"Fergie’s petrol was anger" | Gordon Strachan's Greatest Managers

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Football's Greatest With Jeff Stelling

22 күн бұрын

This week’s guest joining Jeff Stelling is the former Coventry, Celtic and Scotland manager Gordon Strachan. They look back on his career as a player with Aberdeen, Manchester United and Leeds United and he gives us plenty of stories about managerial legends like Sir Alex Ferguson, Jock Stein, Howard Wilkinson and Ron Atkinson including:
• how Fergie scared the Aberdeen players into winning
• why Jock Stein could be brutal with his own players
• whether Big Ron really had a sunbed at the training ground
Gordon also recalls when Fergie banned the players wives from the team bus after a Scottish Cup Final win, the time he and a team-mate dared to ask the great man for a transfer and why winning promotion with Leeds was so special.
He also explains why managing Celtic or Rangers is the biggest test you can face as a manager, how he dealt with difficult characters in his Scotland squads, facing the brilliant Brazil team at the 1982 World Cup and the trip to Tenerife where he ended up in a lookalike competition…as himself.
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@morleywhite911 7 күн бұрын

What a player Gordon was for Leeds , absolutely incredible

@YerDa67 14 күн бұрын

What Fergie did with that Aberdeen team in the 80’s is always overlooked. It’s why he’s better than Pep, Pep couldn’t take a team with such finances and do the things Fergie did with them.

@w00df0rd 8 күн бұрын

"couldn't"...... But I agree, Pep 'hasn't'.

@simoncampbell3144 2 күн бұрын

Absolutely

@theinfernomaster8826 13 күн бұрын

I can't speak highly enough of Mr Strachan, as a Celtic fan he gave me the time of my life on our champions league journeys...my favourite Celtic manager.

@matthewdoyle3877 9 күн бұрын

Scottish farmers league, your Champions League Journeys, lol, you didnt even make last EIGHT you fool

@deanfoster1158 16 күн бұрын

My favourite Leeds player of the last 50 years. His contribution to Leeds' success of that era was unparalleled, he was such a great player and captain. Halcyon days indeed

@lubo25 15 күн бұрын

Strachan was a supremely intelligent player.

@jimmorrison8203 17 күн бұрын

When Leeds won the top flight league, Gordon Strachan was the best and most consistent right winger in the country. He was incredible for Coventry also. A very underrated footballer.

@Paul-po5om 16 күн бұрын

Strachan was a terrific player

@gazzaboy2531977 16 күн бұрын

Underated 😊

@derekking5386 8 күн бұрын

Great player at aberdeen, caused celtic all sorts of problems on the pitch

@jimmorrison8203 7 күн бұрын

@@derekking5386 He was the heir to Jimmy Johnstone’s throne. Wee Jinky was a king of a right winger. And so was Strachan.

@paulwilson2008 20 күн бұрын

Watched him grace the feild at elland road many times ..different class and defied father time ...a rare trait indeed

@Haydersublate 20 күн бұрын

Strachan playing with McAllister at Leeds was class.

@paulwilson2008 20 күн бұрын

Yep masterstroke putting them two together ...they didn't get the memo about running out of steam at 35 years of age ...absolute legends ...

@spreadthelove77 19 күн бұрын

I’m sure Gordon won the player of the year when he was nearly 40…?

@paulwilson2008 19 күн бұрын

@@spreadthelove77 I think your right

@rywalker6457 15 күн бұрын

@@Haydersublate and Batty and Speed. Great midfield.

@paulwilson2008 20 күн бұрын

Never forget him and gary mac making fun of my giner hair as a ten year old autograph hunter is was hilarious ....gordon asked if i was his illegitimate son 🤣

@somisak 16 күн бұрын

My favourite leeds united player 👏

@Cassarolex 8 күн бұрын

😂😂😂 I met him as a kid and he came across as a cool guy

@simoncampbell3144 2 күн бұрын

Are you though?

@robertarbuckle8493 20 күн бұрын

Great player, fantastic manager for Celtic and Scotland. Entertainer as well

@johnnicholson4862 10 күн бұрын

Terrific player. I was in the same digs as Gordon in Aberdeen in late 1977, went for a beer with him and Lesley, they were a lovely couple. Really great digs, with a wonderful character who ran the place. The Aberdeen team used to have their prematch meal there. Good to see Gordon still on good form.

@alexandersonceltic 19 күн бұрын

Always love listening to Gordon 😊

@Haydersublate 20 күн бұрын

He was the angriest footballer in his 40s I had ever seen. He was also a very classy player too. Love the Strachan!

@alec1113 2 күн бұрын

We were brought up in muirhouse , and what you see with Gordon is what you get , straight to the point . Good man .

@paulsmith6224 19 күн бұрын

This is just brilliant, what a top guy. Loved Stracham for us at LUFC, he took us forward leaps and bounds. I had hoped he would manage us but not to be. Brilliant Gordon ALAW, MOT.

@tonybuckley6413 15 күн бұрын

been a Utd fan a long time , an early memory that stayed with me was Strachan’s goal celebration against the pool 1988 at anfield to make it 3-3 .. loved it

@cormackjames Күн бұрын

Scotland, Ireland and N.Ireland have all produced some great managers. Gordon is amazing, love listening to him talk, great patter.

@johnking3945 15 күн бұрын

I remember Gordon playing against Stoke (for Coventry) when he was about 38 or so at the Victoria Ground( I think). Gordon was absolutely awesome and was by far the best player on the pitch. I was so impressed. Since then I really listen to him and appreciate his footballing skills. From a Stokey.

@itiswhatitis3583 20 күн бұрын

Luved gordon.. never got the proper respct from Celtic fans for the job he done.🍀☘️

@theinfernomaster8826 13 күн бұрын

1 million percent

@garyrenton4930 16 күн бұрын

Reporter “Gordon, can we have a quick word” Strachan “Velocity” as he walks past. Brilliant humour 😂

@garymackie5608 13 күн бұрын

Just a pity velocity dose not mean quick

@garyrenton4930 13 күн бұрын

@@garymackie5608 no but it is a word relating to speed

@colingeddes2172 20 күн бұрын

Loved strach when he managed sothampton for a couple of years, good times and memories from the wee man.

@dawncolley8567 20 күн бұрын

Leeds United legend 💛💙💛

@63mckenzie 16 күн бұрын

I lived near to Ferguson when he was manager of ST Mirren. One day we were playing at the local football pitches and another group of kids were playing near to us. Suddenly this guy appeared roaring at one these kids 'your mother's been calling you in for your dinner!!!' It was Ferguson. Seems the kids got the hairdryer treatment too!

@newmannoggs 20 күн бұрын

Imagine having FIVE Lison Lions (including the captain), Bill Shankly, and Alex Ferguson all as influences on your career. Pretty much impossible to fail when that's your start in the game!

@drew2324 19 күн бұрын

There were other players that went through the same but failed.

@ath7616 20 күн бұрын

Great interview

@somisak 16 күн бұрын

Strachan is a leeds united legend...

@BeatPoet67 7 күн бұрын

I raised my voice in one of our team meetings at work a couple of weeks ago. Somebody objected and complained to HR. I was given a verbal warning and put on a six week "plan". The world has gone insane. Great interview!

@stevencowdell5201 11 күн бұрын

A legend at many clubs. Loved his passion and energy. A born winner. Wish we had a player like him for Leeds in the playoffs.

@dumysani2801 Күн бұрын

Strachan a magician brilliant player...

@littlejobby1 18 күн бұрын

Great podcast Jeff, your reviews have inspired me and both cost me and saved me money😅. Here in the UK costs and availability can be frustrating. Thanks for everything you do in all the formats. 👏👏

@chrismelte2782 15 күн бұрын

Really good interview , good to get an hour of really refreshing and honest football discussion both from the past and linked to whats happening now Gordon is fantastic at this and you can tune our listen and forget about life’s troubles as wife is divorcing me as she found images on my laptop , nothing illegal just feet pictures

@David-cm4ok 13 күн бұрын

😂wtf

@andrew-id9ls 19 күн бұрын

Won the league in Scotland with Celtic a few times with a very average side He was able to get the best out of limited players

@laineambrose-mcauliffe8471 18 күн бұрын

I’ve watched every episode - this was one of the very best! Spurs fan

@CK-dd7eq 19 күн бұрын

Class 🍀

@paulself8698 13 күн бұрын

A great story teller and a great guy. Also a damned good footballer.

@brucemcintosh7466 8 күн бұрын

He carried the ball with the joy of a young kid. Loved watching him.

@rossturnbull8047 17 күн бұрын

brilliant show!!

@pauldocherty403 20 күн бұрын

Strachan has great football history, no one knows fergies early managment life better, plus jock stein,Souness ,Cantona ,Big Ron, Wilkinson ,Vinnie Jones, Bryan Robson to name a few

@alfredlear4141 7 күн бұрын

Saints fan Absolute legend, always makes you smile while keeping his principals ❤

@ChubbyChecker182 4 күн бұрын

Greay ppayer, great Character. Thanks for all the entertainment Gordon (4th in the Balon D'or 1983 aint bad) 👍

@GC-xz7vh 9 күн бұрын

At 39/40 years old at Highfield Road he was still often the best player on the pitch. Aggressive, 100% effort for the cause. Sad that he was the manager that took us down. Gave us some great memories in the seasons before that.

@user-nh1jk4un4d 4 күн бұрын

Leeds legend Gave everything for the shirt even when his back was causing him serious problems At leeds we love a fiery scot we've had some of the best to ever play the game and toughest

@tonydunn3559 20 күн бұрын

Remember watching Gordon play for Aberdeen, straight away i thought United must sign this player ,brilliant for United ,and rejuvenated at Leeds.

@andrewdinatale8207 20 күн бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@johnbond3193 12 күн бұрын

Absolute Scottish legend and phenomenal player. He was picked to play in a team of best players of the world cup in 86. I am unsure if any other Scottish players have earned that accolade. On his day he was truly world class. He was shorter than most but ran more distance than almost any player on the park. He should have had longer as Scottish Manager. Enjoy your retirement Sir.

@porridgeable 16 күн бұрын

Reporter: Gordon, can we have a quick word? Gordon: aye, rapid... Great man and fantastic footballer.

@dahsellsavon113 11 күн бұрын

he said "A word?...aye......velocity!"

@popatyourecords 17 күн бұрын

Saw him and Jinky play Dundee

@YerDa67 14 күн бұрын

Must have been great!

@elportogrande Күн бұрын

Me too!

@paulclarke4776 18 күн бұрын

Loved wee Gordon Strachan... What is interesting is how many Aberdeen players who were managed by Alex Ferguson then want on to management??!!

@daddykornflakes 17 күн бұрын

Cooper, Black, McLeish, McGhee, even Miller for a short time.

@alanphysio 11 күн бұрын

Big Ron playing the piano like Liberace 🤣🤣

@jamesthepeacock1919 14 күн бұрын

"I modelled myself after Billy Bremner. I was a pathetic Billy Bremner." Little did he know he'd become our second best ever captain after Billy Bremner. Absolute legend.

@james6901 11 күн бұрын

Whys it always Scots? Managers and players,,,,something in them thats different.

@jamesthepeacock1919 9 күн бұрын

Bremner, Collins, Gray, Strachan, McAllister, Matteo, Snodgrass and Cooper. Think it's just a tradition now that Scots make good captains 🤣

@nat90957. 17 күн бұрын

I enjoyed this, Gordon was very entertaining.

@ianprest3850 2 күн бұрын

Locved him at Leeds Went to every gamev❤

@madforit2 17 күн бұрын

Consistently one of the best speakers on football. Always nice to hear from Gordon. Should be hired as a pundit more too, always has excellent insight

@robinmcewen3286 17 күн бұрын

He was cancelled by Sky and dropped by all the other media platforms as a pundit for comments he made about Adam Johnson. That's why you don't see much of him. He can be insightful when he wants. But he was condescending, rude and facetious to most interviewers when he managed. So it's hardly surprising there is little appetite to allow him back, unlike other pundits that have suffered for their remarks.

@graemeblack9963 16 күн бұрын

@@robinmcewen3286spot on

@Htheorphanarian 7 күн бұрын

His lookalike story, his insight into Fergie, this is excellent

@scottw.3258 13 күн бұрын

Strachan. One of my top XI favourite Dons players of all time.

@gerardmcbryde3156 19 күн бұрын

Enjoyed this blether with GS Celtic fan here

@gaddafis566 20 күн бұрын

Top class 😂😂

@BB-ju8bo 19 күн бұрын

Love it

@sbc1t 20 күн бұрын

Fantastic interview with great stories

@garymacdonald7165 19 күн бұрын

I remember,in the late 70s "Shoot" magazine gave us an album for football stickers and the one with Strachan at Dundee (unshaven,scabby hair etc) nearly gave me a heart-attack,aged 13! 😂 (Gordon will remember that classic) Also we'll done Jeff for getting an MBE,you deserve it!

@jonhobson3592 18 күн бұрын

Great IV with good stories 😊

@user-vw2jr4cg7g 20 күн бұрын

Glen Daly live at the Ashfield club

@joecarson3379 12 күн бұрын

Gordan took celtic to the group stages of CL. Martin O Neill never did that.

@leedsunitedoldschool2837 16 күн бұрын

Gordon Strachan 🤍 Thank You for the wonderful Leeds years 🟡⚪️🔵

@1Jameskelly 18 күн бұрын

LEEDS UNITED LEGEND! Best midfield EVER... HIM. GARRY MAC. BATTY.. And SPEED!!

@realtalk8665 14 күн бұрын

Need some timestamps on these videos

@user-jr3eb5oo3g 20 күн бұрын

Actually Sir Matt was the opposite. No anger. But he achieved the same outcome. He dominated players by killing with kindness. Made everybody love him !

@jc-16. 20 күн бұрын

Best but hardest way to manage.

@garymackie5608 18 күн бұрын

Sir matt was from ayrshire no govan

@user-jr3eb5oo3g 18 күн бұрын

Never said he was from govan. He was a scot.

@garymackie5608 13 күн бұрын

@@user-jr3eb5oo3g never said you did but if you were from Scotland you would no there's a different temperament in mind set from a Govan boy and a ayrshire wan

@gazzaboy2531977 16 күн бұрын

Have to say in my top best 10 Scottish players ever.

@bensmiling 11 күн бұрын

My favourite Saints manager. Made us hard to beat.

@JD-fm6ur 18 күн бұрын

I’m so glad Jeff Stelling left Sky Sports and went independent. They couldn’t lace the mans shoes.

@andyhello23 9 күн бұрын

A different breed George graham did same at arsenal before he was sacked. At leeds he certainly got to lead and they won the league. Boy, elland road in those years was a hard place to goto and play.

@Dadopersoblueboots 11 күн бұрын

When i was the chef at Coventry city. Gordon is kicking off because the players have no food. I wasn't told they weren't eating before the match . Strolls in 30 minutes late. Thanks chef. 😅😂😂😂 aye no problem.

@paulbrodie6085 20 күн бұрын

Sadly Gordon never played for the Hibees

@jtothecc2421 16 күн бұрын

Have you a quick word Grodon.................velocity, walks away. Classic.

@warrengomez67 16 күн бұрын

Would’ve been scared to play under Ferguson 😂

@iaincathro3373 9 күн бұрын

The reporter asks "can I get a quick word" Velocity Strachan responds, and walks off.....his treatment as Scotland manager from the SFA was an utter disgrace

@somisak 15 күн бұрын

2nd in a look a like comp as himself 😂

@duncanfraser1466 19 күн бұрын

Alex ferguson was just the as every other man/dad in govan angry all the time lol

@alanadair4893 8 күн бұрын

My dad was a very calm man fragoven ❤️

@joshbrown3439 9 күн бұрын

Stratham did a great job at Southampton

@craigjohnstone3855 18 күн бұрын

Very underestimated player

@jimmorrison8203 17 күн бұрын

Gordon Strachan: Great footballer, Good Manager, Poor Mathematician.

@pmuggerud 20 күн бұрын

Well, THIS has gone and now the pretenders do not give a shit……

@johnbanwell6391 14 күн бұрын

An intelligent and entertaining man. If I was a player, I would want him as my manager, not Ferguson.

@ollybird4855 20 күн бұрын

Watched him play for mufc many times... Even Aberdeen vs Celtic... Those were the days

@thechipman2473 8 күн бұрын

1000th Like

@eric144144 18 күн бұрын

Great interview. Strachan has cut back on the comedy a bit. SAF took St Mirren to an industrial tribunal despite having agreed to go to Aberdeen and being a nasty thug to employees. It was mind boggling arrogance and stupidity. He lost every single complaint. He thought he could bully everyone.

@CarlosFandango-do7nm 13 күн бұрын

Shame. The stuttering got ber ber ber ber boring.

@petuser1 11 күн бұрын

he's stroking his ego,,, what about Pep

@albertdong 20 күн бұрын

Look up nyaff in the Scottish dictionary and this is who pops up.......even as an Aberdeen supporter I've always found Strachan unbearable.

@paulbrodie6085 20 күн бұрын

You must be the only person is scotland very likeable character

@drew2324 19 күн бұрын

@@paulbrodie6085he's definitely not the only person in Scotland to feel the same way.

@gerardmcbryde3156 19 күн бұрын

Enjoyed this blether with GS Celtic fan here

@graemeblack9963 16 күн бұрын

Funny at timess but overall he was a condescending wee arse,

@GordonCaledonia 18 күн бұрын

Being a "mad" manager isn't always necessary. Ernst Happel, the great Austrian player and manager (and only survivor of his family after World War 2) was a very quiet man and he achieved immense success. Aberdeen beat his Hamburg in the Super Cup, though! *Ernst Happel* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst_Happel#Manager

@Evemeister12 17 күн бұрын

All successful managers are different. Guardiola, ancelotti, santana, happel, paisley, ferguson, Michels, trappatoni etc. They all had their own personalities and abilities. So we can't say that any single approach is the one true way. Life's more complicated than that.

@GordonCaledonia 17 күн бұрын

@@Evemeister12 Yeah, but too much gets made of that, "Hairdryer" stuff. I'm from Aberdeen and growing up, we never talked about Fergie's shouting, bullying tactics. Actually, it was Archie Knox, the assistant who was spoken about in that regard. Roy Keane tried the shouting technique and just made an arse of himself as a manager. Raising your voice doesn't mean anything if what you are saying makes no sense. I wish that people would stop telling these stories about managers because we are in a different age now, it's became a cliche. Alan Brazil type shit!

@Evemeister12 17 күн бұрын

@GordonCaledonia ferguson himself is on record saying that the hairdryer stuff was overrated. It was a significant part of his management style but it was far from the only component. It's not ferguson's fault that the media mainly concentrate on talking about the hairdryer and not about his overall football acumen. He actually gets annoyed for not having his tactical brilliance and other talents talked about more.

@GordonCaledonia 17 күн бұрын

@@Evemeister12 Absolutely. I mean, he had videotapes of almost every significant match that was relevant to Manchester United's opposition and he watched those VHS tapes over and over and over again and analysed them. Very few managers did that back then. He understood leadership, he is vastly knowledgeable on the American Civil War, he's been to the battlefields. But that's a different age, Fergie's age. Modern management is 95% about handling STRESS. Look at Klopp, he's TOTALLY STRESSED OUT. You'll probably never see a top-flight player become a top-flight manager again, Zidane was the last one, I reckon. Future managers might not even have played the game, they'll go straight from the training academies to management, the ones who feel zero stress will get the jobs. But as you say, it takes all sorts. The Euros will be amazing this summer, bring it on! Where are you from?

@Evemeister12 17 күн бұрын

@@GordonCaledoniaI'm English. I believe that ferguson's temperament did contribute to his success but certainly wasn't the only attribute he had. All managers have to lay down the law to some extent. There's a case to be made that great players can become successful managers. Even in the old days, being a great player didn't guarantee success as a manager. But now there are some managers like xabi alonso at leverkusen, or Diego simeone at athletic, or Antonio conte at inter/Chelsea, inzaghi at Chelsea who can succeed as managers, having been great players. It's all about character and understanding of the dynamics of the game. Managers have always had to manage stress. Now they have to manage players and systems with certain restrictions and extra scrutiny from all corners. The game isn't as much fun anymore either from a participant's or spectator's perspective.