Tag Archive: Scottish Football

Silence of the Lambs

Rangers Tax Case is Scotland’s Al Jazeera. Is @alextomo about to blow Scottish football & media out of it’s comfort zone?

EBT Phone Home

The Scottish Football Association have appointed Lord William Nimmo Smith to chair their inquiry into recent activities at Rangers. Here one well-informed caller nails it about problems with Campbell Ogilvie, Martin Bain and… Read More

Ailing Scottish Football Needs Alchemy

How do we create ‘Nue-Camp football’ in Scotland?

Stein, Scotland and Our European Legacy

Time for Scotland to be faithful to Stein and
our European football legacy.

BOA Constrictor

By Mike Small Two football stories jump out this week  – both share the common feature about a real lack of democracy in the game. One is about a club run by a… Read More

Barely Regal

By Mike Small The news that Rangers FC could be going bust would come as a shock only to the pliant Scottish football media (CEO Chick Young) and the follow followers who believe… Read More

The Emperor’s New Strip

By Christopher Harvie I once went to a football match. Motherwell versus Hearts at Fir Park, in the spring of 1958. One-all. I enjoyed it, but I’ve never gone to another. The same… Read More

If You Rebuild It, They Will Come

“The way forward is not to rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic – it is to design a ship that won’t be sunk by an iceberg.”

The Green Brigade

After a week of debate about the Green Brigade and (almost) universal media condemnation, we publish a different view. We think its crucial that the Green Brigade are attempting to make connections between… Read More

Scottish football: When does the revolution begin?

Perhaps now is the time for Scottish coaches at every level to forget about Jimmy Johnstone and start encouraging the most talented kids in a team to perfect their passing and movement; show their team mates how to pass through teams rather than run with the ball at defenders. The greedy wee shites who try to beat everyone on their own and only look up to pass when they run into trouble are holding back kids football and at higher levels.