Jocky Scott
4 foot tache Have you ever heard the story about the cup final in 1973 where the underdogs overwhelmed everybody’s expectations and against the odds, lifted the trophy? Do you also remember the lad who played on the wing with his shirt hanging out while sporting a massive tache and a pair of white football boots? Well, that was Jocky Scott.

OK, the reason you can’t remember was because it was the Scottish League Cup Final where crowd favourite Scott was helping Dundee to victory against Celtic whilst pioneering rubbish white boots and giving Tom Selleck ideas about facial grooming. Following the departure of Ricky Sbragia to Manchester United, Scott was appointed as new Killer Bs boss, albeit on a temporary basis, so we decided to find out how he’s fared in the past.

After becoming a firm crowd favourite during his playing career at Dundee, the moustachioed maestro took the managerial reins at the club in August 1986 where he created a side that played attractive passing football before he moved to Aberdeen in the summer of 1988. Many fans believed that the board were hindering his progress at Dens Park but his move to the Dons was the first of many that would see him develop a reputation as “a bit of a mercenary.”

It was at Aberdeen where Scott enjoyed most managerial success. Having been appointed co-manager with Alex Smith, the Dons won both the Scottish Cup and Scottish League Cup in the 89/90 season. By now the tached tactician had already developed a reputation as a strict disciplinarian and his change of preference to less blasé methods on the pitch coincided with the arrival of silverware. However, the ship soon began to sink and Scott left Aberdeen in 1991, shortly before Alex Smith became the first manager in the club’s history to be formally dismissed.

After doomed spells at Dunfermline – who were in a complete mess when Scott arrived – and Hibernian. Scott eventually returned to Dundee, now in the First Division, in controversial fashion in the summer of 1997. When current club owners, the Marr brothers took control of Dees during the same year, they had plans afoot and ousted popular John ‘Cowboy’ McCormick in favour of appointing Scott.

Our reserve boss led Dundee back to the SPL at the first attempt but, after a couple of indifferent seasons, the Marr brothers decided not to renew his contract, largely because maverick Italian Ivano Bonetti had expressed a desire to take the reins.

In summer 2000, our meandering manager crossed the border to try his hand in England after Notts County offered him the role as boss following the departure of Sam Allardyce. Though he won more games than he lost at Meadow Lane, he failed to produce the kind of results expected of him in the wake of his predecessor’s excellent record and left after fourteen months.

It is widely considered that two factors led to his downfall at the Magpies (boo, hiss, etc). First, his reputation as a guru of free flowing football still remained though, realistically, this thinking had been confined to history. Secondly, his decision to stick two fingers up at the fans and tell them to f*** off didn’t help his cause. In all fairness, it hadn’t helped when he did the same at Dunfermline and Dundee either.

After failing in his attempt to keep a desperate Raith Rovers safe from relegation in a six month stint last season, Scott had been taking it easy until the recent call came from Howard Wilkinson. He may have his critics but the bottom line is that he’s another member of staff on board with silverware to his name and, if he can produce results and keep his hand gestures to a minimum, we wish him all the best at Sunderland, however long he stays.



As I was searching through the net as to why Dunfermline fans depise him I came over this, well, interesting piece.

Boring pish forum for this.

top quality posting, i really love this place-the banter is out of this world.

Feel free to leave.

so you are actually proud of your pish?

Anything that might rid me of your presence can only be a good thing, no?

Believe it or not, I actually was part of a youth team in my younger days and I went up to Dundee for a few weeks to trial, train and play for their teams. The manager then was Don MacKay and whilst he was a decent bloke, the man who stood out as being a top bloke was Jocky Scott, who I think had just come back to Dundee for his second spell as a player.
Much as I tried I didn't get anywhere at Dundee and returned to my youth team and after three or four years I gave up and learnt how to be fat, unfit and a fan.
Top bloke and great to see him back at the club he loves.

you stay if you wish, you are definitely in your element along with the other pondlife.

I'm the animal plankton in a plant plankton world. Fear me.

You spam every thread going with yer shite, so wisen up.

What I do not do is copy and paste seemingly endless paragraphs of banal journalistic tripe, when a simple link would suffice, failing that, a concise summary. HTH.

VikingManBag has a point.

Why the f**k would any other first division teams give a monkeys about this ? Don't you have your own forum. Associated Dundee pish crops up every day where as with every other club, its rare.

I also boast spectacular accessories.

Like a fly around shite, a Greenock tosser will always follow a post. Such a dire shite hole and pathetic individuals have little else to do, except take drugs and stab people.

Whas I talking to you, batty boy ?

I smell shite...

I'm going to put you on hold until I discern how important your tedious fishing trip is to me. Be soothed by 'The Bangles: Greatest Hits' while you hold the line.

I smell shite 2, this time it's personal....

Your call is unimportant to us, please hold the line.

Thats what you get for wearing Robert Snodgrass' shorts as a balaclava.

You don't have to be bothered, if your not don't read it simple as that.
However, this is a subject that doesn't just involve Dundee fan's also slightly Dunfermline. So back onto topic now and enough with the VikingTon arse-kissing.

Only if you agree to a cease in Jocky Scott wanking ?

And its VikingManBag, ignorant being.

You may now take over.

Not unlike the way many of your fan's were when Davie Iron's was appointed.
I can only account for myself however and so far although I have posted about Jocky Scott I have so far not been involved in any "Jocky Scott wanking" as far as i'm conscious.

Quality pish from you as usual. If your not humourous why try?

Aye, completely opposite.

Consider this thread your benchmark then.

We used our own forum for our tedious internal shite.



Quiet you. Less posting, more kissing.

If I went digging i'm sure I could find several continous posters who were delighted to have him when appointed. However as I can't be bothered digging i'll take your word for it. Dundee football club are the benchmark of "shite" so in league standards what does that make Morton.
Anyway's this thread has totally de-railed off topic so i'm closing it for now.