Ally Was Not the Only Guilty Party in World Cup '78 Fiasco Sports Diary
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ONE of the things that has intrigued me about '78: How A Nation Lost The World Cup, the book written by Graham McColl, is the part- salvaging within its pages of the reputation of Ally MacLeod.
Three years after his death I still have this lingering feeling that the irrepressible Scotland manager of the 1978 World Cup has been the victim of an exaggerated press (surely ironic in MacLeod's case), and McColl's book confirms my theory.See the full content of this document
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Ally Was Not the Only Guilty Party in World Cup '78 Fiasco Sports Diary
Let's face it, no-one in my experience has ever been able to track down and pinpoint the exact time and place when Ally supposedly uttered his oft-quoted remark: "I think Scotland will win the World Cup." It has left me thinking: di...
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