Nightmare In Argentina
I don't know if you saw any one the press coverage about Ally MacLeod's widow Faye. It all comes from an edition of The Pain of The Game that we're airing on ´óÏó´«Ã½ Radio Scotland tomorrow. In the programme, Faye talks about that infamous footballing humiliation in Argentina and how Ally almost died two weeks after the tournament.
I think the most touching part of the programme is when Faye describes seeing Ally on television, his head in his hands as he watched Scotland lose the game with Peru. She phoned him after the game and says he sounded alone and despondent. She asked if if he had anyone he could confide in.
"Not really, " said Ally.
People talk about the lonely life of the football manager. That quote just about sums it up.
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