Originally Posted by BBC News
BBC Radio Scotland listeners are used to hearing the authoritative voice of Willie Miller, the king of Aberdeen’s glory years in the 1980s, giving his views on the current game.
Now the spotlight is on Miller himself as the former Scotland defender’s career is featured in the latest series of BBC Scotland’s Icons of Football, which charts his early beginnings to becoming a serial trophy winner at Pittodrie.
Here, those who feature in the programme describe just what makes Miller an icon of Scottish football.
‘Winning was always his mantra’
Sir Alex Ferguson, manager at Aberdeen
He was a leader in the sense that winning was always his mantra.
It was a great achievement. You can’t put it all on one person, but in the moments when it really mattered, in the last 10 minutes, he was fantastic – him and [Alex] McLeish, because they were having a go.
That’s when good players become winners, when it’s really needed, when games are decided on how they defend.
In the eight-and-a-half-year period I was at Aberdeen, he gave a without doubt, 100% guaranteed performance every week.
I think the best accolade Willie can have is that he captained the best Aberdeen team for years – and he never let them down.
‘Never, ever panicked’
Gordon Strachan, former Aberdeen and Scotland team-mate
As a player, indestructible.
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