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

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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. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. He is a cobwebbed and dusty expert on newspaper and magazine archives and creates books, mainly drawing upon the extensive material in the DC Thomson archive.

A collection of hundreds of previously unseen photos of classic Scotland international football games. Squarely aimed at the sports nostalgia market, the book contains around 200 archive photos of team line-ups, action shots, spectators, Sevens tournaments, and the grounds where the game was played. I’m putting together a book – a photo-led nostalgia book, not entirely a history tome – about how grounds used to look in the black and white era before the Taylor Report swept away standing terraces. It contains interviews with his players, managerial peers and his wife Doris, as well as never-before-seen photos from newspaper and magazine archives. This well-produced illustrated book is a third volume containing hundreds of classic archive photographs of Scottish football stadia, many of which have lain unseen in archives and rarely-accessed collections for decades.The runaway success of 2018’s best-selling Lifted Over The Turnstiles proved there are few things that stir the pride of a football fan more than photos of the most iconic buildings they have ever known – their club’s home ground.

There will be countless photographs of Ewood Park covering the black and white era you’re looking for. Delve into vintage photos of Scottish football stadiums and crowds that have lain unseen, in archives and rarely accessed collections, for decades. Tell us why you liked or disliked the book; using examples and comparisons is a great way to do this. There are almost 200 photos of 42 football stadiums here that have lain unseen, in archives and rarely accessed collections, for decades. This well-produced illustrated book is a second volume containing hundreds of classic archive photographs of Scottish football stadia, many of which have lain unseen in archives and rarely-accessed collections for decades.Loved every word and loved every picture as this was a real trip down memory lane of some great wins and some bad defeats on cold Saturday afternoons or Wednesday nights. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. These are the places where your grandfather, father, uncles, brothers and friends exulted and cursed.

By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. The accompanying text explained something I was unaware of, in that their ground, Shielfield Park, is named after William Shiel Dods, a local butcher who gave the club the land to build on. The images are significant for what they show in terms of players and fans but also what is not on display.Wally Talbot and his son Howard (both sadly deceased) were Blackburn based photographers who captured images, in and around Blackburn, over many years. Looking at grounds across the country, each volume contains around 700 photos of Scottish football grounds, players and crowd scenes. Are there club enthusiasts, historians, old press or private photographers, archives, or other sources you might point me towards? There are also chapters focusing on aspects of football grounds that have been forgotten - dugouts, segregation divides and more.