That well-known Scottish side Southend United are in talks with SPL team Hearts, along with East Fife and near-neighbours Raith Rovers, about a quadrangular pre-season tournament to be held at East Fife's ground Bayview over the weekend of July 9th and 10th.
The Fifers boss John Robertson is also the Edinburgh clubs record goalscorer and would love to face his former club, where he scored an amazing 271 goals and even managed Hearts over the 2004/05 season.
Also included would be the other club in Fife, yes, there are two, the Rovers of Raith, and the south-east Essex 'Scottish' Shrimpers, which include Luggy as boss, his Dundee born son Blair, and skipper Craig Easton!
There may be a problem with Hearts if they confirm third position behind the Glasgow giants in the SPL and secure a place in the Europa League at the second qualifying stage which takes place a few days later.
However, the odds are they would start in the third qualifying round starting on July 28th.
Blues boss Sturrock does some recent history with Raith Rovers, lending them French-Tunisian midfielder Adam Bouzid, though they soon gave him back after only a week.
Discussions will continue over the summer event but the Fifer officials are hopeful.
Jim Robertson, vice-chairman of East Fife, told www.scotsman.com: "We're still working on it.The proposed teams are ourselves, Raith Rovers, Hearts and Southend. Nothing is firmed up yet and talks are ongoing but our manager is keen for it to happen."
Could be some good drinking done over those couple of days, EEB promises to work out a decent pub crawl if it all comes off!
The Luggy Files (Whitehead!)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Paul Whitehead Sturrock | ||
| Date of birth | 10 October 1956 (1956-10-10) | ||
| Place of birth | Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Southend United | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Bankfoot Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1974-1989 | Dundee United | 385 | (109) |
| National team | |||
| 1977-1982 | Scotland under-21 | 9 | (0) |
| 1981-1987 | Scotland | 20 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1993-1998 | St. Johnstone | ||
| 1998-2000 | Dundee United | ||
| 2000-2004 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2004 | Southampton | ||
| 2004-2006 | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
| 2006-2007 | Swindon Town | ||
| 2007-2009 | Plymouth Argyle | ||
| 2010- | Southend United | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals). | |||
Luggy's a 'notable former player' at Bankfoot Athletic FC, that's near Perth don't you know!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bankfoot_Athletic_F.C.
(Manager info supplied by Wikipedia, for full the full article go to: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Sturrock)