Let me set the scene; Souness was player manager of Glasgow Rangers who had just started to spend big and had started to make an impact in Europe. They had just tasted domestic success after a period of Celtic dominance, they were signing some big name players on big contracts and Souness was the manager to bring them success.

A nice little anecdote to Souness and his cunning was in one game against Dynamo Kiev, when Souness let the Dynamo players train at Ibrox on the pitch the day before the game, then had the groundsman bring the sidelines in to their absolute legal minimum in order to stop Kiev's tricky winger Oleg Blokhin. The Kiev players came out for the game and the pitch was 15 yards from the tunnel much to their surprise. It was legal and Souness who liked to push boundaries was pleased with himself as they breezed past Kiev. I think Pughy should read the Claro League handbook and see if he can use his cunning little mind to find loopholes for Headingley Rovers to gain an advantage.

Souness liked to win at all costs, Rangers were 2-0 down from the first leg in Bucharest and Souness was as eager as Si McGrath on the sniff in Oporto's to reverse the 1st leg defeat. Unfortunately for Souness, Kiev had built their team around the magician Gheorge Hagi, Pughy take note, could you build the team around our very own magician? Jordan Pattison - They call him Houdini because he is never to be seen. [Which would be nice perhaps, if he wasn't "injured" all the time! - ed]

Rangers went 1-0 down after 3 mins and Souness was seething his big European night was not going his way. Rumours also suggest he was pied off by a chubby bird in a nightclub the night before too, ensuring "maximum seethe".

As you can see from the video, Souness picks the ball up, mis-controls it then tries to amputate Rotariu's leg. If you did that in the street you would be serving 6 years for GBH, that is unless Will Collinson was the arresting officer then you have 2 very simple options, easily out-run him or easily over-power him.

It is a truly shocking tackle, worthy of a straight red and 10 game ban easy. But the reason why this tackle is so great is more for Souness's reaction afterwards which is absolute hilarious. Souness gets the referee's attention and points to an imaginary sore spot and hole on the back of his sock almost saying to the ref,

“I only did it because the nasty man hurt me first”.

Unbelievably - Ian Pears take note - the ref bought it and Souness escaped without even getting a yellow, yes people....that tackle in the video above did not even get a yellow!

It is arguably the greatest manipulation of a referee ever, to commit attempted murder then within seconds convince the ref he is the actual victim!

Souness you nasty nasty man, I salute you.