This is the first collection of Scots poetry devoted entirely to football. It includes many of 20th century Scotland's best known poets such as Hugh MacDiarmid, Norman MacCaig, Iain Crichton Smith and Jackie Kay. Spanning centuries and a wide variety of perspectives on the popular sport, this brilliant collection sums up the best and the worst of football spirit.

About the Author

One of five sons of a shale miner, Alistair Findlay was born in Winchburgh, West Lothian, in 1949. Having had a diverse employment history, from clay miner to Golden Wonder lorry-loader, he now lives in Bathgate and works as a Senior Social Worker for West Lothian Council. Alistair was signed by Hibernian FC during seasons 1965-68. He has written of his experience as a player in his first collection of poetry in 2004, Sex, Death and Football.

Reviews

Perhaps verse is the ideal field for football's dreams to be realised. It certainly works wonders on the pages of this effort collected up by Alistair Findlay THE LIST

In other countries, football is taken seriously enough, but only in Scotland is the game woven into the warp and weft of cultural life so seamlessly. That becomes clear when you read Findlay's latest work, 100 Favourite Scottish Football Poems, an edited odyssey through the nation's cultural history, seen through the prisms of poetry and football. THE TIMES

As an ex-senior oleyer, he kin descrieve the airt o fitba lik nae ither poet I ken o. LALLANS MAGAZINE

Book Information
ISBN 9781906307035
Author Alistair Findlay
Format Paperback
Page Count 192
Imprint Luath Press Ltd
Publisher Luath Press Ltd
Weight(grams) 210g
Dimensions(mm) 200mm * 128mm * 15mm