Footballosophy: A boy's odyssey from the Highlands to Celtic Park to New Zealand

by Angus Gillies and Iain Gillies

Iain Gillies grew up in a fishing village called Mallaig in the Highlands of Scotland. As a child he'd play football with fishing net corks because no one owned a proper football. But his dream was to play for the mighty Glasgow Celtic. As a teenager playing in the Highland League in the mid-1950s, he was spotted by a Celtic scout and soon he was at Parkhead, rubbing shoulders with football greats such as Jock Stein, Charlie Tully, Bobby Collins,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1499168055
• ISBN13: 9781499168051
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 178 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"