The writers fascination with the Inter City arose from his grandfather playing in several including the 1891 Glasgow victory

The papers of that era reported 

The ground of the West of Scotland at Partick held the dismal reputation as the burial-place of Eastern hopes and prospects for many years. There are indeed cheerier spots in Scotland than this portion of Glasgow in the descending gloom of a murky afternoon in December, and among the many excuses for Edinburgh's repeated failures none were more common than those imputed to the influence of the pitch at Partick and its environment. 

Edinburgh received a heavy thonging in 1891. M. M. Duncan was injured and placed the side under handicap, but allowing for this, Glasgow had the more capable team. It was a first-rate Western forward division, including three of a very clever type, J. Auld, J. M. Bishop, and Hugh Ker, and also a very sound Glasgow University International man, W. A. Macdonald, with J. D. Boswell at the head of affairs. They were still playing aliens, as represented by R. D. Stokes (Ireland) in the Edinburgh pack, and F. D'Arcy Thomson (England) in the Glasgow half-back line. C. G. Newton, an Edinburgh Academical who was playing for the West of Scotland at that time, was full-back for Glasgow. 

This article was originally posted on 30-Dec-2011, 07:52 by Hugh Barrow.
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