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. 

Gareloch to Cardross

Argyll's, now Argyll and Dunbartonshire's Gareloch played a unique role in the establishment of football in Glasgow and therefore in Scotland and beyond. It was with two of the McNeil brothers, Moses and Peter, plus their childhood friend, Peter Campbell, the major source of Rangers Football Club and pioneering Scotland international encounters. And older brother, Harry, was an early stalwart of Queen's Park as well as again a early Scotland regular. Moreover, in Tom Vallance it also produced another major figure of Rangers' first and Scotland's second wave.    

 

 

 

The Players

      Peter Campbell           Matt Dickie

      Dick Hunter                  Harry McNeil

      Moses McNeil             Willie Thomson

Tom and Alex Vallance

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      Peter McNeil                 Bobby Blair

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