Plinths & Plaques, Statues and Graves
As with not just this but all our trails, local, national and country, we hold the view that merely recording or even putting on-line is a start but not enough. To do justice to the pioneers, as have a few clubs, even countries, to which they went, as in Scotland in the case of Tommy Donohoe and following the lead of Brazils's Bangu, Busby has too and as has SHFG again in Scotland, but also in England and Northern Ireland, there should be, both at home and elsewhere, place for more statues, golden or otherwise, restored, maintained graves, busts on plinths and if not them then plaques.
So, whilst we research and provide biographical and other details of as many of those Scots, native and Diasporan, who through deed and feet spread globally and uniquely the footballing word, we also look at where, in places from which they came or they rest, and as visual expression of our contemporary, national pride in them and those same localities, some form of physical, outdoor recognition would be both appropriate and feasible.
The Cart Trails
(Trail 1: The Upper White Cart - Eaglesham to Hampden)
This is a football journey that will take you from rural Renfrewshire to Mount Florida but do it via London and Prague, to Rio de Janeiro and Ireland but with Uruguay and Spain thrown in. And then it will bring you right back home again. Each is an individual story with more still in the larger tour of Cathcart Cemetery. But to start with here are some stops to whet you appetite.
People
Robert Calderwood Davie Wilson
James Strang John Craig Strang
Places
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