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Awful news for his family, always came across like a decent bloke who liked the craic, God willing he pulls through, very difficult for family seeing a loved one unwell, so sad
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 10:51 - Jun 10 with 5510 views
If you look at those 1978 and 1982 world cup squads that Scotland Had, excluding the goalkeepers, I would argue that they were every bit as strong as Englands. Wonderful, talented players in those squads. Proper scottish talent.
Alan Hansen deserves his place right at the heart of it as one of their best ever players.
1982;
GK Alan Rough 2 DF Danny McGrain (c) 3 DF Frank Gray 4 MF Graeme Souness 5 DF Alan Hansen 6 DF Willie Miller 7 MF Gordon Strachan 8 FW Kenny Dalglish 9 FW Alan Brazil 10 MF John Wark 11 FW John Robertson 12 GK George Wood 13 DF Alex McLeish 14 DF David Narey 15 FW Joe Jordan 16 MF Asa Hartford 17 DF Allan Evans 18 FW Steve Archibald 19 FW Paul Sturrock 20 FW Davie Provan 21 DF George Burley 22 GK Jim Leighton
1978; GK Alan Rough 2 DF Sandy Jardine 3 DF Willie Donachie 4 DF Martin Buchan 5 DF Gordon McQueen 6 MF Bruce Rioch (c) 7 MF Don Masson 26 8 FW Kenny Dalglish 9 FW Joe Jordan 10 MF Asa Hartford 11 MF Willie Johnston 12 GK Jim Blyth 13 DF Stuart Kennedy 14 DF Tom Forsyth 15 MF Archie Gemmill 16 FW Lou Macari 17 FW Derek Johnstone 18 MF Graeme Souness 19 FW John Robertson 20 GK Bobby Clark 21 FW Joe Harper 22 DF Kenny Burns
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 11:42 - Jun 10 with 5396 views
Alex Ferguson left him out of the 86 World Cup Scotland squad which seems absolutely mental.
Can't believe it's been 10 years since he retired from the BBC. He was one of the best pundits.
Funny story I read from his auto biography that he once fell out with Richard Keys back in the early days when Sky were showing Italian football before the Premier League came along. Hansen had said something about the Serie A game they just been watching, being one of the most boring game's he'd ever sat through. Apparently Keys didn't like his lack of enthusiasm for for job.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 12:00 - Jun 10 with 5320 views
Willie Miller and Alex McLeish played together over 50 times for Scotland, won 3 Scottish Premier Leagues, and a load of cups together at Aberdeen, so you can see the point of having them play together for the national side. I think there was also a perception that Hansen wasn't fully committed to Scotland and prioritised Liverpool when it came to availability. Bit like Giggs with Man Utd and Wales withdrawals.
Hansen was pure class, though. I hope he's soon on the mend.
Fulham FC: It's the taking part that counts
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 12:14 - Jun 10 with 5266 views
Ferguson talking about leaving Hansen out of the Mexico 86 squad. Looking back, it's a very Ferguson-like thing to do - pis s him off and you don't tend to get a second chance. Richard Gough and David Narey had both done really well for a strong Dundee Utd side, so Scotland weren't doing too badly for CBs who also played alongside each other at club level.
Scottish football was in really decent shape then - depressing to see how much it's been dominated by the Old Firm since then.
Fulham FC: It's the taking part that counts
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 13:48 - Jun 10 with 4926 views
For the old boys on here, i noticed Rangers Winger Davie cooper missing from those squads. He was a brazil style player in a blue jersey. Very skilful.
I always rememberas a kid sitting in me nans east ham prefab house (late 1970's!) and cooper scoring wonder goals for rangers every saturday night on the scottish portion of 'match of the day', introduced by the bloke who looked like a ginger Klingon crossed with Arthur scargill, Archie Mcpherson.
Theres something i love about those old skool radge scottish wingers, John robertson , willie jonstone, cooper etc
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 14:00 - Jun 10 with 4877 views
John Robertson didn’t look anything like a professional athlete. Even with the ball at his feet, he never used to run more than ten paces at a time. What a magician though.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 14:22 - Jun 10 with 4796 views
Have you seen this, It's quite beautiful. The ending always gives me goosebumps.
The story of Scotlands fans visit to a Junta led Argentina world cup'78. original fans footage. Interviews with th eplayers, their families and the fans. Some amazing storys to come out of it. It's a greal Gem of a doc.
I cannot begin to tell you how good it is.
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The Duke Of New York. A-Number One.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 15:32 - Jun 10 with 4614 views
Apologies if it's already been said, but I read once that he had some kind of knee tendon deformity that meant he wasn't able to pass a ball more than 20 yards, which fortunately he never had to.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 16:14 - Jun 10 with 4505 views
Hope he pulls through. He always looked a picture of health. I think he was “protected “ by Liverpool in the same way Giggs was for Man Utd. On the other end of the caps spectrum . Phil Neville got forty plus caps for England.Another one of life’s mysteries.
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Alan Hansen seriously ill on 07:37 - Jun 11 with 4787 views
Cheers for watchimng that mate.. It's fantastic ... and the love story at the end had me blubbing like James Brown being dragged from the Stage by the brass section of his band at the Apollo.
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