Gubbed!: A History of the Heaviest Defeats in Scottish Club Football: A Scottish Football History - Softcover

Holmes, Robin

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798645578374

Publisher: Independently published, 2020

Synopsis

This book showcases the heaviest defeats in Scottish club football and includes the world record defeat of Bon Accord of Aberdeen, beaten 36-0 by Arbroath in the Scottish Cup on the 12th September 1885. Amazingly on the same day, less than 20 miles away, another side, Aberdeen Rovers were also being “gubbed” 35-0 by Dundee Harp. Match reports are provided on both these fixtures as well as details of what happened subsequently to the teams and players involved. Little known facts are also included such as Arbroath’s 7 disallowed goals in the defeat of Bon Accord and the fact that the referee in the Dundee Harp/Aberdeen Rovers game lost count of the score thereby denying them the record! Changes to the off-side law in 1925 produced a veritable goal rush and a number of matches are featured from the 1920s including the legendary Jimmy McGrory scoring 8 in Celtic’s 9-0 win over Dunfermline in 1928. The book also includes Celtic’s 7-1 defeat of Rangers in the 1957 Scottish League Cup final – a record for a domestic cup final. More recent results are included such as Stirling Albion’s 20-0 defeat of Selkirk in the Scottish Cup in 1984 - the British 20th century record - and the record defeats inflicted in each division of the Scottish League. Focus is also given to a number of individual and team goalscoring feats. The book provides accounts of approximately 70 “gubbings” from 1873 up to the present day.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798645578374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 497