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Greame Souness (b. May 6, 1953) is a former professional football player from the Scottish capital Edinburgh. He is currently a football manager. Souness started his career at Tottenham Hotspur but after failing to get into the side, the youngster moved on to Middlesbrough in 1972. Souness went on to make over 170 appearances for Boro and won his first Scotland cap in 1975 against East Germany. Souness was transfered to Liverpool in 1978 for £350,000 where Souness helped them to five championships, four League Cups and three European Cups. He joined ItalianThe Italian Republic or Italy ( Italian: Italia is a country in the south of Europe, consisting mainly of a boot-shaped peninsula together with two large islands in the Mediterranean Sea: Sicily and Sardinia. To the north, where it borders France, Switzer team SampdoriaSampdoria is a football club based in Genoa, Italy. The club was formed in 1946 from the merger of two existing clubs, Sampierdarenese and Andrea Doria. Sampdoria currently compete in the Italian Serie A and play their games at the Stadio Comunale Luigi F in 1984This page is about the year 1984. For other uses of 1984, see 1984 (disambiguation). 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday (link shows calendar). Events January January 1 Brunei becomes a fully independent state January 1 AT&T is broken up into 22 indepe for £650,000 where he spent only two seasons.
In 19861986 is a common year starting on Wednesday. Events January January 1 Spain and Portugal enter the European Community January 1 Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands and is separated from the Netherlands Antilles. January 9 After losing a pa RangersRangers Football Club is Scotland's most successful football club, but in recent years they have been suffering at the hands of their arch-rivals Glasgow Celtic. Founded in 1872, Rangers play at the 50,411 seat Ibrox Stadium in southwestern Glasgow. Range paid £350,000 to make Souness their new player-manager, replacing Jock Wallace . Despite being sent off in his debut, the fiery Scot soon got to grips with Scottish football. He started to attract some top names to Rangers such as EnglandThe England national football team is organised under the auspices of The Football Association, the governing body for football in England, and represents the country in international football competitions, such as the World Cup and the European Champions internationals Chris Woods and Terry ButcherTerry Butcher (born December 28 1958 in Singapore) is a footballer who made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and England in the 1980s. Butcher made his debut for Ipswich in 1978 and went on to become a lynchpin at the back for eigh. However, there is little doubt that his biggest signing was that of former Celtic striker and Catholic Maurice Johnston, which shocked the whole of Scottish football. Johnston was the first Catholic ever signed by the historically Protestant club. Despite his success, Souness left Rangers in 1991 to replace Kenny Dalglish at Liverpool. Things at Liverpool didn't go well, with the FA Cup win against Sunderland in 1992 being his only real success as manager. He resigned in 1994 after the club had made their worst ever start to a season.
Having taken a short break from the game, Souness then had spells in management with Galatasaray, Southampton and Italian team Torino. He was appointed manager of Blackburn Rovers in March 2001. He resigned to take up the managerial vacancy at Newcastle United in September, 2004.
Souness, Graeme
Souness, Graeme
Souness, Graeme
