A Scottish Football Hall of Fame (Mainstream Sport) by Cairney, John - 2004

UK: Mainstream Publishing, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. 13 x 2.4 x 19.8 cm. Those who have been football supporters all their lives can never forget the first match they ever saw, although they might not recall the result. This is because it is the players that stay in the memory and the magic moments they provided for millions of spectators in their time. Every generation throws up its own football field magicians and The Scottish Football Hall of Fame encapsulates the Saturday afternoon spell cast by fine footballers for ordinary working men who lived to cheer on their heroes every week. Fervour was passed down from father to son, and in this way the future of the clubs as well as the fame of a few golden greats was guaranteed. Players like R.S.McColl (Queen's Park), Bobby Walker (Hearts), Alan Morton (Rangers), Denis Law (Manchester United) and Kenny Dalglish (Celtic) are in this pantheon, and they span the arc of Scottish football from its earliest days till modern times. These, and more than a hundred like them, are the men you will read about in these pages. Men who were once household names are captured here in their sporting immortality and introduced to generations of football enthusiasts who never saw them play. The Scottish Football Hall of Fame Amazon Review Profiles of 100 of the best players in Scotland's colourful history--players like Bobby Templeton, Alan Morton, Himmy Delaney, Kenny Dalglish and Ally McCoist, to name just a few of the greats who inspired generations of football supporters--make up the main part of this book. Their stories, as told here, are tragic, thrilling and funny by turns. The sporting immortaility of men who were legends in their times are introduced to a new audience who have never seen them play. A Scottish Football Hall of Fame is an original overview of the beautiful game as it developed north of the Tweed by a man who still remembers seeing his first Hampden game at the age of seven. John Cairney's deep love of football shines through on every page as he recounts one illuminating anecdote after another. As he says in the introduction: "Football is more than a mere game in Scotland, it is a part of the Scottish psyche." Who has ever seen Jim Baxter at his best and can forget it? Or Denis Law flying high, Gordon Smith full of grace on the wing or Jinky Johnstone at his cheekiest? Football memories, and A Scottish Football Hall of Fame are made of moments like these. -- Dieser Text bezieht sich auf eine andere Ausgabe: Hardcover. About the Author Dr Cairney was one of those sons lifted over the turnstile by his father and he has had a love of football ever since. Even through a career as an actor, which has lasted more that 50 years and allowed him to travel the world, he never missed a chance to take in a game wherever he could. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including two volumes of autobiography. He now lives in New Zealand with his wife, actress/writer, Alannah O'Sullivan.,