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Matthew Lindsay: Uncapped kid is the solution to Scotland's mounting Euro 2024 woes

THE weeks leading up to a European Championship or World Cup finals can very often be as much of an emotional rollercoaster for managers and...

20.04.2024 9

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Matthew Lindsay: VAR is working - it's the Aberdeen board who aren't fit for purpose

THE welcome arrival of a shiny new laptop at Newsquest Towers earlier this week provided a reminder, not that one was particularly needed, that...

13.04.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Besties4ever? Rangers would be wise to rekindle Celtic friendship

IF Rangers fail to prise the cinch Premiership trophy from the vice-like grasp of their city rivals Celtic come May it will, it is fairly safe to...

06.04.2024 7

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Matthew Lindsay: Flower of Scotland is a 's***e' anthem - let's bin it for Euro 2024

STEVE Clarke didn’t mince his words when he spoke to reporters about Scotland’s results in friendly internationals over the years in the wake of...

30.03.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: What Lewis Ferguson's plight says about Scotland ahead of Euro 2024

ITALIAN football will forever hold a special place in the hearts of Scottish football supporters of a certain generation. The Gazzetta Football...

16.03.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: How Dave Cormack can Make Aberdeen Great Again

JOE Biden’s impassioned State of the Union address in the House of Representatives in Washington on Thursday evening drew whoops and hollers of...

08.03.2024 5

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Matthew Lindsay: Ultras have brought bans and stadium lockouts on themselves

IT was thoroughly depressing to hear Ben Kensell, the Hibernian chief executive, admit this week that the Easter Road club are seriously considering...

02.03.2024 5

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Matthew Lindsay: Could Hearts do a Bayer Leverkusen in Scotland and launch title bid?

THE Hearts supporters who will make their way along the M8 to Glasgow today will do so in buoyant spirits. The Tynecastle club, who will take on new...

24.02.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Could Philippe Clement trait give Rangers an edge in title run-in?

WHAT would the late, great Dundee United manager Jim McLean, God rest his soul, have made of Scottish football in the year 2024? McLean could, as...

17.02.2024 8

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Matthew Lindsay: Can the SPFL placate the Premiership Six and survive review row?

JOCK Stein gave an irreverent response when he was once asked why he had overseen so much success at Celtic and how he had been able to enjoy such...

10.02.2024 10

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Celtic are just one game away from a full-scale fan revolt after disappointing window

THOSE Green Brigade ultra chappies have been on their very bestest behaviour since the Celtic hierarchy decided to lift the ban on them attending...

03.02.2024 5

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Cut-throat Cormack must get next Aberdeen boss right and show he's no Dunderheid Dave

THE regularity with which Doug Ellis sacked managers during his decades-long long reign as the Aston Villa chairman led former England striker turned...

01.02.2024 6

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Matthew Lindsay: Rangers are edging Celtic in transfer window - but will it matter?

THERE is an old sketch from the BBC comedy series That Mitchell and Webb Look which has become something of a You Tube classic since being posted...

27.01.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Scotland's clubs have moral obligation to protect referees from yobs

JANUARY is traditionally a time of year when people take stock of their lives and look at how they can become better versions of themselves in the...

06.01.2024 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Leaving Hearts could scupper Lawrence Shankland's Euro 2024 hopes

MONEY talks in modern football. In fact, it positively, as Bob Dylan once sang, swears. Every player, no matter how committed or important he is to a...

30.12.2023 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Graeme Souness's 'hammer throwers' jibe is still valid 33 years on

THERE was much for Philippe Clement to be feeling chipper about as he entered the media room at Ibrox on Wednesday night in the immediate aftermath of...

23.12.2023 30

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Matthew Lindsay: Paranoid penalty kick conspiracy theorists are miles off target

IT was hard not to have a degree of sympathy with Nick Montgomery in the media room at Celtic Park late on Wednesday night as the Hibernian manager...

09.12.2023 10

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Matthew Lindsay: Does 'The Group of Death' await Scotland in the Euro 2024 draw?

QUALIFYING for a major tournament with two games to spare back in October was a decidedly unusual experience for Scotland’s longsuffering...

02.12.2023 9

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Matthew Lindsay: There's a simple reason why Aberdeen beat Rangers and not Celtic

ABERDEEN supporters hate Glasgow Rangers. Fans of the Pittodrie club are far from fond of Celtic (they are s**** apparently) too. As for Dundee...

25.11.2023 7

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Matthew Lindsay: Ange and Ancelotti show old guard can shine in ‘laptopy’ modern game

STEVE Clarke has been rightly heartened to see an increasing number of talented young Scottish professionals go overseas to ply their trade in recent...

11.11.2023 7

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'Safe pyro' is a myth - only stand closures will snuff out Scotland's flare shame

FURTHER proof that the Fireworks and Pyrotechnic Articles (Scotland) Act which MSPs at Holyrood passed last year is not worth the paper it is written...

04.11.2023 4

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Celtic had to lock out Green Brigade before Glasgow City Council closed down Parkhead

No club issues bans to its own supporters, especially not a sizeable and passionate group which does much to enhance the atmosphere at their games,...

31.10.2023 3

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Rangers icon's return is a masterstroke - just don't expect The Souness Revolution II

THE internet, social media in particular, can be pretty poisonous at times. But there are also occasions when the worldwide web can lift your spirits...

28.10.2023 4

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Why 'Pig Watch', pyro and Palestine protest have put Celtic's ultras on the brink

THE age-old argument about whether sport and politics should mix has raged in the past fortnight as the stand-off between Celtic and the Green Brigade...

21.10.2023 8

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Why Scottish football's rising overcrowding problem is 'a disaster waiting to happen'

THERE are certain fan behaviours which are simply impossible to condone. Sectarian chanting, racist abuse, throwing missiles and setting off...

07.10.2023 5

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Michael Beale is on 'Death Watch' - Rangers' summer signings must step up to save him

AS he basked in the warm afterglow of Celtic’s impressive and improbable victory over Rangers at Ibrox a fortnight ago, Brendan Rodgers made light...

16.09.2023 6

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Why a win over England could give support for Scottish independence a timely boost

AS he gabbed away with a gaggle of Scottish newspaper reporters ahead of the UEFA Conference League play-off double header against Hibernian on a Zoom...

09.09.2023 5

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