'A Man Needs to Work and Get Back His Pride, I Suppose . . . ' Coach Knows All About Flak From the Past but Says That It Is Better Than Unemployment. Rob Robertson Reports

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LUNCHTIME on Thursday at Hearts' training academy and Graham Rix is handed a pile of good-luck cards as he sits down in his room. It is, understandably, a bit spartan as he has just moved in, although a picture of the first-team squad, which still features George Burley, the departed manager, hangs above the table in the corner. On his desk are documents, football manuals and faxes which have been sent to him since he took over at Tynecastle.

He enters in a Hearts tracksuit and tammy, sweating after a morning session on the training field. As we talk, there is a clear demarcation line on topics up for discussion. When it comes to football, the former Arsenal man's face lights up and he talks 10 to the dozen about what was a magnificent playing career. Anyone who saw him play will remember him as having a sweet left foot and, on his game, he was as refined a talent as his celebrated teammate, Liam Brady.

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'A Man Needs to Work and Get Back His Pride, I Suppose . . . ' Coach Knows All About Flak From the Past but Says That It Is Better Than Unemployment. Rob Robertson Reports

When it comes to the six months he spent in prison for having sex with an under-age girl, he is decidedly more circumspect. It is the decision by Hearts to appoint a man with such a conviction as coach of a family club which has split their supporters. The number of car...

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