I read in a biography that Symon was depressed, and simply no longer interested in football after being shown the door at Ibrox. It was almost as if he was the automatic replacement for Willie Thornton, who left us to go back to his beloved Ibrox. But it was a terrible appointment; it soon started appearing to me that he was getting money for doing SFA at Firhill,. I think many supporters who were around then would agree, looking back on the absolutely dreadful results and performances. Although I was sad when McParland stopped playing, I was genuinely over the moon when he took over as manager.