My Sporting Hero

Walking out with the King of Kings – a Former Match Mascot Remembers…

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Rangers’ great Dane embodied how the truly gifted make this beautiful game look easy.

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A starry-eyed Burnley fanatic had to blame his tears on hay fever when majestic winger’s Turf Moor era came to an end.

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A council-house kid worships Liverpool’s greatest scorer. Then, one day, he plays alongside him for Wales.

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Resilience, will to win, dry humour and sheer talent. Why Dunblane’s favourite son is beloved by other Scottish sports stars.

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From flying wingers to cocky golfers, let’s hear it for sport’s shorter guys who had to get their elbows out to get ahead.

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The trouble with having a genius as your first boss is you think all your subsequent managers will be as special.

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It’s not easy being an English cricket fan in a Scottish football changing room, but Hibernian’s captain can’t help but tip his cap to the awesome all-rounder.

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Medal-laden Liverpool midfielder Craig Johnston was magnificent for more than just his hairdo. Here’s how he blazed a trail for fellow Aussies.

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How elegance, fierce competitiveness and Swiss swagger struck a chord with a starry-eyed Canadian kid.

This episode is produced in partnership with the official Celtic FC podcast. Please subscribe at Official Celtic FC Podcast

This podcast is part of a new, digital version of Nutmeg that will give you more of the Nutmeg stories you love, straight to your email inbox.

You’ll get topical columns from leading players and journalists, The Nutmeg Mysteries – uncovering strange episodes in our game’s past, fascinating rummages into football finance with Sporting Intelligence’s Nick Harris, and Daniel Gray’s Slow Match Report.

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