Tony Docherty reveals his Dundee driving force as one thread central to his lengthy football journey
Teaching. The one continuous thread throughout Tony Docherty’s life and career. As a young pro at Dunfermline, he also attended Jordanhill College in Glasgow to get a PE degree.
Balancing the pressures of educational goals with a dream of playing at the highest level. As a coach, he’s had some of Scotland’s best footballing tutors.
From Iain Munro and Jim Leishman at East End Park to his mentor, the late Craig Brown. Alex Totten, Ian McCall, Craig Levein, Derek McInnes, Gordon Strachan – he’s learned from them all.
And even now as Dundee’s gaffer, Docherty’s passion is to make people better. To educate. That’s why seeing Owen Beck on the bench at Anfield on Wednesday night next to Jurgen Klopp gave him a deep sense of satisfaction.
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