- Scottish Football Autobiographies – The Pundown Footballer autobiographies. Rarely written by the player and rarely read by anyone except for 5 minutes on Christmas day, their only redeeming feature might be their awful pun titles. We at Dear Scotland openly embrace the pun so today we look at the best and worst Scottish football book puns, and propose some alternative titles.
- The Ballad of John and Yokohama A few months ago Scotland lined up a friendly match in October against Japan – in Japan. Last week the venue was announced as Yokohama, and because Billy is in Japan right now, and because he loves you, he did some scouting this weekend.
- Under New Management It should come as no shock to you that Billy is a fully paid-up member of the filthy capitalist establishment, and therefore I have many times been in the position of wanting people to leave my company against their will. Human Resources will tell you there are two ways to go about this. The first […]
- I Know What You’re Doing This Summer At this time of year, we’re all antsy for the new season to start; what with almost half a week having passed since the end of the last season i.e. the Confederations Cup Final in South Africa on Sunday. So as a service to readers worldwide (note: mostly located in Ireland) who may be visited […]
- The Ludovico Technique For Scottish Expats PROLOGUE There’s a part in Anthony Burgess’s novel “A Clockwork Orange” where the anti-hero, Alex, is subjected to “The Ludovico Technique”. This is intended to cure him of his violent tendencies, and the implementation involves him being forced to watch violent acts on a cinema screen while under the influence of a drug which induces […]
- Billy Williamson: Jo’burg Here We Come Publicans, prostitutes, and petty criminals across South Africa were glued to their TV screens in early June hoping for a set of results that would propel the Tartan Army south of the Equator for only the second time in history (do we all remember how good the first trip was?).