It’s 1.45pm on Thursday and it’s quiet inside Balmoral Stadium.Paul Hartley is alone in the manager’s office, working on set-piece drills ahead of Clyde’s visit yesterday.
Apart from him, the club’s secretary and commercial guy are the only others around, a relaxed and tranquil scene.That’s the way it always is in Cove Bay, the tiny suburb on Aberdeen’s south-east edge and home to just 8000 folk.When you think back to Hartley the player, it was about intensity, passion, desire.
A winner. That grizzly beard. He played for massive clubs in Hibs, Hearts, Celtic and Aberdeen and won 26 caps for Scotland.
Hartley thrived on big crowds and relished being hated by opposition fans. He lived for the high pressure so how does he cope with that void
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