DID you know that Aberdeen have won the league in Scotland four times? And that Steven Fletcher scored the first hat-trick for Scotland since Colin Stein’s treble in 1969 in the Euro 2016 Qualifier against Gibraltar?

Delve into this year’s edition of the Wee Red Book, on sale tomorrow, and who knows what fascinating facts you can uncover about Scottish football.

The iconic book, much loved by big names in the world of sport as well as fans around the country, has been a feature of the Scottish football scene since 1928.

This year it comes to you from a new team of co-editors: die-hard football fans Stuart Sandler and Jackie Caffrey.

Production journalist Stuart has worked on the Wee Red Book since 2007, while colleague Jackie, who makes her debut in 2015, is the first female co-editor in the history of the book.

A football fan since the age of 15, she says the joy of working on the book was uncovering interesting nuggets of information.

“For instance, I didn’t realise Motherwell had won the league,” she says. “I was going through the league championships and it’s really interesting because it is predominantly Celtic and Rangers over the past 30 to 40 years.

“In 1985 Aberdeen were the last non-Old Firm team to win it. And Motherwell won it in the 1930s.”

The books of stats list all the Scotland games, every score and team they have played.

“One of the funniest things I thought when I was going through and checking it was the nicknames of all the teams,” says Jackie.

“Some of them were bizarre and then you have Raith Rovers whose nickname was the Rovers – it’s not very imaginative, is it?

“And then you look at the size of the crowds. In the Rangers stats, one of the biggest crowds was a game back in the early days that had 131,000 fans. It’s just extraordinary when you think the amount of fans they used to pack into these stadiums.”

All the scores for the past season are detailed as well as future game dates, games to remember from European leaders and also junior football.

A new addition this year is the results of the Glasgow Cup.

The famous book has settled more arguments than the referee’s dreaded wee red card, and is crammed with every fact you could ever want or need to know about the beautiful game.

First published in 1928, the little book, which is big on fixtures, facts and trivia, is as important to the fans as it is to those in football’s hierarchy.

From the generals of the game, down through managers, players, referees and even amateurs who enjoy a kickabout on a Sunday afternoon, the Wee Red Book is an essential accessory.

It was originally called The Evening Times Football Annual. Here’s a fascinating fact for fans: there was no Wee Red Book from 1940-45 but as soon as football resumed after the War it was back on sale.

Stuart describes the book as an anorak’s guide to Scottish football and says fans get in touch from as far afield as Australia, America and Canada to get hold of copies.

“It’s great for people who want to know how many caps a certain player has, for example.

“Or who won player of the year award,” he says.

“Sometimes you find surprising facts, such as the different players who were capped for Scotland over the years.”

That amounted to 76 for former Scotland and Celtic midfielder Paul McStay and 61 for former Scotland and Rangers defender Richard Gough.

“I’m hooked on details such as player transfers and Scots clubs in Europe,” he adds.

“I’ve also enjoyed following the careers of young players who have gone on to the English Premier League.

“When I was younger my granddad used to take me to junior games at Petershill, and later on I would go and see teams such as Rob Roy.

“I also went to see teams such as Queen’s Park and Partick Thistle.

“My dad Jack used to cater for the TV crews at football matches and I’d often join him at games.”

Evening Times editor Tony Carlin says The Wee Red Book is the Bible of Scottish football.

“It is crammed with all the stats every true fan wants at their fingertips.

“For decades supporters have trusted it to provide a record of Scottish football’s past and present.

“There really is no better way to kick off the new season than with a copy of The Wee Red Book,” he says.

lThe Wee Red Book is available from tomorrow, priced £2.99.

lOur digital version is £1.99 which is a 33% saving.

lTo access the digital version go to http://edition.pagesuite-professional.co.uk/Launch.aspx?PBID=711d9b3a-22a0-4827-bc55-33425c3419f8