Tag Archives: Scotland
Who’s Running Rangers?

Who’s Running Rangers?

Posted 01 February 2012 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | 2 Comments

You need a degree in accountancy to be a Rangers fan these days. On Tuesday, the Daily Record broke the story that Rangers’ owner Craig Whyte sold four years’ worth of Rangers season ticket sales to fund his takeover of the Govan club. Later that same day, Whyte released a statement admitting the deal happened [...]

Sopranos Football Association

Sopranos Football Association

Posted 19 January 2012 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | No Comments

Across the world, there are people who specialise in getting what they want by any means necessary. In Japan, they have the Yakuza; in Hong Kong, the Triads; in Italy (and Little Italy), the Mafia. Maybe we should add the Scottish Football Association to that list.

8 Scottish Bands Now Announced for South by Southwest 2012

8 Scottish Bands Now Announced for South by Southwest 2012

Posted 18 January 2012 | By | Categories: Music, Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway, SXSW | 3 Comments

A trawl through the 2012 SXSW music schedule published earlier today reveals that there at least 8 Scottish bands who have been invited to attend this year’s festival in Austin, Texas. We expect more to be announced in the next few weeks.

Marriage of Inconvenience

Marriage of Inconvenience

Posted 12 January 2012 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | No Comments

This week, while the First Minister set a start date for Scotland’s divorce from England – 2014, if Alba says aye – the Chief Operating Officer of Rangers has proposed a new marriage between the Auld Enemies: a merger of the Scottish and English League Cup tournaments into a British League Cup. Ali Russell suggests that the [...]

Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway – Sons & Daughters in Melbourne

Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway – Sons & Daughters in Melbourne

Posted 10 January 2012 | By | Categories: Music, Scotland on Tour with Vic Galloway | No Comments

Having spent Hogmanay with Vic and Primal Scream in Edinburgh, Sons & Daughters have headed for some summer sunshine in Australia and will be in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne and Perth this week. Vic has more on them as well as the only complete listing of every Scottish gig outside the UK.

Postcard From The Future

Postcard From The Future

Posted 06 January 2012 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | No Comments

No-one predicted 2012 would be the best year for Scottish football in decades, and looking back, it’s still hard to believe what just happened. Motherwell’s amazing form from mid-January to May pushed the Old Firm until the last day of the season; three teams are in Europe past Xmas; and the national team sit clear [...]

Indelible Ink: Rodge Glass’ ‘No Fireworks’

Indelible Ink: Rodge Glass’ ‘No Fireworks’

Posted 02 January 2012 | By | Categories: Books, The Life | No Comments

When these columns started in November 2009 I suggested that there was a noticeable change happening in Scottish writing, and attempted to answer why. Here’s a short excerpt to give you a flavour: ‘You can argue the reasons for this new confidence in Scottish writing, when it began, or even if it exists at all, [...]

The SPL and SFL Are Dead; Long Live the SPFL!

The SPL and SFL Are Dead; Long Live the SPFL!

Posted 29 December 2011 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | 3 Comments

Millions of kids all over the world opened their Santa stockings on Sunday morning to find football gifts of joy: Leo Messi’s garish yellow boots, FIFA ’12 for the X-Box, a new Dundee top. Me, my Xmas football gift came a few days early this year, and the Santa wasn’t a fat man with a [...]

Back To The Future

Back To The Future

Posted 22 December 2011 | By | Categories: Scottish Football with Billy Williamson, Sport | No Comments

The Scottish Premier League’s rule change to allow the re-introduction of terracing at football grounds is just the first in a series of announcements to be made under a “Back to the Eighties” initiative to reinvigorate, revitalise, and revivify top-tier Scottish club football. Over the next 18 months, soccer casuals, football specials, and genuine competition [...]