Scottish Football

I wanted out of my hometown, and away from Cal McDonaghue I'd done everything I could to escape my hometown, escape the awkward girl who’d always been too tall, too big, too strong. As a sports trainer, all the things that made me stand out also made me good at my job. Until I got fired. Now I'm unemployed and back in my high school bedroom, reliving old crushes when I run into my best friend's brother. He needs help training for the Highland Games. How can I say no? Rebecca Barton might just be my saving grace When my rival says he's retiring from the Highland Games and wants one last ...

Each November, about a hundred people with paper poppies pinned to their coats gather around a memorial in Edinburgh. They're there to commemorate the more than a dozen members of the local football team, Heart of Midlothian - almost every member of its starting lineup and many of its backup players - who went to war. A Bigger Field Awaits Us tells the little-known but poignant story of a group of Scottish athletes and their fans who went to war together - and the stories of the few who made it home.