Ferguson, Darren (son) 22, 318

  Ferguson, Elizabeth (mother) 57–8

  Ferguson, Jason (son) 22, 318

  Ferguson, Mark (son) 22, 318

  Ferguson, Martin (brother) 58, 250

  Feyenoord 113, 177, 263

  FIFA 225, 288–9

  Fitzpatrick, Tony 23, 24, 41

  Fleck, Robert 298

  Fleming, Ian xi, 45, 49–50, 52, 221

  Foote, Ian 62, 63, 65

  Forbes, Charlie 26, 200

  Fortuna Düsseldorf 46, 54, 233

  France Football 200

  Garner, Willie 34, 42, 43, 54, 92, 100, 101,
190, 192, 197, 198, 205, 219, 244, 247, 248, 272, 276, 279, 294–5

  Gates, Eric 107

  Gemmill, Archie 15

  Genk 150–1, 153

  Gilfeather, Frank 123, 124

  Glasgow Herald xiv, 6, 7, 14, 25, 60, 67, 78, 84, 113, 115, 118, 136, 142, 206–7, 216, 234, 258, 273, 283, 296, 298

  Gomes, Fernando 206

  Goram, Andy 281

  Gordon, John 178

  Gordon, Robert 27

  Gough, Richard 285, 297

  Govan 18, 36, 43, 57, 72, 250, 264, 318

  Graham, Arthur 102–3, 305

  Graham, George 307, 314

  Grampian Television 123

  Grant, Peter 212–13

  Gray, Andy 103

  Greig, John 10, 14, 39, 128, 129, 133, 134, 136, 181, 229, 240, 251, 253, 257, 296

  Gunn, Bryan 104, 168, 175–6, 193, 196, 273–4

  Hamburg 113, 114–16, 125, 139, 143, 145, 157, 200, 201–2, 205, 207, 220, 225, 227, 233, 293, 311, 315

  Hampden Park xi, xii, xiii, xv, 1–2, 3–6, 7, 9, 60, 61, 63, 67, 71, 73, 84, 128, 129, 134, 136, 137, 153, 155, 173, 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 232, 242, 263, 264, 270, 271, 277, 279, 283, 292, 319

  Hansen, Alan 87, 92, 265, 282–3, 284

  Happel, Ernst 114, 201

  Harper, Joe 4, 5, 28, 32–3, 34, 41, 45, 46, 47–8, 53, 55, 62, 66, 76, 96, 238, 239, 260, 316

  Harrow, Andy 196

  Hay, Davie 212, 237, 240, 292–3, 301

  Heart of Midlothian xii, 37, 46, 103, 192, 216, 224, 238, 261, 274–80, 282, 292, 301, 313

  Hegarty, Paul 209, 214

  Herron, Allan 78, 184

  Hewitt, John 75, 91, 104, 108, 111, 114, 115, 116, 133–4, 136, 137, 148, 149, 167, 174, 175, 176, 178, 183, 189–90, 215, 222, 234, 243, 256, 258, 270, 279, 280, 294

  Hibernian 26, 33, 35, 44–5, 54, 66, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 101, 103, 114, 126, 139, 180, 192, 193, 194, 216, 248, 256, 259, 263, 270, 271, 274, 291, 294, 296, 297

  Higgins, Tony 126

  Hoddle, Glenn 37, 188

  Hoeness, Dieter 147

  Hoeness, Uli 146

  IFK Gothenburg 260, 261, 273, 292

  Igna, Ioan 206–7

  Inter Milan 89, 113, 138, 146, 150, 203, 307

  Ipswich xii, 107–13, 116, 139, 150, 157, 205, 207, 228, 297, 315, 319

  Jackson, Colin 63, 128

  Jardine, Sandy 62, 128, 277, 278, 313

  Jarvie, Drew 54, 76, 78, 91–2

  Johnson, David 88, 90, 92

  Johnston, Mo 237, 265, 297

  Johnstone, Derek 5, 61, 62–3, 64–6, 253

  Johnstone, Willie 253

  Juventus 116, 139, 203, 205, 227, 273, 274

  Keevins, Hugh 122–3

  Kennedy, Ray 88, 90, 92

  Kennedy, Stuart 4, 6, 28, 32, 33, 42, 47, 50, 54, 66, 82, 91, 95–6, 110, 115, 121, 128, 133, 140–1, 143, 145, 148, 153–4, 160, 162, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 187, 190, 193, 198–9, 202, 244, 318

  Kidd, Walter 279–80

  Killat, Bernd 224

  Kilmarnock 24–5, 50, 53, 76, 77, 78, 80, 103, 117, 146, 152, 174

  Knighton, Ken 223

  Knox, Archie 89, 92, 98, 99, 100, 111, 126, 139–40, 144, 148, 160, 167, 168, 173, 175, 177, 186, 187, 190–1, 210, 222, 241, 243, 245, 246–7, 281, 294, 295, 298, 308, 312–13, 314

  KR Reykjavik 139

  Künnecke, Ernst 151

  Kuusysi Lahti 273

  Laudrup, Michael 274

  Law, Denis 3, 101–2

  Lech Poznań 142, 174

  Lee, Sammy 92

  Leighton, Jim xi, 34, 37, 66, 90, 91, 92, 103, 104, 108, 115, 134, 136, 143, 145, 147, 170, 171, 172, 181, 182, 193, 197, 199, 201, 206, 207, 212, 228, 234, 239, 256, 262–3, 265–7, 270, 273, 278, 281, 285, 288, 292, 293, 298, 299, 301, 310, 316–18

  Lennox, Bobby 78

  A Light in the North (Ferguson) xiii, 208–9, 225, 229

  Liverpool xi, 18, 38, 77, 86–95, 97, 108, 114, 116, 143, 146, 157, 162, 179, 194, 201, 216, 218, 222, 227, 231, 233, 237, 282, 283, 287, 297, 304, 314, 315, 319

  Lyons, Alan 193

  MacDonald, Alex 4–5, 6–7, 61, 278, 282

  MacDonald, John 134, 182, 253

  Macdonald, Malcolm 237

  Mackay, Gary 282

  MacLeod, Ally 4, 9, 11, 13, 15, 20, 28–30, 33, 34, 45, 49, 124, 233–4, 317

  Macpherson, Archie 81, 125, 145, 176, 183, 236, 263, 312

  Malpas, Maurice 73, 208, 281, 287

  Managing My Life (Ferguson) xiii, 47, 230–1, 236, 251, 260, 261, 268, 276–7, 284, 305, 306, 308

  Manchester United ix, x, xi, 26, 33, 108, 187, 203, 205, 218, 224, 225, 227, 231, 232, 261, 293, 297, 304–10, 313, 315, 317, 318, 319

  Marek Dimitrov 44

  Mariner, Paul 107, 109

  McAvennie, Frank 272, 281

  McCall, Walker 96, 240, 245–6

  McClelland, John 254

  McCloy, Peter 5, 61, 62

  McCoist, Ally xii, 254–5, 281, 298–9

  McDermott, Terry 88, 90, 92

  McDougall, Frank 227, 233, 234, 237–9, 251–2, 257, 271, 273, 279, 280, 294, 311

  McFarlane, Ricky 35

  McGarvey, Frank 23, 41, 77, 131, 210

  McGhee, Mark xi, 66, 76, 78, 79, 80, 91, 92, 93, 95, 96, 115, 121, 133, 135, 142, 144, 145, 149, 151, 152, 153, 158, 161, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 177, 182, 186, 189–90, 193, 197, 202, 204, 205, 207, 211–12, 213, 215, 221, 224, 225, 226, 227, 233, 236, 239, 243, 245, 256, 281, 293, 295, 311, 315, 316, 318

  McGinlay, Brian 81, 82

  McGrain, Danny 175

  McIntyre, Tommy 98, 100, 131

  McKimmie, Stewart 198, 202, 216, 220–1, 222, 234, 254, 310

  McKinnon, Davie 132, 186

  McLean, Jim 35, 72, 73, 75, 103, 169, 181, 209, 214, 216, 231, 240, 264, 281

  McLean, Tommy 63, 128, 313

  McLeish, Alex 28, 34, 66, 70, 76, 82, 92, 103, 108, 112, 115, 122, 131, 133, 134, 135, 136, 143, 145, 147, 149, 162, 171, 172, 176, 177, 181, 182, 184, 186, 187, 193, 198, 199, 205, 210, 212, 213, 215, 228, 234, 239, 244, 256, 257, 263, 282, 283, 286, 287, 292, 293, 298, 309, 316, 318

  McLelland, Chris 54

  McMaster, John 6, 28, 34, 42, 54, 61, 62, 76, 79, 90–1, 96, 103, 112, 128, 133, 134, 135, 137, 148, 149, 168, 169, 170, 171, 187, 193, 194–5, 221, 234, 247, 253, 256, 310, 318

  McNeill, Billy 3, 4, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 19, 28, 29–30, 31, 34, 35, 36, 39, 45, 48, 49, 51, 52, 54, 61, 66, 69, 81, 105, 122, 209, 211, 219, 240, 241–2, 261, 264, 301, 308, 317

  McQueen, Gordon 33

  McQueen, Tommy 188, 227, 239, 279

  McStay, Paul 215, 287, 288

  Meadowbank Thistle 37, 54

  Melvin, Andy 46

  Menegali, Gianfranco 171

  Metgod, Johnny 158, 177

  Metz 276, 277, 292, 293

  Miller, Joe 11, 195, 244, 256, 316

  Miller, Willie x, 4, 6, 32, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41–2, 43–4, 45, 50–1, 54, 59, 66, 67, 70, 74, 76, 77, 78–9, 82, 83, 87–8, 91, 94–5, 103, 109, 112, 113, 115, 120, 122, 126, 127, 128, 130, 131–2, 133, 143, 145, 149–50, 152, 159–60, 162, 165, 170, 171, 177, 178, 181, 182, 184, 186, 191–2, 193, 195, 198, 199, 201, 202, 209–10, 212, 213–14, 219, 222–3, 224, 228, 229, 233, 234, 237, 239, 244, 253, 255, 256, 263, 270, 272, 280, 281, 282, 283, 285, 293, 298, 310, 315, 316, 318

  Mills, Mick 107, 110, 111, 112

  Morrison, Don 129

  Morton 37, 54, 70, 72, 76, 95, 188, 213, 245, 256

  Motherwell 23, 24, 61, 116–17, 122, 174, 224, 259, 313

  Mühren, Arnold 107, 109, 111

  Muirhead, Willie 20, 21

  Müller, Manfred 149

  Munro, Iain 23, 49

  Narey, David 209, 214, 286, 287

  Neal, Phil 86, 88, 91

  Netzer, Günter 200, 202

  Nevin, Pat 281–2, 284

  ‘New Firm’ x, 72, 113, 180, 201, 208, 216, 297

  Nicholas, Charlie xii, 210–11, 241–2, 285–6, 289, 314

  Nicol, Stevie 283,
287–8

  Nike 222

  Nottingham Forest 89, 113, 177

  Old Firm x, xii, 2, 4, 7, 10, 26, 34, 36, 38, 40, 54, 61, 65, 67, 68, 70, 72, 73, 74, 80, 84, 85, 95, 103, 119, 120, 122, 128, 131–2, 136, 137, 181, 208, 209, 211, 212, 214, 216, 228, 231, 240, 241, 250, 259, 297, 316

  Paisley, Bob 80, 88, 89, 90, 179

  Paris Saint-Germain 138, 150, 151

  Partick Thistle 12, 44, 59, 82, 83, 126, 146, 161, 196, 268

  Paterson, Craig 254, 257

  Paton, John 229

  Paul, Ian 14, 67, 78, 113, 206–7, 216

  Pettigrew, Willie 74

  Pflügler, Hans 147, 148

  Phillips, David 267

  Pinto da Costa, Jorge Nuno 206

  Pittodrie x, xii, xiii, 7, 11, 14, 17, 20, 26, 27, 29, 34, 36, 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 47, 48, 53, 54, 55, 56, 60–1, 65, 66, 67, 68–9, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 85, 86, 87, 89, 90, 97, 99, 101, 103, 105, 106, 107, 109, 110, 111, 113, 115, 120, 122, 123, 125, 129, 132, 139, 140, 142, 143, 146, 147, 149, 150, 151, 158, 166, 169, 175, 176, 178, 180, 184, 189, 192, 193, 195, 197, 198, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 210, 212, 214, 215, 218, 220, 221, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 233, 234, 237, 238, 243, 244, 245, 248, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 259, 260, 261, 269, 270, 271, 272, 273, 275, 278, 293, 294, 295, 305, 308, 309, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 316, 317, 318, 319

  Porterfield, Ian 313–15

  Porto 203, 205–7, 208, 233

  Provan, Davie xii, 103, 130, 132, 209, 211, 212, 215

  PSV Eindhoven 151

  Puma 222

  Puskas, Ferenc 155

  Ramsey, Sir Alf 284–5

  Rangers x–xi, xii, xiii, xv, 2, 3, 4–7, 10, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 34, 37, 39, 40–1, 43, 54, 58, 60–5, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 76, 77, 78, 80, 82, 84–5, 86, 95, 101, 102, 113, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 125, 126, 128, 129, 131–6, 139, 142, 174, 181, 182–3, 186, 208, 213, 214, 215, 216, 218, 223, 229–32, 236, 238, 240, 242, 250–61, 263, 264, 269, 270, 271, 272, 277, 287, 293, 296–302, 307, 311, 312, 313, 315–16, 319

  Real Madrid x, xii, 77, 113, 138, 143, 146, 150, 154, 155–79, 183, 202–3, 216–17, 228, 275, 307, 312, 315, 316

  Real Sociedad 142

  Reid, Bobby 23, 49

  Reid, Jimmy 230

  Reynolds, Jim 60, 142, 258, 296

  Richardson, Lex 23

  Richie, Steve 5

  Ritchie, Andy 95

  Robertson, David 198

  Robertson, John 277–8, 279, 282, 310

  Robinson, Peter 90, 91

  Robson, Bobby 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 228, 307

  Robson, Bryan x, 304

  Rodger, Jim 13, 14, 124

  Rough, Alan 267

  Rougvie, Doug 30, 34, 52, 54, 62–3, 64, 65, 82, 92, 94, 108, 109, 112, 115, 121, 129–30, 131, 133, 143, 145, 148, 159, 160, 171, 172–3, 177, 188, 193, 197, 212, 213, 217, 218, 219–20, 226, 227, 233, 236, 239, 244–5, 253, 318