US OPEN WEDNESDAY
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It's time now for the Chipping Forecast, in association with Peter Millar. Brought to you by Andrew Cotter, Eddie Pepperell, and special guest Ian Carter.
Hello there and welcome to a Wednesday pod ahead of the US Open, US Open Eve and the dedication. The dedication of the TCF team is such that we are missing Ian Carter, regular special guest, and I are missing Portugal against the Democratic Republic of Congo for this. And I've been a big supporter of DR Congo, Dr Congo, as I call him, for a long time.
Ever since they were Zaire?
Zaire? Well, did they not play Scotland in 1974? There's not a draw against Zaire that cost Scotland in that one.
It was, yes. Yeah, that was a group that, that very gilded Scottish team was expected to... To come through, wasn't it? Very disappointing.
Although by that stage, Dennis Law was just a bit over the hill, but it was still a very good side. The sides that Scotland had in 74 and 78, genuinely, and people laugh when you say this, but generally with the players they had, they could have won the World Cup if they had, you know, had a good structure, good coaching, etc. But they didn't. They were just a talented bit, a sort of disparate bunch and...
Those were the World Cups that made me a Scotland supporter. Because obviously I had Scottish heritage. My mum was Scottish. So I've got a Scottish spelling of my name. And in 1974 and 78, England were nowhere near the World Cup finals, but Scotland were in. And I was, what, 9 and 13 then? So that's when you form your allegiances for life.
It is, really. So it's thanks to the poor managerial skills of Don Revy. Was he manager for a while for England, Don Revy?
Yes. Well, 74... I think it was in 74, was it? 74 was still Alf Ramsey, wasn't it? Was it? I don't know. And he got the sack. And then it might have been Don Revy, yeah. And then, of course, we had...
willie ormond in 74 and ali mcleod army in uh 1978 made his name with air united ali mcleod lovely man but uh it's uh yeah you're trying to shepherd a lot of big personalities at that point who are playing in the english premier league of first division as it was then first division and so yeah it didn't go well against a year in 1974 and then uh was it peru in 78 i mean there was a costa rica in there as well but costa rica was costa rica was 1990 yeah it was wasn't it yeah good good i remember the costa rica thing everybody said oh yeah but we remember what happened
against Peru and against Zaire.
Yeah. I remember Jock Brown commentating on that, Craig Brown's brother, who went on to become general manager of Celtic for a while, Jock Brown. And he was also the man who defended me in court when I was up for a speeding ban in Air Sheriff Court. I'd just started down in London. And so I'd just started in 2000. and andrew's confessions and i taught it up to 12 points and jock was a lawyer and he had started work at scott fm at the same time as me uh and so i got him to to defend me and got a six-month ban on my fine increased so thanks jock Anyway, he was a good man.
Do you remember the time you came to see me and you went and filled up at my local garage for petrol and forgot to pay?
I don't remember that. That would certainly be Andrew's confession.
You did. I remember it. I remember having a very stern conversation with you, reminding you of the power of closed circuit.
But if I've ever forgotten to pay, I would drive straight back and pay. I mean, I don't make a habit of it.
Well, you were debating it, as I remember.
Wow! Ian comes in hard off it. I would absolutely, I would like to stress, listeners, that I would absolutely not debate. If I'd forgotten to pay, I would drive back. I could have forgotten to pay from a petrol station 200 miles away, and I would drive back to pay for it. 205, I wouldn't. You're a changed man. Yeah. Anyway, excuse my voice, my throat is still killing me. Sore throats are only supposed to last about, I promise you we will get on to the US Open, they're only supposed to last two days at the start of a cold. This one has been going on every time you swallow, sore, wake up in the middle of the night and then trying to commentate as well.
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