Willie
Maley: The Man Who Made Celtic, by David Potter (2003)
CELTIC owe almost everything to Willie Maley.
He played in their first ever game in 1888 and won Scottish caps in 1893, before becoming Celtic's manager in 1897.
He then set about building Celtic into the best team in Scotland and, from the beginning, envisaged the club as a powerful presence in world football - playing games in England, Europe and the United States.
This book chronicles his playing career, the building of the great Edwardian Celtic team, the devastating effect of the Great War and the wealth of talent that he uncovered until his dismissal from office in 1940.
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