The 77-year-old began coaching school teams when he became a PE teacher in 1967
A Renfrew teacher, who has been vital in helping nurture some of the biggest talents in Scottish football history, has been named on King Charles' first birthday honours list.
"Sadly at under 15s I couldn't even get him a cap because he was so small. That lad was Jim Leighton who at one point was the smallest in the team. The ex-teacher said: "The best schoolboy I ever saw come through was Darren Fletcher. Watching him play the Dutch off the park at 14 to see him become Scotland captain and chat to me about his school days was terrific.
"The highlight of my schools football has to be the 1980 match at Wembley ,which was streamed live on ITV, 69,000 fans were at that schools under 15s game where Scotland beat England 5-4.Not all of the players that the teacher came went on to have dazzling careers on the pitch, in fact a large majority didn't, but those moments still stick in their minds to this day.
"The both of us were able to reminisce. Before he left I reminded him that the centre back for Italy that day was Lorenzo Amoruso."
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