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Africa, Africa, We’re The Famous Tartan Army And We’re Not Going To Africa
People who know I’m a football fan and know there’s a World Cup on, but apart from those two facts don’t know much about football, have been asking me: “Are you going to South Africa?” I politely answer no, and then explain it’s because Scotland didn’t qualify. What I’m really thinking is, “Why the fuck […]
June 10, 2010
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Dear England
Dear England, I am Scottish – and I won’t be supporting you at the World Cup. I will be supporting Algeria, the USA, and Slovakia. Or maybe Slovenia – I can’t remember which one is in your group.
June 3, 2010
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The Celtic Cup (or, My Name’s Billy And I’ll Be Here All Week)
This time next year, we’ll be in the final stages of the inaugaral “Four Associations” tournament in Dublin. This competition, announced in March 2009, will see Northern Ireland, the Republic, Scotland, and Wales compete in a round-robin format where the winner will… well, nothing really. There doesn’t seem much point to the whole thing.
May 27, 2010
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Billy’s Index: The 2009-10 SPL Season
A shameless ripoff of the wonderful Harper’s Index. Pictured: Lee McCulloch protests against a yellow card for the 48th time this season. More stats below:
May 20, 2010
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For The Love Of The Game
My friend Greg, a Scotland and Killie fan, died on Saturday morning. He was only a few years older than me, but a couple of weeks ago he had a terrible accident which caused irreversible brain damage. His life support machine was switched off late last week and he passed away a few hours before […]
May 13, 2010
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When the seagulls follow the trawler, it’s because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea
This week an interesting football match broke out in Scotland! The final Old Firm game of the season was expected to be a strange affair and surely it was – strangely full of decent attacking football and strings of passes from both teams. Maybe the lack of meaning in the game allowed football to emerge […]
May 6, 2010
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One Hundred Million and Change
“Too big to fail” is a term that’s been heard a lot in the last couple of years, mainly in relation to giant financial institutions receiving massive government bailouts because the alternative – allowing these banks to go under – could trigger the collapse of the global financial system. It’s also a term that many […]
April 29, 2010
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If A Week Is A Long Time In Scottish Football, How Long Is A Season?
Saturday evening, 9pm local time, and life is good. Celtic are 2-1 down to Hibs with 12 minutes to go, I’m already a bit drunk, and I am heading out for more, sans Mrs Williamson, who is sleeping off an afternoon session. If all goes to plan, the following evening will be spent celebrating both […]
April 22, 2010
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Notes from Mrs Williamson
Mr Williamson asked me to fill in for him this week. He’s very busy in Tokyo “working” i.e. hanging out at the Apple store, dining at Birdland (the best yakitori place on the planet) and shopping at my favorite Tokyo housewares store (Tokyu Hands) for a second toothpick holder for me so that I have […]
April 15, 2010
