SPFL should shut football down for a few weeks. An early winter break. Football with 500 fans is a misery. Press pause.
Tom English
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Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Chief Sports Writer and Broadcaster BBC Scotland. Author of The Grudge and No Borders. Co-author of When Lions Roared and This Is Your Everest.
Joined July 2010
- Neale Cooper in Fergie Rises: “He (Franz Beckenbauer) said I was possibly the closest he had seen to a player like himself at that age. That was quite a compliment. But I always say that it goes to show, even Franz Beckenbauer can talk some amount of shite.”
- Connor Goldson now has the same number of goals from play this season as Odsonne Edouard.
- Unashamed plug for my Syrian friend Muhanned Alwen who is rebuilding his life in Scotland and has set up his own bakery in Alloa - Alwen Cakes. The man is a genius
- No offence to Celtic and Rangers, but that semi-final line-up is absolutely tremendous for Scottish football
- Scotland’s my home now lads, if it’s all the same to you. Why don’t you clear off instead, eh?Why is @PoliceScotland facilitating (again) a racist anti-Irish march, no kettling or arrests? If they replaced Irish with Pakistani/Muslim police would act, so why not now? Irish famine killed 1 million (Protestants too!) ended in 1852 it’s now 2021🙈 x.com/Ulysses1954/st…
- Not a peep from Rangers about the disgrace of last night. Not a peep from the SPFL either. That’s absolutely outrageous.
- This can’t carry on. On a human level, it’s too much. Smuggled out in a car with police protection. Come on. Nobody deserves that. Rangers bosses need to bring an end to this. Duty of care issues, surely?Russell Martin leaves the Falkirk Stadium separately after Rangers team bus is held up by fans. #BBCFootball
00:00 - An awfully difficult piece to write. Doddie Weir was a remarkable human being. Thinking about his family and friends tonight.
- Didn’t think I’d see a Scottish team in the semi-final of a major European competition again in my working life. Well done Rangers. Great job. Don’t @ me angry Twitter Celtic fans. This is a huge night for your rivals
- Acrobatic is one word. Illegal is another. Two more: Penalty Scotland
- Been a while since Celtic Park rocked like it did tonight. Wonderful performance by Ange Postecoglou’s side. Nine of the starting 11 were signed by him. A massive rebuild done in the relative blink of an eye. Quite something.
- Honest to God, A party night for Ange Postecoglou and his terrific champions and yet a sizeable number of the visiting support are belting out the full IRA songbook. Is this their only way of expressing their Irish heritage? Pitiful
- If I’m reading BDO’s documents correctly the revised tax bill stands at £68.3m. Correct me if I’m wrong. In those circumstances, blaming an HMRC ‘blunder’ for the implosion that wrecked Rangers could be considered, er, a bit of a reach.
