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I noticed the other week - Celtic's away shirt is green. I mean, what is the f*cking point?



Even their goalie top is green! Are they taking the piss?



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Cost of cheapest Falkirk-Airdrie United ticket in August 2004, in pounds sterling: 15

Pounds paid per goal witnessed: 3

Cost of restricted view Dundee United-Rangers ticket in April 2004, in pounds sterling: 19

Pounds paid per goal witnessed: 3.166

Cost of Celtic-Rangers ticket in May 2004, in pounds sterling: 24

Pounds paid per goal witnessed: 24

Number of Celtic shirts seen on a Monday lunchtime in Glasgow, August 2004: 13

Number of Rangers shirts: 6

Number of Partick Thistle shirts: 0

Number of Ross County shirts: 1

Number of shops in Glasgow's Braehead shopping centre with long-sleeved Scotland shirts: 0

With England shirts: 1

With England shirts on display in front window: 1

Number of referees on Scottish Premier League list: 17

Who are also on the Scottish Division Three list: 2

Number of SPL players sharing a name with an Italian soccer club: 1 (Milan Barjaktarevic, Hearts)

Largest squad in SPL: 42 (Hearts)

Smallest squad in SPL: 19 (Dundee United)

Score in 1926 Scottish Cup Final between Hearts and Dundee United: 6-0

Number of 1-1 draws preceding this game: 2
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I'm not sure anyone can really be bothered to speculate as both scenarios are so unlikely, but with Craig Brown being sacked leaving Preston North End by mutual consent I'm half expecting him to be linked with the not-quite-vacant managerial positions at Hampden and Ibrox. If Souness can be linked with a return to Scotland then anything's possible.

Read - Guardian Unlimited Football
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Shame we didn't listen. Unless he meant 'go a goal up and then get gubbed'.


From a book found up in the attic:


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Ahead of tomorrow's season decider for Rangers (aka another Old Firm game) I found this posting on the BBC message boards.

Read - BBC Fan's Forum (References this article)

Baning away fans is an interesting idea, even if the author's glasses are tinted rosy-green. The fact of the matter is little has changed regarding bigotry in Scottish football in the last ten years - in fact, probably since Maurice Johnston signed for Rangers. Because Old Firm games now take on such monumental significance, it may even be worse, as the raft of OF-related murders and assaults in the late 90s show.

I can't comment too much on Celtic as I avoid watching all Celtic games except Old Firm matches; I have experienced the raw bitterness of many of their fans and while Celtic can claim to be the lesser of two evils, they have their hard-core of nutters and it's not the tiny minority that Bhoys like to claim.

Rangers fans still sing the same old songs; the accepted presence of Catholic players (and a Catholic club captain) has not changed the attitudes or behaviour of the support much - just check the "Follow, Follow" message board for depressing evidence of this. While Rangers do ban individual supporters, the numbers are a drop in the ocean and it's not until swathes of season-ticket holders are targeted that anything will really change.

Supporters organisations like the Rangers Supporters Trust and the Blue Order have, officially, an anti-bigotry stance; however like Rangers FC itself, these words are not really backed up with any meaningful action. So they claim to be against the bigots, and they definitely don't encourage it, but they aren't doing much to stop it, either; which to me sends out the wrong message, that the status quo is OK.

Banning all away fans might not be the right approach but it will have an impact. When Celtic fans were banned from an Ibrox game back in 1994 the seat-breaking stopped afterwards. So who knows? Maybe having a couple of games played behind closed doors would be a start. If it upsets people and they don't return, so much the better. Rangers will suffer more in the short-term, but long-term it's for the good of the club.

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Not exactly. Depressing reading, ugly website but the 'Click Here' is quite funny.

And do you agree with me that the official team photo is squint? Don't the SFA's photographers have access to Photoshop?

Read - Berti's Scotland Record

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If Arthur Montford were deid he'd be spinning in his grave. [I hope he's not - I don't think he is!]

The new "Scotsport" is appalling.

Alarm bells started ringing in the pub before the Livi game when someone mentioned Archie Macpherson's socks... Then I saw a news article making fun of it and I heard about this 'Sarah O' person. Why does Scotsport need a DJ, I wondered?

I had to wait until the Monday evening to have the full glory revealed. Amateur broadcasting at its finest, and a sorry indictment on the Scottish nation.

In no particular order, here is my list of gripes, after watching ONE episode:

• During the highlights - which are far too short for an hour-long program - there is an 'S' logo on the top right of the screen, and also a 'Setanta' logo on the top left, with the clock; why do we need one logo, never mind two?


• And do you really need a clock anyway when the highlights are less than four minutes long?


• Did I mention you get less than four minutes of action per game? That's just rubbish. Lineker was advertising the new 'Match of the Day' and boasting of at least four minutes per game, and they have twice as many games. And decent studio analysts. Talking about football.


• What the hell is the point of the 'keeper keepie-uppie' competition - goalies can't do keepie-uppie - that's why they're goalies - and what does keepie-uppie have to do with football anyway? It's not funny or clever, just stupid


• Technical note 1 - sound levels were all over the place when transitioning into the start of the game


• Technical note 2 - the editing of the highlights was crap - though I think that's Setanta's doing


• Technical note 3 - the studio camera was noticeably wobbly at times!


• I noticed they spelt "Boyack" wrong on the line-up sheet (Boyak!) - wonder what other ones I didn't spot


• Jim "rhymes with" Delahunt was wearing an appalling pseudo-trendy shirt - that might get you into Clatty Pat's, Jim, but it shouldn't be seen on TV


• You should never, ever, see Archie Macpherson's socks on television; never mind a fair slice of his lower shin


• The "terracing" in the studio was pathetic - populated by a handful of fans who, frankly, added nothing to my understanding of the game when they were asked to comment. Asking a Dundee and Dundee United fan to comment on a dodgy derby penalty decision? Of course they're going to disagree. Taking a poll of who thought Alex Rae should be banned for kicking a prone Russki in the head? Might as well just ask how many people hate the huns


• And, as was pointed out by a mate of mine, what's terracing doing on an SPL show? [At least the fans themselves were realistic - they looked miserable and were watching a pile of pish.]


• Sarah O? What kind of name is that? If they're trying to hide the fact she's an Irish catholic then that's really sad; if she's trying to be 'cool' and 'yoof' then she should be fired and blacklisted from all media, forever


• And Julyan? Did your parents give you that name? I f*cking doubt it


• Why do we let our flagship national football TV program be presented by a non-national (Sarah O) and someone with no interest in football whatsoever (Julyan)? Can't we find, in a nation of five million, two presenters who are football fans?


• While I have nothing against ethnic minorities on TV, I think Orkneyites on the telly should be made to speak intelligibly, at least


• And a third reason for Julyan never to be on TV is that his brother Cameron (or is that Cameyron?) won "Big Brother" - don't pretend that had nothing to do with you getting the job, sunshine


• Someone on the show (can't remember who) used the phrase "blood, guts, and snotters" which sounds a lot like "blood and snotters game" football mentioned in Gazzetta a week prior to this show - plagiarism? From Gazzetta? That's very sad!

On the positive side - the Sun is a scum rag, but Bill Leckie talked the most sense on the whole program and Broxi the Bear won the mascot race.

Summary - if you live in Scotland, it's a great ad for digital video recorders; if you don't live in Scotland, it's a great ad for not moving there. Skip over all the pish and you have a below-average highlights show that takes up less than twenty minutes of your life each week. Almost makes you want to be English.

Visit - the Scotsport presenters!
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Let's convince all the Southampton players that they need a high-profile foreign manager with experience of playing in World Cup finals in the 1970s and managing an international side to European Championship victory in the 1990s.

Then they can exert their new-found 'player power' over Saints chairman Rupert Lowe, whose search will take him to David Taylor's office, begging for Berti to be released from his contract; Mr Taylor can extract a satisfactory transfer fee and use it to lure Gordon Strachan.

Beautiful.

Read - Scotsman

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Here's one from a few weeks ago that I never got round to posting.

I've never really understood why junior football - which is solidly semi-pro, as I understand - is run separately from the rest of Scottish football (i.e. outside the auspices of the SFA). In fact the whole of non-league Scottish football is a bit of a mish-mash with the Highland League, South of Scotland League, and the juniors not being integrated in any systematic way with each other or the SFL.

Arguments for a pyramid scheme aside, having the juniors in the Scottish Cup would be a very interesting experiment to see how the top junior sides would fare against the bottom league sides - I've no doubt they'd do very well against Division Three teams, but what about D2? Or even D1?

Looks like only typical Scottish short-sighted parochialism could stop this - the juniors may not want to start a process which could (and should) end up with them ceding control of their game to a higher power (the Hampden hierarchy) and the other non-league leagues may not want to give up their Scottish FA spots to the juniors. I hope it does happen though, and I hope Linlithgow Rose, Auchinleck Talbot, and co. make enough of an impact to generate serious discussion on the wider issue and start the move towards a true pyramid system.

Read - Sunday Herald

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The Daily Record had a big splash a week past Friday about how Sportscene presenter Dougie Vipond was involved in a fracas at a BBC bash on the prior Tuesday night; Mr Vipond was the recipient of a head-butt.

The Record interviewed the man who delivered the Weegie kiss, who was sacked from the BBC the day after the incident. The Record claimed the man in question had a bottle of wine stolen by Vipond, then confronted him about it, during which discussion the man butted our man from the auntie in self-defence because he saw he was about to get punched.

A fine story, except it's all pish. My Gazzetta mole inside the BBC states that Vipond didn't steal his wine, and wasn't going to punch him; the guy is a known arsehole; he doesn't even work for the BBC, he's a contractor there, so basically a temp; and he was absolutely buckled at the 'do' and was not acting in self-defence at all.

He also had called round his mates at the BBC on the Thursday saying he'd spoken to the Record and he was sorry and that he didn't say the things that the paper might print. Toad.

Maybe every newspaper can't be a broadsheet but surely tabloid journalism can be better than this? The News of the World is a rag and the recent stories about Palios and Svennis might have been intrusive and unnecessary, but at least they were true.
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"Disaster for Scotland" would seem to be the predictable first reaction - especially if you saw the second half, by the sound of it. I was on a plane across the Atlantic during the game so I have to rely on match reports and emails.

However we haven't won a home friendly in, what, eight years now? So what difference does another one make. We made the World Cup in 98 and playoffs for 2000 and 2004 without winning friendlies (and getting hammered in some)... Berti wants to be judged on competitive games and I'll give him that breathing room.

What does seem dire is that the team falls apart too easily (Amsterdam, Cardiff, now Glasgow too) and it still seems that Vogts cannot get his message across to the players. Apparently (according to an email from a guy who listened to the BBC commentary) he spent the first half screaming at the fullbacks to close down their marks, to no avail - and their left-back was then able to run 50 yards up the park to bash in a 25-yard strike. So is it the management's fault?

In any case - whether it's Berti fault or not - he has three competitive games to save himself (again). If we can get 7 points out of 9 he'll be in a strong position; 4 or less and I'll be on the "Berti must go" bandwagon too. Isn't it fun being Scottish?

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After the first day of the Scottish season I had to endure an earful from a Kilmarnock-supporting friend of mine harping on about how Killie were ahead of Rangers in the league; he approached the subject from a number of creative and unique ways, which was not really very helpful because it was a nonsense argument in the first place.

However one point he made did get me thinking: the reason he was so excited about this, and why he wanted to make the most of the opportunity, is because Killie being above Rangers in the league only happens every ten years or so.

[This is true; one week later, the normal order is almost restored - though clearly Rangers leading the league is required for the world to be a better place.]

The fact that this is the case is a real shame, and another indication of how uncompetitive top-flight Scottish football is these days. How to fix it?

Well how about this for a start. Kilmarnock are a decent team, but their power is limited by their support. There are strong junior league teams in Ayrshire, with similar pulling power; why not bring some of them into the fold? And then add in the team from Ayr too, who have shown over the past few years in the Scottish Cup they are more than a match for the Killie.

What you'd end up with is a team representing all of Ayrshire, that could perhaps prevent the locals heading up the road to Ibrox and Parkhead. This team could be called "Ayrshire United," or maybe it could just be shortened to "Ayr United".

Kilmarnock, Auchinleck Talbot, Kilbirnie Ladeside, pulling together under the "Ayr United" banner - this would represent a real force in Scottish football.

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The English Premier League kicked off at the weekend and I caught some of it on Match of the Day.

Interestingly, one of the games was Norwich v Crystal Palace which had a fair Scottish interest quotient. Not much on the positive side though...

• Paul Gallacher, newly signed from Dundee United, didn't get a game for Norwich so it looks like our best keeper might now be a reserve


• Malky Mackay wasn't playing either - not sure if he's injured or just out of favour


• Gary Holt was pretty anonymous for Norwich - the only time I saw him on the highlights was congratulating Huckerby after his goal


• The Hungarian striker, Torghelle, looked pretty tasty


• Julian Speroni, ex-Dundee keeper, looks even uglier than ever with a dodgy semi-tache and a bad flowing-locks Argentinian hairdo... didn't have a bad game though


• Dougie Freedman was sub for Palace - got one shot on goal but not much else to report.

Read - Sporting Life match report


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I was up early yesterday morning to catch a flight from London and caught the very beginning of the BBC's coverage of the Athens Olympics. Hazel Irvine described the event as "the greatest sporting show on earth."

Utter bollocks.

Who really cares about powerlifting Bulgarian midgets (or are they dwarves?), steroid-pumped Greek sprinters, and Ukrainians flying over a 20-foot bar propelled by a bendy stick? The spectators (and I use that word intentionally) at the Olympics are overwhelmingly there to wave their national flag a bit and be part of a global media "event" - not because they live and die for their sport.

These spectators didn't have to live through qualifying rounds and nervy playoffs; the don't spend every second of the four years between tournaments wondering if maybe, just maybe, the next time will be the one; and they don't spend half their waking hours at age 33 dreaming of scoring the winning goal in the last minute of extra-time in the final against England and then jumping into the Scotland end to celebrate...

You won't get entire African villages crowding round TV sets to watch some sad bloke from Yorkshire firing arrows at a bullseye in an Athens suburb; but I'll bet they did tune in to see Brazil-Germany in 2002. The world cares about football; the Olympics, well, it's nice and all but would you really miss it?

So Hazel darling, don't forget your Sportscene roots and the sport that made you famous...


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I'm officially starting the "John Collins for Scotland Manager" campaign now, in advance of the scored-against-Brazil one's plans to return to football in a management in a few years time.

Read - Scotsman Sport

This is not another "Berti must go" campaign, but a succession plan. Once Berti's babes lift the World Cup in 2006, he'll have nowhere to go but down so he can hand over to JC to take Collins' Cheeky Chappies [(c) Billy Williamson 2004] to glory in Switzerland/Austria, South Africa, and then back in Scotland for the 2012 European Championships.

After winning the 2012 EC, Scotland will be such a dominant force that the United Nations will declare Scotland eternal and universal Football Champions, with automatic qualification to the second round of every major tournament ever (including the Copa America and the African Nations Cup); JC will become president of the world; and the planet will live in peaceful harmony under the direction of the talented & benevolent one. And Scotland will vote for independence.

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I have nothing but admiration for Steven Thompson. The man is just full of boundless confidence, which is something sorely lacking in most Scotsmen - every interview you read with him, he's upbeat and predicting great things ahead...

...even when he's being wildly unrealistic, like when he joined Rangers in January - the Gers were something like 10 points off the pace but his first month's interviews were all about how the gap was going to be closed.

As a limited football player myself, I also admire the way he plays to his strengths. He basically has two tactics - neither of which involve heading the ball, surprising for a supposed "big diddy".

Tactic one: shoot. Doesn't matter how far you are from goal or how tight an angle it is, just shoot.

Tactic two (when shooting isn't an option): stick your head down and run with the ball in a straight line towards the goal until a) you can shoot or b) you get tackled.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not criticising the guy - he just has an amusingly "direct" style of play. And he's not that bad for a big fella.

Read - Sporting Life

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Graham Spiers may at times be a fine writer - an accusation that can never be levelled at Billy Williamson - but he doesn't half come across as a pompous arsehole. This article is a prime example - he must have needed one hell of a long ladder to get on a horse this high.

I was watching the game live in the London supporters' club bar, and there was a collective "ooh!" when the boot went in. I was sure Rae was going to get his marching orders, especially as the referee was a card-happy attention-seeking prick; it was amazing he didn't, probably because he was a useless card-happy attention-seeking prick.

The replays clearly show that the Russki in question was lying on the ground and diving all over the ball to stop the Ranger getting at it; he got a kick in his head for his troubles, and I've no doubt Rae could have held himself back if he wanted which (probably!) makes him guilty. However I don't remember UEFA getting involved when Rustu Recber, playing for Fenerbahce, ran 40 yards out from his goal and lamped Michael Mols.

In general I think Scottish teams get consistently screwed over by UEFA - Douglas' ban for some handbags last season v Barcelona, for instance - so I've come to expect it. No doubt he'll get the maximum sentence possible, or they might even invent a new one for him.

Read - Herald Sport

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Get your unofficial retro shirts here... a good selection of Scottish club teams (well, more than most people have) as well as some cracking Scotland international jerseys eg. the 1982 away shirt. But does it come complete with the Graeme Souness Scouser 'tache and perm set?

Shop at - Score Draw

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Someone's taking an awful lot of drugs. Read the bizarre soap-opera story of Fourth Lanark, a new team in Scottish football, who play a "blood and snotterz" game.

Read - firstfoot.com

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The specky one talks some sense in the Guardian about the state of the game and the limitations on Scottish teams.

Read - Guardian Unlimited Football
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This picture was taken by a guy called Stuart Clarke, who runs a website called The Homes of Football. He travels around the UK (and indeed the rest of the planet) photographing soccer stadiums and people; his website has hundreds if not thousands of interesting shots. He has a few books for sale and I'm a sucker for football stadia stuff - I'm not quite a groundhopper but I'm not that far off - so I'll probably end up with one of them. Hopefully someday I'll get to stop by his gallery in the Lake District.

Warning: the website design itself is pretty bad, and some of the framed photos look pretty cheesy, but it's worth tolerating.




Check out - The Homes of Football
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Just got back from the Rangers-Aberdeen game in Kearny, and I have to say I was impressed with the Setanta coverage - very professional, better than recent years' BBC live games and up there with Sky Sports, though that would still be the benchmark.

Rob Maclean has been improving with age, Craig Burley looks quite energetic and sensible, Walter Smith is Walter Smith, Jock Brown makes up for Hateley's average-ness, and Scott Booth in the Chick Young 'touchline' role - well - sounds like a wee schoolboy but he'll be less irritating than the fake-tan-domed one. Lots of camera angles, good replays, the only thing missing is Andy Gray's discussion on tactics which is second to none.

Encouraging start and hopefully people will be encouraged to sign up and make the thing a success for the SPL overall.

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Some articles on football and faith - not faith as in "Killie won't get knocked out of the cup by Ayr this year" but faith as in "unfounded and irrational religious belief that causes me to deny myself any credit for any good things that happen".

Read - footballculture.net

I think FIFA should introduce a law around separation of church and soccer. Especially as Rangers have just signed Marvin "notorious God-botherer" Andrews who basically never shuts up about what a devout bible-thumper he is. Put a sock in it Marvo, we don't bloody care.

Perhaps there is a quota of one babbling religious idiot required for Scottish football at any point in time; for a number of years this post was held by Brian Irvine, who claimed after scoring the penalty kick decider in the 1990 Scottish Cup final that he "didn't know where the strength came from" to take the kick. It was probably from the Lucozade, Brian.
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Preston Athletic lift the Carlac Friendship Trophy, beating Highland League Deveronvale 1-0.

Read - Scotsman Sport

I enjoyed the Preston manager's quote about the 'Vale: "I am delighted at the result against a side which is always challenging for the Highland League title."

'Vale were my local team growing up and they were relentlessly pish; it was only ten years ago that they started to climb out of the bottom three, finally winning the Highland League the season before last - for the first time ever.

If you visit Williamson Towers in NYC you may see the 'Vale mug my mum got me for Xmas a few years back. And I am sure I'm the only New Yorker with a Deveronvale replica shirt. Uggi uggi uggi!

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Brief but sensible preview of the forthcoming season - Alan Davidson hits the main points and touches on some of the bigger issues.

Read - Evening Times

Checking Ladbrokes, Celtic are 4-9 on with Rangers at 13-8. I'd say that makes Rangers better value - I think it will be tighter than their odds suggest - but I have to say Celtic are still favourites. If you want to play the spread, try betfair.com.

The really sad thing is Hearts are third favourites at 150-1... indicative of the state of competition in the SPL (as a comparison, Raith Rovers are the D1 outsiders and they are only at 33-1).

Sutton and Prso are 10-3 for top goalscorer with Nacho Novo at 4-1. I think Novo is worth a punt (but don't consider this sound financial advice - I'm hopeless at fantasy football).


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Another Gazzetta non-exclusive - mailed to me by a mate [thanks Norman] who got it off the Tartan Army Message Board where it was put by someone who may have nicked it from somewhere else. A couple of internet searches revealed no clues as to the original owner, so if it's yours, step forward and claim the glory...

Fearful Fans Facing Glasgow Gangster Terror Threat

Moldovan supporters were advised last night to 'think twice - and then think
again' before travelling to Scotland for the crucial World Cup qualifier.
Scotland is a country notorious for organised violence - the Battle of
Bannockburn was fought there in 1314, closely followed by Culloden in 1746.
More recently Scotland has declared wars on Germany, Japan, Argentina,
Serbia and Iraq (twice). The Scottish supporters - who style themselves
'The Tartan Army' - prepare for their 'battles' by drinking huge amounts of
beer and spirits, and putting on war paint. The President of Scotland is
Sir Sean Connery, a former secret service assassin.

A nervous Moldovan FA spokesman said last night "The problem is that the
match is being held in Glasgow, which is a semi-independent republic within
Scotland. The city is run by a hard-line religious communist government
known locally as The Taliban. There is little English spoken there.
Glasgow has been home to razor gangs since the 1930s and has a reputation
for football violence - there was a riot after a cup final as recently as
1981. Many of the local businesses such as tanning salons and taxi firms are
operated by well-known gangsters. Drugs are rife and the city has a high
murder rate. We urge our supporters not to travel for this game as we
cannot guarantee their safety."

Pratrius Zinkoplaskis, a fan who has already booked his travel package to
Scotland, was disappointed at the news. "I'm disappointed at the news", he
said. "We have had no warning about this at all. I called the British
Tourist Authority in London before I booked and they told me there would be
no problems - we were told we would meet the Queen and eat strawberries and
cream, and all the beer would be free. Now I have found out that it will
cost £2.50 for a pint of Guinness and there are only kebabs to eat. Third
world countries like this should not be allowed to enter FIFA competitions."

Last night the Moldovan FA was lodging an official protest with FIFA. The
MFA is seeking to have the match switched to a neutral venue such as
Azerbaijan. "We will play anywhere as long as it is safe" said a spokesman
last night.


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After the recent Roma-Celtic game, Francesco Totti revealed himself as a Gazzetta Football Scozia fanatic. After reading our incisive analysis of the complex issues surrounding nationality and identity as it relates to modern international football (aka the post titled "Aiden McGeady is a wank") he took it upon himself to show his support for the principled Gazzetta stance. Or maybe he just figured it out himself.

Read - Sporting Life

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Expect Berti Vogts to send his "cheeky boys" out on the streets to sell the Big Issue following the success (fourth place) of the Scottish team in the "homeless World Cup" in Sweden. Question: how do you get 3,000 fans around a 4-a-side pitch?

Read - Scotsman

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Getting to Argentina in a submarine, the Faroes in a fishing boat, that's old hat. The TA are now sensibly looking into more self-interested measures - drinking themselves dry by owning the bar.

Read - Sunday Herald

While on this subject, why do we insist on picking Irish bars as our venues of choice, even when there are Scottish bars to compete? In Copenhagen I was in a fine Scottish bar - Chewin' the fat, Irn Bru, pie and beans - and apart from Kenny & I there were no TA there. Similar in Hong Kong - the TA frequented some bog-standard Irish bar while down the road there was a classier Scottish-owned and themed joint.

So in Tiraspol I hope we hang out at Tommy Sheridan's Sweet Sweet Soul Club, the popular Stalinist enclave within the Stalinist enclave [comedy night every February 29th!], and not at the Irish Workers Institute of the People's Republic of Transnistria. But I won't hold my breath.

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The Guardian's "Fiver" column takes the mickey out of pretty much everyone; with Bobby Robson (aka "Sir Robby Bobson") they paint him as a man living in a gentle Victorian era out of step with the modern world.

The Bobster has lived up to his caricature with his comments after yesterday's Rangers-Newcastle game. I was watching on a Spanish channel but the sound feed wasn't coming through, so I've no idea what the Rangers fans were actually singing, but I'd guess they were either calling Shearer a wanker or a paedophile. The latter will forever remain an unproven assertion, but Shearer gave plenty of evidence during the game to show he is definitely one of the former.

McLeish made a wry comment on the situation today when he said "Shearer will get taken off a lot this season, then" - responding to Robson stating he took his captain off because of the abuse he was getting.

Why oh why can't we all just do community hymn-singing like back in the fifties?

Read - Scotsman

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Celtic fans have got to love this story. Not sure his logic holds (Roma lost 4-1 to Rangers...) but this quote will run and run on the internet insult boards.

Read - Sporting Life - Roma coach calls Rangers 'hackers'

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