Jul 29 2008
DUNDEE United great Paul Sturrock yesterday revealed he has Parkinson's disease.
The 51-year-old former Scotland striker was diagnosed with a mild form of the incurable condition eight years ago.
Parkinson's is a disease of the central nervous system that affects speech and movement, causing shaking and stiffness.
Sturrock - nicknamed Luggy because of his ears - said the illness would not stop him managing his club, Plymouth Argyle.
In a statement on their website, he said: "I don't want sympathy. I don't want people feeling sorry for me.
"I just thought this was the right time to bring things out into the open.
"It's an illness, yes, but one I am perfectly comfortable with.
"It is not a severe form by any means. It doesn't really affect me unless I forget to take a tablet.
"Then I just get a few tremors in my hand or leg. It will not affect the way I go about my job. There's plenty of life in the old dog yet." Sturrock said he decided to go public after "bottling it up" for years.
He added: "I'd started to have a flicking foot and people were starting to put two and two together."
Around 120,000 people in the UK have the illness. Parkinson's Disease Society chief executive Steve Ford said: "Those diagnosed will have a number of symptoms, which will vary.
"The nature and severity of these symptoms and the rate at which the condition progresses is again, individual."
Born in Aberdeenshire, Sturrock was signed by United in July 1974.
He played for the Tannadice club for 15 years, scoring 171 goals in 576 appearances. He played 20 times for Scotland and was in the squad for the Spain 82 and Mexico 86World Cups, appearing twice in his second tournament.
Sturrock set a Premier League scoring record with five goals against Morton in 1984.
He coached at United after retiring as a player, before going on to manage St Johnstone.
He was reported to have had a heart attack during one of the Perth side's games in 1993 but he claims it was hyperventilation caused by tiredness and stress.
Sturrock later returned to United as manager, before time at Southampton, Sheffield Wednesday and Swindon Town. He is in his second spell with Argyle.
Sturrock has been married to wife Barbara for 29 years. They have three sons and a daughter.
Son Blair, 26, plays for his dad's old team Swindon Town.
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