ianmccallum Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Hi Guys, Thought you might be interested in the second book in the Celtic, Glasgow Irish and Great War series 'The Storms Break." The book covers the 1914-15 Scottish football season highlighting the furore over football supporters enlisting into the military and the Middle Class assault on Working Class Association Football. It covers the fall-out between the SFA and FA after the International Conference and explains how Scottish football continued while English football ceased for the duration. The book also covers in detail the raising of the 18th (Glasgow Bantam) Bn. HLI, and looks again at the raising of the 16th (McCrae's) Bn. Royal Scots, giving a slightly different version from Jack Alexander's book of the same name. Additional details of the book can be found at www.theglasgowirish.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Ah the red diamond of Airdrieonians prominent even then. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theletterwriter Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 J. Quinn is obviously Jimmy Quinn of Celtic. A. Smith is Alex Smith who signed for Rangers in 1893-1894 and who played as a left winger for the club for 21 years. A holder of 20 Scottish Caps who played his last game for Rangers in 1914. Unidentified Queens Park player to the right of Jimmy Quinn. Sam, any idea of the full name of the Airdrieonians player, Brown? Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 J. Quinn is obviously Jimmy Quinn of Celtic. A. Smith is Alex Smith who signed for Rangers in 1893-1894 and who played as a left winger for the club for 21 years. A holder of 20 Scottish Caps who played his last game for Rangers in 1914. Unidentified Queens Park player to the right of Jimmy Quinn. Sam, any idea of the full name of the Airdrieonians player, Brown? Douglas Douglas I'll stick it on "The Stomp" when I get home. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theletterwriter Posted 20 September , 2014 Share Posted 20 September , 2014 Sam Possibly the goalkeeper of the 1914 Airdrieonians team. Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roughdiamond Posted 21 September , 2014 Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Got an answer and it turns out the Diamond is a red herring, It's reckoned the picture is Third Lanark and Scotland Keeper (later Dundee Utd manager) Jimmy Brownlee, the reference to Third Lanark's nickname "The Warriors" was the clue, seemingly the top was his signature. Sam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theletterwriter Posted 21 September , 2014 Share Posted 21 September , 2014 Sam Photograph of Jimmy Brownlie wearing his goalkeepers jersey. Obviously had leanings to Aidrieonians. I always thought the Thirds nickname was the Hi-Hi but Wikipedia has confirmed the Warriors as being an earlier nickname. http://www.blantyre.biz/Jimmy-Brownlie.html Douglas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmccallum Posted 22 September , 2014 Author Share Posted 22 September , 2014 Hi Guys, A gold watch to Sam. It is indeed Jimmy Brownlie of Third Lanark and Scotland. The Hampden Huzzars bannerman is probably Edwin Garvie, although as a middle class amateur club they had already contributed many men to the cause. L/Cpl Garvie 5th Cameron Hldrs would be wounded and captured at Loos, but die from his wounds in a POW camp. The graphic comes from a Glasgow Evening Times cartoon of 3 September 1914. There was an enormous amount of pressure put on the major Glasgow teams and their players top lead their supporters into the ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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