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SCOTTISH FOOTBALL  HISTORIAN

The quarterly magazine which celebrates the history and folklore of Scottish Football.

NEW LOOK - 32 pages, full colour photographs throughout

The latest edition is No. 178, the third of 2026, page down for list of articles

Each edition comprises 32 pages and contains original research on the history of the game in Scotland, its  personalities, players, teams etc. ; reproductions of long-forgotten articles on Scottish Football History ; book reviews, obituaries, exchange of information, and news and views of interest to all those with an interest in the history of Scottish Football.


 

Each edition costs £2.50 plus 90p p&p (UK only) from John Litster, 
81 Marksbury Road,
Bristol, BS3 5JY  
Please add a further £3 for postage to Europe, and an additional £4 per issue for airmail postage outside Europe.

PDF copies can be purchased for £2.50 by arrangement, email progm@hotmail.com

Subscriptions may be for any number of issue, in multiples of the above amounts.    Cheques should be made payable to J. Litster.  Click for other payment methods

Further enquiries, please telephone 07591 434163 or email progm@hotmail.com


Back issues of every previous edition of the magazine are available  priced £2 plus postage. Please add sufficient additional postage for Europe and outside Europe

A comprehensive INDEX OF CONTENTS  all every issue of SCOTTISH FOOTBALL HISTORIAN, is available for £1 plus 90p UK p&p, or click here for the the contents FREE TO VIEW online.

Contents of the current issue, 178, the third of 2026, include:

 

 

Celtic v League Select Matches during 1st World War by Frank McCrossan.

 

Early Football Grounds by Brian Wright  featuring St Mirren, Abercorn etc.

 

Dennis McCleary’s A to Z of Berwick Rangers FC   

 

Brien McIlroy’s Sojourn with Aberdeen by Peter Myers, also with Kilmarnock       

 

Champions of Britain 1923-1927 by Forrest Robertson featuring Rangers v Huddersfield Town and Celtic v Cardiff City.

                  

Club Ecosse 1974 by Douglas Gorman featuring players from Queen’s Park, Milngavie Wanderers, Duntocher Hibs, Clydebank etc. etc.                        

 

Rothes FC Floodlights and the change to Tangerine by Bob McPherson, also featuring Dundee United

 

Hearts’ Title Challenge in context

 

Football on the Mull of Kintyre, principally in Campbeltown

 

Temperance, Football and the Making of Banks o’ Dee by Katherine Stark, Gordon Christie and Cameron Stark

 

Jimmy Gauld – The Fixer by David Allan, Aberdeen Lads Club, Lewis United, Aberdeen, Huntly, Elgin City, Waterford, Charlton Athletic, Everton, Plymouth Argyle, St Johnstone, Mansfield Town,

 

Book Reviews :

 

1945/45 : Scottish Football’s Season of Grace by John Litster

 

The Lost Kingdom : A Brief History of Fife Junior Football by David Allan

 

 

Obituaries include

 

Terry Bulloch – Stenhousemuir chairman

 

Alex Cropley – St Bernards Juveniles,Edina Hibs, Hibernian, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Scotland

 

John Flannagan – Clackmannan, Alloa Athletic, Stenhousemuir, Valleyfield Colliery, Tulliallan Thistle

 

Denis Jack – Dundonald Bluebell, Cowdenbeath, Forfar Athletic

 

Mike Galloway – Berwick Rangers, Mansfield Town, Halifax Town, Hearts, Celtic, Scotland, Leicester City, Tranent, Coldstream, Eyemouth United

 

Jim Irvine – Whitburn, Dundee United, Middlesbrough, Hearts, Barrow, Armadale Thistle, Blackburn United

 

Kevin Kelly – Celtic director

 

Leif Nielsen – Frem, Houston All Stars, Greenock Morton, Celtic, Bronshoj

 

Peter Smith – Livingston United, Dalkeith Thistle, Hearts, Dundee United, Alloa Athletic, Broxburn Athletic

 

Willie Watson – Manchester United, Miami Toros, Motherwell,Dundee, Phoenix Price

 

Quintin Young – Glenafton Athletic, Kello Rovers, Ayr United, Rangers, Coventry City, East Fife, Whitletts Vics, Maybole

  

 

 

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