Tangled Up in Blue: The Rise and Fall of Rangers FC

by Stephen O'Donnell

Overview

Tangled Up in Blue explores the stories behind two of Scottish football's defining issues, which are separate but closely linked. First, the historic and fractious rivalry, based on a religious divide, between Glasgow Rangers and Celtic; and, second, the recent catastrophic financial collapse of Rangers, which ultimately led to the club's liquidation. 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781785315091
Publisher:	Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date:	11/01/2019
Edition description:	None
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.50(h) x 1.30(d)

About the Author

Stephen O'Donnell is an author and freelance writer of football-themed fiction and nonfiction. His novels Paradise Road and Scotball were published to critical acclaim. Recently, he has switched to nonfiction, focusing his work on the reasons for the apparent decline of Scottish football in recent years. Stephen is also a contributor to The Blizzard and Nutmeg magazines.

Table of Contents

Part 1 Rise: Religious Bigotry

1 The Glasgow Strangers 9

2 'Scotia's Darling Club' 30

3 The Grand Old Man of Ibrox 50

4 The Third Man 73

5 Disaster and Triumph 101

6 The Other 'Big Jock' 118

7 Bigotry in the Modern Era 143

Part 2 Fall: Financial Malpractice

8 Thatcher's Man 175

9 Nine! Nine! Nine! 203

10 World Domination 238

11 Agent McLeish 265

12 The Prodigal Father 289

13 The Liquidation Game 317

Selected Bibliography 349