Maurice Malpas says Jim McLean should be remembered as one of great Scots bosses

Maurice Malpas has led the tributes to Jim McLean (Lynne Cameron/PA)

Jim McLean’s feats with Dundee United should rank alongside Jock Stein’s European Cup-winning accomplishments, according to his former Tannadice skipper Maurice Malpas.

Stein is remembered as the godfather of Scottish football management after leading the Hoops to glory in Lisbon in 1967 – but Malpas insists the run by McLean’s unfancied Tangerines side to the last four in 1984 is every bit as impressive.