Celtic supporters always need a personality goalscorer. The traditions of the club demand attractive attacking football with loads of goals. The tradition was started by the great Celtic side of the 1890s and by Sandy McMahon in particular. Born in Selkirk of Irish stock, Sandy McMahon first played for Hibs before, in late 1890, joining the new Celtic team which was beginning to make its mark on Scottish football and Scottish society. With a particular ability to score goals with his head, but also a fine dribbler and passer of the ball, Sandy McMahon earned Scottish caps and very soon became a cult figure of the age, as Celtic made their mark on football. Yet there was so much more to him than that. An erudite and well-read man with a wide knowledge of Shakespeare and Burns, Sandy McMahon was an excellent example of an urbane Victorian gentleman, as well as the most famous football player of his age. All this is lovingly brought to life by famous Celtic historian David Potter who has already written similar biographies of men like Jimmy McMenemy and Sunny Jim Young.
The author:
David Potter is a semi-retired teacher who taught Classics and Spanish at Glenrothes High School for thirty-two years, before taking up a parttime post at Osborne House School in Dysart. He lives in Kirkcaldy. He is the author of sixteen books about football and cricket. He is married with three grown-up children and two grandchildren.
John Fallon ended his football career with Motherwell and Morton but his finest playing years were with Celtic Football Club and Hands On With Celtic is a fascinating account of a fantastic football career from the golden years of Scottish football.
Michael Moynihan is a journalist with the Irish Examiner covering sport. He is the bestselling author of Blood Brothers, the definitive book on the Cork hurling team of the last decade. He has written for The Observer and The Washington Post and is a regular radio and television contributor.
