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Liam Gordon's local youth team switch to centre-half and the road to St Johnstone captaincy

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The big cup final was approaching and Liam Gordon was pulled to the side.“We’ll be playing you at centre-half today” was the instruction from the management team as local youths St Johns under-15s limbered up for a shot at glory against Tulloch Thistle at Simpson Park.A puzzled and disgruntled look appeared on the face of a teenager who was more accustomed to striding forward from the centre of the park, certainly since making the move to 11-a-side football.

Gordon was not best pleased.“He was signed as a midfielder,” recalls John Kaylor, one of Gordon’s former coaches at St Johns.“But our centre-half was suspended for that cup final and Liam was the tallest so we decided to put him in there.“He was not happy.

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