Iain Birnie was alerted to photos in BwB by some members of his family.
It was in relation to the story from Dr Ian Traill, a missionary in China, who is trying to find out more information about his late father’s football career.
“Some family members pointed out the pictures on January 17 to me,” said Iain (i.birnie@sky.com).
“The bottom picture on the page of Forthill Athletic has my granddad William Birnie in the middle of the back row, and my great uncle Dan Steel in the far right of the back row.
“Back row, second from the right (next to Dan) is Chic Mills he was my grandad’s friend.
“I’m not sure of every club my grandad played for but I don’t ever remember hearing about him playing for Forthill.
“I know he did play for East Craigie, Forfar West End and Arklays, which I was led to believe was a team from Cleghorn’s Clepington Works.
“Comparing this picture with others we have of them, it does look to be from the late 1920s or early 30s.
“Grandad was born in 1908 and, like Charles Traill, he played for the Scotland Junior football team.
“There were regular games between Scotland and an England team organised by the Birmingham and District FA and he played one game on April 4, 1931.
“The Scottish Football Historical Archive have a website which lists large numbers of these games but I can’t find a Traill listed.
“It’s not complete, though, so it certainly doesn’t mean he didn’t. I’ve attached a copy of a studio photo of grandad taken at the time, and his cap and jersey are still in the family.
“We also have a copy of the full team picture taken at Villa Park but it’s pretty damaged with a big tear across his face.
“I wonder if any of your readers know of a better copy available?
“I’m not sure what Dan’s role in the club was.
“I never met my grandad but I met Dan when I was wee in the 1970s and he was a lovely guy.”
I was initially intrigued by the origin of the Forthill photo as it had a printed caption on it.
Reader Chris Beattie has now pointed me in the direction of the original.
“The Forthill Athletic JFC photo which appeared on January 17 is a blow-up of an actual photograph which was in a collection,” said Chris, of Bruce Street, Dundee.
“It is from a set of cigarette cards by the Ardath Tobacco Co Ltd.
“Forthill Juniors is No 50 in a set of 168, which was on display in Dundee’s museum many years ago.”
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