Authors: David W. Potter
ISBN-13: 9780752426914, ISBN-10: 0752426915
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited
Date Published: May 2004
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Celtic owe a lot to Willie Maley. He played in their first game in 1888 and won Scottish caps as a Celtic player in 1893. He became the club’s manager in 1897 and then set about building them into the best team in Scotland. Maley had a vision of Celtic as a world power in football, and took them to play in England, Europe, and United States. This book chronicles his playing career, the beginning of the great Edwardian Celtic team, the devastating effect of the Great War, and the wealth of talent he uncovered up until he departed the club in 1940. This is the story of a remarkable club servant and the football institution he helped to build.
Acknowledgements | 7 | |
The Author | 8 | |
Introduction | 9 | |
1 | Birth and Origins | 11 |
2 | Maley the Player | 21 |
3 | Early Mistakes and Ingathering of Talent | 44 |
4 | The Great Days 1904-10 | 57 |
5 | Partial Fall and Total Recovery | 75 |
6 | War Clouds | 92 |
7 | Tommy, Trouble and the Twenties | 113 |
8 | 1931 | 145 |
9 | The Brooding Dictator 1932-35 | 165 |
10 | Maley's Glorious Sunset | 177 |
11 | Departure | 199 |
12 | Retirement and Death | 212 |
Index | 218 |