stephen.mcgowan
@mcgowan_stephen
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Football writing for @heraldsportscot and @NutmegMagazine. Broadcasting. Podcasting
Joined December 2011
“People tell us that playing the game saved their life.” @mcgowan_stephen delves into the world of walking football and its countless benefits for people young and old. ⬇️ https://t.co/aklcZaN9xt
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My son has Spina Bifida - walking football is huge for him and thousands of others
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Former St Mirren and Aberdeen defender David Winnie on why his son’s spina bifida persuaded him to become the new figurehead of @WalkingFootScot and promote the benefits of Scotland’s fastest growing sport. https://t.co/F4g4y72tIZ
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My son has Spina Bifida - walking football is huge for him and thousands of others
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What can Scottish football learn from innovators like FC Midtjylland?
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The Danish side - who beat Celtic this week - have achieved success by being consistently ahead of the curve.
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The Fixture No.25 is in Saturday's @heraldscotland🏴 And it's a Scotland v All Blacks special with David Sole and Sione Tuipulotu on how to end a 120-year unbeaten streak. It's 24 pages, it's Scottish and you won't get it anywhere else - buy a paper tomorrow 🗞️
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2 years ago veteran endurance athlete, Kurt Madden, was given a few pouches of VESPA. Initially he blew it off, but due to the persistence of his friend Mike McKovitch, he decided to give it a whirl on a training brick (bike/run) and his world changed . . . . . . fast forward to
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Callum Osmand went for a scan this morning. Celtic have yet to get the results back but it ‘doesn’t look good’ per Martin O’Neill. Kelechi Iheanacho expected to be out for a few more weeks. Arne Engels was ‘a little bit sore’ at the end of last night’s game but should be fine.
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“I don’t think it is the proper place to have a minute’s silence. They have become too politicised." Author Ian McCallum has called for Celtic's war dead to be honoured on Remembrance Sunday - or silences at football scrapped. In @heraldscotland✍️ https://t.co/9RnItGOgmw
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An author has called for Celtic's war dead to be honoured on Remembrance Sunday - or "politicised" minute silences to be scrapped at…
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@VirgilvDijk 📝Today on Nutmeg FC, the second instalment of @mcgowan_stephen investigation into Virgil van Dijk’s time @CelticFC , featuring insider interviews that elucidate just how good Virgil was back then.
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🆕 Celtic plotting January swoop for coveted Kilmarnock star David Watson... A transfer exclusive from @mcgowan_stephen ↩️ https://t.co/wM2S0dG4CO
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Celtic considering January transfer swoop for Scottish Premiership star
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"Arrogance can be negative sometimes. Not with Virgil." @VirgilvDijk in Scotland – as told by the people with whom he shared a dressing room.
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Celtic beat Rangers and St Mirren rout Motherwell in the League Cup semi-finals, while Hearts' lead is now nine points in the Premiership. We round up all the talking points of the weekend action. Listen on @BBCSounds
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Hampden goalfests and Hearts extend their lead - it's the weekend debrief
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'As Celtic drew level with their bitter rivals on 11 semi-final wins apiece, fans left Hampden asking the same question: Where was this intensity, this passion, this will to win in the final months of the Rodgers era?' 🆕@mcgowan_stephen on the derby. https://t.co/8GgLSXLgoH
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After an impressive win over Rangers in the Premier Sports Cup semi-final, Stephen McGowan ponders whether Celtic's interim manager has made a case…
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The SFA recently confirmed a gradual phasing-out of its seven regional Performance Schools. Here is how the governing body plans to make up for such a loss by taking inspiration from Japan, Iceland and Uruguay. Exclusive from @mcgowan_stephen. ⬇️ https://t.co/fZ4MIy1A74
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SFA lay out Scottish football future blueprint after performance school scrapping.
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💬 “For so many of the best players the ball was their favourite toy. They fell in love with the ball before they fell in love with the game. They had a ball at their feet from the time they were able to walk.” Chris Docherty and Andy Gould of the Scottish FA on the new
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SFA lay out Scottish football future blueprint after performance school scrapping.
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💬 "It all went quiet, we saw the ball hit the net, and then the eruption is something that will live with myself and my family, forever." An exclusive chat with Louis Moult on THAT goal against Rangers, Stephen Robinson, and his love for Motherwell. https://t.co/ccpm91fT0c
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Louis Moult relives his wonder strike against Rangers, discusses unfair Robinson criticism, and explains why Motherwell is the club he will always…
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The Fixture No.24 is in Saturday's @heraldscotland 🏴 With a special report on the SFA's new plan to fix our broken youth talent pipeline and an eight-page Motherwell v St Mirren pullout. It's 24 pages, it's Scottish and you won't get it anywhere else - buy a paper tomorrow 🗞️
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💬 "The irony dripping from Desmond’s payoff line, that Celtic was bigger than any one person, wasn’t lost on any of them." Whatever Brendan Rodgers' role in Celtic's troubles, Dermot Desmond's diatribe against him won't shift fan focus from the board. https://t.co/Q1svCJKkoa
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Dermot Desmond's remarkable diatribe against Brendan Rodgers may have been designed to shift focus from the boardroom, but fans want change upstairs…
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“In both spells I think he did fantastically well… He’ll be remembered as a brilliant Celtic manager.” Martin O’Neill doesn’t think Brendan Rodgers’ legacy will be tarnished by Dermot Desmond’s public battering. @Graeme_McGarry ✍️ https://t.co/nApIKAmXBY
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Martin O'Neill has said Brendan Rodgers was a 'brilliant' Celtic manager, despite the public evisceration of him by principal shareholder Dermot…
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