Heart of a Lion, the autobiography of Lisbon Lion, Willie Wallace, went to print this morning and will be out the day before the Cup Final. It is a joy.
Willie starts with a remarkable 17 days in April 1967 when the takes us through five games, Dukla Prague, home and away, in the semi-final of the European Cup, England v Scotland at Wembley, a tense league encounter with Aberdeen and the Scottish Cup final. Before you get into the substance which made the man, or his more famous achievements which were to follow the next month, you are immersed in sense of possibility, of sheer wonder, and of incredibly hard games of football, that encapsulated these times.
His story is genuinely unique, being the only Lisbon Lion Jock Stein went out of his way to buy, for good reason. His pace was unparalleled in the game. His scoring rate at Hearts was excellent but at Celtic he outperformed his peers – and that was an incredible team of peers.
We learn a valuable insight into how a team who had won nothing in seven years before Jock Stein’s arrival were transformed and swept all before them. Willie gets right into the detail of tactics and preparation.
The Great Event is there in all its intricate detail. Neil Lennon should make every player in the squad read it before Champions League duty commences next season. It would inspire the most desolate soul.
Willie asked CQN to publish the book, which we did. There are contributions from our own Brogan Rogan Trevino and Hogan, who believe me, does not disappoint. Close friend of Jock Stein, and the most influential broadcaster in Scottish football history, Archie MacPherson, wrote a chapter giving historical context to this extraordinary career. Archie’s range and insight is priceless.
We tentatively asked our very own A-lister, Rod Stewart, if he would write the foreward. Willie has been away from Scotland for a long time, a lot of football has been played since, and Rod’s been busy in the intervening years, but he was delighted to be asked. Rod explains his father’s Hibernian roots and through his “star-struck eyes” tells us Willie “might as well have had a four-leaf clover as a heart”.
Rod finished by saying “Bless you, Mr Wallace”, which I’ll echo. I can’t tell you the sheer joy it’s been in participating in this project. My enormous thanks, Willie.
You can order online NOW by clicking below. Willie is coming over this month and we’re getting a pile of books signed by him, so fill your boots.
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How can manager if Everton be of a higher accolade than managers of Celtic?
Saint Stivs 21:43 on 10 May, 2013
its allright , jump on that bus,
the mcgills 1690, its going back to your future.
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To my future….?
My past has involved a spell in Suid Afrika as a kid in school taking on the those big bigoted boers
The huns are easy after that
Palacio67
Just thinking out loud, it ties in with the free tickets, Chuck pandering to the loyalist murderers, talk of gangster involvement, etc.
All allegedly of course.
HH
George ‘Dandy’ Mc Lean played for Dundee at the time of the Berwick game.
praecepta
22:33 on 10 May, 2013
To his credit, John Greig used to tell about him saying to the referee…’ Just give us 2 more minutes’.
‘ I cannae’, replied the official,’ we are already SIX minutes over-time.’
Oh, Dear.
Here is a question for the msm to ask.
How many comps (complimentary tickets) did you give away lat season?
Was it in the thousands, tens of thousands, or hundreds of thousands if you cannot give us an exact figure?
RRC,
I was there to keep an eye on you though ;)))
BOLLOX, Operator.
operator
22:39
George ‘Dandy’ Mc Lean played for Dundee at the time of the Berwick game.
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He and Forrest were transferred out within weeks of the Berwick game.
For anyone reading back my ticket has now been taken.
TGSC,
Sailing On….
zimmerman
Sure, didn’t God send you to watch my back…
Was it the Red Star 5-1 game you pulled me out from under a bus?
Midfield Maestro –
I wish I had thought of it at the time
:-)
The exiled tim
thats what i think too..some shady stuff going down..remember recently 22?hacks were alegedly threatened not to print this and that..why have guidi and others started to change their views ..thomo is a journo who will go to print knowing the facts without fear or favour..just hope he can do it safely h.h
RRC,
was just doing my christian duty..lol.
RRC,
You returned the favour at the tic v hibs final when you watched over my drunken self after the cop kicked me down the hill at Hampdump.
Just a thought guys.
If the sleazedale brothers take over at the crumbling wreck in govan, does that mean it wont be a taxi for mcmoist it will be a double decker bus?
About the only way they could move the fat tosser me thinks:-)
P.s Hope he has that 25year contract water tight though.
H.H.
The hair cuts are mental (apologies to any CQNers sporting similar) but the music was superb
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UcEJfCjAuGA
Good wee pici quiz in twitter earlier by maleys bhoys..very tough h.h
I remember Willie Wallace playing up front with Joe McBride against Thistle in Dec ’66. We hammered them 6 – 2, Joe got one and Willie scored twice. The thought of them playing together was mouth watering and the next week Joe got his injury, sod’s law.
6 – 2, rings a bell!
zimerman
That cop made you a tv star if you remember.. featured lying face doon at the bottom of the slope in yon documentary, and didn’t we watch with your old man at the time :-)
Kilbowie,
Apologies,year out.
Mcgills buses is it , wonder if they have any relations that post on
na better not go there.
tommysbhoy
Not one single scottish based jurno has said anything against them.
Fear, and the hoards know it.
Thommo won;t be intimidated by them, he has experienced real fear, and it ain’t in govan.
HH
RRC,
Good memory bud,
though my old man fortunately didn’t recognise me as i was face down,
i wonder if we could find that documentary,
a lot of ML2’rs were on show in it.
Where’s Jaba?
He used to spout propoganda every day!
Where are you Jaba, what planet are you on?
Do you know the score now?
How much does a program cost now?
Don’t talk to me about sophistication, I’ve been to Peterhead!!
Let’s show Mr.Lennon what he’d be missing, and a spirit that doesn’t exist at many other clubs, tomorrow at Paradise. Raise the roof!
HH
This is the future around castle greyskull way ( I have now heard that was the good guys den in he-man but was what we always called Hun-land)
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1WhhSBgd3KI&feature=relmfu
Peeterheed is it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_C0axennQw
T e t.
Are you saying its ” the silence of the succulent lamb eaters ” amongst the Scottish journos now.
Just posted this on Facebook in response to some Evertonian friends who think they don’t want Neil Lennon:
Don’t allow your judgement to be clouded by what the media report. I prefer to listen to those who have met him and also on facts. He is an intelligent man and has already demonstrated his managerial ability by getting out of the CL group that we were supposed to finish last in. On a budget way less than Everton have and only a tiny fraction of what the EPL representatives in the CL had – how did they do? Oh wait, Chelsea are still in Europe, my bad. He and his staff have excelled in identifying young talent. He has wisely used non critical SPL games to try out ideas. We rarely concede goals at corner kicks due to the zonal marking system being used properly and we are inventive at free kicks and corners. In 21 games since January we have conceded only once from a corner and scored 10 times. So many reasons to like what he does. Passionate, overly so at times. Sure. But he hasn’t overstepped the mark any more than many managers I can think of, Sir Alex being a prime example. I’ll be very happy if he stays and if he goes to Everton I think Toffee supporters will be too, they just don’t know it yet.f
Columba session over.
operator, me too, please! : > )
Hi guys, the only experience i have had with mcgills busses is, having trained some of their drivers, and mcgills fund this training, they sign on for two years or pay back a percentage of the training. This is pretty much industry standard. What I could not comprehend, is if they are involved in an accident, the driver must pay the insurance excess. Wtf. First time i ever heard that one.
Weefra HH
50 shades
Have they ever been anything else.
Soup taking wimp scum, every last one of them.
HH
TET 22:57
They r all sh@@@bags .to feart to lose their jobs .
its been that way for years
thats wy i dont buy papers
Hail Hail
they are dead what awaits them is this :
http://youtu.be/2O-kbrj4g1M
love this band
butsybhoy
I honestly can’t remember the last time I bought a scottish paper.
It would be about the time they had the herse outside Celtic Park, that was the last straw for me.
Left the country a couple of years later.
I will admit to scanning them when at the airport, always put them back on the rack mind you.
HH
WeefratheTim
this is also standard in some companys
if its the drivers fault he has to pay…!!!!!!!!
some £500 in some cases
Hail Hail