Jock Stein

Celtic and Scotland football manager, the first British manager to win the European Cup (1967), who worked as a coal miner at Bothwell Castle Colliery from 1937 until he turned full-time footballer in 1950.

In the archive

• Worker · Bothwell Castle Colliery (1937–1950) — Went down the pit here after leaving school and worked underground while playing part-time football.

Sources

1. Jock Stein – The Man with the Minneola (Kevin McCarra), The Celtic Star
2. Jock Stein: the man who inspired The Celtic Rising, The Celtic Star

Record created: 18 September 2026 · Last researched: 18 September 2026