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Morton Greats (Hardcover)

by Graeme Ross (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 192 pages
  • Publisher: Breedon Books Publishing Co Ltd (Oct 2004)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1859834361
  • ISBN-13: 978-1859834367
  • Product Dimensions: 26 x 20.2 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 590,657 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Over the years Morton football club has had its highs and lows. Periodically gracing Scotland's Premier Division, the club is famous as a warm and friendly club that has produced such talents as Joe Jordan and David Hopkin. In 1997 the club was bought by a new owner and came to the brink of extinction before being rescued by Douglas Rae, who has presided over a regeneration that has seen the club move up rapidly from the third division to the second, and challenge for promotion to the first division the very next season. In this new book about the men who have been the pride of Cappielow Park over the years, Graeme Ross has brought together the results of countless interviews with the players themselves, their friends and relatives, and fans, to recount the careers of 10 Morton stalwarts and their contributions to their proud club's history. This carefully researched and well-written book is sure to appeal to Morton fans of all ages.

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This is the book I've always wanted to write, and hopefully the kind of book that Morton fans will want to read. After almost going out of business a few years ago, Morton are back, with an exciting team and a dynamic chairman who is determined to bring the good times back at Cappielow. The club is now 130 years old, so it's a great time to celebrate the careers of some of their finest players. I hope my choice of ten Morton Greats will bring back great memories for a whole army of fans, and hopefully cause a few disagreements as well. The ten players have been carefully selected by me to reflect different eras at Cappielow since the 1940s, so I'm not claiming that it is the definitive list of the ten greatest ever, merely ten of many great Morton servants.

In conclusion, I fondly hope that everyone who reads the book enjoys reading it as much as I enjoyed researching and writing it.

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, a must for all 'Ton fans!, 16 Nov 2004
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Reading this book was like taking a trip down memory lane for me. Very well written, the author has carefully selected some of Morton's best post-war players, from Billy Campbell, Tommy Orr, and wee Joe Harper, through to my personal favourites of Jim Holmes and Andy Ritchie, before finishing with some of the more recent Morton stalwarts like McInnes and Collins.

The author has obviously spent a considerable amount of time meticulously investigating and unearthing information about each and every one, interviewing those players still with us, and talking to relatives and fans of those who have sadly passed on. Also good to see lots of images previously unseen (by me anyway!) of the players (even spotted some familiar faces in the crowds!).

Makes me very nostalgic about the team of the late seventies when big Ritchie was making a mockery of Scottish defences and not getting the recognition he deserved. Just a pity that we don't have enough video footage that would do justice to the nimble-footed, dribbling-genius, dead-ball expert that was Ritchie.

I'd recommend this book, not only to 'Ton fans, but all fans of football, a truly great book.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Lovingly Researched Book, 25 Jan 2005
I read a great deal of football books and football biographies and Morton Greats is one of the best I have read in the past couple of years. The book contains mini bios of ten of Greenock Morton's best players of the past 60 years. For the unitiated Morton are a lower division club existing against the odds in the shadow of Rangers and Celtic. So it's not a book for glory hunters - more a celebration and a tribute to ten wonderful club stalwarts, from the famous goalkeeper Jimmy Cowan to present club captain and record appearance holder Derek Collins. The author is a lifelong fan of the club, and has obviously carefully and lovingly researched the book, interviewing such giants of the game as Sir Tom Finney. His love of the club and regard for the players shines through in this immensely readable and likable book. The photographs throughout are top class and along with the text evocatively recreate bygone eras of the Scottish game. I am by no means a Morton fan but this book has inspired me to find out more about them and perhaps take in one of their matches. An excellent read for all Morton fans and football fans in general.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book, a must for all 'Ton fans!, 16 Nov 2004
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Reading this book was like taking a trip down memory lane for me. Very well written, the author has carefully selected some of Morton's best post-war players, from Billy Campbell, Tommy Orr, and wee Joe Harper, through to my personal favourites of Jim Holmes and Andy Ritchie, before finishing with some of the more recent Morton stalwarts like McInnes and Collins.

The author has obviously spent a considerable amount of time meticulously investigating and unearthing information about each and every one, interviewing those players still with us, and talking to relatives and fans of those who have sadly passed on. Also good to see lots of images previously unseen (by me anyway!) of the players (even spotted some familiar faces in the crowds!).

Makes me very nostalgic about the team of the late seventies when big Ritchie was making a mockery of Scottish defences and not getting the recognition he deserved. Just a pity that we don't have enough video footage that would do justice to the nimble-footed, dribbling-genius, dead-ball expert that was Ritchie.

I'd recommend this book, not only to 'Ton fans, but all fans of football, a truly great book.

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