Scotland's Football Brigadoon: Cowdenbeath FC | @Alexecky

Part of a series of Scottish football history articles written for us by radio presenter Alex Horsburgh , today we look at Fife-based, Cowdenbeath FC (a place he was born and bred): Late 1976... Elton John is at the peak of his musical powers. He's just written the hit 'Philadelphia Freedom' for Billie Jean King's tennis team (the Philadelphia Freedoms) in return for tennis lessons from the US superstar and Wimbledon favourite, and he's been a chart regular since his 1970 breakthrough hit 'Your Song' which coincided with Cowdenbeath last playing in Scotland's top division. He's also shown his loyalty to his beloved Watford Football Club, by becoming Chairman and largely (along with manager Graham Taylor) being responsible for starting their rise through the four divisions of the English top flight, which culminated in a top five finish in Division One and an FA Cup final in the early 1980s. Elton is in Edinburgh on another sell out tour, and