By JOHN MCGARRY

Published: 18:21, 13 January 2026 | Updated: 18:21, 13 January 2026

It's funny when you think about the characteristics that lead to a manager being dubbed as unfashionable in the modern day.

Bespectacled, bald and thoroughly ordinary-looking, John McGlynn doesn’t use buzz words or jargon or try to blind you with science. He also gladly leaves unorthodox, experimental tactics to the goatee-bearded hipster coaches who are half his age.

The 64-year-old’s speciality is tirelessly identifying football players with potential, building and coaching a team on a limited budget, and winning matches.

He does all of this with aplomb. There was once a time when that was a one-way ticket to the big time.

The lack of recognition and opportunities at the very highest level for the man from Wallyford in East Lothian has long been a mystery.

Berwick Rangers proved to be his pinnacle as a footballer. Has the lack of a stellar playing career hindered his progress as a manager? It certainly did Brendan Rodgers no harm.

John McGlynn has been working miracles...