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He played for Liverpool (1910-15), Dumbarton (1919-21) and Third Lanark (1921-22). Can somebody please tell me when he played his 2 games for Third Lanark in 1921/22 season? He played for New York Giants 1923-26. I found two league and two Glasgow Cup matches. He was at right half in all matches ot...

In the “ Football Books ” section I have given details of a new book we have just published – “ Junior Scotland 1889 to 2019: The Players and Matches ”. I wonder if anyone can help with a question that has arisen about the award of international caps for the full international team in the post-war p...

Brian. Thank you for the explanation. Falkirk supporters would have preferred your league table, with the Bairns off the bottom, to the one published in their local newspaper!

Thanks Brian, I cannot see how the Falkirk Herald's table was so far out even with Motherwell's results!

“ Junior Scotland 1889 to 2019: The Matches and Players ” by Douglas Gorman and Tom McGouran is available on the Lulu self-publishing website for £9.50 plus £2.99 post & packaging using this link: http://www.lulu.com/shop/douglas-gorman-and-tom-mcgouran/junior-scotland-1889-to-2019-the-players-and-m...

And also Scottish Alliance 1923/24? The Falkirk Herald (Saturday 10 May 1924) said “ the following table shows how this competition finished for the season. Very few of the clubs completed the full schedule of matches. ” Rangers 25 15 6 4 38 15 36 Heart of Midlothian 24 10 10 4 35 22 30 Aberdeen 24...

The television cameras were back at Meadow Park, Irvine on 2 January 1962 when the Senior fixtures had been virtually all postponed due to very bad weather. STV rushed a camera team to Irvine to film that afternoon’s Meadow versus Dundee Downfield Junior Cup tie. The tie had already been postponed s...

Courtesy of “ Bristling with possiblities….. ” St Johnstone FC history by Alastair Blair and Brian Doyle. Raith Rovers 3 St Johnstone 3 Attendance: 1,300 St Johnstone goalscorers: Brogan 2, Beedie NB in the previous two matches John Brogan scored 2 against Raith Rovers and 5 against Falkirk! St John...

It might be the other way round. John Litster disk says a James McCallum signed for Morton in October 1903 and appears to have been placed on the Open to Transfer List at the end of the 1904/05 season. He only played a handful of league games. He is listed as a right half. Donald McCallum was a full...

I do not know if this helps or hinders but In the Scottish Referee (19 November 1897) there is a Danforth in the Rosebank line-up to play against Clyde Shamrock. However, on that day Clyde Shamrock were also due to play Eastern Hibs in a Glasgow Juvenile Cup tie. So perhaps Clyde Shamrock had two te...

With help from many, many others we think DOUGIE ARNOTT maybe the player who got the nearest to achieving the treble of Amateur, Junior and Senior Scottish Cup winners’ medals in that he played in finals of all three competitions and was a winner in one. 1984/85 Scottish Amateur Cup finalists Mother...

Ronnie Tracey 1978/79 Scottish Amateur Cup winners Crosshouse Waverley 1982/83 Scottish Junior Cup winners East Kilbride Thistle That is a very interesting question that occurred to us when we were researching Junior internationalists and trying to find a player capped at all three levels (amateur, ...

Gabe and I have been trying to work out the goal times. We have used the British Newspaper Archive. As we know the precise goal times were not recorded as a matter of course at this time but the various reports of the game gave some times and other good clues. With the exception of the 6th goal we h...

“ 50 Football Heroes: in War and Peace ” tells the individual stories of bravery of fifty British footballers and includes a summary of their football careers that vary from internationalists to playing at lower levels in the game. 19 players were either born in Scotland or have a Scottish club(s) o...

Thanks Brian that's great. The description of the cup in the local newspaper was as follows: “ A most handsome specimen of the silversmith’s art, standing some eighteen inches high, massive in proportion, and withal of most chaste design. The carvings and traceries are in floral and scroll pattern, ...