Ka taƙaita labarin:  Marubuci kuma mai watsa shirye-shirye Archie Macpherson ya yi ban kwana da Dave Mackay a ranar da almara na ƙwallon ƙafa suka haɗu da masu aminci na Tynecastle don girmamawa ga tsohon Hearts, Tottenham da Derby County superstar. Tarihi yana cike da ba'a. Za a lura da shi daga baya cewa a ranar da farin ciki ya kamata ya kasance yana gudana ta hanyar jijiyoyin kowane mai ƙaunar Tynecastle, sun kasance suna yin busa ƙaho kuma suna rufe ɗakunan da baƙar fata maimakon launin ruwan kasa. Sun zo ne don girmama wani mutum wanda bai rayu tsawon lokaci ba don jin dadin nasarar nasarar da ya yi na ƙaunataccen kulob din daga kusan rashin talauci. Jama 'a sun yi tafi yayin da motar gawa mai dauke da akwatin gawa na Dave Mackay ta bar filin wasa na Tyncastle don jana 'izarsa. Amma da'awar sabon taken rukuni na yanzu zai zama abin tunawa na dindindin game da juriya da Dave Mackay ya ba wa kulob dinsa lokacin da ya yi tafiya a kan turf tare da babban kirji wanda ya kasance babban gada mai ban tsoro ga nasarar Hearts a cikin shekarun 1950. Yayin da suka sanya shi ya huta a ranar Talata ba za ku iya taimakawa ba amma kuyi tunanin cewa yanayi ya yi mummunan wasa ta hanyar kawo karshen rayuwarsa kawai makonni da yawa kafin tabbatar da ƙarshen gwagwarmayar amincewa da mutunci wanda kulob dinsa na farko ya tsunduma cikin dogon lokaci. Mackay, duk da haka, dole ne ya kasance yana da ra'ayi game da abubuwan da suka faru wanda ya haifar da wannan apotheosis. Jama'a da suka yi ta yawo a kan tituna yayin da gangamin ya yi hanyarsa daga Tynecastle kanta don hidimar tunawa a Mansfield Traquair, kuma waɗanda suka jefa hulunansu a cikin jerin gwano kamar don ƙara abinci ga tafiyarsa ta ƙarshe, dole ne su yi imani cewa ko da a cikin matakai na ƙarshe na rayuwarsa zai kasance yana tunanin kowane ƙwallon ƙafa don tsohuwar kulob dinsa irin wannan shine ƙaunarsa ta dindindin ga Gorgie Road. Motar gawa da ke dauke da akwatin gawa na Mackay ta cika da furanni da kwallon kafa don nuna mutuwarsa. Ni dalibi ne lokacin da na fara ganin kungiyar Hearts mai nasara ta 1957-8 wacce ya jagoranci, lokacin da ba kawai suka lashe kofin ba amma suka kafa tarihin cin kwallaye na Burtaniya na 132...
An gudanar da jana'izar Dave Mackay a Edinburgh a ranar Talata. Tsohon dan wasan Tottenham da Hearts ya mutu a farkon wannan watan yana da shekaru 80. Sir Alex Ferguson ya yi tambaya kan dalilin da ya sa Mackay ya samu damar buga wa Scotland wasa 22 kawai.