Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special
Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special

Author: Iain Hyslop

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 190991214X

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In the 2010/11 football season, Iain Hyslop embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels led to the production of the first edition of this book — the unofficial review of Scottish Football. This new edition brings his commentary bang up-to-date as he follows Rangers in their first games as part of the third division and explores the effect the recent shake up will have on Scottish football. He covers everything from the weather to the pies, giving comments, criticism and suggestions for improvement as the voice from the terraces. The focus here is on the fans' experience of a football match. Hyslop takes a step back from the political and financial issues which engulf Scottish Football to present his vision of the beautiful game as it should be.

Is the Baw Burst?
Is the Baw Burst?

Author: Iain Hyslop

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2013-07-22

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1909912131

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In May 2009, the SFA commissioned a review of Scottish football. In December 2010, the second and final part of the review, penned by former first minister Henry McLeish, was unveiled. Iain Hyslop read this review, and felt that it omitted several key points, so he embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels have led to the production of this book — the unofficial review of Scottish Football. He covers everything from the weather to the pies, giving comments, criticism and suggestions for improvement as the voice from the terraces. The focus here is on the fans' experience of a football match. Hyslop takes a step back from the political and financial issues which engulf Scottish Football to present his vision of the beautiful game as it should be. REVIEW: In the book, Iain looks at the histroy of Scottish football, falling attendances, crumbling stadiums, the pies, the fans and the changes that need to be made. SUNDAY MAIL Has Iain Hyslop got some news for you: Scottish football is not as broken as many people think it is. It is, though, in need of some urgent love, care and attention. SCOTSMAN BACK COVER: 1 football fan 1 football season 42 football grounds Written by a football fan, for football fans, this is the unofficial review of the state of Scottish football. Spotting sizable gaps in the review by former First Minister Henry McLeish, Iain Hyslop provides a detailed look at the beautiful game in Scotland. Every Scottish league ground is visited in a 44 game tour that samples the football, the stadiums, the finances and the pies! Each chapter covers a game from the 2011 season and portrays the experience in a friendly, casual style that resonates with supporters from all over the country. Does Scottish football have a future or is the baw burst?

Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special
Is the Baw Burst? Rangers Special

Author: Iain Hyslop

Publisher: Luath Press

Published: 2012-12

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781908373557

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In the 2010/11 football season, Iain Hyslop embarked on journey which would take him to 44 football matches, from Peterhead to Berwick and Dingwall to Dumfries, across a single season. His travels led to the production of the first edition of this book -- the unofficial review of Scottish Football. This new edition brings his commentary bang up-to-date as he follows Rangers in their first games as part of the third division and explores the effect the recent shake up will have on Scottish football. He covers everything from the weather to the pies, giving comments, criticism and suggestions for improvement as the voice from the terraces. The focus here is on the fans' experience of a football match. Hyslop takes a step back from the political and financial issues which engulf Scottish Football to present his vision of the beautiful game as it should be.

Is the Baw Burst?
Is the Baw Burst?

Author: Iain Hyslop

Publisher: Luath Press

Published: 2012-04

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 9781908373229

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As season 2012/13 draws to a close, the talking continues. League reconstruction is high on the agenda but consensus is a long way off. Rangers are rebuilding whilst others fall by the wayside. More upheaval is a certainty but one constant remains ... the followers of Rangers. A Season in Division Three follows on from Is the Baw Burst? Volumes 1 and 2. Hyslop continues his journey to get to the root of the problems that are damaging our national sport. From the ticketing shambles at Elgin to the farcical no hot drinks at a freezing Forthbank, he gives the views of the fan on the street.

Born Under a Union Flag
Born Under a Union Flag

Author: Alan Bissett

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2014-06-19

Total Pages: 271

ISBN-13: 1910324078

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A book about the relationship of a football club to a political decision? On one level this is madness. But in Scotland it makes perfect sense. What do Rangers mean to Scotland and what does Scotland mean to Rangers? What do Rangers mean to Britain and what does Britain mean to Rangers? How does the club and the game interact with the world around it? Questioning how British and Scottish identities fit into supporting Rangers, Born Under the Union Flag provides the first solid exploration of the relationship between sport and national identity. Well-known and informed contributors from both sides of the independence debate, including Harry Reid, Iain Duff, and Will McLeish, all lend their disparate viewpoints this book, showing just how nuanced - and difficult - the discussion really is. A must-read for anyone interested in Rangers, the history of Scottish football, or the independence debate. Like a great football match, when the final whistle is blown, the players will shake hands and move on. If they have any sense, the winners will be magnanimous in victory; the losers will rue the day but accept the result nonetheless. I guess the one thing neither side wants is a draw and a replay. But that's up to the voters.

Follow We Will
Follow We Will

Author: Stewart Franklin

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd

Published: 2013-07-15

Total Pages: 251

ISBN-13: 190991200X

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The financial collapse of Rangers has regularly been described as the biggest story in the history of Scottish sport. Takeover battles, police investigations and court cases dominated the front and back pages of Scottish newspapers and provoked much debate on social media: football was often a secondary concern. Rangers fans were forced to learn about the business side of the game in circumstances that could never have been imagined during earlier eras of regular success. It's safe to say the last 18 months have been difficult ones for the followers of the Light Blues. Follow We Will: The Fall and Rise of Rangers describes and analyses, from a Rangers perspective, all the relevant issues and events from an unprecedented period in the history of Scottish football. It praises the precious few heroes and identifies the many obstacles the club has had to face. This is the story of how the world's most successful football club found itself in the Third Division and the loyalty that started to propel it back to the top. All royalties arising from sales of this book will be donated to the Rangers Charity Foundation

Is the Baw Burst?
Is the Baw Burst?

Author: Iain Hyslop

Publisher:

Published: 2014-11-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781908373786

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In the third volume of the Is the Baw Burst? series, Hyslop looks back at the finances, the facilities, the politics and the football surrounding Rangers' first season in Division 3.

Sailmaker
Sailmaker

Author: Alan Spence

Publisher: Hodder Education

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780340499993

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First performed by the Traverse Theater Club in Edinburgh, this play is imaginative, alive with its character's humour and optimism. It is also sad and haunting. Ideal for Standard Grade English, it will also appeal to all those who like Glaswegian dialogue.

Glue
Glue

Author: Irvine Welsh

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 2001-05-17

Total Pages: 480

ISBN-13: 0393343677

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An epic novel about the bonds of friendship from the author of Trainspotting. The story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh projects, Glue is about the loyalties, the experiences, and the secrets that hold friends together through three decades. The boys become men: Juice Terry, the work-shy fanny-merchant, with corkscrew curls and sticky fingers; Billy the boxer, driven, controlled, playing to his strengths; Carl, the Milky Bar Kid, drifting along to his own soundtrack; and the doomed Gally, exceedingly thin-skinned and vulnerable to catastrophe at every turn. We follow their lives from the seventies into the new century—from punk to techno, from speed to E. Their mutual loyalty is fused in street morality: Back up your mates, don't hit women, and, most important, never snitch—on anyone. Glue has the Irvine Welsh trademarks—crackling dialogue, scabrous set pieces, and black, black humor—but it is also a grown-up book about growing up; about the way we live our lives, and what happens to us when things become unstuck.