Bobby McMahon
by Fox Soccer Channel
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| Bobby McMahon |
I played at the school and youth level, before going on to play for Tayport, then one of Scotland's top amateur teams, and was selected for a Scottish Amateurs team trial. I also had a brief spell at the junior level. Junior football is a unique Scottish institution, one step below the Scottish League structure, with no age restrictions.
After immigrating to Canada in 1979, I played and coached a number of teams in Winnipeg while representing the province of Manitoba on many occasions, highlighted by a representative game against Bologna of Italy.
During this spell I was lucky enough to play for a number of decent sides, winning six provincial championships in eleven seasons and twice taking home bronze medals from the Canadian National Championships. I continue to play at the Masters level - a nice term for Old Timers - when the body is willing.
A life-long Dundee supporter my greatest memories relate to Dundee winning the Scottish League in the sixties and their European adventures thereafter. Although I find it difficult to admit, I also fondly remember Dundee United beating Barcelona and Juventus around the same time. My greatest football thrill however, was attending my first Scotland-England game at Hampden Park, Glasgow, with nearly 130,000 close personal friends and two Englishmen in attendance.
Heroes from days gone bye include Johann Cruyff, Johann Neeskens, Franz Beckenbauer, Denis Law, Kenny Dalglish, Ruud Kroll, Marco Van Basten, Ossie Ardiles, Falcao, and Martin Peters.
Since the World Cup in 1994 I have provided soccer analysis for radio station CJOB in Winnipeg and others across Canada. I penned nearly 250 columns on international soccer for the Winnipeg Sun from 1998 to 2003 and have contributed to When Saturday Comes an alternative soccer monthly available worldwide.
I joined Fox Soccer Report in September 2001 and started writing a weekly column for FoxSoccer.com on MSN in August 2004.
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