Background
Macpherson was born and raised in the Shettleston area of Glasgow. His father had played as a centre forward for Shettleston, Dalry Thistle and Largs Thistle.
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Jock Stein: The Definitive Biography
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A truly definitive biography of one of the most influential managers in the history of British football and the first British manager, in 1967, to win the European Cup. By the time of his death at the side of a pitch in 1985 he had become a legend. He redesigned the landscape of the Scottish game as the great innovator, and successfully exported his values outside the country when European football was in the grip of an ice-age of defensive negativity. This compelling biography reappraises Stein's career and looks closely at the personality of the man whose shrewdness and cunning stamped him with greatness. The author worked his entire professional life as a contemporary of Stein and travelled the world with him. He was present at nearly all of the great triumphs associated with the Celtic and Scotland manager.
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Archie Macpherson
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Career
He has been commentating on Scottish football, via both radio and television, for over four decades. Macpherson has worked for the British Broadcasting Corporation, STV, Eurosport, Setanta Sports, Radio Clyde and Talksport although he initially struggled to gain a foothold in broadcasting. Indeed, his first job was as a teacher where he supplemented his income by getting short stories published in local newspapers.
Such efforts paid off and helped Archie gain his initial big break at the British Broadcasting Corporation. He continued to work as a teacher until 1969 when he joined the British Broadcasting Corporation on a full-time basis.
Macpherson has made his own personal appearances within Scottish popular culture. Famously he once appeared on Rikki Fulton"s Scotch and Wry (a prominent comedy sketch show screened by British Broadcasting Corporation Scotland) being mistaken for former University Challenge host Bamber Gascoigne.
In the film adaptation of Irvine Welsh"s cult novel Trainspotting he re-voiced his commentary for Archie Gemmill"s famous goal for Scotland against the Netherlands at the 1978 World Cup as a sex scene unfolded at the same time, both pieces of action climaxing simultaneously. His popularity saw him elected as Rector of the University of Edinburgh in 1985, defeating Teddy Taylor, Margo MacDonald and Richard Demarco.
Macpherson provides match predictions and analysis for betting-shop chain Ladbrokes. about Archie"s trials and tribulations whilst following Scottish football for the past four decades.
A Game of Two Halves: The Autobiography followed in 2009, and in 2014, he returned to fiction with the adventure novel Silent Thunder.
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Jock Stein: The Definitive Biography
(A truly definitive biography of one of the most influenti...)
- Action Replays
- Action Replays
- Silent Thunder
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Jock Stein: The Definitive Biography
