Donald Walker

The Tortoise and the Hair

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@Unluckeeeeeee Bi

[Graham Spiers @GrahamSpiers]

🎙️Free to read on my Patreon:

✍🏻 Why I Owed Dick Campbell An Apology

https://t.co/EzoqlonE8N

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@_DanielRyan @GreatOrmondSt @uclh Dan, I didn't know you before, but I feel like I do now. Same age as you, same five years of unrelenting anxiety and fear as a parent. Your news is wonderful. I've never been so happy for a stranger!

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@KennyFarq if you had told me about this, I would have gone with you

[Graham Spiers @GrahamSpiers]

Barbara Dickson - so warm and engaging - showing today in Glasgow why she’s still in demand, nearly 50 years on from Answer Me. @ERCL4

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@binzoboy Happy to provide a much sharper original of this one if you leave your email address

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There's an extract from Issue 34 online at @guardian_sport right now.

A brilliant piece by Donald Walker on supporters who stop going to football.
▶️ https://t.co/M5E82WbMvR

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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brilliant football stories, made in Scotland ⚽️

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@Scott_F_87 @NutmegMagazine Thank you @Scott_F_87. It's sad when we see people lose heart, but uplifting when the flame is lit again

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@StephenWattPoet @NutmegMagazine @afjgillespie @nmurraywillis Thank you Stephen. It's a subject every supporter can relate to, I think.

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@CollectCelticFC Celtic v East Fife, League Cup QF second leg, 16 Sept 1964. EF went to Parkhead with a 2-0 lead from first leg. Suffice to say they didn't make it to the semis. In photo the EF goalie pushes a Stevie Chalmers cross into the net for Celtic's opener. Jake Young is the EF defender.

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A fortnight today, I will launch myself off the Forth Bridge for a good cause. This seemed like a fine idea ... but I'm now less sure. Truthfully, I'm terrified. Any encouragement gratefully received. https://t.co/NXTh9Sl8nH

[NutmegMagazine @NutmegMagazine]

Good times are returning, too, in the east. As @donaldwalker76 discovers, the reopening of a Fife rail route will restore routes last used by football fans over half a century ago.

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@kmckenna63

[East Fife FC @EastFifeFC]

BAYVIEW BIRTHDAY l Club legend Ernie McGarr celebrates his 80th birthday today.
Have a great day Ernie!

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In 1975 the late Bobby Charlton drove up from Preston to grace Bayview for the John Martis testimonial, and scored a belter.

Donald Walker tells the almost unbelievable story.

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@Stephen4_2 @emanresuOO @jamiebhoy2009 @EvergreenCSC @Stephen4_2 @emanresuOO @jamiebhoy2009 @EvergreenCSC Neil Mochan opens the scoring in a 4-0 league win for Celtic at home to East Fife, 10/11/56. Goalkeeper is Ronnie McCluskey, defender is Alex Wilkie.

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@Stephen4_2 It's East Fife. Johnny Curran in goal, and Don Emery blocking Willie Fernie.

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@alastairjam Alastair, I am so sorry. As well as a gifted journalist and a perfect gentleman, your Dad was also one of the funniest people I've worked with - and in difficult times, his humour was always uplifting, from the day he arrive at The Scotsman and throughout. A brilliant colleague.

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@ABWyper @TheNairnDon @footballmemorys And now I cannot find the books. You have ruined my day. #comeonbabylightmyfire

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@alan_pattullo @LUFC @Morton_FC @PartickThistle @WhitecapsFC Fabulous work to find him, get him to agree to an interview, draw out all these cracking stories, and then write it all up so brilliantly. Love the pay-off line. Superb, @alan_pattullo

[Donald Walker @donaldwalker76]

@HaskinsIvor @NutmegMagazine Glad you enjoyed it, Ivor. I had fun writing it. Football captured my imagination in a big way back then, and has never let go.