• NYC Scotland 4-4 NYC England NYC Scotland President Colin Reid blasted his English counterpart over comments the NYC England man made after Sunday’s 4-4 tie between the teams in a pre-Cosmos Copa friendly in Brooklyn on Sunday, taking offence at accusations that the Scots were deceptive, deceitful, and dastardly. NYC England President Yuval Lion, 42, had earlier said, “Those wily […] Pete Reid
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    May 30, 2013
  • NYC Scotland Look For Revenge in Cosmos Copa Back in 2006 when I lived in New York, I was part of the first annual Tartan Army Tartan Day football match between the NY Tartan Army and Tartan Army visitors. I know that there is too much ‘tartan’ in that sentence but there you go. Anyway we (the NY Tartan Army) won 4-2 that […] Pete Reid
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    May 29, 2013
  • Indelible Ink: Archie Hind’s ‘The Dear Green Place’ There have been a few great Glasgow novels discussed on these pages; Alasdair Gray’s ‘Lanark’, Jeff Torrington’s ‘Swing Hammer Swing’ and James Kelman’s ‘Kieron Smith, boy’ are just three examples, but perhaps the most recognisable literary depictions of the city can be found in Archie Hind’s ‘The Dear Green Place’. Hind didn’t opt for the […] Alistair Braidwood
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    May 7, 2013