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 3: Queen's Park and the Southern Suburbs)
This trail starts from the cradle of the Scottish game, Queen's Park, the first home not just of the team of the same name but within months of several others. And from there, just as the game itself did, it radiates out to take in not just the first Hampdens but the early teams that sprang up in neighbouring Crosshill, Govanhill and Maxwell Park and one of the first outriders, Arthurlie of Barrhead. And then there are the players, the footballing talent that for the next 75 years the local catching of the football contagion would produce.
The Clubs and Grounds
Clydesdale F.C. (Kinning & Titwood Parks)
3rd Lanark RV (The Cathkin Parks)
Queen's Park (The Hampden Parks)
Crosshill F.C. (Queen's Park)
Oxford F.C. (Queen's Park & Bellevue Park)
Govanhill F.C. (Bankhall Park)
Parkgrove F.C. (Kinning, Clifford & Trinidad Parks)
Maxwell F.C. (Norwood Park)
Sir John Maxwell F.C. (Norwood Park)
The Players - Internationals
The Players - In Scotland, England and Beyond
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