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Heart of a Lion, Willie Wallace autobiography

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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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  2. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    butsybhoy

     

     

    She is the spirit of freedom, and none of us can touch her! :)) HH Amigo.

     

     

    gerald766

     

     

    How many years is oor Lennie going to be here? :))) If oor Lenny is complaining about the toilet facilities then I say sack the Board….. :))

  3. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    SpongeBhoy SquarePants

     

     

    :)) Contrary to popular belief, that will stop imo if you share your point of view here :)) But I have to ask, what shite are YOU offering that differs from the rest?? :)))

  4. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    SpongeBhoy SquarePants 0129

     

     

    Lame excuse.

     

     

    Blantyre Tim and others post from their sickbed,others while incapacitated in other ways!

     

     

    Nice to see you back,mind….

  5. The Boy Jinky on

    Gordon

     

     

    Paul waxed on wispy

     

     

     

    But

     

     

    He waxed off rc ogilvie

  9. BOBBY MURDOCH'S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS on

    Capitalising “hun”,eh?

     

     

    Thought we wouldn’t notice?

     

     

    I blame my iphone when that happens!

  10. newradbhoy on

    Not posted for a while .

     

    BT hope your knight went well (get it).

     

    Hope you get better.

  11. gerald766 on

    Fortune favours the miibbies

     

    Neil is own man!

     

    As it should be!

     

    BUT!

     

    The hate can wear you down!

     

    Armed guards take his boy to school!

     

    I ask you???

     

    H.H.

  12. butsybhoy on

    FGF

     

     

    Me to…. big day the morra..

     

     

    its gonna be a long one…

     

     

    in toon for party.

     

     

    HailHail

  14. hoopy-do on

    so, is anyone comparing oor willie wallace tae the other william wallace frae a few centuries earlier? i dont think their careers crossed, unless jangle jangle kens otherwise

  15. SpongeBhoy SquarePants on

    BOBBY MURDOCH’S CURLED-UP WINKLEPICKERS

     

    01:50 on

     

    11 May, 2013

     

    Capitalising “hun”,eh?

     

     

    Thought we wouldn’t notice?

     

     

    I blame my iphone when that happens!

     

     

    —————————–

     

     

    So much for me sneaking in the back door while things were quiet. The initiation has become tougher :-(

     

     

    Thanks for the welcome back though ;-)

  16. Cowiebhoy on

    Here’s the snippet I got from our Blantyre visit.

     

     

    Sandy Bryson, at the SFA was part of the Jim Farry and George Cadette mishap ?

     

     

    Hail hail

  18. gerald766 on

    Supersutton

     

    23.05 2013

     

     

    Thank you so much!

     

    You are a credit to all things Celtic!

     

    As a Family-we thank you!

     

    God Bless you!

     

    To the Celtic Family, enjoy tomorrow, you deserve it!

     

    H.H.

     

    Good night, and bless you all!

  19. Fortunes Favour Mibbes on

    SpongeBhoy SquarePants

     

     

    01:47 on 11 May, 2013

     

     

    I’m a full blown Hun. I love Coisty and Greggs :-)

     

     

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    hmm… are ye to be trusted …..:))

     

     

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    gerald766,

     

     

    I’ve had the pleasure of a few minutes of Lenny’s company more than once, but less than enough. He’s an absolute gentleman.

     

     

    My heart will follow him wherever he goes, and I think most Celtic Supporters would say the same thing.

     

     

    He’s a Celtic Legend…….it’s a special club, but oor Lenny has earned his place there, for numerous reasons !

     

     

    Feckin love the mhan :)) And he is a mhan. Trying to show this country how to play football. Sounds familiar, eh? :)))

     

     

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5-wkcTyFNs

  21. SpongeBhoy SquarePants on

    Fortunes Favour Mibbes

     

    02:11 on

     

    11 May, 2013

     

    SpongeBhoy SquarePants

     

     

    01:47 on 11 May, 2013

     

     

    I’m a full blown Hun. I love Coisty and Greggs :-)

     

     

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    hmm… are ye to be trusted …..:))

     

     

    Absolutely………. unless there’s pies ;-)

  29. Highly temperamental and sexed Huberta on

    Great night and education in Blantyre tonight. Thanks to the CQN bhoys who donated to https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/sabadesfaye1

     

    A longer review and thank you will be posted when I’m sober. Need to get to sleep. Early KO today.

     

    Margaret McGill and Aw naw no Annoni oan anaw noo will need to wait until tomorrow to know the full extent of the damage.

  37. TootingTim on

    “We’ve made progress every year, we’ve set a high standard for ourselves next season, at least as far as Europe goes, and whether we can replicate that is another thing. This club is huge, it’s got so much potential and we’re barely tapping into that at the moment.”

     

     

    NFL.

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