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Six Months Later: The State of the SPL
Back at the beginning of October I did a review of the SPL table at that time and made a few predictions for the rest of the pre-split season. Six months later, let’s see how things have turned out…
April 8, 2010
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Moonbeams and Broken Dreams
“At Least Barnes Could Rap” said the banner in the Rangers end at Ibrox after Tony Mowbray’s last Old Firm game. I’m not sure I agree with that. John Barnes didn’t seem much of a rapper.
April 1, 2010
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Sixty-Seven Seconds and the SFL
So that’s the first big trophy of the year decided. Last week I opined that the League Cup should be scrapped, and I’m repaid for that statement with a League Cup triumph that will be remembered by Rangers fans for years to come. Perhaps referee Craig Thomson had read last week’s article and decided to […]
March 25, 2010
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Chinese Numerology and Scottish Football
Living in China these past few years has been a cultural education for me. I’ve given red packets of ‘lai see’ money to my employees at Chinese New Year (always crisp, new notes); I understand why a large apartment block on a hillside was designed with a hole in the middle (it’s so the spirits […]
March 18, 2010
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The Worst Stadia in the World. That I’ve been to.
Inspired by his visit to sports mad Melbourne, Billy continues his list of the best and worst stadia in the World. This week – The Worst: Wembley, London, England (What, did you really expect anything else?)
March 11, 2010
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Screw The Planet, I’m Off To Melbourne To See Franz Ferdinand
Regular readers of this column should now by now that I live a globetrotting lifestyle, carbon emissions be damned. Last week it was London, this week it’s Melbourne to visit our pals Chris and Michelle and to see Franz Ferdinand live (they were superb).
March 5, 2010
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I Hate Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here
On Friday morning I arrived at Heathrow’s overrated Terminal 5 and picked up a broadsheet in the BA Lounge. I head straight for the back page, as usual, and all I see are articles and opinions on an announcement that Tiger Woods is – wait for it! – going to make an announcement later that […]
February 25, 2010
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Some Things I Learned This Week, and Some Things I Knew Already
(1) We’re going to Poland/Ukraine Big Lee McCulloch has made himself available for selection for Scotland again! That’s qualification sorted then. (2) The SFA are incompetent You’d think someone, somewhere, would have thought to check up on Andrew Driver’s actual eligibility before having a bloody press conference about it.
February 18, 2010
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Meet Me In Almaty
Before this draw, I was convinced, sure, certain, that we were finally going to bag one of my dream dates: Kazakhstan. A nice short hop (for me) to Almaty, a town where a friend once ate a horse’s penis. How do you manage that without getting a kick in the head, you might ask? Well, […]
February 11, 2010
