Gerald McNee is a Scottish football journalist, who made his name in the Scottish football press with the Scottish Daily Express and ''
Daily Star'' in the 1970s. He was also a match commentator from 1974 to 2004.
McNee also wrote several books about
Celtic
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Language and ethnicity
*pertaining to Celts, a collection of Indo-European peoples in Europe and Anatolia
**Celts (modern)
*Celtic languages
**Proto-Celtic language
* Celtic music
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Sports Fo ...
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He was nicknamed 'The voice of football' by
Scotsport
''Scotsport'' is a Scottish sports television programme, broadcast on STV in northern and central Scotland between 1957 and 2008, as well as on ITV Border in southern Scotland.
It was first broadcast in 1957 as ''Sports Desk'' and continui ...
, for whom he commentated, and 'The Voice of a football' by many fans.
McNee also wrote ''In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man: The Inside Story of the Cult Film'', a book about the film ''
The Quiet Man
''The Quiet Man'' is a 1952 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by John Ford. It stars John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond and Victor McLaglen. The screenplay by Frank S. Nugent was based on a 1933 '' Saturday ...
''. The book is described as "a revealing and touching account of when Hollywood came to beautiful Connemara in the West of Ireland."
While a sports writer with the ''Daily Star'', McNee had a dispute with Celtic manager
Billy McNeill
William McNeill (2 March 1940 – 22 April 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He had a long association with Celtic, spanning more than sixty years as a player, manager and club ambassador. McNeill captained Celtic's 'Lisbon Lio ...
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McNee retired from broadcasting at the end of the
2003–04 season.
Works
* ''And You'll Never Walk Alone'' 1972,
* ''A Million Miles for Celtic - An Autobiography'' Stanley Paul, 1982,
* ''In the Footsteps of the Quiet Man: The Inside Story of the Cult Film'' Mainstream Publishing, 2008,
* ''A Lifetime in Paradise: The Jimmy McGrory Story'' Irnwurks Media, 2013
References
Scottish association football commentators
Scottish sportswriters
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Place of birth missing (living people)
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