It's fair to say the Gothenburg Greats group chat will be pinging with ever-increasing regularity as the clock ticks down to May 11 next year. The Aberdeen players who made history by beating Real Madrid in the 1983 Cup Winners’ Cup Final – the last side to beat the Galacticos in a European final – will be front and centre of the celebrations to commemorate the 40th anniversary of that rain-lashed night in Sweden.
“Aye, we’ve got a wee Gothenburg group going,” Alex McLeish says with a smile. “I don’t think we can wait until the 50th for a celebration. I think we’re on the back nine. It’s incredible. As Willie Miller used to say, a wee diddy team from a provincial city won the European Cup Winners’ Cup against the mighty Real Madrid.”
McLeish, Alex Ferguson’s stalwart centre-half, and Gordon Strachan, his mercurial, magical midfielder are talking all things Fergie and THAT night, smashing into stories like Big Eck used to hammer into tackles. The pair are speaking on BT Sport’s new podcast – Currie Club: The Scottish Football Sessions – with Darrell Currie.
