A Son of the Rock

Very sadly Gordon McQueen has also left us.

A stalwart for Leeds United and Manchester United in the 1970s and 1980s he began his career with Junior side Largs Thistle and signed for St Mirren before going down south. He is most remembered by Scottish football fans for his goal at Wembley against England in 1977.

In later life he suffered from throat cancer but, most poignantly, from dementia as a consequence of heading a ball so often.

Life – and death  – can be so unfair.

Gordon McQueen: 26/6/1952 – 15/6/2023. So it goes.