Born in Busby, Renfrewshire in 1873, John played local football and after trials for Rangers did not work out decided to move south and joined Fairfield in the Lancashire Combination.
His...
St Mirren forward Willie was attracting scouts from many big clubs but Luton manager Dally Duncan won the day and a cheque for £7,500 plus Tom Kiernan brought the clever player to Kenilworth Road...
Dixie was a scoring revelation in Scotland for both Motherwell and Celtic and bagged a hat-trick for the latter in a Scottish Cup final and six in a league game against Partick Thistle in 1973.
It...
Born in Paisley in 1905, James was an inside-forward who was signed from Third Lanark in the summer of 1926 but had to see out the 1926-27 season in the reserves.
He finally got his chance in the...
Born in Sheffield in 1904, Bernie was an experienced full-back who could play on either flank and after starting out his Football League career at Rotherham County he enjoyed a couple of seasons at...
“Snake-hipped, a football artist with delightful footwork and great intelligence and a true craftsman”, was one of the compliments paid to one of the finest natural footballers to wear a Glasgow...
Picked up from Scottish junior football by Leicester in 1961, Billy had difficulty in winning a permanent place in the Foxes line-up and in six years at Filbert Street made only 23 League...
Born in Greenock in 1878, Alex got his big breakthrough in 1899 when he joined Everton. An inside-forward, he was never a regular at Goodison and played 23 games in two seasons before turning out in...
Matt Tees did not look like a ‘goal machine’, as he was called on the terraces, being slight and not particularly tall but he was tremendously brave, very strong and phenomenal in the air.
Joining...
Born in Glasgow in 1901, Norman had played for the likes of Dumbarton and Hibernian before joining the Town in the summer of 1925.
A clever ball-playing inside-forward, he made a slow start to his...
Born in Port Glasgow in 1902, the Town pulled out all the stops to sign him from Kilbarcham Athletic in April 1921 despite several clubs clamouring for his signature.
Said to resemble the recently...
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Born in Busby, Renfrewshire in 1873, John played local football and after trials for Rangers did not work out decided to move south and joined Fairfield in the Lancashire Combination. His...
St Mirren forward Willie was attracting scouts from many big clubs but Luton manager Dally Duncan won the day and a cheque for £7,500 plus Tom Kiernan brought the clever player to Kenilworth Road...
Dixie was a scoring revelation in Scotland for both Motherwell and Celtic and bagged a hat-trick for the latter in a Scottish Cup final and six in a league game against Partick Thistle in 1973. It...
Born in Paisley in 1905, James was an inside-forward who was signed from Third Lanark in the summer of 1926 but had to see out the 1926-27 season in the reserves. He finally got his chance in the...
Born in Sheffield in 1904, Bernie was an experienced full-back who could play on either flank and after starting out his Football League career at Rotherham County he enjoyed a couple of seasons at...
“Snake-hipped, a football artist with delightful footwork and great intelligence and a true craftsman”, was one of the compliments paid to one of the finest natural footballers to wear a Glasgow...
Picked up from Scottish junior football by Leicester in 1961, Billy had difficulty in winning a permanent place in the Foxes line-up and in six years at Filbert Street made only 23 League...
Born in Greenock in 1878, Alex got his big breakthrough in 1899 when he joined Everton. An inside-forward, he was never a regular at Goodison and played 23 games in two seasons before turning out in...
Matt Tees did not look like a ‘goal machine’, as he was called on the terraces, being slight and not particularly tall but he was tremendously brave, very strong and phenomenal in the air. Joining...
Born in Glasgow in 1901, Norman had played for the likes of Dumbarton and Hibernian before joining the Town in the summer of 1925. A clever ball-playing inside-forward, he made a slow start to his...
Born in Port Glasgow in 1902, the Town pulled out all the stops to sign him from Kilbarcham Athletic in April 1921 despite several clubs clamouring for his signature. Said to resemble the recently...