Neil Drysdale was born in Edinburgh in 1960 and has been involved in journalism since the mid 1980s, when he was part of the disastrous attempt to create a new ‘left-of-centre’ tabloid, News on Sunday (it folded after six months). Undeterred, he became a correspondent for Scotland on Sunday, whilst contributing to a variety of magazines including The Spectator, Telegraph Magazine and New Statesman.
He has covered three Rugby World Cups, three Olympic Games and toured South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. He also wrote for the award-winning Spectrum Magazine on such topics as ‘Lockerbie: 10 Years On’ and ‘The Scandal of Dounreay’.
He was Bank of Scotland Feature Writer of the Year in 1998, as well as runner-up in 1999. He is now freelance and writes mostly for The Herald, Sunday Herald and Sunday Times.
He is married and lives in Falkirk.
Dad’s Army
A celebration of village cricket.
In September 1985, a small group of Scots took Lord’s by storm and pushed Scottish cricket onto the map. Few at the home of cricket had even heard of Freuchie, let alone been able to pinpoint the place on a map, but by the end of a fluctuating Village Cup final contest, the Scots had edged out Rowledge, the bagpipers were in full spate and Ian Botham was on the telephone, wishing Freuchie well.
This is the story of how cricket thrives in Freuchie and similar small communities throughout Scotland and the UK – a burgeoning mass of competitiveness, bitter rivalries and derby tussles; a partially-concealed world of far pavilions and secret championships.
With a foreword by Ian Botham.
Published June 2005
UK Hardback Rights: The Parrs Wood Press
UK Paperback Rights: Jenny Brown Associates
The Rough and the Smooth
Alan Rough: My Story.
The hapless Scottish stereotype or a gifted goalie? Roughie’s sixteen clean sheets in 53 internationals confirm he was the latter, cementing his place as the best – and best-loved – goalkeeper in Scotland’s history. He broke the mould and became a legend – for both his shot-stopping expertise and his ability to laugh at himself when the odd shot snuck past him.
He kept goal for Partick Thistle, Celtic, Hibs and his country - playing with the likes of Hansen, Souness and Dalglish– and was between the posts for most of Scottish football’s classic, and most calamitous, moments of the 70s and 80s.
Here, for the first time, he brings to life the comical and the controversial, the outrageous and the outlandish, in a career that spanned three decades.
World Rights: Headline
Silver Smith: The Biography of Walter Smith
Walter Smith is one of the most talked about and respected managers in British football. This insightful biography casts a reflective and analytical eye over his life and career, examining this shrewd professional through the many highs and lows that he has experienced as a player and a manager.
World Rights: Birlinn
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