"My Search for Celtic's John" - by Tom Greig

This fascinating new biography into the life and times of a Celtic legend traces his roots from birth and upbringing in Fife, Scotland to the national stage as Glasgow Celtic's legendary goalkeeper. In over 220 pages, and with 38 photographs, many unseen before from private and family collections, the author has uniquely traced the story of John Thomson. This book includes:

• the remembrances of John Thomson's closest childhood friend
• the practice routines which helped a Fife schoolboy become a Celtic and Scotland great
• the feat of skill no one else in Thomson's village could match
• Johnny's mother's fearful premonition
• the secret of the John Thomson Bible kept at Parkhead
• John Thomson's full career statistics at Celtic
• why the standing ovation Thomson received at White Hart Lane was unusual
• what the last dressing room he used looked like
• the truth about his clash with Sam English
• the contents of John Thomson's medical notes
• the details of John's last hours
• how his sweetheart was traced more than seventy years on
• the attractions of Cardenden's Thomson trail today
• the mistakes on John Thomson's gravestone.

The author would like to thank the many people interviewed for this book, with special thanks to the help given by Celtic and Rangers Football Clubs.