12:01AM BST 13 Sep 2007. They don’t know about Bert Rowan’s commitment at West Park United in Bishopbriggs. Whoever was up for a kickabout played.“If you could get involved with the older boys, great. From corners, I struggled to get purchase on the ball until I gradually mastered my technique.Get all the latest Sports news sent straight to your Inbox every day by signing up to our newsletter.We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.The newsletter will arrive every day at 12pm, giving you a round up of the best stories we've covered that in the last 24 hours.To sign up, simply enter your email address into the link “I would get bored out on the wing, cut inside and take people on.“I’d have been far more likely to score a goal like the Holland one at Hampden. They don’t know about the sacrifices his dad Jim made to allow his boy to follow a dream.They don’t know about the support he got from his mates when he refused to drink on a Friday night. Sometimes you just had a backie, with no keeper.“I just seemed to have a knack for dribbling and taking people on. But it doesn’t stop McFadden having a firm belief that kids nowadays need more time and space to express themselves with a ball at their feet.As he remembered growing up in a housing scheme in the north of the city, he said: “We played football in the street, without age limit. Because it was getting a wee bit serious and I had a talent – he’d get me them, by whichever way necessary.”When McFadden turned up at Fir Park, he had that eccentric talent he’d later become renowned for.He was an individual who just wanted to beat people and needed the freedom to do it.That came in the shape of coach Paul Smith whom he’s still in contact with today.James said: “The gallus streak I had probably came from the streets in Springburn. The one-two with pal Darren Fletcher off the flank, cutting inside and firing past Edwin van der Sar.Speaking exclusively to MailSport about his journey from Springburn to Scottish superstardom, McFadden said: “I used to joke about this with my brother Michael when we were young.“If ever there was a cracking goal on the telly, I’d say: ‘I scored one like that today.’“He just used to laugh, he never believed me.
You obviously had wee groups here and there, but everyone socialised with one another.“We all sat and played the PlayStation together and no one disappeared to their room to watch box sets or whatever they do nowadays.Faddy admits having come so close to qualifying from a group that included France, Italy and Ukraine, the campaign is one he ultimately looks back on with regret.He said: “I will never forget the Italy game. By Roddy Forsyth in Paris. Now we’ve big pitches and bigger boys stand out because they’re more athletic, cover more ground.“At times, we can over-coach them.
But they had so many great players that we really were under the cosh for long spells.“Yes, people remember the goal but the whole team was outstanding.“Davie Weir and Stephen McManus were incredible in defence, with Craig Gordon behind them.“Graham Alexander I remember was outstanding. Top 15 l Craziest Football Commentators Ever - Duration: 7:59. Perhaps many of the players he gave caps to shouldn’t have got them.“But if that’s the case then maybe I wouldn’t have got my chance either.“I’m not saying I wasn’t ready but people were still ahead of me in the queue.“He had to find a team and a way of playing. They don’t know about Paul Smith’s belief in him at They don’t know about how Mickey Weir helped turn him from a boy into a man.That’s what helped McFadden do what he did in France that October night in 2007, when he reduced an entire nation to tears of joy.That’s what makes him the perfect guy to help launch this year’s Sunday Mail/McDonald’s Grassroots Awards in association with the SFA.McFadden had genuine ability. He’s one of the most prodigious talents of his generation. James Henry McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a former Scottish football coach and former player who played as a striker.
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