News

I heard the Sakala rumour this morning, and immediately dismissed it as nonsense. There was no need to do any checking on it. If a story like that was true you would not be reading about it first on ...
Last night, just as I was about to wrap up for the evening, someone sent me an article featuring an interview with Kyle Lafferty on BBC Northern Ireland. In it, he was asked about his ban for making a ...
The news that James Forrest has withdrawn from the Scotland squad is surprising only because it appears he is injured. I recently wrote about Reo Hatate and the challenges faced by our two Japanese ...
It was Billy Joel who sang “it’s just a fantasy, it’s not the real thing.” He topped that off with a sentiment which many at Ibrox understand well. “Sometimes a fantasy is all you need.” In other ...
Oh boy. Just when we all thought it was going to be a slow news day. John Bennett, the Ibrox director you’ve probably never heard of, has given an “in house interview” today with their club media in ...
The Record is indulging in one of its pet pastimes again, I see. It is ringing the fire-bell about theoretical developments in the Champions League, this time about the possibility that Scotland could ...
Yesterday, Celtic supporters made headlines once more as Irish Republican songs filled the air during the Remembrance silence. It was a jarring moment, with the silence cut short—a decision that ...
Big Bad John Hartson is one of my favourite pundits, and that’s why I never have a bad word to say about the guy. I am not about to change that today, although I will disagree with him slightly. On a ...
My good friend Ross Taylor wrote an excellent piece this morning in which he lamented the shameful songs some of our supporters sung last night at Dundee. He said some of what I had intended to say ...
The news that we’re on the brink of completing our first signing – for money! – at some point today is both welcome and woefully overdue. Here’s the good news about Liel Abada; he appears to be hugely ...
The spikiest moment of Ange Postecoglou’s after-match presser was when some clown asked him about the nine point lead over our rivals. Ange wasn’t in the least bit interested in us retaining that ...
Dermot Desmond paid a visit to Celtic Park with his son the other day, a fact which has reverberated around Celtic cyberspace and sparked a lot of theories. I am going to suggest one of my own; his ...