Category Archives: Sport

Kosovo’s Footballing Allegiances

Posted on October 26, 2012 by admin

A recent match between Switzerland and Albania included players whose home nation is not yet recognised by FIFA With less than a quarter of an hour to go in Switzerland’s recent World Cup qualifier against Albania in Lucerne, Granit Xhaka … Continue reading →

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Ireland’s Rocky Road to Poland

Posted on August 14, 2012 by admin

In May, ‘the Rocky Road to Poland’, Ireland’s official song for the European Championships, debuted at number one in the Irish singles chart. A rather cumbersome 9/8 beat aside, the Rocky Road to Poland is standard team song fare: a … Continue reading →

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Olympic Spirit Comes to East London

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

‘Is that a rollercoaster, daddy?’ a young boy, his face pressed firm against the plate glass, points in the direction of a towering, twisting hulk of clay-red metal in the middle distance. ‘No son, it says here it’s a piece … Continue reading →

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Rangers’ fall from grace leaves long list of victims

Posted on March 25, 2012 by admin

On Thursday, British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a visit to Scotland. At a press conference, held in camera-sight of Edinburgh Castle, the Tory leader made an impassioned plea for maintaining two venerable institutions with long histories and uncertain futures: the political union between Scotland … Continue reading →

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Cillian Sheridan: ‘They were probably expecting an unbelievable player, then I turned up’

Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin

Just before Christmas, Cillian Sheridan was invited to appear as a pundit on Sportscene, BBC Scotland’s flagship football show. In studio, the on-loan St Johnstone striker’s analytical skills were more Garth Crooks than Alan Hansen – “I’m rubbish at talking about football,” he says … Continue reading →

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St Mirren CIC’ing the Habit

Posted on January 12, 2012 by admin

Is there an alternative to robber baron chairman asset stripping your club? I spoke to an innovative new venture through in Paisley, to turn local club St Mirren into a Community Interest Company. This feature originally appeared in February 2012 … Continue reading →

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Football, Football, Football

Posted on August 23, 2010 by admin

Last week I played in Amnesty international’s annual Edinburgh critics versus comics football match. Not only was a chance for comics to get their own back for those one-star reviews but it was all for a good cause – to … Continue reading →

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Stokes and Miller in tune with Hibernian rhapsody

Posted on February 26, 2010 by admin

Edinburgh is proving a happy hunting ground for two Irish internationals, as I reported in The Sunday Independent a few couple of Sundays ago: “I doubt I’ll ever tire of Edinburgh,” bestselling crime writer Ian Rankin once said of his … Continue reading →

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