He cut his teeth as a Rangers player in the Champions League and even earned the nickname Baby Gough. He ignored Walter Smith’s advice to make a big-money move to Coventry – a decision he has regretted ever since.
He helped Dundee United back into the top flight and ended up crossing football’s great divide to sign for Celtic. And he was so disliked on the green side of the city that Neil Lennon refused to shake his hand on his first day in the job. But throughout a playing career spanning almost two decades Steven Pressley became synonymous with just one club. And ultimately they broke his Hearts.
Speaking in the latest episode of our hit new podcast Off the Record, the man who is now in a key development role with Premier League high-fliers Brentford, reveals for the first time how his Tynecastle love affair has left a lasting scar. Pressley’s eight years in Edinburgh ended in explosive fashion in December 2006 after he led the Riccarton Three revolt against owner Vladimir Romanov, flanked by Craig Gordon and Paul Hartley.
