Kammala wannan jumla: 'Yan Scots sun yi kyau a kan tseren tseren ƙasa a farkon 1980. Ya zo na hudu a
1980 IAAF World Cross Country Championships kuma ya jagoranci Belgium zuwa lambar tagulla ta tawagar. Ya lashe gasar cin kofin zakarun Turai ta Cross Country a wannan shekarar, tare da R.F.C. Liège ta doke Sporting Lisbon zuwa taken. Raunin Achilles a wannan kakar ya sake cire shi daga gasar Olympics, yayin da ya rasa wasannin Moscow na 1980.