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A gentlemen, a scholar ... and a Scottish footballing legend

Chief sports writer Hugh MacDonald pays tribute to Bob Crampsey, writer, broadcaster, historian and conversationalist.

A conversation with Bob Crampsey was like being chauffeur-driven in a purring Rolls-Royce down the road to knowledge. There was, though, the odd bump.