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In the list of present clubs - you list Muirkirk as having one internationalist, Grant, in 1915. I had a look at an anthology of articles from the Muirkirk Advertiser, but, while it confirms Grant as playing at that time - no first name unfortunately. However, his club was the now-defunct Muirkirk ...

So, we now know the fresh inductees into the Scottish Football Hall of Fame. Since I have been pestering Richard McBrearty for years to get the three previously uninducted Lisbon Lions in, I've got to be happy that Jim Craig, John Clark and Willie Wallace have finally made it. No complaints either ...

Much as I hate to disagree with such a distinguished formu member as your good self Forrest, but, Prince Philip Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg-Mountbatten was first referred to by his Scottish diminutavie of "Chookie Embra" (note the spelling) in the Malky McCormack/Billy Connolly cartoon...

Gabe: Scots useage. John is sometimes Jack; Jack can be Jake; Jake can be Jakey - no big deal. My first name is Matthew - I am also, to some people -Matt, to others Matha, to others Matty. We're Scots, we like to be different. Again to the world, he is Bill Shankly; but, to those of us from his wee...

Thanks for that notification Andy. I have already spoken to Carol-Ann, John-Archie's daughter, obituary filed. With John-Archie's death, the new boy in our First XI is Eddie Connachan, the third goalkeeper to be in the "team". The line-up now reads: Bobby Brown (Rangers) - three caps – 1946/47 : 19...

Leatherstocking wrote: Seven goals against what was generally considered the Iron Curtain defence for but a single point. Sigh. Reading through The Herald archive for that 1956-57 season, I noted the great Cyril Horne reflecting on the fact, where once Rangers had indeed relied on their Iron Curtai...

bluedragon wrote: A quick look at the British Newspaper Archive shows “Shawfield Park” and “Shawfield Stadium” being used at the same time with more often than not the former in football references and the latter for greyhound racing. Strange that, I would have thought - you take your dog to the pa...

I am currently working on a project which requires long hours reading 1950s match reports. This morning, reading the report of the Rangers v Queen's Park league game, at Ibrox, on 23 February, 1957, I noted that Rangers rescued a point, via a 3-3 draw, when Johnny Hubbard converted a 70th minute pe...

Hugh Barrow (Victoria Park AC), was once the fastest teenager in the world over one mile. Hugh recently sent me a newspaper article (it looked like the Herald) with the results of the inaugural Rangers FC Sports, run in conjunction with Clydesdale Harriers. We reckon it was held in 1888. As would a...