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Graham Hunter, Sky Sports
A young Graham Hunter takes on the world at Spain ’82. Like a footballing Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, except with slightly more debauchery…
Read MoreKevin Boyle
The 1967 European Cup final raises some important theological issues. Like, is the Pope an inter fan?…
Read MorePaul Williamson
Wembley 1987. Coventry v Spurs. One of the greatest FA Cup finals of all time…
Read MoreJean-Michel Assaad
Dennis Bergkamp puts Newcastle in a spin…
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Martin Langseth
On the eve of his ninth birthday, at his grandma’s house, a young boy from Norway watches a historic match…
Read MoreMichael White
One Scotland fan is fortunate enough to miss the Costa Rica debacle at Italia 90…
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Tom Leonard
The Scottish poet’s reflection on Celtic’s epic tie with Leeds United in 1970…
Read MoreWandering Jock
A happy birthday: Celtic win 8-1, fish and chips and a whip-round on the supporters’ bus…
Read MoreGraeme Broadley
Glorious defeat and a spiritual football experience in the ‘Church’…
Read MorePaul Forsyth, Scotland on Sunday
A pivotal game in the First Division title race falls on Paul Forsyth’s birthday, and his beloved St Johnstone throw a party just for him. Even Dougie Donnelly is invited…
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Charles McGarry
Celtic’s victory in the 1985 Scottish Cup final triggered Charles McGarry’s love affair with the Parkhead club…
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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…
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John Greechan, Chief Sports Writer, Scottish Daily Mail
Raith Rovers beat Celtic to win the League Cup and the moment is chronicled in gloriously partisan fashion by John Greechan for the Fife Free Press…
Read MoreTom Heywood
A glorious replay on the radio distracts from an important Subbuteo tournament…
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…
Read MoreAndrew Harbison
Demolition Derby leaves one fan in delirium as he listens in on his pocket radio…
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Eric Caldow
Captain for club and country, 600 games without a booking, and a man even Gento only knew one way past…
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Alan Campbell, Freelance Sports Journalist
A 20-year-old Scot sits with his head in his hands and the foreknowledge that beating Zaire by only two goals will not be enough at the 1974 World Cup. But it is the three-month trans-continental hitch-hiking adventure that got him there that remains with Alan Campbell…
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John Collins
A cheeky wink to the camera and, later, a calmly slotted penalty made Scotland’s 2-1 loss to Brazil in the opening game of World Cup 98 the most cherished moment of John Collins’ career…
Read MoreJoseph McCormack
How Albert Kidd ensured Joseph McCormack would support Celtic forever…
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