Some interesting stuff in the interview.

Basically admits that Rangers 'tapped him up'. The Utd fans were right to give him abuse looking back with hindsight (as I suspected at the time tbh). The whole episode was dodgy as fuck looking back. He was sold on the 1st of January with the fee already agreed and Billy Dodds coming back to Utd. That says it all.

Graeme Liveston was a massive part of Utd's success in the 80/90's and deserves a lot of plaudits for the players he scouted in Glasgow/Lanarkshire and trained on those pitches near Parkhead once a week (Kevin Gallacher, Billy McKinlay, Paul Kinnaird, Paddy Connolly, Robbie Winters, Andy McLaren, etc etc). Utd need a base or scouting system again in the West Coast, we are missing out on a lot of talent out here.

Wee Jim going to his house to sign him on an S-Form. Always heard this that wee Jim would always go the extra mile to sign a schoolboy that Utd really wanted. Would turn up at a players house wearing the club blazer and basically pitch the club to the parents. Shows just how dedicated he was to the club at all times.

And my favourite one - The Rangers team that beat Dundee in the 2003 Scottish Cup Final had been on the piss all week long up until the Thursday and then in the Final played the last 15 minutes with 10 men. Dundee NIL though. 😂😂😂😂😂

 

He did well for himself. After a tough start at United when Dodds and Olofsson left and he wasn't ready to be the main striker, he recovered to have a decent career. Played in Premiership, FA Cup final, got caps for Scotland and won the league cup with St Mirren.

I'll be honest I didn't see it coming, he had some shocking performances when his confidence was really low and his first touch was abysmal. 

Strangely,  of that generation of young players, Easton, Jim Paterson Hugh Davidson, Steven McConalogue, he ended up having the most successful career
 

I remember an interview he did when he was still with United. He was asked the question "You are in a night club and speaking to some girls, do you tell them that you are a professional footballer?" He replied "No, I would probably tell them that I was a student".

I think the real reason was that he was worried he could get done under the Trades Description Act if he tried to say he was a footballer, cos he was certainly dire with us.