Summary
Twenty years ago this weekend Scotland was devouring the headlines about the most significant and stage-managed press conference this country's football scene had ever known.
Michael Grant gathers eye-witness accounts of the story behind the story: of the origins of the Graeme Souness revolution and the planning which went into his unveiling to the media as Rangers' player/manager.See the full content of this document
Extract
20 Years On . . . The Souness Revolution
In the space of 48 hours Rangers sacked a club hero, Jock Wallace, and, on a Tuesday morning in April 1986, spirited Souness into Ibrox through a back door. Then, they carefully orchestrated his emergence from the manager's office, when a door was opened and he walked into the Blue Room to be met by the press
THE BACKGROUNDJock Wallace's second spell as Rangers manager was bleak. The team were trailing in fifth place in the 1985-86 Premier Division title race, way behind eventual champions Celtic as well as Hearts, Dundee United and Aberdeen. Furthermore, Rangers had not won the league in eight years. Ibro...See the full content of this document
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