Old Photograph George Young Scotland

Old photograph of George Young who was born on 27 October 1922 in Grangemouth, South of Stirling, Scotland. George Lewis Young was a Scottish footballer, best remembered for his association with Rangers in Glasgow, and for being the first player to receive more than 50 caps for the Scotland national team. After leaving Ibrox, Young had a three year spell as manager of Third Lanark between 1959 and 1962. He then left football, becoming a successful hotelier. He died, aged 74, in 1997.



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Old Photograph Matt Busby Scotland

Old photograph of Matt Busby who was born in 1909 to Alexander and Nellie Busby in a two roomed Miner's cottage in the mining village of Orbiston by Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Sir Alexander Matthew " Matt " Busby, CBE, KCSG was a Scottish football player and manager, who managed Manchester United between 1945 and 1969 and again for the second half of the 1970–71 season. Before going into management, Busby was a player for two of Manchester United's greatest rivals, Manchester City and Liverpool. During his time at City, Busby played in two FA Cup Finals, winning one of them. After his playing career was interrupted by the Second World War, Busby was offered the job of assistant coach at Liverpool, but they were unwilling to give him the control over the team that he wanted and he took the vacant manager's job at Manchester United instead.



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Old Photograph Alex James Scotland

Old photograph of Alex James who was born in Mossend in 1901 and brought up in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Alexander Wilson James was a Scottish footballer who is most noted for his success with Arsenal in London, England. James played as an inside forward, as a supporting player for the main strikers. He was famed for the excellent quality of his passing and supreme ball control.



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Old Photograph Hughie Gallacher Scotland

Old photograph of Hughie Gallacher who was born in 1903 in Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was a Scottish football player in the 1920s and 1930s. In 624 senior games, Gallacher scored 463 times. He is one of the Scotland national football team's most prolific goalscorers with 23 goals from his 20 internationals, a remarkable strike rate of more than a goal a game. Gallacher was one of the Wembley Wizards who beat England 5–1 at Wembley Stadium in 1928.



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Old Photograph HMS Argyll Armoured Cruiser Built In Greenock By Glasgow Scotland

Old photograph of HMS Argyll armoured cruiser built in Greenock near Glasgow, Scotland. Argyll, named to commemorate the Scottish county of that name, was laid down at Scotts Shipbuilding and Engineering at their Greenock shipyard on 25 March 1902 and was launched on 3 March 1904. In 1912 she was assigned to the 3rd Cruiser Squadron of the Second Fleet. The squadron was assigned to the Grand Fleet in mid 1914 as the Navy mobilized for war. It spent much of its time with the Grand Fleet reinforcing the patrols near the Shetland and Faeroe Islands and the Norwegian coast where Argyll captured a German merchantman on 6 August. Two years later, she ran aground on the Bell Rock near Dundee on 28 October 1915 at night during a storm. During the war, lighthouses were ordered to switch their lights off for fear of assisting German U-boats in their operations, and the light was only turned on by special permission. En route Argyll sent a signal requesting the light to be turned on, but the lighthouse did not have a radio and could only contacted by boat or visual signals. Attempts to notify the lighthouse failed, but the ship was not notified of the failure and proceeded in the expectation of using the light. Soon afterwards, she ran aground, suffering extensive damage to much of the hull and starting a fire. Two destroyers, Hornet and Jackal, were sent and rescued her entire crew without serious injury. The Navy salvaged all of the valuable items on board, including her guns, and she was demolished by the salvage team. In 1970 her two propellers were recovered by divers and sold for scrap. She remains a diveable wreck.



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