Lifted Over The Turnstiles: Scotland's Football Grounds In The Black & White Era: 1

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While the majority of images focus on packed or barren terraces and small stands representing an oasis of shelter on the halfway line, some are a commemoration of unique events, such as the Third Lanark player using a pneumatic drill to break up the ice on a frozen pitch. A unique record of Aberdeen supporters' experience reflected in hundreds of previously unseen photos.

As the veteran journalist Chick Young says in the foreword, these are photos of the “good old, bad old days”.I went straight to the pictures for my hometown club and saw several images of Palmerston in Dumfries that were new to me. Author Steve Finan has spent the past three years immersed in photo archives looking for never-before-published material. Hallewell Publications is a small publishing house based in Argyll which concentrates largely on a single project: a popular series of walking guides which covers Scotland and selected areas of England. Also contains anecdotes and quirks gathered from fans, club historians and newspaper articles of decades past.

Former Scotland Manager Craig Brown ( Volume 2 ) and former Scotland international, Leanne Crichton ( Volume 3 ) provide forewords football fans will love as they start their nostalgic trip down memory lane. From industrial designer to tour guide to gardener; Alistair’s life has taken him through many twists and turns from his origins in Glasgow until he settled in Arran 20 years ago. A fantastic range of images, supported by some interesting newspaper articles and informative text, quickly dispensed any fears of a lament to times past. Steve also looks at grounds that no longer exist as football venues, such as Third Lanark’s Cathkin Park, Clyde’s Shawfield Park, and Falkirk’s Brockville!

Another bizarre image involves around 100 fans sitting in the skeleton of a new stand at Tannadice with no visible means of accessing the area in which they are sitting. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. We really enjoyed the book and liked reminiscing about grounds we’ve been to and how they’ve changed over time.

These are the places where your Grandfather, Father, Uncles, Brothers and friends exulted and cursed.I think there is a book out there still to be written about football teams and their Grounds in the 1960s, 70s, and perhaps 80s before big money and T. V. deals ruined British football (along with the Bosman Ruling) and just about destroyed fans' links with their local clubs. Hibs, Dundee United, Aberdeen, Rangers, Motherwell, Kilmarnock and more feature in Volume 2 as well as a lengthy look at Hampden. The book (hopefully Vols 1, 2 and 3) will be a follow-up to my Lifted Over The Turnstiles 3-volume collection of books about Scottish football grounds: https://www. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products.