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Alan Nelson Dick
50-years of highs and lows…then Faddy belts it from miles out…
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Stephen Brandt
The beautiful game brings joy to Stephen’s late mother…
Read MoreNeil White, Freelance Sports Journalist
If you can survive an eight-foot drop onto the concrete concourse around the Brockville pitch and the crowd-surfing title celebration that follows, you get to be a Falkirk supporter for the rest of your life…
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Scott McDermott, football journalist, Daily Record / Sunday Mail
A cardboard sign, with a felt-tip scrawl: NEED ONE TICKET. But it’s a European Cup night and Ibrox and everyone says there’s no chance getting in. Well, maybe not no chance…
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Zinedine Zidane
If you thought Zinedine Zidane’s goal in the final of the 2002 Champions League at Hampden was a bit special, you are not alone. Here’s how the great man himself remembers it…
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J. David Simons
Bert Slater’s heroics in the 1964 Scottish Cup final captured the heart of David Simons – and made him a Dundee fan for life…
Read MoreMike Rogers
Tough times as a Huddersfield fan in the 70s…
Read MoreJim Drysdale
Tynescastle in the Seventies was an unforgettable experience for one young Jambo…
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Martin Greig, Freelance Sports Writer
Doesn’t everyone’s dad play fives at the age of 66, not only keeping up with but taking the names of men half his age? Martin Greig is starting to suspect the old boy could be a bit special…
Read MoreAlex Salmond
‘Trust me, son,’ said Alex Salmond’s father as he held his lad aloft to see Hearts win the 1962 League Cup final, ‘there will be many more days like this’. The two of them waited 36 years to see Hearts win another trophy, and another encounter with a Tynecastle hero…
Read MoreAlistair Dobbie
The longest minute. Alistair Dobbie waits, Hearts scarf over his face, for the final whistle at Hampden and an end to the Tynecastle trophy drought…
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Lorraine Kelly
The queen of daytime telly falls in love with Dundee United on a first date at Tannadice and lays claim to the most biased piece of football journalism ever broadcast…
Read MoreKevin Boyle
The 1967 European Cup final raises some important theological issues. Like, is the Pope an inter fan?…
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Martin Burns
The horrors of the London-Glasgow overnight bus are worth it for a glorious Old Firm victory…
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Daniel Gray
Daniel Gray never got closer to football than the season Juninho came to his beloved Middlesbrough, a heady ride that ended in a moment, not quite shared, that is with him forever…
Read MoreWilliam Tenney
One of many classic tussles between the Buddies and the Jags…
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Scott Leslie
One of my favourite memories from bygone years is of going to Ibrox with my late father and my brother in 1978 for John Greig’s testimonial match against a Scotland select…
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Willy Maley
Willy Maley recalls his father’s dislikes as gleaned from their shared trips to Celtic Park: aggregate defeats, no-score draws, friendlies and non-communist fruit preserves…
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John McGarry, football writer, Daily Mail
Football can provide moments that will be remembered as long as the game is played. When Zinedine Zidane scored a perfect volley in the Champions League final at Hampden, John McGarry knew he had seen one of them…
Read MoreFraser Glen
A pilgrimage to Manchester the night before your Higher English exam..F
Read MoreGeorge Hunter
A scooter ride to a 12-goal thriller…
Read MoreTom Anderson
The genius of Slim Jim Baxter…
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