Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead, Andy Rolland, Alex Menzies, Willie Cunningham, Tom Kellichan, Tricia Marwick, George Bissett, Tommy Callaghan, Alex Venters, Lew Morgan, Frank Mckee. Excerpt: Alex "Big Ming" Menzies Alex "Big Ming" Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others. A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath, his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tackling wing half was a member of the side that took Rangers to the brink of defeat over a two-legged Scottish League Cup tie in September 1949. The late Harry Ewing said that "If you cut Ming in half, like a stick of Blackpool Rock he would have Cowdenbeath printed around his waist." . After his death in 1990, Ewing recommended Cowdenbeath's new stand be named "The Alex Menzies Stand," a suggestion that was adopted by the board. Everyone in Cowdenbeath knew Big Ming. He belonged to the Desperate Dan school of Scottish footballing manhood - Ron Ferguson Notes Bibliography A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Alex Venters (9 June 1913 30 April 1959) was a Scottish footballer who played for Cowdenbeath, Rangers and Scotland . Venters, a striker, joined Rangers in 1933 and spent a total of 13 years with the club, winning 3 League titles, 2 Scottish Cup's and scoring 102 goals in 201 appearances. Venters was also a prolific scorer during World War II, however these games were unofficial. After the war, Venters played for Third Lanark, Blackburn Rovers and ended his career with Raith Rovers . He won three caps for Scotland, the first of which was in 1933 while with Cowdenbeath. He won a further two official caps while at Rangers, in 1936 and 1939. He als...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Cowdenbeath: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead. To get started finding People from Cowdenbeath: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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50
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Books LLC
Release
2010
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1155474902
People from Cowdenbeath: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead, Andy Rolland, Alex Menzies, Willie Cunningham, Tom Kellichan, Tricia Marwick, George Bissett, Tommy Callaghan, Alex Venters, Lew Morgan, Frank Mckee. Excerpt: Alex "Big Ming" Menzies Alex "Big Ming" Menzies was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Cowdenbeath and Stirling Albion amongst others. A former coal-miner, (Ferguson 2006) Menzies joined Cowdenbeath, his hometown club, in 1948. Menzies, a tough-tackling wing half was a member of the side that took Rangers to the brink of defeat over a two-legged Scottish League Cup tie in September 1949. The late Harry Ewing said that "If you cut Ming in half, like a stick of Blackpool Rock he would have Cowdenbeath printed around his waist." . After his death in 1990, Ewing recommended Cowdenbeath's new stand be named "The Alex Menzies Stand," a suggestion that was adopted by the board. Everyone in Cowdenbeath knew Big Ming. He belonged to the Desperate Dan school of Scottish footballing manhood - Ron Ferguson Notes Bibliography A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Alex Venters (9 June 1913 30 April 1959) was a Scottish footballer who played for Cowdenbeath, Rangers and Scotland . Venters, a striker, joined Rangers in 1933 and spent a total of 13 years with the club, winning 3 League titles, 2 Scottish Cup's and scoring 102 goals in 201 appearances. Venters was also a prolific scorer during World War II, however these games were unofficial. After the war, Venters played for Third Lanark, Blackburn Rovers and ended his career with Raith Rovers . He won three caps for Scotland, the first of which was in 1933 while with Cowdenbeath. He won a further two official caps while at Rangers, in 1936 and 1939. He als...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with People from Cowdenbeath: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead. To get started finding People from Cowdenbeath: Dennis Canavan, Donald Findlay, Harry Ewing, Baron Ewing of Kirkford, Hector Hetherington, Tommy Muirhead, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.