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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. 177, the second 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, 177, the second of 2026, include:

Champions of Britain 1919-1923 by Forrest Robertson featuring Partick Thistle v Tottenham Hotspur, Rangers v Liverpool and Celtic v Bolton Wanderers.

                  

Tynecastle Park Expansion in the 1920s by Douglas Gorman                      

Rangers Benefit Tournament of 1902 by Frank McCrossan featuring Morton, St Mirren, Celtic, Hearts, Partick Thistle, Hibernian and Third Lanark.

 

Early Football Grounds by Brian Wright featuring St Mirren, Abercorn, Aberdeen, Dundee,          Hearts        , Dundee United etc.

 

Fraser Clyne's A to Z of Arbroath FC     

 

Bob Murray of Stockport County by Peter Myers, also with Inverurie Loco Works, Bangor City   and Ashton United       

 

Charlie Pllu by Douglas Gorman featuring Saltcoats Vics, Scarborough, Sheffield Wednesday and Portadown

 

Obituaries include

 

Willie Allan (Bo’ness United, Aberdeen, Falkirk, St Mirren, Durban City, Morton, Alloa Athletic and Scotland Under 23s)

 

Alan Black (Drumchapel Amateurs, Dumbarton, Renfrew, Sunderland, Norwich City)

 

Tommy Bryce (Johnstone Burgh, Queen of the South, Stenhousemuir, Morton,Dundalk, Stevenston Ardeer Thistle)

 

Billy Campbell (Distillery, Sunderland, Dundee, Motherwell, Linfield, Hamilton Accies, Lossiemouth and Northern Ireland)

 

John Chapman (Motherwell chairman)

 

John “Dixie” Deans (Neilston, Motherwell, Celtic, Luton Town, Carlisle United, Partick Thistle, Juventus (Adelaide), Shelbourne, Adelaide City and Scotland)

 

Roy Erskine (Valleyfield Colliery, Crook Town, Hibernian, Stirling Albion and Cowdenbeath)

 

Jim Fleeting (Knockentiber Amateurs, Kilbirnie Ladeside, Norwich City, Tampa Bay Rowdies, Ayr United, Clyde, Irvine Meadow, Morton, Airdrieonians, Stirling Albion, Kilmarnock, Partick Thistle, SFA)

 

Bobby Holmes (Campsie Black Watch, Kilsyth Rangers, Albion Rovers, St Mirren, Arthurlie, Dumbarton, Scottish League)

 

Willie Knox (Annbank United, Raith Rovers, Third Lanark, Barrow, Newton Stewart, Darvel, Irvine Vics, Auchinleck Talbot, Cumnock, Irvine Meadow and JuniorScotland.

 

John Markie (Newcastle United, Falkirk, Clyde, Stenhousemuir)

 

Eddie McCreadie (Drumchapel Amateurs, Clydebank Juniors,East Stirlingshire, Chelsea, Memphis Rogues, Cleveland Force and Scotland)

 

Paul McIntyre (Dailly Amateurs, Ayr United, St Mirren, Stranraer, Clydebank, Partick Thistle, Cumnock, Kilwinning Rangers)

         

Tommy McMillan (Johnstone Burgh, Aberdeen, Falkirk, Inverness Thistle, Mugiemoss)

 

Matt McPhee (Musselburgh Athletic, Stirling Albion, Meadowbank Thistle, Haddington Athletic)

 

Jimmy Miller (Leicester City, Aberdeen, Queen of the South, Motherwell, Morton, Clyde, Albion Rovers)

 

John Murdoch (Riccarton Bluebell, Kilmarnock, St Cuthbert Wanderers, Stranraer, Irvine Meadow, Hurlford United)

 

Ally Rae (Blairgowrie, St Johnstone, Dundee United, Brechin City)

 

John Robertson (Nottingham Forest, Derby County, Corby Town, Grantham, Shepshed Charterhouse, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Celtic, Wycombe Wanderers and Scotland)

 

Bobby Tasker (Gairdoch United, Shettleston, Stenhousemuir, Queen of the South, Falkirk, Derry City, Bo’ness United,

 

Gordon Wallace (Dundee North End, Alyth United, Dundee, Montrose, Raith Rovers, Dundee United, Seattle Sounders, Dunfermline Athletic, Forfar Athletic, Arbroath)

 

Ian Whitnell (Smeaton Boys Club, Nairn Thistle, Raith Rovers, Lochore Welfare)

 

 

  

 

 

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