‘Super Marv’ is regarded as a cult hero in just about every club he played for. And there have been plenty, in a remarkable playing career sustained by his religious beliefs.
My peak years as a Chelsea fan overlapped with Pat Nevin’s stay at Stamford Bridge. The player now says ‘it was a brilliant time for me’. It was for me too.
From Under-8s school games right up to Champions League, football both creates and sustains an omnipresent culture of rudeness at best, abusive bullying at worst.
Survey findings suggest strict liability – making clubs accountable for their fans' actions – might be the answer after the repeal of the Offensive Behaviour at Football Act.
Brian Welsh has come a long way from the school of hard knocks at Dundee United under Jim McLean. But his football philosophy remains firmly rooted in Scottish working-class values.
