Download or read book Scottish Football Quotations written by Kenny Macdonald and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-03-25 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this, the follow-up to the critically acclaimed first volume of quotations about our national sport, Kenny MacDonald delves once more into Scotland's sweaty, smelly football dressing-rooms and emerges with a batch of statements which are profond, amusing, acerbic and sometimes plain bizarre.

Download or read book Into the Bear Pit written by Craig Whyte and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2020-02-14 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From being the most dominant club in Scottish football history, Rangers F.C., one of the most famous and powerful names in British sport, was sold to venture capitalist Craig Whyte in 2011 . . . for £1. When Whyte walked through the gates at Ibrox, the club was mired in debt and plagued with a toxic culture which seeped everywhere – from the corridors of power to a sectarian hard core in the stands. The 'great Whyte hope' was touted for a time as Rangers' saviour but he was soon hung out to dry as the fall guy for Rangers' misery as the unthinkable happened. The club was plunged into liquidation and the reformed club suffered the indignity of demotion to the third division, the lowest echelon of Scottish professional football. The demise of Rangers saw Whyte's reputation eviscerated on the pages of every newspaper in the country, his name vilified on radio shows, TV programmes and blogs as every aspect of his professional and personal life was picked over. In 2012 he was arrested and accused of fraud. He was put on trial where he faced the full might and resources of the government for his role in the downfall of the club. Although he was ultimately acquitted of all charges, he had to endure years of false accusations from some media outlets and multiple death threats from obsessed fans. Full of startling revelations, this is the previously untold story of greed, corruption and scandal at the heart of Rangers F.C., told, definitively, by the man who was at the very centre of the storm.

Download or read book A Scottish Football Hall of Fame written by John Cairney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-04-15 with total page 179 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 gives a unique overview of the beautiful game, where by means of illuminating narrative and anecdote, legend can unite with historical fact to honour not only the wearers of the famous dark blue shirt but every foot-soldier in the Tartan Army who has ever shouted 'Scotland! Scotland!' from the terraces.

Download or read book Made In Scotland written by Billy Connolly and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-10-18 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Where do you come from? It's one of the most basic human questions of all. But there is another question, which might sound a wee bit similar but is actually very different: What do you come from? And, let me tell you, that question can take you all sorts of strange places...' In Made in Scotland, legendary comic and national treasure Billy Connolly returns to his roots, reflecting on his life, his homeland and what it means – then and now – to be Scottish. Full of Billy's distinctive humour, Made in Scotland is a hilarious and heartfelt love letter to the place and the people that made him.

Download or read book Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations written by Gyles Brandreth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013-10-17 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer, broadcaster, and wit Gyles Brandreth has completely revised Ned Sherrin's classic collection of wisecracks, one-liners, and anecdotes. Add sparkle to your speeches and presentations, or just enjoy a good laugh in company with Oscar Wilde, Mark Twain, Joan Rivers, Kathy Lette, Frankie Boyle, and friends.

Download or read book Scottish Football written by Henry McLeish and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2020-04-24 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Did I only dream about Archie Gemmill scoring one of the greatest goals ever in beating Holland 3-2 in the 1978 World Cup? Did Jim Baxter really play 'keepie uppie' and torment the life out of the weary World Cup winners England in 1967? Were Celtic really the first British team to win the European Cup? Have we obsessives become untethered from reality? Are we hanging on to a world real or imaginary, where football dominated our lives to such an extent that it 'was more than a game', indeed 'more important than life itself'? Has my natural childhood football environment and each of its overlapping parts – cultural, religious, identity, class, political, intellectual, psychological, sociological, philosophical and, sadly, tribal – created the conditions for distorted and highly selective lapses of memory and reality? I don't think so. In this personal and thought-provoking book, former footballer and First Minister Henry McLeish examines his own and his country's dysfunctional relationship with football. Read this book and rethink your own relationship with the beautiful game in the country that took it to the world.

Download or read book In Search of Duncan Ferguson written by Alan Pattullo and published by Random House. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He was one of the hardest, most controversial footballers of his generation: the £20million man who became the first professional player to go to jail for an offence committed on the field of play. He was the fans’ hero who disappeared. Duncan Ferguson was an old-fashioned Scottish centre-forward who went from a boarding house in Dundee to the marble staircase of Rangers in a record-breaking transfer. His £4m move from Dundee United to Ibrox made him British football’s most expensive native player. But he would also become one of the most notorious footballers in the land. Sent to prison after head-butting an opponent during a Scottish Premier Division match between Rangers and Raith Rovers, Ferguson made history all over again. He served half of a three-month sentence in Glasgow’s infamous Barlinnie Prison. A twelve-match ban from the Scottish Football Association was later overturned following a long appeal process. Bruised by the experience, he turned his back on Scotland’s national team and the media. Ferguson reaped the riches of the Sky era. He was a folk hero at Everton, where he spent ten years either side of an injury-hit spell at Newcastle United. Although the game made him a millionaire, he rejected its new culture of celebrity and remained a fiery figure, racking up a Premiership record of eight red cards. And then, after scoring in the final minute of the last game of his career, he turned his back on football completely – or so it seemed.

Download or read book Moving the Goalposts written by Martin Polley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Martin Polley provides a survey of sport in Britain since 1945 and examines sport's place in British culture. He discusses issues of class, gender, race, commerce and politics, as well as analysing contemporary sport.

Download or read book The Association Game written by Matthew Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-18 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of British football's journey from public school diversion to mass media entertainment is a remarkable one. The Association Game traces British football from the establishment of the earliest clubs in the nineteenth century to its place as one of the prominent and commercialised leisure industries at the beginning of the twenty first century. It covers supporters and fandom, status and culture, big business, the press and electronic media and development in playing styles, tactics and rules. This is the only up to date book on the history of British football, covering the twentieth century shift from amateur to professional and whole of the British Isles, not just England.

Download or read book Destiny s Daughter The Timestorm Trilogy Book 3 written by Steve Wilson and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-01-24 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lowill finds herself in a strange futuristic world, she is raped and has to be rescued by Carina, a young woman who was driving past at the time. Carina looks after Lowill as she recovers from her ordeal. Pregnant as a result of the assault, a year passes before Lowill can start to complete the task begun by her grandfather and continued by her father - to finally eliminate the evil von Varieg.

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Download or read book World s Greatest Faith Quotes written by James Alexander and published by Crombie Jardine Publishing. This book was released on 2011-12-01 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Faith: - A complete trust or confidence in someone or something - A strong belief in the doctrines of a religion, based on spiritual conviction rather than proof - A belief that is not based on proof - A belief in anything as a code of ethics or standards of merit - An allegiance to duty of a person - Being sure of what you hope for and certain of what you do not see... However you wish to define 'faith', it is a very personal thing; the force of life, as Tolstoy said. Faith offers with it the comforts of optimism and hope, goodness and light. It's still believing the best in everyone even when you've seen the worst in some. This collection of faith quotes is designed to uplift and inspire you.

Download or read book Awa An Bile Yer Heid written by Ross David and published by Birlinn Ltd. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Ross has produced an extraordinary, eclectic and hilarious collection of thematically arranged Scottish insults, abuse and invective which has been wonderfully illustrated throughout by Rupert Besley. The best insults, according to the author, occupy an indefinite space between wit and abuse, containing elements of both to varying degree; they must always sting the victim, or else they are a failure. This book is full of rich and expressive examples of insult and invective for all occasions from all over Scotland. These have been passed down through the centuries or have emerged in modern times, proving that clever insults are infinitely more amusing and memorable than good jokes. And so, happy reading. If you don't like it, awa' an' bile yer heid!

Download or read book International Football as Cultural Diplomacy written by Peter J. Beck and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-05 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on wide-ranging archival research, this authoritative new history examines the cultural diplomatic role played by British football in international affairs, British foreign policy, and international football during the 1930s. For British governments, soccer diplomacy emerged as a favoured instrument of soft power when facing Hitler’s Germany, Mussolini’s Italy, Hirohito’s Japan, and Stalin’s Russia on and off the field. Examining the evolving relationship between successive governments and the Football Association, this book records how governments, though publicly espousing the distinctive autonomy of British sport, pursued privately a progressively interventionist role regarding international matches played by England and Football League clubs. Embedding its central themes in the wider context of international relations, the war of ideas between the liberal democracies and the dictatorships, and international football, the book also interrogates one of the most shocking moments in British sporting history, when England players gave Nazi salutes in Berlin in 1938, an episode in which virtue signalling was used in support of footballing appeasement. Offering readers an informed historical perspective on some of the modern world’s most significant issues, from the divide between dictatorships and liberal democracies to the use of sport as cultural diplomacy aka cultural propaganda, this book is fascinating reading for anybody with an interest in the history of Britain, sport history, football, international politics, diplomacy or international institutions.

Download or read book World s Greatest Philosophical Quotes written by Crombie Jardine and published by Crombie Jardine Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-11 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Whatever you are, be a good one' ... 'I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends' ... 'If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough' ... 'Beware the barrenness of a busy life' ... This collection of philosophical quotes is designed to delight and inspire you. Ranging from ancient Greek and Chinese philosophers, through American presidents, to artists, inventors and modern writers, the people cited here offer calm, insightful thoughts about the larger issues and deeper meanings of the nature of life and reality. We hope that you find this collection both enjoyable and thought-provoking.

Download or read book World s Greatest Inspirational Quotes written by Catriona Crombie and published by Crombie Jardine Publishing. This book was released on 2011-09-12 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of inspirational quotes is designed to uplift and enchant you. Ranging from the Greek philosopher Aristotle to modern leaders such as Winston Churchill and literary wits such as Oscar Wilde, the people cited here offer gentle, wise, humorous or insightful encouragement and wisdom on the subject of happiness and making the most of life.

Download or read book World s Greatest Golf Quotes written by Catriona Crombie and published by Crombie Jardine Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-11 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Golf. Love it or hate it, it's a sport that attracts millions of avid fans from all over the world. Bruce Lansky said, 'Someone once told me that there is more to life than golf. I think it was my ex -wife...' whereas Buddy Hackett reckoned that, 'Golf is more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much. This is a wide- ranging collection of quotes from international golfers, golf lovers and observers which we hope you will find amusing and thought-provoking.