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Stevie Nicol

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
2026 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

I think it was 1991.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

So who was in charge, Dal Gleish?

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Dal Gleish, and midway through the season, Kenny resigned.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Right, OK.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Mainly due to carrying the trauma of Hillsborough, which happened in 89.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

And so we won the league the year after Hillsborough, and then the following year, we just...

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Our consistency disappeared.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

We weren't poor, but we just weren't particularly great.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

And to win the league, you have to be at a certain level every time you step on the field, and we weren't at that level, and it felt horrible.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

And nobody knew how to fix it, basically.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Well, he took me down.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Glenn Hussain was the captain at the time.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Alan Hansen was an absolute wind-up, Matt.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

Yeah, and what happened was he came up to the dressing room.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

So Kenny had left.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

We didn't have anyone in place.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

All the talk was Alan Hansen's getting the job.

ESPN FC
Carrick's Job to Lose?

So all the apprentices, all the Irish guys and all the young kids were all running down because there was only one phone in the building.