Hi everyone, I’m researching / writing a piece for a Scottish football magazine about Ted McMinn’s short stay at your club in 1987-8 under the management of Jock Wallace. I’d love to have Sevilla fan’s perspective!
Are there any older Sevilla fans here who remember this guy and would be willing to have a chat / share some memories? Or maybe someone who has older relatives back home who remembers what the club was like in the late 1980s? Thank you!
Stephen
I’m far too young to remember all that but here’s the few scraps of data I have. The1980’s were a great time for the Stadium Ramón Sánchez Pizjuan and it featured some important international games like the Soviet Union v Brazil and West Germany v France. It also held a a famous European Cup final where Steaua Bucharest defeated FC Barcelona on penalties with the Steaua goalkeeper saving 4 Barcelona penalties.
McMinn appears to have coincided with Jock Wallace in his first year and appears to have played for two seasons, 1986-87 and 1987-88. He played alongside Bambam Zamorano, future manager Manolo Jiménez and present national coach Luis de la Fuente. He was 6’ tall midfielder and made eleven appearances in both seasons.
Thanks Tim - yes signed by jock Wallace and only played about 20 odd games.
Was he a relation of yours?
Hey @Tinman
Glasgow-based Sevilla fan (ex-Rangers fan too) here. Thought I’d post this link for you as maybe it has some useful info.
From what I know about Rangers’ recent final at the RSP, quite a few fans of theirs were taking Wallace’s success at Rangers & time to Sevilla as a good omen. Shame that didn’t quite pan out… 
Thanks for the share, I enjoyed it.
Two comical notes:
First, Mister Wallace being recrafted as “Míster, Váyase” is just brilliant. I mean, not even brilliant, just hilarious that the Spanish phonetics of the name would actually be Váyase, ie. ‘get out!’
Second, I feel there was some interesting karma happening to the club the last two years when it came to the nonsense of Mendilibar thinking the player’s weak Spanish was cause to not play them. Article says they used lack of Spanish as an excuse to fire Jock Wallace, saying that his contract stipulated a good faith effort to learn Spanish that he hadn’t fulfilled.
No connection.