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Derek Niven

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Born

in Glasgow, Scotland, The United Kingdom

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http://corkerhillpress.webs.com

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History, Biography, Sports

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Derek Niven is the non-fiction sports family history pseudonym of John McGee, the Glasgow based author. In 2017 he published Pride of the Lions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Celtic FC's historic victory in 1967. On 25 May 1967 Celtic became the first British side to win the European Cup in the Estadio Nacionale in Lisbon. 16 young Bhoys namely Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox, Fallon, Hughes, McBride, Gallagher and O'Neill were immortalised and have been written into the annals of Celtic folklore. Pride of the Lions is the untold story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions and it takes the legend of the 30 miles from Parkhead and transports the reader on a 3,000 mil Derek Niven is the non-fiction sports family history pseudonym of John McGee, the Glasgow based author. In 2017 he published Pride of the Lions to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Celtic FC's historic victory in 1967. On 25 May 1967 Celtic became the first British side to win the European Cup in the Estadio Nacionale in Lisbon. 16 young Bhoys namely Simpson, Craig, Gemmell, Murdoch, McNeill, Clark, Johnstone, Wallace, Chalmers, Auld, Lennox, Fallon, Hughes, McBride, Gallagher and O'Neill were immortalised and have been written into the annals of Celtic folklore. Pride of the Lions is the untold story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions and it takes the legend of the 30 miles from Parkhead and transports the reader on a 3,000 mile journey through sporting and family history.

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In 2018 Derek Niven published the sequel in the ‘Pride’ series: Pride of the Jocks which tells the untold story of the men and women who made the 16 greatest Scottish football managers. Find out about the family histories of Sir Matt Busby, Bill Shankly, Jock Stein, Sir Alex Ferguson, Sir Kenny Dalglish, Willie Waddell, Willie Ormond, Tommy Docherty, Eddie Turnbull, Ally MacLeod, Jock Wallace, Jim McLean, Craig Brown, Graeme Souness, the lately deceased Walter Smith and Gordon Strachan. Fascinating stories of ordinary men and women from working class backgrounds who procreated some of the top managers in British and world football.

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In 2020 Derek Niven published the third book in the 'Pride series': Pride of the Bears: the untold story of the men and women who made the Barca Bears. The reader will journey through the family histories of the 16 young Rangers players who won the European Cup Winners' Cup in the Nou Camp Stadium in Barcelona on 24 May 1972; Peter McCloy, Sandy Jardine, Wilie Mathieson, John Greig, Derek Johnstone, Dave Smith, Tommy McLean, Alfie Conn, Colin Stein, Alex MacDonald, Willie Johnston, Gerry Neef, Jim Denny, Graham Fyfe, Andy Penman and Derek Parlane. Now available in paperback and eBook on Amazon.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pride-Bears-...

Derek Nivenhas now published the fourth book in the 'Pride series': Pride of the Hearts: the untold story of the men and women who made the WW1 heroes of Heart of Midlothian. A deeply emotional tale of 16 Hearts players who signed up for the 16th Royal Scots and in one way or another they all paid the ultimate price. Read the heartbreaking histories of McCrae's Battalion as they fought on the Somme, Arras and Passchendaele and of those who returned, fell victim to the "curse of the old 16th".

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pride-Hearts...

John McGee also writes under the sci-fi pseudonym of Derek Beaugarde and has published 2084 The End of Days. If you like your sci-fi to be apocalyptic then you will love this futuristic thriller in the days leading up to Armageddon. He has completed a space opera novella sequel entitled 2112 Rev ...more

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	Pride of the Jocks: The untold story of the men and women who made the greatest Scottish managers (Pride Series Book 2) 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pride of the Lions: The Untold Story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions (Pride Series Book 1) by Derek Niven (Goodreads Author), Gillian McGee (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pride of the Hearts: The untold story of the men and women who made the Great War heroes of Heart of Midlothian (Pride Series Book 4) 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pride of the Bears: The untold story of the men and women who made the Barça Bears it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Pride of the Three Lions: The untold story of the men and women who made the heroes of Wembley 1966 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pride of the Dons: The untold story of the men and women who made the Gothenburg Greats (Pride Series Book 6) by Derek Niven (Goodreads Author), Gillian Murphy (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pride of the Red Devils: The untold story of the men and women who made the United heroes of Wembley '68 (Pride Series Book 7) by Derek Niven (Goodreads Author), Gillian Murphy (editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Gathering Storm is a fast paced history of the events from the rise of Adolf Hitler to the beginning of World War Two and Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister as biographed by Churchill himself. The narration in Churchill's own droll style sets a terrific tone to the book and Churchill eloquently leads the reader throug Read more of this blog post »

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“Bobby’s father Robert was a huge Celtic fan and on 11 May 1953 he took his son to see Celtic beat the Arsenal 1-0 in front of a 60,000 crowd at Parkhead in the Coronation Cup, held to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the throne.”
― Derek Niven, Pride of the Lions: The Untold Story of the men and women who made the Lisbon Lions

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“There are fewer people willing to fight for what’s right than those willing to start a fight for what’s wrong?”
― Nathaniel M. Wrey, Liberty Bound

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“Society is a complex thing. There’s never one solution, just as there’s never one problem.”
― Nathaniel M. Wrey, Liberty Bound

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“Liberty can be defined in a thousand different ways and yet someone will always feel imprisoned.”
― Nathaniel M. Wrey, Liberty Bound

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“To make an exceptional living with a career as a writer, you need multiple sources of writing income to sustain lifelong earnings. Never depend on only one origin of income as a novelist.”
― Chris Mentillo

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“I knew all along that the prize I had set my life on was not worth the winning.”
― William Thackeray

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