Phil Thompson thinks back to the day Graeme Souness had John McGovern by the throat at the City Ground and laughs.
‘What a photograph that is,’ he says. ‘McGovern probably hadn’t done much wrong but he played for Nottingham Forest so that made it different!
‘We couldn’t wait to get there that day. It was an FA Cup tie but basically we wanted a battle. Thankfully we won that one, which was rare…’
Graeme Souness had John McGovern by the throat in the FA Cup fourth-round tie in 1980
Souness has his own recollections of that afternoon in January 1980.