07-12-2013, 11:18 AM
Andy: you could have fun filling out the "bench" and/or doing any substitution you fancy! I only listed "still very active" players (two in the list are active in England rather than Scotland these days). John Glendinning (and many, many others I could name) could indeed still play a mean game today but he (and they) gave up playing club and tournament chess more or less completely eons ago!! Perhaps we should place John in the manager's role!!!
Alex: still keen in due course to hear of the actual Cathedral Street venue ... it is indeed an iconic part of old Glasgow ... and not just linked with chess.
Acknowledgements: as those who have purchased my beginner's manual "Chess for Rookies" may know, "I owe a special debt to Mr Jack Goldin (1922-1996), a mathematics teacher ... whose hard work in ensuring that the [Allan Glen's] school chess club developed into the largest and strongest in Scotland was critical in my chess development" (p.9).
Alex: still keen in due course to hear of the actual Cathedral Street venue ... it is indeed an iconic part of old Glasgow ... and not just linked with chess.
Acknowledgements: as those who have purchased my beginner's manual "Chess for Rookies" may know, "I owe a special debt to Mr Jack Goldin (1922-1996), a mathematics teacher ... whose hard work in ensuring that the [Allan Glen's] school chess club developed into the largest and strongest in Scotland was critical in my chess development" (p.9).