Stories Of Scottish Sports
DOWNLOAD
Download Stories Of Scottish Sports PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Stories Of Scottish Sports book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Sporting Scots
DOWNLOAD
Author : John K. V. Eunson
language : en
Publisher: Black & White Publishing
Release Date : 2012-04-18
Sporting Scots written by John K. V. Eunson and has been published by Black & White Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-04-18 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In 1860 the first ever golf 'major' was held in Prestwick - a man from East Lothian won. In 1871 the first ever rugby international in the world took place in Edinburgh - Scotland won. In 1872 the first ever association football international in the world was hosted in Glasgow - it was a draw. All three of these momentous events in the history of sport - even if they did not seem that way at the time - were held in Scotland, and for the next century and more Scottish sporting men and women were pioneers in the growth of sport around the world. "Sporting Scots" tells the incredible stories of the Scots who brought sport to the globe and transformed the histories of golf, football, rugby, athletics, ice hockey, cricket, swimming, baseball, cycling, motor racing and many other sports in the process. It is also the modern history of the Scots abroad as they left the Auld Country far behind them for fame or fortune or for simple economic necessity and left a lasting sporting legacy around the globe.
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland
DOWNLOAD
Author : Robert Scott Fittis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland written by Robert Scott Fittis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Recreation categories.
Scotland S Sporting Curiosities
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jim Craig
language : en
Publisher: Birlinn
Release Date : 2005
Scotland S Sporting Curiosities written by Jim Craig and has been published by Birlinn this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Athletes categories.
In one sense, this book is about the nation of Scotland since it concentrates on the distinguished achievements of Scottish sportsmen and women both at home and abroad, but it is also liberally peppered with some of the more unusual stories connected with Scottish sport, making it both an essential book of reference for the serious sports historian and an entertaining read for the amateur. Craig's unique style and presentation, allied with his superb professional knowledge, make it a fascinating window into the Scots and their sporting world, and ranges from the earliest times right up to the 2004 Olympics.
Scottish Sport In The Making Of The Nation
DOWNLOAD
Author : Grant Jarvie
language : en
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Release Date : 1994
Scottish Sport In The Making Of The Nation written by Grant Jarvie and has been published by Burns & Oates this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Sports & Recreation categories.
A collection of essays by historians and sociologists on the importance of sport in the history of Scottish culture. The study encompasses the historical and the contemporary, the male and the female, the royal and the commoner, the middle class and working class aspects of Scottish sport.
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland
DOWNLOAD
Author : Robert Scott Fittis
language : en
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Release Date : 2016-08-30
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland written by Robert Scott Fittis and has been published by Forgotten Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-08-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Excerpt from Sports and Pastimes of Scotland: Historically Illustrated The compilation has been the pleasing labour of years. Portions have previously appeared in print here and there; but these have been much amplified with new matter; and, so far as I am aware, the book, as it now stands, is the only one dealing with the generality of Scottish Sports on the same lines. I trust it will be found both interesting and useful, as illustrative of varied phases of the habits, manners, and customs of byegone generations of Scotsmen of all ranks and classes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland Historically Illustrated
DOWNLOAD
Author : Robert Scott Fittis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1891
Sports And Pastimes Of Scotland Historically Illustrated written by Robert Scott Fittis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1891 with Sports categories.
The Beautiful Games Scotland S Hidden Sports
DOWNLOAD
Author : Henry Hepburn
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-07-13
The Beautiful Games Scotland S Hidden Sports written by Henry Hepburn and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-13 with Sports & Recreation categories.
The Beautiful Games: Scotland's Hidden Sports is an immersion into little-seen worlds. Scotland is obsessed with football. Other sports live in its shadow, misunderstood or unheard of by all but a few, their compelling stories and characters ignored or disparaged. Henry Hepburn's growing disillusion with his one-sport country has driven him to explore what else is out there. Who are the diehards keeping their sport alive, the star players who fail to make the back pages? How perilous is their sport's future in Scotland? And, in a country where their efforts go unheralded, why bother at all? The Beautiful Games illuminates a sporting nation waiting to be discovered.
Sport 21
DOWNLOAD
Author : Scottish Sports Council
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
Sport 21 written by Scottish Sports Council and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Sports administration categories.
Scottish Sporting Legends
DOWNLOAD
Author : Robert Philip
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2011-09-01
Scottish Sporting Legends written by Robert Philip and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Scotland may not have won a World Cup (yet!), but many of the country’s sportsmen and women are revered as global legends, including Olympic and US Open champion Andy Murray and winner of six Olympic gold medals, Sir Chris Hoy. In football, the likes of Denis Law, ‘Slim’ Jim Baxter and Jimmy ‘Jinky’ Johnstone would not have looked out of place in the canary yellow of Brazil, while managers Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly and Jock Stein have become part of football folklore, as has Sir Alex Ferguson in more recent times. Amazingly, Scots have reached the top in just about every major sport: Jim Clark and Sir Jackie Stewart in Formula One; Andy Murray in tennis; Ken Buchanan and Benny Lynch in the boxing ring; Chris Hoy in cycling; sprinters Allan Wells and Eric Liddell on the Olympic track; and, as befits a nation renowned as ‘the home of golf’, Sandy Lyle was recognised as the greatest player on the planet upon winning the Masters in 1988. Scottish sport is the richest of tapestries and in Scottish Sporting Legends the cream of the crop are entertainingly profiled in a revealing collection of pen portraits of stars past and present.
Dunfermline Athletic On This Day
DOWNLOAD
Author : David W Potter
language : en
Publisher: Kennedy & Boyd
Release Date : 2021-01-21
Dunfermline Athletic On This Day written by David W Potter and has been published by Kennedy & Boyd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-21 with categories.
Although the bad days are incredibly hard to take at the time, the pain of them dies through time; we surely can't be alone in looking back and smiling at some of them. As a club firmly established in what the legendary Bob Crampsey described as the 'middle order' of Scottish football, it's unlikely the Pars will ever win the league or get very far in Europe. We might as well embrace what we have for what it is, and celebrate that ridiculous collection of memories our love of football has given us. Many people who don't like football sneer at those of us who do - let them sneer. Standing in an enclosure at Elgin, under a rickety corrugated iron roof while the rain hammers down on a grim November Scottish Cup Saturday with the side from the higher division away from home - if someone doesn't understand why that can be the most romantic thing in the world, they probably aren't worth listening to.