Continued from Part 7 From the period 1958 to 1973 the close contact between Vics and Senior Clubs was also an important part of team building. Having sole responsibility for signing players for the club, an association with Jock Stein and Sean Fallon (Celtic), Tom Fagan (Albion Rovers), Alex Smith (Stenhousemuir & Stirling Albion), Alex […]
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Queen misses out on Prize Bull
A light hearted modern story next, with a connection to a Blantyre born man. The Queen herself was outbid during mid May 2015 on a prize Highland bull named “Callum.” Callum was being sold by Alan Kennedy, 68 who was brought up in Springfield Crescent, Blantyre. Alan has a smallholding in West Ayrshire which he started […]