Glory Country Edition: Scotland

Scotland - birthplace of the beautiful game,or as they lovingly call it, 'Fitba'.

With a history stretching back 150years, there’s a lot to cover. First up, Chris Lee explores the game’s origins in Victorian Glasgow.

No look at Scotland could ignore the storied history of both Celtic andRangers – Phil Gordon celebratesCeltic’s Lisbon Lions, the first British club to win the European Cup, while John Bleasdale profiles Rangers' most successful boss, Walter Smith.

But fitba’ in Scotland is much morethan Glasgow’s giants. Richard Foster looks at Brechin City and their beautiful pitch and Noah Rosenthal goes all in on Edinburgh’s Spartans FC.

Lower down the pyramid John Greechan meanwhile meets Yusuf Bamba and the young hopefuls at Scoutable United. Joel Rookwood explores football on Scotland’s remote islands, from Orkneyto Eriskay, while Graeme Giles doessome exploring of his own, as along with his young son, he takes in Scotland’slower leagues.

We speak to a raft of current and former players and managers, including Billy Gilmour, Rachel Corsie and Pat Nevin.

Chris Marshall chats to Elsie Cook, one of the founders of the Scotland Women’s National Team. He also meets Laura Montgomery and Carol-Anne Stewart as he looks at the most successful side in Scottish Women’s football and defending Scottish Women’s Premier League Champions, Glasgow City.

Michael Tierney profiles King Kenny, a boy from Milton whose talentelevated him to the levels of first-name only recognition.

Then there’s the regulars, where to stay, where to eat and where to drink while you’re enjoying your taste of football past and present.

Welcome to Scotland. Yaldi.

210mm x 270mm. 240 pages.