Steve Bruce didn’t know who ‘Billy Whizz’ was - and then found out after signing Andy Robertson.
Scotland’s captain is arguably the best left-back in the world but he wasn’t eight years ago when the Geordie, then at Hull City, took a punt on him. And although Bruce can count himself as being among the baby boomer generation he clearly didn’t spend his youth on Tyneside reading comics.
Had he done so, he might have understood the reference from legendary ex-Burnley chief Stan Ternent who was scouting for him. Bruce said: “I told Stan: ‘I need some energy in this side - go and see if you can find me a couple of young ones.’
