One of the keys to success in football management is to surround yourself with good people whose support and advice you value and in this respect Rutherglen Glencairn boss Willie Harvey's backroom team of Joe Pryce and Rab Torrance are indispensable to him.

The Glens trio have shared various dugouts now for close on nine years and former goalkeeper Willie considers the very idea of operating without his straight talking lieutenants to be unthinkable even when it came to putting together his best ever Junior X1.

Their step by step deliberations were feisty and took considerable time as befits a relationship where none of them act as a silent partner but eventually their shared input spawned the following selection.

Goalkeeper: Willie was himself one of the best Junior goalkeepers in his heyday and it was a foregone conclusion that his influence would be crucial in deciding the gloves wearer but his regard for straight down the line types Ronnie Lowrie (Bailleston) and Gerry McLaughlin (Petershill and Blantyre Vics ) is in stark contrast to his choice of Alan Colquhoun (Glencairn) as No 1.

He said "They are all tremendous keepers but Alan is second to none when it comes to the dressing room where he unites players with his crazy antics and I also believe he does not have a peer when it comes to penalty shoot-outs where you could put the kettle on for him coming up with the goods."

Defenders: The qualities of Kevin O'Neil (Pollok) and Gavin Duncan (Arthurlie) provoked healthy debate but another fierce competitor Stevie Walker won the nod at right back with Harvey claiming "Hooky was a stand out with Glencairn but if anything he became an even better player with Petershill."

Hard as nails Eddie McGonnigle of Peasy and Kilbirnie Ladeside fame was close to figuring on the left side of defence but Pryce would not be dissuaded in plumping for the classy Paul Sexton who was a cornerstone with Lesmahagow and Petershill.

"Paul could defend his corner against any winger but what made him special was his use of the ball with that wand of a left foot.." said Joe.

Finding the right central defensive combination is vital for any successful side and a liking for uncompromising ball winners such as Paul Maher and Robert Anderson culminated in the stopper role going to Ian "Tattie" Young (Petershill), a leader both on and off the pitch who as you might expect was always in the wars.

Beside him , Willie had no hesitation in plumping for ex-Glens favourite Ross Anderson who would also wear the armband as the Dream Team captain.

He reasoned , "Stevie Aitchison (Pollok) and Archie McNair (Petershill) were sublime sweepers but nobody made the role look easier than big Ross who both with Lesmahagow and Glencairn read the game so well that it often looked as if opposition sides were passing the ball straight to him."

Midfielders: All three men consider Martin Nelson , Jamsie McNeil and Andy McLay to be among the finest playmakers to grace a Junior pitch but the role of engine room leader goes to Willie's former Petershill team mate Davie Watson of whom he said " Davie's ability to make time and space for himself was so good that it was said he played inside a ten yard bubble and it's still a tragedy that his career was all but ended by an injury picked up just before our 1985 Scottishj Cup Final joust with Pollok."

Standing tall alongside Watson to form a central partnership is everyone's epitome of your box-to-box midfelder - Eddie McGuinness - "hard as nails but crucially good for 20-25 goals per season" which helped him stave off the challenge of one time Bailleston ball winner Paul McAleer and the redoubtable Sammy Miller (Petershill)..

The jet paced Alan Granger formerly of Glencairn, Pollok and Petershill pipped feted Glencairn box of tricks Jim "Wooby" Jamieson for the right flank role while the opposite wing berth was hotly contested by big Pat Daly, George Redmond (the current Glasgow City councillor) and unassuming Shettleston class act Peter Johnstone whose ability to glide past defenders almost at will and score wonder goals saw him come out on top .

Forwards: Pryce put up a strong argument for the inclusion of his erstwhile Lesmahagow team mate and ex-Celt Dugald McCarrison as a scoring genius and was keen to partner him with either of the most skilful strikers he ever came up against in the Junior ranks - John Paisley and John O' Brien (Pollok).

However Willie does not believe there was anyone better 'than his former Peasy team mate Andy Dailly for finding the back of the net and could not see past him for one of the striking jerseys .

He said ,"Andy was a phenomenally skilful type capable of literally running rings round defnders to score sensational solo goals but he was also blessed with the knack of being in the right place at the right time and I've lost count of the number of tap-ins he's netted down the years - sometimes to my misfortune."

"You could partner Andy with almost anyone and be guaranteed 30 plus goals per season from him but it would have given me nightmares as a goalkeeper to think of him paired with Rocky Crichton who was a team mated of Joe's at the Gow but is arguably better known for his playing stints with Shettleston and Pollok.

"Rocky's pace off the mark and finishing skills were up there with the best of them and you couldn't bully him as he was not averse to a physical contest."

The task of picking their dream team proved to be a tricky and enjoyable task for the Glens trio who settled on a cream of the crop 4-4-2 selection of Colquhoun, Walker , Anderson, Young, Sexton, Grainger, Watson, McGuinness, Johnstone, Crichton, Dailly.

Substitutes: Aitchison, Nelson, Paisley, McCarrison, Lowrie (GK).