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Stewart Coull
Comedian
Stewart Coull is a retired schoolteacher who worked with children with learning difficulties for more than 20 years. Stewart is a graduate of Trinity College, Dublin and has worked in Scotland since 1970.
The product of a Belfast mother and a Scottish father, Stewart was eligible to play both international football and rugby for either country. Unfortunately, due to a breakdown in communications, the news escaped both camps, in both sports, so Stewart remained undiscovered. (This was before Jack Charlton’s time!)
Stewart’s main interest is sport : football, rugby and golf. He supports Airdrieonians Football Club, which makes him an optimist with a sense of humour. He is past President of both Waysiders and Cumbernauld Rugby Clubs. He plays golf on the two magnificent courses at Dullatur Golf Club.
Stewart’s other interests are: cooking, (Seafood a speciality - he claims his dressed crab will stand comparison with anyone’s), music - he plays guitar and banjo ukulele and sings “diddly diddly” music, and caravanning, mostly in Portpatrick.
Married to Helen, Stewart has two children, a girl
and a boy (yes a gentleman’s family but then what else would
you expect?). Since he retired Stewart is now a full time raconteur
and his
gift for story telling and his irresponsible sense of humour have made
him a firm favourite at the wide variety of clubs, venues and functions
at which he has appeared. Stewart has been a regular contributor to the
Fred McCauley Show on BBC Radio Scotland and is a member of Equity.
Sir Henry Cooper
Former professional boxer
‘Our Enry’ remains one of the most popular British sportsmen of all time. He also threw one of the most famous punches in the history of boxing when he floored Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) at Wembley Stadium in 1963.
Henry dominated the British and European heavyweight
scene for a decade or more and is the only British Champion to win three
Lonsdale Belts outright. Since his retirement Henry has been in much demand
in television and personal appearances at numerous client, corporate and
golf days as well as being a highly accomplished after dinner speaker.
Henry never won a World Heavyweight Championship, but he did win the lifelong
affection of sports fans throughout the world. He was knighted in 2000
for his services to boxing.
He picked up an FA Cup winners medal in his first year at United, also winning the League Championship in 1965 and 1967. The pinnacle, of course, came when he was part of the Manchester United team who won the European Cup in season 1967/1968. When he finally hung up his boots he remained on the coaching staff and still to this day retains a connection with the club via match day corporate hospitality, radio and television.
A very proud Scotsman he earned 16 International
caps for his country and played a total of 392 games for Manchester United
scoring 15 goals in the process.
Former professional footballer
Born in Glasgow in 1955 Willie signed for Aberdeen on an S Form in 1969. In 1971 he went full time and was immediately farmed out to Peterhead in the Highland League, as a striker!! He scored 23 goals for the Peterhead club.
He made his first team debut in 1973 coming on for Arthur Graham in a league game at Morton. Ally MacLeod made him captain in 1975 and in the same year he earned his first Scotland cap against Romania. Willie lifted the first of many trophies when Aberdeen beat Celtic in the League Cup Final in 1976. This was followed by a Championship win in 1980. His affection for Aberdeen was tested in 1981 when Sunderland made an offer of £450,000 for his services, a move he turned down. In 1982 Willie played for Scotland in the World Cup Finals in Spain and in the same year won the Scottish Cup to give him a full set of the Scottish medals.
The pinnacle of his career came when he led Aberdeen to victory in the
European Cup Winners Cup on a memorable night in Gothenburg when Aberdeen
defeated the mighty Real Madrid. His second European trophy followed
when they defeated Hamburg to lift the European Super Cup. As if that
year was not memorable enough, they also won the Scottish Cup !
The Willie Miller Years followed:
1984
1986
Lifted final trophy as a player, the League Cup, also won the last of his 65 caps for Scotland against Norway
1990
Park at Hampden. He missed the World Cup due to a knee injury which forced him to retire and take up a coaching role at Pittodrie
Comedian
Eric hails
from the 'Crème de la Skimmed Milk' of all mining villages, Newtongrange,
Midlothian, where he lives with his wife and baby daughter. His parents,
one from the West of Scotland, the other from the East but who married
each other nevertheless, were not at all keen on Eric doing dangerous
work down a Pit. Eric argued that nothing could have been more dangerous
to his well being than the first job he ever had, that as Rear Gunner
on the local Milk Lorry. However, their wishes were eventually granted
and since leaving school, Eric has worked for a local Printing firm in
nearby Dalkeith. His claim to fame is that in Season 1988/89, he scored
a goal for Coldstream against Albion Rovers, in the 2nd Round of the
Scottish Cup. He admits, however, that in those days, Albion Rovers weren't
the powerful force in Scottish Football they are today!
Eric appeared
in the highly acclaimed show, "Rhymes and Misdemeanours" at
the 2000 Edinburgh Festival. With his satirical poetry, on subjects
all things topical, allied with hilarious anecdotes, such as growing
up in
a mining village when the world was still in Black and White, Eric
has been a refreshing addition to the after dinner circuit over
the last
two years. He has shared the top table at a variety of functions
with personalities such as Nobby Stiles, Donald Findlay QC, Bill
McMurdo,
Peter Cormack, John Gahagan and Tony Higgins.
Functions include :
Deutsche Bank Corporate evening; Officers Mess, Faslane Naval Base; Barnton Hotel
Golf Section; South Queensferry Sportsman's Dinner; Invergordon
Rugby Club; Postal Bowling Club; Royal Scots Club Edinburgh; Canmore Golf Club;
Larbert Round Table; Bathgate Round Table; Murray International Metals