We Are Scottish Football

About the Book: 

With a pen dipped in passion, McNeill explores the emotional landscape of football, bringing to life the highs and lows, triumphs and tribulations that define the beautiful game in Scotland. Her verses transport readers to the electric atmosphere of packed stadiums, where every cheer and roar reverberates through the pages.

With eloquence and insight, We Are Scottish Football stands as a poetic tribute, capturing the soul-stirring drama and unwavering devotion that make Scottish football an enduring and enchanting spectacle.

Reviews: 

In this unique and vivid collection of poems and photographs Julie McNeill makes sure we don’t forget the impact our footballing history has had on the world. STUART COSGROVE, author & presenter

A must read for any fan of football, history, poetry and Scotland. IAN MAXWELL, CEO SFA

In this wonderful book of poems and photographs Julie McNeill ties together the past and present of the game and highlights some of its outstanding moments, personalities and controversies.ROSE REILLY MBE, World Cup Winning Footballer

A book is born. A star is born. HUGH McMILLAN

About the Author:

JULIE McNEILL is the Poet-in-Residence for St Mirren Football Club Charitable Trust, the only female poet – as far as can be established – attached to a professional football club in the UK, perhaps in the world. She is the Makar for The Hampden Collection, set up to preserve and protect Scotland’s footballing heritage.

Julie’s work has been recently commissioned by BBC Sport Scotland and the Scottish Poetry Library and in 2024 she won The Burrell Collection Hidden Gems poetry competition. Recent poetry collections include Something Small (Drunk Muse Press 2023) and Ragged Rainbows (HybridDreich 2021) and the award winning non-fiction book for children Mission Dyslexia (JKP Books 2021). She spends much of her time working with neurodivergent children and adults.

CAMPBELL RAMAGE is a photographer and picture editor based in the West End of Glasgow. A long-suffering Partick Thistle fan, he can often be found standing in a state of zen-like calm as his team battle it out at the Palace of the Gallus. Away from football, Campbell enjoys wandering the streets of his home city in search of images that capture his eye, and his imagination.

A recurring theme of Campbell’s work is ‘Positivity’. His 2022 portrait exhibition Maryhill is Wonderful won Scottish Parliamentary approval as he sought to highlight the people who make a positive contribution to everyday life in the area.