
The Bear Hunter
The Search for Rangers' Nine-in-a-Row Heroes
John Irwin(Author)
Murray Scougall(Co-Author)
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Published on 11. May 2017
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-78531-288-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Bear Hunter is the fascinating and unlikely seven-year story of one football fan's devotion to his team. In 2009, John Irwin began a mission to track down every one of the 86 players who featured in Rangers' nine league title wins between 1988 and 1997 and have them sign his favourite strip. From legends like McCoist, Laudrup and Gough to journeymen, loanees and youngsters who only turned out for one match, John vowed to find them all. His obsession took him around the world. From a nightmare trip to Ukraine and a whistle-stop tour of Dubai, to a mayor's office in America and 13 trains across Holland, the number of John's adventures was equalled only by the miles clocked up. Whether it was a fire station in Sheffield or a shortbread factory in the Highlands, amateur detective John left no stone unturned to find each of his heroes. On the 20th anniversary of Rangers' greatest achievement, this is the nine-in-a--row squad then and now - seen through the eyes of one super-fan who turned Bear Hunter to meet his heroes.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
421 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78531-288-5 (9781785312885)
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05/2017
Pitch Publishing Ltd
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Persons
John Irwin told his story to Murray Scougall, a senior features writer with The Sunday Post. In Murray's 15 years with the newspaper, he has specialised in writing human interest stories about ordinary people doing extraordinary things. He has previously written two well-received books, Ghosthunter: Adventures in the Afterlife and To Chernobyl, With Love. Murray grew up during Rangers' iconic nine-in-a-row triumph and John's story stirred great memories of that era.