- Best of 2010: Reflections on the World Cup The Dear Scotland contributors are going to take a bit of “winter break” over the festive period so it seems like an appropriate time to look back at some of the most popular articles of the year. First off, Billy’s thoughts on the summer of football.
- Over But Not Out “It’s over,” said the BBC commentator Liam McLeod in the fourth minute of injury time against Liechtenstein. He was referring to Barry Robson’s free kick but he could just as well have been talking about our campaign: over, before it began.
- 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.
- Reflections on the 2010 World Cup My tournament began in the conference room of a fund management company on George Street in Edinburgh: I had travelled through from Glasgow for the day to visit a friend who had invited me to watch South Africa-Mexico on an extremely large flat screen TV in his office. A month later, I staggered out of […]
- 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.
- 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.
- You Can Stick Your Vuvuzelas Up Your The first person who blows a vuvuzela in a Scottish football ground should be taken to the centre spot immediately to have the thing shoved up – RIGHT UP – his or her hairy ginger arse. Sideways. That is my view, I will stick to it, and I will not mention the vuvuzela again. Well […]
- 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 […]
- 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.
