Theres Only One Dixie Deans

Download Theres Only One Dixie Deans full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Theres Only One Dixie Deans ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

There's Only One Dixie Deans

Author : Dixie Deans
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857900838
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis There's Only One Dixie Deans by : Dixie Deans

Download or read book There's Only One Dixie Deans written by Dixie Deans and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-10-08 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dixie Deans is a true Celtic legend. Between 1971 and 1976, he scored 132 goals in 184 games and was part of the great Celtic team that swept to nine consecutive Scottish league titles and dominated a golden era of the national game. Dixie cemented his status in football folklore by becoming the first Scottish player to hit hat-tricks in two cup finals, but he is remembered just as much for the special bond he struck with the fans - ties that remain as strong today, exactly 40 years after he first signed for Celtic from Motherwell. Now Dixie, a member of the Celtic Hall of Fame, opens his scrapbook of memories on a lifetime of adventures in the beautiful game of football. From the struggle of growing up in a one-parent family to losing his beloved mother just as his career was starting to blossom, to playing under the legendary Jock Stein, and alongside the likes of Dalgleish, Macari, McNeill and Connolly, Dixie recalls the tumultuous days of a roller-coaster career at the very pinnacle of Scottish football. This is a fascinating story, at times uplifting, heartrending, inspiring and haunting, proving that there really is only one, inimitable, Dixie Deans.

Voices Of The Old Firm

Author : Stephen Walsh
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780577656
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Voices Of The Old Firm by : Stephen Walsh

Download or read book Voices Of The Old Firm written by Stephen Walsh and published by Random House. This book was released on 2012-12-07 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This revised and updated edition of Voices of the Old Firm tells the story of Rangers and Celtic in the words of those who can say 'I was there'. By interviewing players, managers but above all supporters of the two great clubs, Stephen Walsh has built up a unique portrait of sixty years of football in the city. Full of evocative social and historical detail, the book surveys all the great moments since the war - the ups and downs, the triumphs and disasters. What was it like to be in Lisbon for Celtic's epic 1967 European Cup victory, or in Barcelona for Rangers' European triumph of 1972? The different 'voices' which describe these and many other key events include some of the greatest players ever to pull on a green or a blue jersey and they have vivid tales to tell of encounters on the field. But the book also hears the voices of those who have spent their time standing on the terraces or sitting in the stands cheering on their heroes. Ordinary supporters tell of their adventures at home and abroad while following their clubs with sometimes ridiculous levels of devotion. In their own words, they tell of great games of football, but they also describe the fabric of the fan's life - the buses, the songs, the drink, the clothes, the bigotry and the passionate emotion which marks Glasgow out from almost all other footballing cities. This classic oral history has been brought fully up to date with the addition of new material reflecting the way the teams have come to dominate the Scottish football scene in the last ten years. Highlights include Celtic's pilgrimage to Seville for the UEFA Cup final and Rangers' unforgettable championship win of 2005.

Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833

Author : Michael Morris
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131767586X
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833 by : Michael Morris

Download or read book Scotland and the Caribbean, c.1740-1833 written by Michael Morris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-12 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book participates in the modern recovery of the memory of the long-forgotten relationship between Scotland and the Caribbean. Drawing on theoretical paradigms of world literature and transnationalism, it argues that Caribbean slavery profoundly shaped Scotland’s economic, social and cultural development, and draws out the implications for current debates on Scotland’s national narratives of identity. Eighteenth- to nineteenth-century Scottish writers are re-examined in this new light. Morris explores the ways that discourses of "improvement" in both Scotland and the Caribbean are mediated by the modes of pastoral and georgic which struggle to explain and contain the labour conditions of agricultural labourers, both free and enslaved. The ambivalent relationship of Scottish writers, including Robert Burns, to questions around abolition allows fresh perspectives on the era. Furthermore, Morris considers the origins of a hybrid Scottish-Creole identity through two nineteenth-century figures - Robert Wedderburn and Mary Seacole. The final chapter moves forward to consider the implications for post-devolution (post-referendum) Scotland. Underpinning this investigation is the conviction that collective memory is a key feature which shapes behaviour and beliefs in the present; the recovery of the memory of slavery is performed here in the interests of social justice in the present.

Kane's Ladder

Author : Carlos Alba
Publisher : Birlinn
ISBN 13 : 0857901117
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (579 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Kane's Ladder by : Carlos Alba

Download or read book Kane's Ladder written by Carlos Alba and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-05-01 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's 1975 and Britain is a country in political flux. In Glasgow the dirty old Victorian slums have been razed to the ground, replaced with brand new slums twenty storeys high. Chips are a health food and the very mention of filet mignon would spark a riot on the Govan Road. As its citizens struggle to adapt to their changing world, they wonder what will replace the steel mills and the shipyards, whether they look stupid in flares and what the lyrics of the Bay City Rollers' 'Shang-A-Lang' actually mean? Ten-year-old Steve Duff longs to be poor and neglected like his friend Wally, whose parents are incapable drunks. Frustratingly for Steve, he's saddled with a conventional, stable and middle-class family. Then, over the course of a year, his father has a fling with a barmaid and leaves home, his mother's response is to start a psychology degree, his sister is arrested for demanding money with menaces and his brother gets a girl pregnant.As if the normal indignities of growing up weren't bad enough...This is a funny touching and heart-warming debut novel that will strike a chord with anyone who has been an awkward kid at least once in their life.

Football, My Life

Author : Lou Macari
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1407040804
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Football, My Life by : Lou Macari

Download or read book Football, My Life written by Lou Macari and published by Random House. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Football has dominated Lou Macari's life. Taken on as an apprentice by Celtic in the wake of their 1967 European Cup triumph, Macari learnt his football the old-fashioned way. He quickly broke into the first team, winning Scottish league titles and Cups in both 1971 and 1972, but it was at Manchester United, following a shock transfer in January 1973, that the attacking midfielder's prowess turned him into a fans' favourite and a household name. Macari went on to score 97 goals in 401 appearances for the Red Devils, including the winner against Liverpool in the 1977 FA Cup final. He also won 24 caps for Scotland and represented his country in the infamous 1978 World Cup Finals in Argentina. After leaving United in 1984, Macari moved into management with Swindon Town. It was there that he was wrongly implicated in a betting scandal which blighted his managerial career. In his long-awaited autobiography, Lou Macari tells with typical candour of football then and of football now, of the glory days and the truth behind the scandals, and of the perils that threaten the beautiful game today. It is a story like no other.

The Last Battle

Author : Cornelius Ryan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439127018
Total Pages : 749 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Last Battle by : Cornelius Ryan

Download or read book The Last Battle written by Cornelius Ryan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-02-16 with total page 749 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic account of the final offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich. The Battle for Berlin was the culminating struggle of World War II in the European theater, the last offensive against Hitler’s Third Reich, which devastated one of Europe’s historic capitals and marked the final defeat of Nazi Germany. It was also one of the war’s bloodiest and most pivotal battles, whose outcome would shape international politics for decades to come. The Last Battle is Cornelius Ryan’s compelling account of this final battle, a story of brutal extremes, of stunning military triumph alongside the stark conditions that the civilians of Berlin experienced in the face of the Allied assault. As always, Ryan delves beneath the military and political forces that were dictating events to explore the more immediate imperatives of survival, where, as the author describes it, “to eat had become more important than to love, to burrow more dignified than to fight, to exist more militarily correct than to win.” The Last Battle is the story of ordinary people, both soldiers and civilians, caught up in the despair, frustration, and terror of defeat. It is history at its best, a masterful illumination of the effects of war on the lives of individuals, and one of the enduring works on World War II.

Scottish League Cup

Author : David Potter
Publisher : eBook Partnership
ISBN 13 : 180150220X
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (15 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Scottish League Cup by : David Potter

Download or read book Scottish League Cup written by David Potter and published by eBook Partnership. This book was released on 2022-02-07 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Scottish League Cup is often wrongly described as the 'Cinderella' of Scottish football, as distinct from its two ugly sisters, the Scottish League and the Scottish Cup. Dating from the Second World War, it is certainly the youngest. The trophy is unusual, if not unique, in having three handles. It is a major part of the Scottish season, and has been keenly contested for 75 years. Sixteen teams have won the cup. Unsurprisingly, the big Glasgow clubs have won it the most, but Aberdeen, Hearts, Hibs and Dundee have also tasted glory. The trophy has also given the likes of Raith Rovers and Livingston their moments in the sun - and who could ignore the mighty deeds of East Fife, who won the cup three times in its first decade? Rangers hold the record for Scottish League Cup wins, but Celtic's victories have been more spectacular, not least their astonishing 7-1 triumph in the 1957 final. This book pays homage to each one of the 75 seasons, with a detailed account of every final.

Celtic's Lost Legend

Author : Bryan Cooney
Publisher : Black & White Publishing Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1785302760
Total Pages : 235 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Celtic's Lost Legend by : Bryan Cooney

Download or read book Celtic's Lost Legend written by Bryan Cooney and published by Black & White Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2019-06-06 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The incredible truth behind the legend of George Connelly Hailed as the greatest Scottish talent of his generation, George Connelly made 254 appearances for Celtic and played in the Scotland team that qualified for the 1974 World Cup Finals. But at the age of 26 he walked away from football and the promise of a glittering career. So, what went wrong? George Connelly had a rare talent. He could pass long or short with unerring accuracy, could entertain crowds with his keepie-uppie skills and seemed to have the world at his feet. But with a troubled private life and the pressures of stardom weighing on his shoulders, the man behind the laidback exterior was falling apart. In Celtic's Lost Legend, George Connelly tells the remarkable story of why he walked away from his dreams and from the team he loved. Here, at last, he answers the question that has intrigued football fans for more than forty years. Whatever became of George Connelly?

There is a Bonny Fitba Team

Author : Ted Brack
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845025903
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis There is a Bonny Fitba Team by : Ted Brack

Download or read book There is a Bonny Fitba Team written by Ted Brack and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05-19 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "There Is A Bonny Fitba Team" is the story of one fan's journey as he follows Hibernian FC through the highs and lows of fifty years on the Hibee highway. The story starts in April 1958 when eleven-year-old Ted Brack left Hampden in tears after Hibs had lost the Scottish Cup Final. Between that day and watching Hibs win the CIS Cup nearly fifty years later, Ted Brack has been to over 1,000 games and has dedicated a major part of his life to the club. During that time he got to know many of the club's legendary players, its officials and supporters and was a regular contributor to the Hibs fanzine. "There Is A Bonny Fitba Team" is a funny, affectionate and honest account of the trials and tribulations of a devoted Hibs fan as well as a history of the club over the last fifty years and a must-read book for all the fans who have lived through good times and bad with Hibernian FC.

Sussex War Heroes

Author : Ben James
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750968559
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (59 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Sussex War Heroes by : Ben James

Download or read book Sussex War Heroes written by Ben James and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-02-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A generation of ordinary young men and women were thrust into the most extraordinary of situations when the Second World War was declared. Sussex is full of war heroes, but soon they will be gone – along with their stories. This is not a book about Victoria Cross winners or the celebrities of days gone by, but the untold accounts of everyday heroes who 'did their bit'. It is about former train engineer Bob Morrell, who was beaten, starved and tortured in the brutal Japanese prisoner camps. It is about ex-pub landlord John Akehurst, who gave the Germans the run-around Northern Europe after being shot down. And it is about Shindy Perez and her remarkable escape from the gas chambers of Auschwitz. As this important period passes from living memory into history, this is likely to be the last time that these personal tales are told, tales which should never be forgotten.

The Sevenpenny Gate

Author : John Cairney
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1780571607
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (85 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Sevenpenny Gate by : John Cairney

Download or read book The Sevenpenny Gate written by John Cairney and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-10-06 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Clutching in my hand my seven copper pennies, I ran down the two flights of stone stairs from our tenement flat and through the East End to Kinloch Street, where, puffing a bit, I joined the queue of other wee boys lining up to place their coins on the brass plate above the iron turnstile, push hard against it, then climb up onto the dirt terracing and into Paradise. The rest of the world called it Celtic Park.' This is a story seen through green-and-white spectacles. It begins when nine-year-old Glaswegian John Cairney walks through the boys' gate at Celtic Park and embarks on a series of adventures that, over the years, take him all over Scotland and beyond. The Sevenpenny Gate is about a search for heroes, Celtic heroes. It is also the tale of an East End club of humble Irish origins that has developed into a worldwide brand and continues to command the devotion of its fans, even with the Celtic diaspora now spread across the globe.

Celtic

Author : Gerard McDade
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845026209
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Celtic by : Gerard McDade

Download or read book Celtic written by Gerard McDade and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-21 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Celtic - The Supersonic 70s - is a rollicking romp through a decade of triumphs and disasters both on and off the pitch, when football and fashion intertwined to the sounds of glam rock and punk and the world changed forever - from Wilson to Thatcher, from Bolan to Rotten, from The Persuaders to The Professionals, from Choppers to skateboards and from the First Division to the Premier League. Relive the story of Celtic, the Stars, the tantalising title jousts, the titanic Cup finals, the tasty European adventures and a decade that altered fashions, fads, futures and football in the superb, sensational Celtic - The Supersonic 70s.

Footprints on the Sands of Time

Author : Oliver Clutton-Brock
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909166308
Total Pages : 561 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Footprints on the Sands of Time by : Oliver Clutton-Brock

Download or read book Footprints on the Sands of Time written by Oliver Clutton-Brock and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2003-08-19 with total page 561 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of RAF Evaders provides a comprehensive reference of the airmen of Bomber Command who were held in German captivity during WWII. This extensive book is divided into two part. The first, which has eighteen chapters, deals with German POW camps as they were opened, in chronological order and to which the Bomber Command POWs were sent. Each chapter includes anecdotes and stories of the men in the camps—capture, escape, illness, and murder—and illustrates the awfulness of captivity even in German hands. Roughly one in every twenty captured airmen never returned home. The first part also covers subjects such as how the POWs were repatriated during the war; how they returned at war’s end; the RAF traitors; the war crimes; and the vital importance of the Red Cross. The style is part reference, part gripping narrative, and the book will correct many historical inaccuracies, and includes previously unpublished photographs. The second part comprises an annotated list of ALL 10, 995 RAF Bomber Command airmen who were taken prisoner, together with an extended introduction. The two parts together are the fruit of exhaustive research and provide an important contribution to our knowledge of the war and a unique reference work not only for the serious RAF historian but for the ex-POWs themselves and their families and anyone with an interest in the RAF in general and captivity in particular.

No Flight from the Cage

Author : Calton Younger
Publisher : Fighting High Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0993212921
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (932 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis No Flight from the Cage by : Calton Younger

Download or read book No Flight from the Cage written by Calton Younger and published by Fighting High Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger’s No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim. One critic wrote, ‘the book goes below the surface of prison camp life and shows a remarkable insight into the minds of men forced to live under conditions of tension and strain.’ The former Royal Australian Air Force Bomber Command airman has now revised, expanded and updated his original work – the story of a young man’s journey to war, of being shot down in May 1942, of three years spent behind barbed wire, and of enduring forced marches as the Nazi state crumbled. The author also recounts his adventures on the run in France prior to capture and his return, in 1949, to search for the people who helped him. In sensitive, gripping, yet often humorous prose, Cal Younger describes the toils and deprivations of prison camp life. There are the extraordinary characters, notably the inspirational camp leader James ‘Dixie’ Deans, who, as the war neared its end, and following a tragic attack by ‘friendly’ Allied aircraft on a marching column, cycled through the fighting to British lines, and then returned to rejoin the march. There is the brutality Cal witnesses. At Stalag Luft VI, an escape campaign, ruthlessly carried out, ends with the suicide and execution of guards and prisoners. Then there is the amusing but dangerous brinksmanship of Hun-baiting. This revised edition incorporates previously unpublished photographs along with numerous illustrations and cartoons depicting camp life, as sketched by the author while a prisoner-of-war. No Flight from the Cage has become one of the classic prisoner-of-war memoirs. A book, as stated by General Sir John Hackett, that ‘deserves to be read and reread’, and ‘an adventure in the exploration of the human spirit whose total effect is both sobering and uplifting’.

Keeping in Paradise

Author : David Potter
Publisher : Black & White Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1845029755
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (45 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Keeping in Paradise by : David Potter

Download or read book Keeping in Paradise written by David Potter and published by Black & White Publishing. This book was released on 2015-08-31 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Fallon remains one of Celtic's great characters and is a lifelong supporter of the club. Now, for the first time, this Celtic legend tells the fascinating inside story of his career in football and his years with the club. Fallon joined Celtic in the late 1950s when the club was struggling, saw a fair amount of the desperate days of 1963 and 1964 but was there at the start of the glory years when Celtic won the Scottish Cup in 1965. He shared in good and bad times with the club, was the substitute goalkeeper at the European Cup Final in Lisbon in 1967, and was suddenly called into action in South America when Ronnie Simpson was felled by a missile - and performed brilliantly. He hit a low point in 1968 after one bad game against Rangers at the New Year, but fought back gloriously to play his part in the incredible month of April 1969 when Celtic won all three Scottish domestic trophies in one calendar month. It is a career he is rightly proud of and now John Fallon reveals the inside story and some brand new insights into his relationship with Jock Stein and other members of the Lisbon Lions, which were not always straightforward.There are accounts of his dealings with opponents, the clashes with Rangers and with European opposition in what was a fantastic era for the game in Scotland.He also shares his opinions on the art of goalkeeping, the state of Celtic at the moment and the future of the game in Scotland.

Playing for the Lostbhoys 2

Author : David Harper
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1447723236
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (477 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Playing for the Lostbhoys 2 by : David Harper

Download or read book Playing for the Lostbhoys 2 written by David Harper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2011 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Last of the 39-ers

Author : Sean Feast
Publisher : Grub Street Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909166154
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Last of the 39-ers by : Sean Feast

Download or read book The Last of the 39-ers written by Sean Feast and published by Grub Street Publishing. This book was released on 2014-03-19 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In some ways, Alfie Fripps war ended when he was shot down on a reconnaissance sortie over Germany in October 1939. In many others, it was only just beginning. Squadron Leader Alfie Fripp (RAF Retd) was the oldest surviving and longest-serving British prisoner of war (PoW) until his death in 2012 the last of the so-called 39-ers. Held during World War II in the Nazi PoW camp of Stalag Luft III in Sagan, he was a veteran of the real Great Escape in which he took an active role, and had the sadness of seeing his own skipper Mike Casey shot as one of the 50. But Alfies story begins well before the outbreak of the Second World War. One of Trenchards Brats, Alfie trained as a wireless operator before spending more than five years in various flying boat squadrons in the Far East. He was again one of the last survivors from the days of the mighty Southampton, Scapa and Singapore flying boats that ruled both the skies and the waves, and helped ensure the safety of the Empire. Told to Sean Feast with striking honesty and simplicity, written with pace and insight, Alfies story has been brought alive. Accompanied by a superb collection of photographs, this long-overdue account is an excellent chance to discover the story of one of these legendary men. Sean Feast is a well-respected aviation historian whose past titles for Grub Street have been Heroic Endeavour, Master Bombers (now in paperback), A Pathfinders War (with Ted Stocker), and Churchills Navigator (with John Mitchell) and, most recently, The Pathfinder Companion.