A desire to show that Sam English had been far more than just the player who was involved in the accidental collision with John Thomson that tragically cost the Celtic goalkeeper his life in an Old Firm game in 1931 prompted Jeff Holmes to pen an acclaimed biography of the Northern Irishman.
The retired journalist, prolific author and lifelong Rangers supporter had exactly the same motivation when he was writing his latest engrossing tome, Formidable: The Willie Woodburn Story.
