Fast forward eleven days and Gordon Smith’s comments on the radio during Falkirk’s 1997 Scottish Cup semi-final tie against Celtic couldn’t have been more wrong.

Totten recalls the club’s negotiations with Soviet Union international Sergei Baltacha and Geoff Brown’s delight when he demanded a club car. Preferably a Lada!Ghost written by journalist Jeff Holmes, who penned the Wallace book, Totten’s story is foreworded by Sir Alex Ferguson and Walter Smith, which gives an insight into the esteem in which he is held in football circles. United were a really good team that year – the best of the rest in the league and they’d had a bit of success in the transfer market with players from Scandinavia. ALEX TOTTEN and Walter Smith were the best of buddies – and had even enjoyed the odd holiday abroad together. Alex Totten worked the St Johnstone miracle when he took the lower-league strugglers to the Premier League and three national cup semi-finals. Any amendment to terms and conditions must be agreed in writing by us, or, if appropriate, by the relevant company or individual supplier with whom you contract. Disclaimers

I was on a coaching course in Largs two or three weeks before the final and I saw Tommy. He said ‘I told you’ so there were a lot of feelings and emotions at that time. I’ve had six senior clubs as a player or manager, so there are a few stories about all of them. Jeff’s attention to detail and his research was very professional and thorough. I hope everybody enjoys reading it.” He is content with his place in the fabric of the club, and despite a friendship with Houston (they will fly out to Portugal for a golfing trip after the final), he keeps a clear distance from the football department. Yet Totten is central to Falkirk and their latest cup final appearance. We cover every morsel of information regarding your favourite club in the form of articles, videos and podcasts.Falkirk took the Scottish Cup on a series of visits to the local community last week, including to the hospice where Totten's mother was looked after. In October 1991, though, we were the best of enemies.
St Johnstone v Rangers at McDiarmid Park and there was no quarter asked, nor given. At the time we were in the bottom four and Rangers were second-top. It’s like when you’re a footballer and the time comes to hang up your boots, I just feel like this is the right time. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my 28 years with Falkirk as a player, a manager and in Commercial. I’ve enjoyed the people I’ve been working with, they’ve been great, but I just feel the time is right now to spend more time on the golf course and with my family!” Craig Swan: Celtic had beaten Rangers in the quarter final and they were overwhelming favourites to reach the final when the draw for the last four was made.