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I Have A Dream
Fox News TV celebrity and all-round fruit loop Glenn Beck held a rally for his followers in Washington DC last Saturday. The date just happened to be August 28, the same date that Martin Luther King held his famous “March on Washington,” the culmination of which was his legendary “I Have A Dream” speech.
Billy Williamson
September 2, 2010
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From The Sublime to the Ridiculous: Fake Quotes and Financial Facts
Scottish football was rocked to its core on Sunday following the Hibernian-Rangers match at Easter Road – a match which featured two red cards and a blatant act of simulation. One senior figure in Scottish sport, who would only be quoted off-the-record, stated: “There is no place for that type of behaviour in Scotland’s elite […]
Billy Williamson
August 26, 2010
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Back to School with Six of the Best
The start of the season is now upon us, and if you’re like me that means a return to the weekly ritual of match day. Over the years I’ve found a few things to enhance the experience of being a Scottish football supporter – here are a half-dozen ideas for you.
Billy Williamson
August 19, 2010
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The Glorious Twelve
Today is the Glorious Twelfth – the beginning of the shooting season for red grouse. There’s no equivalent name for the start of the Scottish football calendar – Sensational Saturday? – but this weekend sees the twelve powers of the Scottish Premier League re-align for another smashing season of soccer. Read on for a dozen […]
Billy Williamson
August 12, 2010
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The Football We Deserve
James Curran Baxter was born in 1939 in Hill of Beath, Fife. He played 381 games for Raith Rovers, Rangers, Sunderland, Nottingham Forest, and Scotland, scoring 38 goals, including both in the 1963 win at Wembley – the stadium where, four years later, he played “keepie uppie” against the newly-crowned world champions. Baxter retired from […]
Billy Williamson
July 29, 2010
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Going on Holiday? Pack Your Replica Shirt
Back in the mid-90s, before Mrs Williamson was a snowboarder, we’d often spend the Martin Luther King long weekend (mid-January) flying down to Miami and hanging out in South Beach. It was a fine break from the freezing New York winters and allowed me to transform my pasty white skin into a marginally less pasty […]
Billy Williamson
July 22, 2010
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The World Cup Pop Music Pun List
As regular readers will know, Dear Scotland has published some terrible puns in the past. We’ve had articles about Mogwai punsmith Stuart Braithwaite, Scottish football autobiography puns and the story about the return of Dunfermline’s greatest 70s rockers “Jesus! It’s Nazareth“. But this is a Joachim Löw.
Shiner
July 8, 2010
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What’s the Hampden? (Part 1 of an occasional series)
This is the first in an occasional series where we will take a match result and look at memorable games in Scottish history with that result. This week: games that ended 4-1: 1882 Scottish Cup Final: Queen’s Park 4 Dumbarton 1 (after 2-2 draw)
Billy Williamson
July 1, 2010
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NOW! That’s What I Call World Cup Music
“You have to write your column tonight,” said Mrs Williamson. “Do you know what you’re going to do yet?” “Yes,” I replied, “I’m going to write about Scotland’s World Cup songs.” Mrs W: “Have there been many?” Me: “Oh yes.” Enjoy.
Billy Williamson
June 24, 2010
