West Germany – Football Memories

denis law shares alan campbell's dread at chances missed against zaire

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…

Teddy Jamieson

Posted in Journalists, Playing

Teddy Jamieson recalls an unlikely hero in Northern Ireland. Teddy is the author of Whose Side Are You On: Sport, the Troubles and Me…

Patrick Barclay, Chief Football Writer, The Times

Posted in Dundee, Journalists

The Dundee team that reached the semi-final of the European Cup stole the hearts of most who saw them. Patrick Barclay also lost the banner he took to Dens Park when his team, inspired by the great Alan Gilzean, crushed Cologne 8-1…