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In the first of this seasons guest specials, John is joined by former Rangers and Hearts defender, and 27 capped Scotland Internationalist, Dave McPherson. Dave begins by talking about his current role as Director at Global Sports Recruitment, which involves setting up young, aspiring athletes of many sports to go to America to take on scholarships. We then move onto Dave's first spell at Rangers which, although challenging for the club, was great for him in terms of establishing a boyhood dream by playing for the club week-in week-out. After two League Cups and a title win in Graeme Souness's first season at Ibrox, he moved to Hearts, and told us about how the Edinburgh derby compared to the Old Firm rivalry and how a few extra signings could've made the difference for a title push in 91/92. It was during his first spell at Tynecastle that Dave McPherson became a Scotland International, making his debut in a World Cup qualifier in 1989 against Cyprus at Hampden. He went onto play every game at Italia '90 a