Aberdeen Great Neil Simpson Breaks His 38 Year Silence on that Ian Durrant Tackle

Aberdeen great Neil Simpson breaks his 38 year silence on that Ian Durrant tackle

A £2m law suit, a Voodoo doll and deep regret: Aberdeen great Neil Simpson has broken his 38 year silence on his foul on Rangers icon Ian Durrant.

38 years on … Neil Simpson breaks his silence on Ian Durrant tackle …’I am sorry for the outcome. 100 per cent. If I could turn the clock back then I wish it did not happen’

Neil Simpson has broken his silence over his controversial tackle on Ian Durrant, saying: ‘I am sorry for the outcome. 100 per cent. If I could turn the clock back then I wish it did not happen.’ Durrant was carried from the field at Pittodrie 1988 with ruptured knee ligaments and was out the game for almost three years. The tackle was seen as the start of the bitter rivalry that exists between Aberdeen and Rangers to this day. But Simpson, 64, …