Alex Thomson
Fan power to the fore in Scottish football?
The fight back from Scottish football fans following the recent turmoil is well underway and the authorities say they are listening.
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Scottish football clubs urged to apologise for historical child sex abuse
Some of Scotland’s leading football clubs have been urged to apologise and pay compensation for historical child sex abuse stretching back to the 1970s. An independent report, commissioned by the Scottish Football Association, heard accounts from dozens of victims involving abuse by coaches, team officials and scouts. It says the young players were badly let…
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Alex Thomson
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Alex Thomson
Scottish football: sport first, business second?
After the implosion of Rangers Football Club, Alex Thomson blogs on the latest initiative targeting the Scottish football authorities.
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Alex Thomson
‘Despicable’ actions of Scottish football authorities
My sources are senior and widely respected figures in Scottish League Football and rarely have I heard men so angry about an invitation to a meeting, writes Alex Thomson.
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Alex Thomson
Momentous day for Scottish football
The day began unpromisingly, but at Hampden Park by mid-afternoon Rangers’ future was dealt with. Alex Thomson blogs on a momentous day in Scottish football.
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Alex Thomson
Potential conflicts of interest at the heart of Scottish football
Channel 4 News has a Companies House list of Rangers shareholders for 2008 and 2010. They prove, for instance, that the current Airdrie chairman and president of the Scottish Football League, James William Ballantyne, had 568 Rangers shares in 2008 when chairman of Airdrie.
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Alex Thomson
Scottish football’s last chance saloon
“A bizarre document the tone of which is near-panic,” Alex Thomson reviews the Scottish Football League’s proposals for Rangers’ future in Scottish football.
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The real crisis in Scottish football
As the SPL enters its final weekend, Andrew McFadyen looks back on a tumultuous season and reflects on Scottish football’s past glories.
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Alex Thomson
This is the time for leadership from Scottish football
This is the time for leadership, from Scottish football’s governing bodies, from the chairmen of the SPL clubs – but above all from Rangers Football Club. As yet, I see little sign of leadership emerging, of men who see values, not just figures.
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Alex Thomson
Political interference in Scottish football?
“There is a heightened sense at the SFA’s Hampden Park HQ that Scotland’s politicians have rolled their tanks onto the SFA’s lawn. The SFA want them off.” – Alex Thomson writes on the question of political interference in Scottish football.
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Scottish football fans contemplate a future without Rangers
As financial experts try to revive the ailing Rangers Football Club, some football fans argue that the demise of half of the ‘Old Firm’ could actually make the Scottish game healthier.
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Standing could return to Scottish football terraces
Scottish Premier League bosses are considering requests to pilot safe-standing areas at SPL grounds, but English football authorities have ruled out a similar move.
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Polish referees withdraw from Scottish football matches
Polish referees brought in to cover for striking Scottish officials pull out of weekend matches – another game is called off.
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Scottish FA expected to ban children from headers in football practice
A ban on children heading the ball in Scotland could be in place in a matter of weeks, due to fears over the links with dementia.
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Douglas Ross to resign as leader of Scottish Conservatives
Douglas Ross has announced he will resign as leader of the Scottish Conservatives after the election – and he could also quit his role as an MSP at Holyrood if he’s voted into Westminster again as an MP.
