Synopsis
As Rangers Football Club prepares to enter a new era, this book looks back at its famous history through a magnificent collection of photographs, many of which are published for the first time. The latest in the unashamedly nostalgic 'When Football Was Football' series chronicles a remarkable story which began in 1872 on the banks of the river Clyde when four teenagers thought to form a football club. A product of industrial, working-class Glasgow, that club grew in to one of Scotland's biggest institutions and continues at the forefront of Scottish football. This tome, though, focuses on a more innocent time in football, when players and punters mixed and shared the glories and the grief. Dozens of wonderful black-and-white and colour photographs not only capture the triumphs and trophies at Rangers, of which there have been many, but also catalogue the troubles and tragedies, which, unfortunately, there have been more than a few. This is a book for every Rangers fan who wishes they could have watched The Gallant Pioneers, the early successes of William Wilton's sides and Bill Struth's Iron Curtain defence, and the many, many more who did witness the brilliance of Baxter, Wallace's warriors and nine-in-a-row.
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About the Author
Ronnie Esplin is a sports reporter who writes for the Press Association and who also has a weekly blog on STV's website, www.stv.tv. A former managing editor of Arena Leisure's football website, he has previously written for various publications including FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes, The Scotsman, The Times, The Herald, The Sunday Herald, The Sunday Times and Scotland on Sunday. A keen Scottish football historian, who watched his first match more than 40 years ago, his books include 'Down The Copland Road,' 'Barcelona Here We Come', 'The Advocaat Years', 'Ten Days That Shook Rangers,' 'It's Rangers For Me?: New Perspectives on a Scottish Institution,' 'Totally Frank: The story of Frank McGarvey' and 'Rangers: Triumphs, Troubles, Traditions' with contributions to other publications such as 'Ten Days that Shook Scotland.' Ronnie has three children and lives in Glasgow.
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