Scotland On This Day (Football)
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Scotland On This Day (Football) by Derek Wilson
The story of Scottish international football including contemporary and historic images of legends, key events, and matches. With individual diary entries for every day of the year, the book is full of heroes and villains, and tells the tales of the matches, characters, tournaments, and managers that have helped shape the story of Scottish international football. From the world's first international match against England in 1872 to Home Championship victories to World Cup heartaches and the tale of the Tartan Army, all the major football stories are covered.Scotland On This Day revisits all the most magical and memorable moments from the nation's footballing past, mixing in a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable dark blue-and-white history - with an entry for every day of the year. From that Partick afternoon in 1872 when Scotland drew with England in the first ever football international, right through to the SPL era, the Tartan Army have witnessed a host of successes in the British Championship, plus famous victories, heart-rending near misses and valiant defeats in World Cup and European Championships matches - as well as a few less defiant losses at Hampden. Timeless greats such as Denis Law, Jimmy McGrory and Ally McCoist, Joe Baxter, Kenny Dalglish and Dave Mackay all loom larger than life alongside the lesser-known heroes, one-cap wonders and managers who have helped shape the story of Scottish football.
Derek Wilson is the author of Motherwell Miscellany, a season ticket holder at Fir Park for 14 years before moving to Berlin, where he works as a freelance journalist. Derek has written for Bild and 11 Freunde while continuing to co-edit the FirParkCorner.com website and contributing to the Motherwell fanzine, Waiting for the Great Leap Forward.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781905411832 |
| ISBN 10 | 1905411839 |
| Title | Scotland On This Day (Football) |
| Author | Derek Wilson |
| Series | On This Day |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-10-31 |
| Number of pages | 192 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |