The final book in the epic story of the Celtic Football and Athletic Club and the Glasgow Irish community during the last months of the Great War 1914–1919. August 1918, also saw the start of the fifth year of senior Scottish football played under wartime conditions. Strict wartime employment conditions made it very difficult, for football players to get away from their place of work on a Saturday afternoon. The start of the new football season therefore found Celtic, like all other clubs, excluding Rangers FC, struggling to field a full side. In addition, to the problem of finding players, government instigated travel restrictions made it increasingly difficult for all clubs to travel to away venues. It was thought by many, if the war didn’t finish soon, this could be the last football season, and senior Scottish football would follow the English football leagues into suspension.

The Celtic lost the 1917/18 League Championship to their arch-rivals Rangers by just one point, now the Celtic, despite the activity of the Army Recruiters, were determined to win the championship back. Every Celtic game in their 1918/19 league campaign is covered in great detail.

As the Great War enter its fifth blood-soaked year, the final months of the conflict are covered in detail. Highlighted are several Glasgow Irishmen and their contribution to the final Allied victory.  

Life on the Home Front for the ordinary Glaswegian is covered, as food and commodity shortages become increasingly acute. Industrial actions, led by Glasgow Irish socialists are also highlighted. Soldiers, demobilised after the war, came home to find jobs scarce and not the land fit for heroes as promised. The famous Battle of George Square is examined, with some of the legends which have grown up around the event examined and debunked.

The political situation in Ireland is also well covered. The rise of Sinn Fein to political prominence and the struggle for independence is highlighted and explained. In a vastly changed Ireland, the social conditions  experienced by returning Irish soldiers who fought for the British are explained. Were they heroes, dupes or fools?