Ayrshire derby days were the best of my life, says Jim Fleeting
Ayrshire derbies – as skipper of Ayr and then the manager of Kilmarnock.But he insists he wouldn’t swap the experience for anything and says his days at the fierce rivals were among the best of his life.Fleeting, now 66, will sit on the fence when the teams lock horns before the BBC Scotland cameras at Rugby Park on Monday evening.“A draw is always what I wish for,” says the ice-cool sweeper who began his playing days with Knockentiber and Kilbirnie before earning a move to Norwich City.He jokes he was the best reserve player Norwich ever had as the Canaries sent him out on loan to Tampa Bay Rowdies after only one first-team appearance.In the North American Soccer League, he enjoyed great times alongside luminaries such as Rodney Marsh,