There are few problems with Sportscene more mundane than the current footballer panelist who never seems willing to speak his mind. Andy Harrow writes. Is there anything worse than the Sunday evening dread? The mushrooming realisation that your weekend is almost at an end and another long working week is upon you? I can think of one thing: the […]
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Scotland’s shame. No, not bigotry, alcoholism or River City, but the fact that in the build up to this year’s Scottish Cup Final, only one side, Falkirk, have released an official song for the occasion. Admittedly, Invererness Caledonian Thistle may be taking the correct approach, considering most football themed releases are utterly abysmal, but it […]
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There is one manager in the UK at the moment who has done more to upset me this season than any other as his teams have caused severe damage to the teams I support on both sides of the border – Alex Neil, firstly at Hamilton then at Norwich City. As a Motherwell fan I […]
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In terms of their respective quality, this match is a difficult one to call. Rangers are a Championship side full of players with top-flight experience – even if some have failed to show it over the past three years – who, after several false-starts, seem to be gathering some momentum. Motherwell, on the other hand, […]
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Blogger and Scottish football enthusiast Dave A Burin took in the sights and sounds (and pints) of Annan before watching the Galabankies defeat The Shire in a five-goal thriller. Even Steven Swinglehurst looks confused. Unchallenged in the box, the young centre-back hasn’t even had to jump. Aiming his head at a second ball from an […]
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From players’ autobiographies to nostalgic childhood memoirs, Scottish football literature has always captured the best and the worst of the game. From the magic of St. Mirren’s cup exploits to Stuart Donald’s memories of Alex Ferguson’s magnificent Dons, Scottish football has a long and (mostly) illustrious history. Dave Burin explores five of the best books […]
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I am not a great fan of Jim Murphy, the leader of the Scottish Branch of the UK Labour Party, but at least he has put the topic of drink inside Scottish Football back in the public domain for discussion. He may be using it as a political football to further his own aims and […]
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First, a confession. I failed Higher Accounting much to the chagrin of my teacher Robert ‘Boaby’ Flood. Surprisingly not too dissimilar in looks to Willo, but older. So some of what I am about to suggest may simply be unworkable from both a financial and/or logistical point of view. I wait to be shot down. […]
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I was sitting at my desk this afternoon, scrolling through Twitter when I saw the following STV Sport account tweet: “No action to be taken by SPFL over Old Firm sectarian songs and banner”. I sighed, but I wasn’t surprised. And I’m sure you weren’t either. It was all so predictable wasn’t it? […]
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Well, that was worth the wait. 1008 days. 24,192 hours. 1,451,520 minutes. 87,091,200 seconds. The time that had elapsed since the last Old Firm meeting. On top of that there was three months of build up which intensified in the last couple of weeks to the point that you may have believed the world had […]
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