Complete Records

[J.S.Norway]

I have complete record books for Hamilton Academicals, Raith Rovers, Partick Thistle, Dundee United, Celtic, Rangers, Kilmarnock, Aberdeen and Dundee + Hearts, Falkirk and Motherwell after WW2. On internett there are Hibernian, Forfar and Hearts + partly Morton. Are there complete records for other Scottish clubs available?

[prorege]

Queen's Park - The Men with the Educated Feet
St Johnstone - Manifest Destiny

[Merseman]

This is my bookshelf:

Aberdeen - Centenary History - Stirling, 2002
Celtic - 125 Years of Competitive Matches - Poter & Rowan, 2012
Dumbarton - Sons of the Rock - McAllister, 2002
Dundee - They Wore the Dark Blue - Price, 2004
Dundee Utd - Official Centenary History - Rundo & Watson, 2009
Edinburgh City - Marine Gardens to Meadowbank - Beecroft, 2005
Falkirk - Brockville Bairns V1-V3 / Falkirk Bairns V4 - White, 1991-2009
Hamilton Academical - Illustrated History - Dick & Watson, 2009
Heart of Midlothian - Gritty, Gallant, Glorious - Price, 1997
Hibernian - there are results in Making of Hibernian V1-3 - Lugton, 2012; and statistics in Complete Story - Mackay, 1990
Kilmarnock - Everygame - Ross, 2001
Montrose - there are statistics in Journey So Far - Doyle, 2013
Motherwell - Well Again - Barnstaple & Brown, 2004
Partick Thistle - Official History - various, 2002
Queen's Park - Men with Educated Feet - Robertson, 2018
Raith Rovers - Always Next Season - Litster, 2008
Rangers - Complete Record - Ferris & McElroy, 2005
St Bernards - When the Well Ran Dry - Park, 2008
St Johnstone - Manifest Destiny - Blair & Doyle, 2015
Stirling Albion - Albion 1945 to 1988 - Grieve & Turnbull, 1988
Third Lanark - Life & Death of the Hi Hi - Litster, 2010

Some have earlier editions.

There was a previous St Johnstone edition under a different title and earlier Complete Records for Celtic (and Aberdeen?).


That would suggest none for:

Airdrieonians, Albion Rovers, Alloa Athletic, Arbroath
Ayr Utd, Berwick Rangers, Brechin City, Clyde
Clydebank, Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline Athletic, East Fife
East Stirlingshire, Forfar Athletic, Greenock Morton, Leith Athletic,
Livingston/Meadowbank Thistle, Queen of the South, St Mirren, Stenhousemuir, Stranraer

without considering some recent entrants or pre-war league clubs.

[Merseman]

IOn internett there are Hibernian, Forfar and Hearts + partly Morton.

I'm not aware of some of those - are these on FitbaStats (originally iHibs) or elsewhere?


Online offerings have proved very transient. Here are those I recall. I've noted in red those which seem to have gone 'defunct'.

(Several aren't overtly statistical).

Aberdeen - AFC Heritage - http://www.afcheritage.org/main.cfm
Airdrieonians - did there not used to be a site called Airdrie Programmes or similar?
Arbroath - there as a very 1990s style history website, mainly narrative, with a timeline etc.
Ayr United - Ayr Utd Archive - https://ayrutdarchive.com/ - seems to be successor to Ayr Utd Programmes
Berwick Rangers - there were comprehensive player bios and stats on a previous official club website
Celtic - Celtic Wiki - http://www.thecelticwiki.com/ - and Celtic Programmes - http://celticprogrammes.co.uk/
Clyde - there was a Clyde Archive
Clydebank - Clydebank Programmes - http://www.clydebankprogrammesonline.co.uk/
Dumbarton - Sons Archive - http://sonsarchive.com
Dundee Utd - Arab Archive - https://www.arabarchive.co.uk/index.php
Dunfermline Athletic - Pars Database - http://www.parsdatabase.co.uk/
East Fife - there was an excellent East Fife Historian which has been shut down
Falkirk - Better Meddle - http://bettermeddle.org.uk/
Hamilton Academical - Accies Memory Bank - https://sites.google.com/site/hamiltona ... ybank/home - was there a preceder?
Heart of Midlothian - London Hearts - https://www.londonhearts.com/
Hibernian - Historical Trust - http://www.hibshistoricaltrust.org.uk/ - there used to be an excellent Hibs Programmes site, and a Results Archive on a previous official club website
Kilmarnock - there was a very 1990s style website, mainly narrative, is this now https://www.killiefc.com/?
Motherwell - Well Net - http://www.motherwellnet.com/
Partick Thistle - History Archive - http://partickthistleahistory.wikifoundry.com/
Queen of the South - QotS Archive - http://www.qosarchive.co.uk/
Queen's Park - QPFC - http://www.qpfc.com/
Raith Rovers - Raith Museum - https://www.raithmuseum.org/
Rangers - there was a good Rangers history site and a Rangers Programmes site
St Mirren - St Mirren Info - http://www.stmirren.info/ - and St Mirren Programmes - http://www.stmirrenprogrammes.co.uk/
Third Lanark - I have hazy memories of a site of some kind


No doubt others will add to or amend these lists.

[LEATHERSTOCKING]

Robin Marwick wrote Albion Rovers` history about 20 yyears ago.

[bluedragon]

Robin Marwick wrote Albion Rovers` history about 20 yyears ago.

“The Boys from the Brig: The life and times of Albion Rovers” by RW Marwick ISBN 0 946120 19 6

[ScottishFA]

I've compiled a fairly complete bibliography of Scottish football here: https://www.scottishsporthistory.com/fo ... books.html

[J.S.Norway]

Thank you all!!!
I have just order Queen of the South book from Iain McCartney

Merseman -Hibernian, Forfar and Morton on Fitbastats.
Hearts on https://www.londonhearts.com/scores/new ... ayers.html

When I say complete records, I mean season by season, matches with line-ups and goalscorers.
Will I find that information in any of the following books?

Queen's Park - The Men with the Educated Feet
St Johnstone - Manifest Destiny
Dumbarton - Sons of the Rock - McAllister, 2002
Edinburgh City - Marine Gardens to Meadowbank - Beecroft, 2005
Montrose - there are statistics in Journey So Far - Doyle, 2013
St Bernards - When the Well Ran Dry - Park, 2008
Stirling Albion - Albion 1945 to 1988 - Grieve & Turnbull, 1988
Airdrieonians One Hundred Years Plus (1991). Bill Marwick,
The Boys from the 'Brig: the life and times of Albion Rovers (1986). RW Marwick, 376 pages.
Alloa Athletic FC, 60 years in the Scottish League (1981). Stuart Latham, 64 pages.
Walking Down the Somerset Road (2006). Duncan Carmichael, 256 pages. (Ayr)
Dunfermline Athletic
Black and White Magic (1984). Jim Paterson and Douglas Scott, 192 pages.
Dunfermline Athletic 1885-1985 (1985). John Hunter, 192 pages.
On that windswept plain: the first hundred years of East Fife FC (2003). James K Corstorphine, 236 pages.
Elgin City’s Highland League Triumphs and Tragedy 1895-2000 (2003). Robert Weir, 136 pages.
The Brockville Bairns: ; Vol 3, 1876-1946; Michael White, 155; 309; 240; ... pages.
Livingston
Public Parks to Premier League (2004). John and Carol Bain, 176 pages.
The Lions' Roar (2006). Craig McGill, 224 pages.
The Journey So Far: a results history of Montrose FC (2013). Steve Doyle, 231 pages.
Goals and Gable Ends, a history of Montrose FC (2016). Forbes Inglis.
Images of Sport: Greenock Morton Football Club 1874-1999 (1999). Jim Jeffrey, 128 pages.
Motherwell books?
Ross County, from Highland League to Hampden (2010). Frank Gilfeather, 160 pages.
Upwards and Onwards, Stenhousemuir FC history 1884-1995 (1995). Bill Lothian, np.
Stirling Albion FC 1945-1988 (1988). Allan Grieve and John Turnbull, 1988.

[Merseman]

All of the books I listed have complete results/lineups/scorers.

EDIT: After a quick excursion along the bookshelf, the exceptions - aside from Hibs and Montrose already mentioned - are:

* Stirling Albion ... gives full dates, results, attendances for all matches; gives appearances, scorers in season summary
* Third Lanark ... gives full dates, results, attendances, scorers for national + Glasgow matches; gives appearances in season summary (broken down by national competition)

In some cases they don't include friendlies or local cups.


I think most/all the others you have listed are more like narrative histories or pictorials.

For example I've got the Morton book and it's overwhelmingly photos with the only text being captions and single-page chapter intros.


Some clubs also have "Player A-Z" books with summary statistics; also John Litster's CDs of course.

[J.S.Norway]

Thank you!!

[Steve Emms]

By searching "Dumbarton 1939", "Dumbarton 1940" etc you'll find full results and player appearances & goals (but not line-ups for individual games) for the Sons on Wikipedia