Craig Paterson played with one of the legends of the world game but reckons Davie Cooper was Simply The Best.Better than all the rest...including George Best.Paterson rubbed shoulders with Best at Hibs.He saw the Manchester United icon up close and then saw him eclipsed when Paterson moved to Rangers and Motherwell, playing alongside Cooper, who passed away 25 years ago today.Cooper, aged just 39, was conducting a coaching session at Clyde’s Broadwood Stadium when he suffered a brain haemorrhage.
His death sent shockwaves through world football and a quarter of a century on, the players who knew and played with him still feel his loss deeply.Paterson said: “Davie was the best player I ever played with.
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