Tony Coyle, 53, born and brought up in Garnethill and went to St Joes in Raglan Street, a stones throw from Firhill.
Later years of primary school were spent touring the local areas on Saturday mornings with the jannie, Mr McCann, playing the local primary school scallies at oakgrove, abercorn, dunard, st pats, st charles amongst others on red ash pitches exclusively and almost always when the red ash was frozen solid.
First game was Meadowbank Thistle around mid 70’s and I’ve been gloryhunting ever since.
Nom de plume was given to me by teammates at the resurrected Third Lanark AFC in 2007/8 run by another staunch Jag in the shape of big Matt Curry. Now living south of the river and still, at my advanced age, active in 11s amateur football (relatively injury free and it’s a bit easier on the joints being a keeper) so don’t get up to Firhill as much as I would like to unless Saturday afternoon matches are called off. Former shed boy who now resides a few rows behind Camaillan in the JLS when I do take a walk up memory lane.