The 5-1 defeat at Pittodrie was the season before. ‘85/86 we were top of the league after the first 6 matches then lost back to back games against Dundee and Aberdeen at Ibrox and fell apart.
Wallace is to be credited for bringing through guys like Durrant, Fleck, Ferguson and Munro as well as helping turn McCoist into the country’s top striker, but he was never attracting top English talent to Scotland and training players until they puked on Gullane’s sand was unfruitful and outdated.
Souness, Holmes, Marlborough and their revolution happened at the right time.