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This section will hopefully bring information on current and forthcoming attractions relating to Scottish football.
News of new club museums, football exhibitions, updates on the new National Museum of Football at Hampden and any other item of relevance will be included here along with a regular section featuring newly published books on the general topic of Scottish football.
A new football exhibition will open in the Low Parks Museum in Hamilton on May 22nd. The exhibition will run until late October, 2002.
Recently published
...
The Official History of Heart of Midlothian - the Oldest Senior Club in Edinburgh
As the name might suggest, a large Breedon-style history of Hearts. Lots of text and old photographs but very poor on statistics. Members can read a lengthy review in last month's newsletter.
Miss-Kick (Magazine)
A new publication from the S.F.A. that deals with the growing interest in football for women. A very professional, well written magazine that covers all aspects of the game in Scotland and abroad. Copies can only be obtained on subscription from the S.F.A. at Hampden Park.
The Complete Record - Scotland
A fairly standard statistical account of the Scottish national team in all competitions and friendlies from the first international match up until the recent friendly with Poland. Details of individual players and various other records associated with the national team. Written by Richard Keir. Contains one or two errors at first reading.
You Are My Larsson
A book detailing the life and times of Celtic's Henrick Larsson from growing up in Sweden until the end of last season.
Images of Scotland Series - Motherwell Players
From the same publishers of the Images of Scotland series. A book of Motherwell player profiles from the the end of the Second World War until the end of last season. Well researched with suitable pictures and tables of stats. at the rear. Well worth a place in any collection.
Images of Scotland Series - Ayr United Football Club
Another in the Images
of Scotland series. The usual format of around 200 black
and white pictures of the club compiled by United's leading
historian, Duncan Carmichael. Duncan already has a two
volume history of the club to his
credit.
Of Saints and Foxes
The story of Sandy McLaren, St.Johnstone's most capped player by Scotland and also Scotland's youngest-ever goalkeeper... The author is the player's son. A good mix of text, graphics and stats. for both St. Johnstone and Leicester City.
Images of Scotland Series - Hibernian Football Club
Association member, Paul Lunney, has just brought out his second book in the Images of Scotland series. The book retains the usual format of around 200 black and white pictures of the club from the earliest days until the 1970s.
Clyde in the New Millennium
A limited number (500) pack containing a series of postcards and the special edition programme released in January of last year to celebrate the new century. The postcards cover a complete decade and is the first in a series of future similar issues.
Official Rangers historian, David Mason, has just released a new book called Rangers - The Managers. As the name suggests, the career of each manager, from William Wilton to Dick Advocaat, is fully documented
For the past twenty years, the Tennants Football League Review has been a much valued and welcome publication. This year, Nationwide have taken over the sponsorship of the Review to ensure that the publication made it to the shops.
David Potter is a well established historian of Celtic Football Club with a number of excellent publications behind him e.g Our Bhoys Have Won The Cup. David's latest work is a study of the life of one of Celtic's greatest heroes of the 1920s and '30s - Patsy Gallacher. The book is entitled 'The Mighty Atom - the Life and Times of Patsy Gallacher''.
Over the past three or four years, Bernard Stocks has set about compiling a series of winning clubs in almost any competition, both Junior and Senior, from the 1870s until the present day. The Winners is the culmination of Bernard's work - an excellent, must have, for every Scottish football historian.
The Scottish Premier League has just brought out the first SPL Yearbook. Similar in style to the traditional Scottish League Review but not as in-depth or wide-ranging.
Graham Budd, (Christie's Auction House, London), has just produced an excellent book called 'Soccer Memorabilia'. This book covers many of the football items that have appeared at auction over the past ten years or so. The text does not offer or list valuations of the items. Instead, the reader is offered a history of a variety of medals, international caps, shirts etc. Good quality colour illustrations appear throughout the book.
Kilmarnock have recently released a re-print of a booklet celebrating the 35th anniversary of their famous 1965-66 Scottish League Championship win. First published 10 years ago, it contains corrections to a few errors that crept in to the original. The content is excellent - a very detailed account of every fixture the club played during that dramatic season. Entitled, 'The Year We Won The League', this booklet is available from the club.
The temporary Museum of Scottish Football which has been located within the Kelvin Hall for the past few years, has now closed. The memorabilia, video footage and other display material is in the process of being transferred to Hampden Park awaiting the opening of the new National Museum of Football in the South (BT) Stand.
Stewart Davidson has produced his thirteenth edition of The Scottish Non-League Review. As ever, this is a very professionally produced booklet that runs to 76 pages - a must buy for anyone interested in Junior, Senior District and / or Amateur football.
Images of Scotland Series - Aberdeen Football Club
Association member, Paul Lunney, best known as an acknowledged Celtic author and historian, has compiled the Aberdeen book in this growing series. Approx. 200 black and white photographs accompanied by an appropriate commentary.
Ayrshire Junior side, Craigmark Burntonians, have recently made a new history of the club available. The book entitled, '50 Years A Junior' is a particularly good read with a fine mix of text and black and white photographs throughout.
'Keith F.C. ~ 75 Years in the Highland League' As the title would suggest, a history of the famous Highland League side by one of the League's best known authorities, Easton Thain.
'Field of Dreams' is a new book celebrating Rugby Park, home of Kilmarnock F.C. The book contains text which illustrates many milestones in the history of the stadium and a collection of pictures (black & white and colour) of players past and present and, of course, numerous pictures of the park and its development over the years.
Alan Lugton's 'The Making of Hibernian' Vol. 1 has just been reprinted and is now available in paperback. This book has been out of print for some time and makes a welcome return for those who missed out on the short print-run first time around. The book details the birth of the club and provides details of every match up to the club's Scottish Cup win in 1902.
'The McCann Years' offers an insight into what went on behind the scenes at Celtic Park during the reign of Fergus McCann. The author is Alan Caldwell, a reporter with the Glasgow Evening Times.
A further addition to the 'Images of Scotland' series - Third Lanark has been added to the growing list of publications under this title. The author, Bob Laird, is one of the most respected Third Lanark historians in Scotland. Like all of the other books in this series, there are over 200 hundred black and white images accompanied by textual data on each picture.
Robert McElroy has provide something different from his usual excellent reference works on Rangers. Footballing memorabilia is the topic. All of the items that are lavishly illustrated within this book have been sold at Christie's Auctions over the past decade or so. Many of the items have a Scottish connection and are described in some detail.
Two further additions to the 'Images of Scotland' series - Motherwell and Greenock Morton take the total of Scottish clubs in this series to six (see below). Both of these books include over 100 black and white images, many of which have not been published before. Excellent accompanying text that only adds to the overall enjoyment.
An addition to the 'Images of Scotland' series comes in the form of a new 'Queen of the South' book. This is the fourth book on Scottish football and is part of a much larger series. See the entry further down this page.
Stewart Davidson has just brought out the latest Non-League Review (Season 1998-99). This is volume 12 and continues to get better year by year. A must for followers of Junior, Highland League and District (East / South of Scotland) football. Some Amateur final League placing have been added for the first time.
Stuart Marshall has added to his earlier work on Celtic's history featuring cigarette card and original photographs. The new book, entitled 'Rangers Heroes', follows a similar format.
Tom Pool - University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.
'The Scots In Europe' (Book) :
A detailed statistical history of Scottish involvement in every European club tournament since 1955. Every game from Hibernian's first match against Rot Weiss Essen through to last match in last season's competition (880 + games)! A short history of the various European tournaments precedes a forty-eight page statistical section, as well as the large, main section dealing with each game individually. Every game carries the following data :
competition, venue, date, round, leg, score, scorer(s), aggregate score, Scottish team line-up, substitutions (where appropriate), any other information important to the understanding of the outcome of the match (eg tie won away goals rule, after extra-time etc.).
Complete book runs to almost 200 pages. (No graphics)
NB
This book has been recently updated with the details from this season's (1999-00) games. A further update will be available once the last Scottish club exits in season 2000-01.
Sunday Mail Sports reporter, Ian King, has just produced '100 Rangers Greats'. The book is more of a thick A4 magazine in typical glossy format. Each of the '100 Rangers Greats' is given approximately a page each. Legendary figures like Baxter, Young, Greig etc. often get two pages devoted to their respective Rangers careers. Well written with good illustrations throughout. A useful addition to the library of any historian who follows the fortunes of the Glasgow club.
Two new publications from the memorabilia range that has already created the Celtic, Hearts and Scotland in the World Cup Finals packages. 'Celtic - The Jock Stein Years' and 'Rangers - The Willie Waddell Years' are both excellent additions to any football historian's collection. Each package contains a well written book providing an interesting insight into the clubs during their respective eras. In addition to the main text, posters, programmes, club handbooks, postcards, ticket stubs etc. are also included.
To accompany the Greenock Morton's 125 anniversary exhibition, the District Council, via the McLean Museum, have produced a very worthwhile publication entitled 'Greenock Morton, 1874 - 1999'. The book has been written by Gillan P.Vincent. It has been well researched and has a good balance of text and pictures.
Rovers Recalled - Raith Rovers through the years and tears, Vol. 1 is a 100 page booklet containing many black and white photographs from the recent past to the earliest days of the club. Compiled by Raith historian, John Litster, the photographs are accompanied by text provided by the author and describe, in part, some of the most significant events in Raith history. This booklet measures six and half inches by ten in landscape format. Well worth a read.
Cambuslang Rangers - The Glory Years 1971-1974
A look back in pictures at Cambuslang Rangers' most successful times in the early 1970s. A4 in size and contains many illustrations from local newspapers and Cambuslang supporters. Match reports and a statistics section are also included. The author is life-long Cambuslang Rangers supporter, William Miller.
The new 'Club History' series includes short, but detailed, club histories accompanied by numerous pictures, mainly in black and white, and a statistics section at the end (with the exception of the Aberdeen book). The series consists of Aberdeen, Celtic, Hibernian, Hearts and Rangers.
Another series currently on offer is part a much larger series entitled 'Images of Scotland". The footballing element consists of three books - one each on Celtic, Hearts and Rangers. The Hearts publication was compiled by the club while the Celtic and Rangers books were compiled by Pat Woods and Robert McElroy respectively.
The third series consists of two books: The Gers : Day-by-Day at Ibrox and The Bhoys : Day-by-Day at Celtic Park. These books have an identical structure. Each day of the year has listed all of the games, transfers and important other events connected with the club since their formation last century.
Recently out - Jim Craig's excellent 'A Lion Looks Back'. Not only does this book cover Craig's career as a Celtic player during the club's most successful period, it also traces Celtic's history from the club's inception until Lisbon 1967. Although this might be described as simply yet another Celtic history, this book offers much more. A tactical analysis of Celtic teams during different eras is a unique inclusion as well as many photographs that have not been seen before. The book has been particularly well researched and written in a style that is both informative and authoritative.
'A Scottish Football Hall of Fame' - one hundred profiles of some of Scottish football's heroes and legends. A small picture of each player is featured in a central photographic section - otherwise, text only. The book was written by actor John Cairney.
'The Jock Stein Years' the story of Jock Stein's time at Parkhead. A substantial piece of work that details the many successes and odd failure of Celtic under Stein during the mid 1960s until his departure in the mid-1970s. The book was written by Tom Campbell and David Potter.
'A Glimpse of Old Queen of the South' offers a series of old photographs relating to the Dumfries club with accompanying text.
'Dundee United Who's Who' - is a handy sized A5 paperback that offers what the title suggests - short profiles of United players and managers from the earliest times in the club's history to the present day. Author is Dundee journalist Pat Kelly.
Stuart Marshall has recently launched a book on Celtic's history up to WW II featuring cigarette card and original photographs called 'Celtic Heroes'.
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