Daniel Gray, Author at Nutmeg Magazine

Articles by Daniel Gray

The Ultimate Scottish Football Bucket List

To coincide with the publication of our 30th issue we asked lovers of Scottish football to name the must-sees and dos of our national game. They suggested everything from exotic pies to Victorian architecture.

Where it all started: Remembering our Swedish caper in ’92

Scotland have qualified for Euro 2024 — the fourth time they will join the continent's elite for a summer of adventure. Daniel Gray reminisces on when Andy Roxburgh’s team made the breakthrough in '92.

Matchday programmes are sacred — losing them is larceny

As more clubs cut back on editions, or even shut down their matchday programmes altogether, football is in danger of robbing its own future.

When Raith Rovers were shipwrecked

Almost a century ago the Stark’s Park team were on their way to a summer tour of Spain when their steamer hit rocks off Finisterre. It was not enough to scupper their matches, though.

You had me at Berwick

Beyond the rugby

The gentle pleasures of watching football in the Borders.

Silent Saturday

Words of comfort from us to you during football’s coronavirus absence. A reminder that some day the game will be back with all its nonsense and beauty intact. Here to cheer you up or help you wallow in melancholy until kick-off comes again. We can get through this.

A bounce game

First time I saw you

You turn the corner, and it is there. To see a football ground for the first time is bliss.

Strangers on a train

Sense and sensibility: The matchday experience

Away days

Photographer Alan McCredie joins Hibs fans on their journey to Somerset Park to celebrate the unique charms of the away trip.

The nutmeg

Grounds for optimism

Fixtured life recommenced on August 6. Daniel Gray and photographer Alan McCredie witnessed it in Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Alloa, Falkirk, Gorgie and Perth.

Daniel Gray

Articles by Daniel Gray

To coincide with the publication of our 30th issue we asked lovers of Scottish football to name the must-sees and dos of our national game. They suggested everything from exotic pies to Victorian architecture.

Scotland have qualified for Euro 2024 — the fourth time they will join the continent's elite for a summer of adventure. Daniel Gray reminisces on when Andy Roxburgh’s team made the breakthrough in '92.

As more clubs cut back on editions, or even shut down their matchday programmes altogether, football is in danger of robbing its own future.

Almost a century ago the Stark’s Park team were on their way to a summer tour of Spain when their steamer hit rocks off Finisterre. It was not enough to scupper their matches, though.

The gentle pleasures of watching football in the Borders.

Words of comfort from us to you during football’s coronavirus absence. A reminder that some day the game will be back with all its nonsense and beauty intact. Here to cheer you up or help you wallow in melancholy until kick-off comes again. We can get through this.

You turn the corner, and it is there. To see a football ground for the first time is bliss.

Photographer Alan McCredie joins Hibs fans on their journey to Somerset Park to celebrate the unique charms of the away trip.

Fixtured life recommenced on August 6. Daniel Gray and photographer Alan McCredie witnessed it in Cowdenbeath, Dunfermline, Alloa, Falkirk, Gorgie and Perth.

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