 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Mwaka wa198283 wakanga uri mukuru munhoroondo yekirabhu, uye Strachan akaita chiratidzo chake pakutanga nechinangwa chechina mukukunda 5-1 pane yaimbova kirabhu Dundee muLigi Cup. Pasinei nokungopedza wechitatu muligi kunyange chete pfungwa imwe shure kwemakwikwi uye New Firm vanokwikwidza Dundee United uye kubuda muLigi Cup mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, Aberdeen yakakunda Scottish Cup uye European Cup Winners Cup. Kubudirira kwechikwata cheEurope kwakauya nekukunda 21 mushure menguva yekuwedzerapamusoro pezvikwata zvikuru zveSpain Real Madrid paUllevi muGothenburg. Mukombe weScotland wakauya nekukunda 10 pamusoro peRangers. Dons yakaenderera mberi nekubudirira kwavo nekuendesa zita religi uye mukombe weScotland muna 1983-84, naStrachan achigadzira Mark McGhee chinangwa chekukunda mukombe wekupedzisira kukunda Celtic. Izvi zvakapedza mutambo wakasiyana nemimwe, sezvo vakakunda Hamburger SV muEuropean Super Cup ya1983. 