Later this year the annual Scottish Football Hall of Fame dinner will take place at Hampden Park and nominations are now being accepted.
The 2017 dinner on Sunday, 15 October marks the 50th anniversary of a remarkable year in Scottish football where Celtic’s ‘Lisbon Lions’ became the first ever British club to win the European Cup and Rangers were narrowly beaten in extra time by Bayern Munich in the Cup Winners’ Cup Final.
Kilmarnock also reached the Semi-Finals of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup in 1967 and the ‘Wembley Wizards’ beat the World Cup champions England 3-2 to win the British Home Championship.
Last year Alex Smith, Gary McAllister, Jock Wallace, John Wark and Stevie Chalmers were inducted.
The committee of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame will consider nominees who meet the following criteria…
1) Players recognised as being Scottish (in compliance with FIFA’s international guidelines on eligibility) once they have retired from the game.
2) Non Scottish players who have made a significant contribution to Scottish football and who have since finished playing in Scotland.
3) Managers recognised as being Scottish who are deemed to have spent a reasonable length of time in their chosen field.
4) Non Scottish managers who have made a significant contribution to Scottish football and who are deemed to have spent a reasonable length of time in their chosen field.
5) Officials recognised as being Scottish who are deemed to have spent a reasonable length of time in their chosen field.
6) Non Scottish officials who have made a significant contribution to Scottish football and who are deemed to have spent a reasonable length of time in their chosen field.
Nominate your Scottish Football Hall of Fame inductee now