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Scottish Daily Mail Chief Football Writer. Columnist. Don’t write headlines in paper or online. @mailsport
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Unproven, unverifiable and completely made-up statement.
Hibs v Celtic cup final was superspreader event and I wish we'd brought fan restrictions in earlier, says John Swinney
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The science of closing your eyes and plucking a number out of thin air
Jason Leitch admits SPFL 500 fan cap not based on exact science but says 'you have to draw the line somewhere'
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Will be dropped in time for the Six Nations. Obvs.
🚫 We’ve agreed with the Scottish Government that we’ll keep our current alcohol ban in place for the foreseeable future. The policy will be reviewed as part of the Scottish Government’s National Conversation on Rail.
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Raith Rovers directors Bill Clark and Andy Mill voted against the signing of David Goodwillie at a board meeting yesterday. They were outvoted by four other directors and have now resigned.
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Brendan Rodgers: ‘Callum McGregor was on a different level to everyone else on the pitch.’
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Comments on Joey Barton from Saturday. Still stand.
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‘We’ll see what Santa brings.’
Ange Postecoglou response to Celtic interest in Yokohama F. Marinos midfielder Tomoki Iwata
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‘No one wants to ban people from sport. They just have to race where their biology fits the category.’
- interview with Olympic medalist
@sharrond62
via
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Has Boli Bolingoli said where he was the night of the Number 10 party?
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Wee Bertie Auld came to embody Celtic’s best ever team. A patter merchant, funny, gallus, hard as nails and a brilliant technician.
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Celtic medical for Benfica winger Jota on Monday. Loan with buy option.
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Touch of the Jansen / Larsson scenario about Postecoglou / Kyogo
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Paying £12million for a 31-year-old full-back.
Crashing out the FA Cup to Cambridge at home.
Going well for Eddie Howe at Newcastle.
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Irrespective of whether Celtic get that Champions League money they should pay whatever it takes for Cameron Carter-Vickers.
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Let them in to a socially distanced stadium for crying out loud.
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When Scotland needed it most Billy Gilmour stepped up in that second half and said, ‘I’m having this.’
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Humour in Scottish football. Will never catch on.
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Joe Hart set to sign three year deal with Celtic. Medical arranged for Tuesday.
via
@MailSport
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Celtic’s hopes of reaching Champions League would be better if they experimented with signing actual centre halves to play in central defence in time for the qualifiers.
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Scottish Premiership clubs will be asked to vote for a ban on artificial pitches in the top flight next month.
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Celtic had the time and money to build a modern European football club. Instead they became the footballing equivalent of Kodak or Polaroid. An analogue operation sliding backwards, scrambling to keep pace in the digital age.
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Where were all the champions of fair competition when English clubs were opening their doors to oligarchs, sheikhs and equity funds while the champions of Scotland and Holland had to slog their way through quicksand to reach the Champions League?
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‘We are not at this level yet’ says Ange Postecoglou. Bottom line.
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Amidst the England navel gazing Croatia will be all but ignored.
But a nation of 4 million people has just reached the World Cup final.
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Correction. Is a player
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Scottish football returning to normal with the scrapping of mandatory matchday red zones by the Joint Response Group.
Clubs will now be permitted to relax rules on away fans, hospitality areas, training grounds and travel based on their own risk assessments.
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Informal chat underway between Scottish Premiership clubs over bringing the winter break forward a week if, as expected, new 500 fan limit is imposed on outdoor events. Views of Sky Sports key.
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Last team to lose a competitive game to Ireland in Dublin.
Gibraltar in June 2019
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‘The greatest story in club history has an end….’
The what???
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If unvaccinated fans are shut out of football grounds without a passport does the same rule apply to unvaccinated players?
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Fergus McCann on former Celtic coach Wim Jansen. ‘I am very sorry to hear of Wim’s passing. He had an incredible career. Winning the EC with Feyenoord and playing in two World Cup Finals. And of course, being the Head Coach of Celtic and winning the title in a significant year.’
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Not much difference between 600 fans in a 52,000 seat stadium and none. A complete and utter fiasco from start to finish.
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Brendan Rodgers: “There is not a place I could be in this world right now where I’d be happier in my football life and personal life.'
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Dropping Anthony Ralston now would be harsh. Different player.
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If you argue that Spartak Moscow, Zenit and the Russian national team have to go from UEFA competitions should the same logic not be extended to Chelsea?
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No easy games in Europe.
Unless it’s a qualifier against a Scottish team in July.
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Doubt a Scotland team have ever deserved their qualification for a major tournament more than this one. Brilliant.
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Scotland playing in the European Championship finals in Glasgow at 2pm on a Monday in front of a reduced crowd of 12,000 fans because of a crippling world pandemic.
Everything in that sentence sounds like a complete and utter piss take.
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Hibs and Millwall agree a fee for Kevin Nisbet. Up to £2.4million if add-ons are met. Medical in next 48 hours.
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UEFA make a big show of slogans and soundbites on racism. If they were serious they would start throwing teams out of competitions.
@ScotMailSport
column
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Let’s hear no more of Scott McTominay at centre-half.
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Celtic’s Josip Juaranovic: ‘I was talking two weeks ago with Joe Hart and I told him I would do a Panenka penalty.
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Agent and interpreter Akihito Ido helped Kyogo and Co succeed at Celtic... and insists they won't lose focus now Ange Postecoglou has departed
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Despite the commentary, Atletico Madrid didn’t con their way to victory. They were the better team
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Some Scotland debut from Ryan Porteous. The boy was brilliant.
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From a man who lasted nine months in Scottish football because he couldn’t beat a carpet.
“Beating Ross County & St. Johnstone means nothing”
Ex-
#CelticFC
striker Tony Cascarino isn’t impressed by the Bhoys’ unbeaten run...
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14/6: Germany v Scotland (Munich)
19/6: Scotland v Switzerland (Cologne)
23/6: Scotland v Hungary (Stuttgart)
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Brave and encouraging first half from Scotland.
Stephen O’Donnell close to one of the best get-it-up-yous of all time
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Finished work and stuck on ‘half-time analysis’ of Belgium Finland. Neither team has been mentioned
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This late offside flag is a needless farce. Only a matter of time before a player is injured making a tackle he doesn’t need to make.
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Sixth tier Darvel humiliating the team fifth in the SPFL Premiership surely the biggest act of giant-killing in Scottish Cup history
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Most composed and mature Scotland performance in years. Che Adams led the line brilliantly.
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Celtic looking at Argentinian U23 left-back Francisco Ortega. Keen to make Jota deal permanent.
via
@MailSport
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Green Brigade banner on Dedryck Boyata’s inclusion for Celtic v Hamilton.
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Aberdeen midfielder Lewis Ferguson set to fly to Italy for medical ahead of move to Serie A Bologna + Hibs defender Josh Doig Verona bound.
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@MailSport
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Chuffed.
The next prize will go to Sports News Writer of the Year. Congratulations to winner
@mcgowan_stephen
and runner up
@SDM_Robertson
, both of the Scottish Daily Mail.
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Lowland League clubs vote in favour of admitting Celtic and Rangers colts teams to their league next season.
Eleven clubs in favour, five against, one abstained.
Indicative vote, with confirmation expected at AGM in two weeks.
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The petty Anyone But England syndrome of other parts of the the UK is nothing to do with Gareth Southgate and players. Blame the pundits.
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Statement from UK Traffic Commissioner confirming a climbdown on draconian bus guidelines
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Not just this window to blame for Celtic exit.
Recruitment in January was woeful.
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Rapid Vienna winger Kuhn set to be first arrival for Celtic in January window (by
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)
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“10 years ago Rangers and Celtic were sending 10 players playing European football,' says Gordon Strachan as he leaves out Calum McGregor.
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Celtic join the list of clubs pursuing Brazilian holding midfielder Vinicius Souza.
via
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Fair play to Thomas Tuchel getting this far without Glenn Hoddle’s tips on concentration
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St Johnstone winning two trophies in one season. Mental and brilliant.
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Does anything sum up Celtic’s transfer window better than scrambling around trying to replace the star striker at half eight on deadline night?
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Hearts have lodged a formal complaint with the SPFL over the lock-out of away fans before game at Ibrox in two weeks. Full story
@ScotMailSport
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Two of Scotland’s three World Cup qualifiers in September.
Denmark (a), Austria (a)
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Easy Hibs solution, ‘sack the manager’. Fine, but sacking three managers in 14 months suggests the problem goes higher
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Manchester is just 220 miles from Glasgow and hosted a potentially title-deciding derby without the city caving in. Just saying.
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‘I just want to say that there’s nothing to say.’
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No ref controversies, offside rows or dodgy penalty fall-outs. Celtic lost a hell of a record to a team which simply blew them away on the day. Fair play Hearts.
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Never mind ambition. People would be entitled to question Jota’s sanity if he turned down this offer from Saudi.
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The decision to chalk off Scotland’s goal bad enough. The complete lack of transparency over why is shambolic.
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Tynecastle VAR finished the game cowering under the table with pencils up his nose.
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Three hours in a Scottish beer garden. Now sitting with a sunburned face and the heating on.
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Still can’t forgive Roma for cheating Dundee United out of a European Cup final
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Brendan Rodgers on Liel Abada’s absence from Celtic’s win over St Mirren….
“He wasn’t in a right frame of mind. So we gave him this chance to have a few days and clear his mind. I’ll have a chat with him again next week, see where he’s at.”
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Tough night for Neymar in Jack Hendry’s back pocket.
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Premiership winter break set to begin early after Boxing Day fixtures
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