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Marc
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Partick Thistle season ticket holder since 2006. Also keen on Carlisle United and Alemannia Aachen. Blogger, Historian, Beer Enthusiast and Anthony Bourdain idoliser.
The link to the Findagrave memorial is below.

I cannot recommend this site enough if, like me, you have an interest in history and also want to research your own family tree, because Findagrave works in partnership with Ancestry.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/278256498/george-archibald-scott
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November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
George Archibald Scott died on January 14th 1937, at the age of 71 and was buried in Cadder Cemetery in Bishopbriggs, which is a short walk from my home.

Thankfully, his gravestone is still standing and legible. I took this, among others, for the Findagrave profile.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
"Geordie" remained at Cowlairs until retirement in 1930, spending his golden years as a member and later President of Bishopbriggs Bowling Club. He can be seen in this 1920 photo, which the club graciously provided for me.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Following a brief loan at Kilmarnock in 1897, Scott hung up his boots, but would make a one-off appearance in 1902 in a friendly to raise funds for the injured and bereaved of the 1902 Ibrox Disaster.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
This successful era for Hearts and George continued the following season when they won their second Scottish Cup, defeating bitter rivals Hibernian in the only Final contested outside Glasgow - at Edinburgh's New Logie Green - but Scott wasn't in the side.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Further success would come the way of The Jam Tarts and Scott in the 1894-95 season, when Hearts took the league flag to Tynecastle for the first of four (at the time of writing this) occasions.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Like most footballers of his era, Scott, who was born in Scoonie, had a profession outside of football.

He worked at the Cowlairs Railway Works in Springburn; it was from Cowlairs that he joined Hearts in 1889.

Today, the site of the works is near the Beam Suntory Distillery.
November 20, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Jericho and Michaels ruled but this, arguably, should have been HBK at Mania 19
October 19, 2025 at 11:19 PM