Never Mind the Hoops E-Book

David W Potter

• Herausgeber: The History Press
• Kategorie: Lebensstil
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 62

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2014

Beschreibung

This is the ultimate quiz book on Celtic FC. Informative and fun, this is the perfect companion for those long car journeys to Inverness or Aberdeen or nights down the local. An ideal gift for Hoops fans of all ages, here's the chance to prove how much you really know about your beloved team! Who scored Celtic's first ever goal? Which players were nicknamed 'The Brush', 'Happy Feet' and the 'Flying Flea'? From formation and early days to favourite managers and cult heroes, get your Celtic thinking caps on – it's quiz time!

Leseprobe

Contents

Title Page

Introduction

Round 1 All the Macs

Round 2 Bad Bhoys?

Round 3 Between the Wars

Round 4 Disasters

Round 5 Europe

Round 6 Foreign Players

Round 7 Founding Fathers

Round 8 Henrik Larsson

Round 9 Irish Players

Round 10 Jimmy McGrory

Round 11 Jimmy Quinn

Round 12 Jock Stein

Round 13 Lisbon 1967

Round 14 Long, Long Ago

Round 15 Managers

Round 16 Nicknames

Round 17 Opponents

Round 18 Patsy Gallacher

Round 19 Pictures

Round 20 Quotes

Round 21 Records

Round 22 Scottish Cup

Round 23 Scottish League Cup

Round 24 Scottish League

Round 25 Songs and Singers

Round 26 Strange But True

Round 27 The Dear Old Paradise

Round 28 Wartime

Round 29 Who Am I?

Round 30 Willie Maley

The Answers

Copyright

Introduction

Celtic are a team of legend with a rich history. From humble origins they have grown to become the huge worldwide concern which they are today. Great men have done great things for the club and the end product has always been (or at least attempts to be) good football, played with an emphasis on attacking, the desire to win but the desire to entertain as well. I once had a discussion with a Celtic manager and a Lisbon Lion about which was the more important – winning or entertaining – but to a large extent, this debate is a bogey, because Celtic have traditionally attempted (they haven’t always succeeded!) to do both simultaneously.

This perhaps explains why they attract such love and devotion from their great number of supporters – an enthusiastic fan base which in worldwide terms is possibly the largest of them all. Some are Celtic supporters for ethnic reasons (no point in denying that) but a greater and now ever-increasing number are attracted to the club because of what they stand for. As well as good football, there is a commitment to charitable causes – the Thai Tims, Jimmy Johnstone’s Motor Neurone charity, the 125 Charity and so on – which dates back from the earliest of times, and a broad-based selection policy which has guaranteed that the team is supported by people of all religions and of none.

But how much do their supporters really know about the club? Probably a great deal more than supporters of other clubs know about theirs, for Celtic have always been rich in the amount of books, videos, DVDs, ephemera and souvenirs that one can find. Wisely the club have done a great deal to encourage this, for the old adage is surely true, stating that ‘he who is not interested in his past, has no future’.

This book is in no sense a ‘heavy’ book. It can be picked up and put down whenever one wants. It is both for the eclectic reader and the serious historian, and it is to be hoped that lovers of other clubs (who must always be respected and made welcome by Celtic supporters) will pick up this book and learn a little more about this great organisation to which so many people are in (voluntary) emotional thraldom.

There are 30 rounds of 12 questions each. Deliberately the answers are on different pages, so that you cannot cheat (well, you can of course but you are just kidding yourself and not anybody else!), and the questions vary in difficulty. I would like to think that there will be some supporters who can get 360 answers right out of 360, but anyone who gets 300 at his or her first attempt really does know a great deal about Celtic. The book of course can be used for groups and even for quiz functions, and what a wonderful way of passing the time in the minibus on the long journeys to Aberdeen, Inverness and Ross County!

Enjoy, and keep on loving the Celtic!

David Potter,April 2014

All the Macs

For a team that plays in Scotland and attracts fans from both Scotland and Ireland, it is hardly surprising that Celtic have lots of Mcs and Macs. Spelling of Mc and Mac can be confusing and apologies to anyone whose name we have misspelled.

1 In the 1911 Scottish Cup final, Celtic had a McAtee and McAteer (Christian names Andy and Tommy). They both came from the same village. Which?

2 Give the Christian names of three McInallys who have played for Celtic.

3 One Celtic player’s name began with Mac but, although he was Scottish, his name was not. Who am I talking about?

4 Christian name Adam, and generally regarded to be one of Celtic’s best ever left-wingers. His absence from the Scottish Cup final of 1926 probably cost Celtic the Cup. Who was he?

5 In what year did John McPhail score the only goal of the Scottish Cup final?

6 John’s brother Billy is famous for one particular feat. What?

7 Jimmy ‘Napoleon’ McMenemy won the Scottish Cup at Celtic Park. Yet Cup finals were played on a neutral venue. How is this possible?

8 One of Celtic’s greatest ever full-backs was killed in the First World War. His nickname was ‘Slasher’. Who was he?

9 Tom McAdam was a good centre half. On several occasions he played against his brother Colin. Who did Colin play for?

10 Everyone has heard of Jimmy McGrory. What was his middle name?

11 This Mc had the same name as a Dundee poet. He played at the same time as McGrory.

12 Which Mac earned the nickname ‘Rhino’ for his tenacious style of play?

Bad Bhoys?

I’m hesitant to use the term ‘bad’. Perhaps this round should be named ‘unfulfilled potential’ or ‘deviant aberrations’. It is about men who have played for the club and who, for one reason or another, have let themselves or the club down. Some, however, are indeed bad in every sense of the word.

1 Before his career went downhill, George Connelly was a youngster of immense talent. How did he first show his talent?

2 Following a game on 4 February 1928, Tommy McInally disappeared. Who had Celtic just been playing?

3 Dick Beattie, Celtic’s goalkeeper in the 1950s, was given nine months in jail for match-fixing in 1965. For which English team was he playing at the time?

4 Celtic lost a Cup tie in 1897 thanks in part to the non-appearance of Dan Doyle. Who were the opponents?

5 On at least two occasions Jimmy Johnstone was given a club suspension by Jock Stein. Why was he given one after a game against Queen’s Park in 1967?

6 New Year’s Day 1965 held no happy memories for Jimmy Johnstone. Why not?

7 Maurice Johnston will never be forgiven. Why not?

8 Why was Tommy Duff sacked in the aftermath of New Year’s Day 1892?

9 Which Celtic player once, apparently, headbutted Henrik Larsson after an argument at training?

10 Which Celtic player and Scottish internationalist was found asphyxiated in a lime kiln in 1903 having been dismissed by the army as ‘incorrigible and worthless’?

11 A member of the Lisbon Lions was once left out of a Cup final team on a Saturday for having been sent off while playing for Scotland in midweek, who?

12 Why did Johnny Browning, left-winger in Celtic’s great 1914 team, find himself in jail in 1924?

Between the Wars