Paul John Dykes

Paul John Dykes is a Scottish author, scriptwriter and documentary producer.

His first book, The Quality Street Gang, focusing on the group of footballers known by that term, was released by Celtic F.C. in 2013.[1][2] This debut was named in The Scotsman's 'Top 20 Sports Books of the Year' list.[3]

Throughout 2014, Dykes co-wrote the script, and conducted numerous on-screen interviews, for a feature-length documentary adaptation of his Quality Street Gang book. This keenly anticipated project (which was nearing completion) was shelved after 12 months due to unforeseen budgetary constraints.[4][5][6]

The follow-up to The Quality Street Gang - Celtic's Smiler - was the authorised biography of Celtic icon, Neil Mochan. Dykes also worked as the executive producer on the documentary adaptation of his second book, which was released in December 2015.[7]

In 2016, Dykes wrote the autobiography of former Celtic captain, Andy Lynch. The book (entitled Hoops, Stars & Stripes) was again named in the 'Top Football Books of the Year' list by The Scotsman.[8]

Filmography

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Bathgate, Stuart (24 March 2014). "Celtic Quality Street Gang to be in documentary". The Scotsman. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "Quality tale of a Quality gang". www.celticfc.net. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  3. ↑ Bathgate, Stuart. "Scotsman's Top Sports Reads of 2013", ' 'The Scotsman ' ' , Edinburgh 7 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "The Quality Street Gang, the last hurrah of Celtic’s golden age". World Soccer. 29 March 2014. Retrieved 29 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Purden, Richard (7 March 2014). "Quality Street legends to score in new Celtic-related film". The Irish Post. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "The greatest Celtic team that never was". In Bed With Maradona. 7 March 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Cameron, Neil. "One of Celtic's greatest legends", ' 'The Evening Times ' ' , Glasgow 12 October 2015.
  8. ↑ Pattullo, Alan. "Football books of the year", ' 'The Scotsman ' ' , Edinburgh 18 December 2016.
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