Celtic’s Tommy dies

Jul 25 2008 by Gary Bainbridge, Liverpool Echo TOMMY BURNS has died after losing his long-running battle with cancer, He was 51. Celtic’s first team coach originally contracted skin cancer in 2006. Although he received treatment, the disease returned in March. Former Scotland international Burns, who spent 15 years as a player at Parkhead and also managed the club for three seasons, had been undergoing treatment in both Glasgow and France in recent weeks. QPR defender Fitz Hall claims Iain Dowie will be able to handle the pressure of guiding the mega-rich Londoners to the Premiership next season. Dowie yesterday replaced Luigi Di Canio as first-team coach at Loftus Road, and Hall, who played for Dowie at Oldham and Crystal Palace, said: “He’s a players’ manager.” CHELSEA manager Avram Grant has risked the wrath of the... [read full story]