Author ‘over the moon’ after Buckie Thistle raise £900 from signed copy of If It Bleeds, which the club feature in
Fans of Buckie Thistle, a football club on Scotland’s north-east coast and occupying a respectable fifth place in the Highland League, were initially bewildered to discover that Stephen King had referenced their team in his latest work.
It is not immediately apparent whether this small town on the Moray Firth, its harbour crowded with fish processors and smokehouses, bears marked similarities to coastal Maine, where the legendary American horror maestro resides, or is host to any maniacal clowns, haunted cars, or other subterranean suburban horrors that so delight his readers.
As a thank you we sent to him some memorabilia as he is now a fully fledged fan of the Jags . @StephenKing is aware that there is an open invitation to visit Victoria park next time he is in Scotland!! pic.twitter.com/t2DM6e7Mz5
Jake Bugg: the rock star gave then League Two highflyers Notts County a boost with a 10 month-long kit sponsorship for the 2017-18 season. It failed to help in the long run, the team suffering relegation from the Football League for the first time in their 157-year history last year.
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