"If you back to the days when they started, there weren't any senior club academies so clubs looked to juvenile football to get players from," Devlin added. He won the Scottish Premier Division with Billy McNeil's side that season, before enjoying spells with Bristol City, Dunfermline Athletic and Preston North End among others, in a career that amassed more than 500 appearances.Īnd Moyes is just one of many graduates from Drumchapel to go on to successful football careers. Moyes made his European Cup debut in 1981 as an 18-year-old, filling in at right-back for Danny McGrain in Turin against Juventus.Ĭeltic lost 2-0 on the night, and 2-1 on aggregate, but the bright-eyed Moyes impressed. He used to come watch his dad coach, then he signed for Drumchapel before he went and moved on to his professional career." "David Moyes senior was there at the beginning when Drumchapel Amateurs started in 1950," said Charlie Devlin, the current chairman - and father of Aberdeen's Nicky Devlin - on Good Morning Scotland. Once the final whistle had blown - but long before the night of celebrations were over - Moyes placed his European winners medal around the neck of his 87-year-old dad, David senior.īack 50-odd years ago, Moyes used to stand at the side of Glenhead Park and watch his old man coach. Moyes, 60, has managed well over 1,000 matches but had no hesitation in calling the final the "biggest moment in his career" even before a ball was kicked. Thousands of fans watch West Ham trophy parade.
It's been quite the ride from Glenhead Park to European glory in Prague for Moyes, as BBC Sport Scotland has discovered. And the newest member of the illustrious club shares something more in common with the most decorated - Ferguson and Moyes both came through the ranks at Drumchapel Amateurs in Glasgow.
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