Gordon Strachan
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan /ˈɡɔːrdən ˈdeɪvɪd ˈstrɑːxən/ OBEis a Scottish football manager and former player. Strachan is the manager of the Scotland national team...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth9 February 1957
people footballer presses
People talk about footballers and they get a bad press when not all of them deserve it.
football years levels
It took me 35 years of being involved at a decent level of football to become manager at a great club like Celtic.
football long people
I've been in football a long time and people have problems through debt, drugs, drink and family.
team boys night
He [Sir Alex Ferguson] used to play tapes of Bill Shankly talking. I remember that and a singer he liked. I don't know who it was but it was crap. He played it on the team bus too, and all the boys hated it. Until one night it got chucked away. If he's still wondering who threw that tape off the bus, it was me. So maybe he was right and I'm not to be trusted.....
football player want
I want players who are always striving to improve.
ifs
If I was English I'd kill myself
soccer funny-football incredibles
It's an incredible rise to stardom. At 17 you're more likely to get a call from Michael Jackson than Sven Goran Eriksson.
player years feet
Paul Scholes has been the best England midfield player for 30-odd years. You'd probably have to go back to Bobby Charlton to find someone who could do as much as Scholes. When the ball arrives at his feet he could tell you where every player on that pitch is at that moment. His awareness is superb.
communication lines
The lines of communication have been down for a while now, to be honest,
absolutely wondering
I was wondering how they were going to be. But they are absolutely buzzing.
decide
I will decide on that, but he is still captain.
britain managers watch
I went to see him and I didn't see too many managers clambering over from Britain to watch him,
european games heading position taken
If you had said to me after those European games that we would be in this position heading into this game with Hearts, I'd have taken that,
celtic certain competitor dividing focused footballer full line okay thin trying work
If you play for Celtic or Rangers, there is a certain responsibility. If you are a footballer full stop, you have a certain responsibility. You have to be disciplined. It's okay being angry, but you must be focused and you just keep trying to work on that. There is a thin dividing line between being a competitor and going over that.