Graeme Souness

Blue Feather said:
I think they played Arsenal in a League Cup game and if I remember correctly their 'hard man' Peter Nicholas 'did' a scouse player in the first leg. I was listening to the second leg on the radio and while no-one saw what happened Nicholas had to go off and Souness was the nearest player to him, just a coincidence of course......
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Of course.
 
Hard to believe he started out at Spurs,under Bill Nicholson,who he of course fell out with,apparently telling the manager he was the best player at the club and should be playing every week he . had signed professional forms at Spurs in 1968..at the age of 15 years ! Only played one game in all his time there.

Something else I didn't know is he played in the North American soccer league in 1972..how he got that gig when he hadn't featured for spurs is a mystery,but he ended up in that leagues 'Team of the season."

Started to make his name after a move to Middlesbrough under Jack Charlton.

Possibly his finest moment was the sublime through ball he passed for Dalglish to score the winner in European cup final.i forget who the opposing team was.
 
bobbyowenquiff said:
A truly fantastic player and individual. Many years ago I was involved in organising a charity event for sick children. The keynote speaker cancelled at the last minute and we contacted Graeme in desperation because he was on the patch. He went out of his way to attend and speak off the cuff at the lunchtime event even though the team he was managing at the time (Backburn) had a game that evening. He had less than 24 hours notice and didnt want any publicity just to give his time. And that is not the only good deed he has done in my neck of the woods over the years. To make things better his wife and family are avid City fans from South Manchester.
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Top man and although he was a right dirty bastard, what a fantastic player.
 
His first rangers game against Hibs had him sent off for a terrible tackle.In one of his interviews he was reported to have said of the Scottish game .....Tougher than I first thought.... if memory serves
 
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