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It has to start somewhere for everyone, this daft, wild, extraordinary notion that happiness is a Scottish lap of honour and that the greatest, most hysterical happiness would be a Scottish lap of honour on a World Cup final day, England having just retired to the dressing-rooms, not just beaten, but destroyed, humiliated, thrashed, gubbed ...' - Ian Archer. First published in 1976, We'll Support You Evermore is a collection of reminiscences about the nation's favourite game. Hilarious tales of after-match celebrations and moving accounts of growing up playing football on the mean streets of Glasgow and Edinburgh rub shoulders with memories of superb victories, glorious defeats and drunken jaunts abroad. Together, these produce an entertaining portrait of Scottish supporters. Novelist Alan Sharp and Gordon Williams contribute essays, as do journalists Ian Archer, John Rafferty and Hugh Taylor among others. Each writes about his own personal recollections of the game: the Wembley Wizards, the Famous Five, Third Lanark, the Old Firm, Queen's Park, Hearts, Hibs, and many more. There's something here for every fitba'-daft reader.
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Seeking to reflect the special love of football that the Scottish have, the editors of this volume invited some prominent Scottish journalists, authors and poets to write about their memories of the "gemme", the high and low spots as they remembered them. The journalists include John Rafferty, Ian Archer, Hugh Taylor and John Mackenzie, formerly with newspapers such as "The Scotsman", "The Herald", and the "Daily Record". Well-known Scottish poets Tom Leonard, Alan Bold and Tom McGrath are featured alongside novelists Alan Sharp and Gordon Williams. Together they evoke the magic legends, the memories from the heroic past: the Wembley Wizards, the Famous Five, Torry Gillick, Third Lanark, the Terrible Trio, and Jim Baxter.
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A football classic that includes contributions from some of Scotland's finest writers and football fanatics past and present
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