New Book About Eric Liddell

Steven Metcalf, whose was in the internment camp with Eric Liddell as a boy has written a book called "In Japan the Crickets Cry".

To find out more or order a copy from Amazon click here.

From the book jacket:

As the Japanese advanced through China in 1942, many westerners were interned.
In their prisoner of war camp the dying Olympic sprinter, Eric Liddell, gave a young Steve Metcalf his running shoes, and challenged him to pray for the Japanese. But how could he?

New Eric Liddell Image Gallery.

Our online collection of photographs of Eric Liddell has been reorganised with better descriptions and in some cases better quality images. To visit the new gallery click here.

This is part of an ongoing project which will enable us to easily add additional content to the Eric Liddell section of our web site.

Eric Liddell in the News

We maintain an alert of news stories that mention Eric Liddle and two have come up this week:

Firstly a story reported by the BBC of a street in Cumbernauld originally named after Eric Liddell, but following a change of street sign the name was misspelled.

Secondly the story of Scottish Rugby Player Euan Murray who has refused to play on Sunday. Eric Liddell was also a Scottish Rugby International tema member.