From the publisher:
Nutmeg magazine and The Herald have joined forces to produce a stunning print and online collaboration to celebrate the upcoming Euro 2024.
Utilising regular writers from both publications, the special issue will showcase the best long-form sports writing Scotland has to offer.
Produced in the luscious style of quarterly magazine Nutmeg, the book is now available to buy on the run up to Euro 2024, and Herald subscribers can enjoy the release of articles in the lead up to the opening game of the tournament when Scotland face Germany in Munich.
We have some spectacular content with writers from both organisations contributing. This includes an exclusive interview with Steve Clarke written by Dani Garavelli, reminiscence about Euro 1996 as veteran journalist Graham Spiers recalls the ecstasy and agony of his first tournament as a young sports writer, Hugh MacDonald's look at the fan experience at German grounds and how it compares to Scotland, and much more.
The 196-page book is the must have item for every football fan, whether they are making the pilgrimage to Bavaria for the opening game or settled on their sofa at home.
Painting it blue
By Daniel Gray
The Fitbatweets Diaries
Hope Over Fear
‘How will Scotland do?’ and other questions, answered.
Steve Clarke: Up close
The manager on football, life and the
things in-between.
By Dani Garavelli
Killie joys
‘Sir’ Steve Clarke’s revitalisation of Kilmarnock.
By Ewan Paton
How Scotland win
A tactical delve into the modern national team.
By Joshua Barrie
Photo essay: The Year of the Rabbit
Scotland’s Euro ’92 was a joyous fling.
By Daniel Gray
Sealed with a kiss
Sweden by those who were there.
By Rob Robertson
Billy from Ardrossan
The great Gilmour in childhood and beyond.
By Chris Jack
Skin in the game
Lyndon Dykes on his journey from Dumfries to Deutschland.
By Matthew Johnston
Darren Jackson: Veteran rookie
Forward looks back on a late blooming international career.
By Patrick McPartlin
The young pretender
Nathan Patterson on Rangers, Everton and his Scotland generation.
By Joshua Barrie
Growing pains in Paisley
John McGinn and Kenny McLean by the man who spotted them first.
By David Irvine
Shining for the Magpies
McGregor and Grealish at Notts County.
By Ryan McGinlay
Photo essay: Summer in the Cities
Euro ’96 sparkled with unknown pleasures.
By Daniel Gray
A brush with the divine
How Craig Brown made a memorable summer.
By Graham Spiers
Uri Geller’s search for redemption
The illusionist gives his account of McAllister’s penalty miss.
By Liam Kirkaldy
Enveloped by love
A heart-breaking letter that inspired Scotland.
By Graeme McGarry
Iron Curtain twitchers
Recalling Soviet Bloc Euros heroes of yesteryear.
By Kevin McKenna
European wrong contest
Why Scotland were absent from early tournaments.
By James Morgan
A chip off the old Bloc
The cultural background of Antonín Panenka’s revolutionary penalty.
By Kenneth Ward
The best medicine
When penalty joy against Serbia sparked the promise of a brighter future.
By Liam Bryce
The not-so-local heroes
How Mackay and Houghton became national treasures in Ireland.
By Anthony Haggerty
Hungary’s secret weapon?
Right-winger Victor Orbán’s dream to Make Hungarian Football Great Again.
By Matthew Lindsay
What Fitba could learn from Fußball
The glories and togetherness of German football culture.
By Hugh MacDonald
International class
Scotland’s ten greatest kits.
By John Devlin
Penalty box
Past European Championship television coverage revisited.
By Cameron Carter
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