Saturday Interview: Stark Can Look Back with Pride at a Famous Win and a Cherished Friend
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WHILE the sporting week may have been pregnant with issues, including a Scotsman winning the European Cup and a league title being won and lost, the most affecting moment surely remains footage of Billy Stark gently placing his hand on the coffin lid of a friend and former colleague. He had just completed a stirring eulogy inside St Mary's church in Calton. That it was said to have done credit to the subject is praise indeed when the subject is Tommy Burns.
There, in front of Burns' mother, wife and four children, and also a huge collection of footballing luminaries, Stark rendered a stirring account of a young life lived with faith and fervour. Once described by his former Aberdeen manager Alex Ferguson as - pound- for-pound - his greatest ever signing, Stark certainly proved his worth on Tuesday. A later commitment with his Scotland Under-21 side paled into insignificance as Stark was charged with reflecting the mood of a football nation. Given the circumstances there was little surprise when his Under-21s fell 4-1 to Norway at night, and even less distress.See the full content of this document
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Saturday Interview: Stark Can Look Back with Pride at a Famous Win and a Cherished Friend
"It was one of the most difficult things I have had to do, and yet it was one of the easiest in terms of finding the words," recalled Stark yesterday. "Speak to anybody about Tommy Burns and they will tell you that they could speak about him for hours. There was a lot to get through. I just hope what I said was approp...
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