MMA fighters - athletes or thugs?

As a sports writer with no meaningful political leanings it is not often that I feel compelled to jump into the political ring and throw a few punches at the people who run this country.
However, this is one such occasion where I feel I have no choice but to don the gloves, pop in the gumshield, [...]

The real Aiden McGeady exposed. As plain as the nose on his/her face……

            
I received a tremendously revealing e-mail yesterday - no, not that kind - which has blown the biggest ever secret in Scottish football. For years, Celtic have claimed that tricky winger Aiden McGeady is a product of their famed youth system.
However, as this photograph exclusively reveals, Celtic’s scouting network extends far and wide and they actually [...]

Arthurlie Utd 2 v 1 Leith Athletic

It was a deeply disappointing weekend for Leith Athletic with a game that should have seen the team travelling back from Glasgow with three points in the bag turning into a potentially damaging loss in terms of league title aspirations.
The trip through to play Arthurlie United in the far flung reaches of Barrhead in the [...]

Tough tackling Raff puts his foot in where it hurts

As I was waiting on the Leith Athletic team bus to take us across Middle Earth and into the dark reaches of Glasgow on Saturday a forcible kick from behind me landed square on my posterior.
As anyone who is well-schooled in the art of football dressing room antics will know, such schoolboy actions are commonplace [...]

Eastfield 2 v 4 Leith Athletic

It was a successful, if unspectacular, weekend for Leith Athletic as they emerged 4-2 victors over Cumbernauld outfit Eastfield AFC in the M&M Cup on Saturday.
It was a relief for the Leith team to finally have a game after poor weather had seen off all but one of their games since the turn of the [...]

Overseas Premiership games a great idea - but with warnings attached

I have just read on the BBC website here that the English Premier League are considering introducing an additional 39th game to the season - with points and league placings at stake - and allowing it to be played overseas.
Cue much gnashing of gums and cries of discontent from the masses who fear change and believe [...]

Stupid interview questions leave me sick as a parrot

I feel that, at 27-years-old, I am too young to be a fully paid up member of the Grumpy Old Man society but sadly I often find myself shouting obscenities at the TV or radio when I hear sports journalists firing inane, random and completely pointless questions at the country’s sporting stars.
One recent incident springs [...]

Hey There Delilah Spoof ( Hey Harry Potter )

 This You Tube clip is completely random and in no way sports related but I laughed heartily when I watched it. I hope you will too.
Loved the bit about the invisibility cloak.
For anyone who hasn’t heard the original Hey there Delilah, it is by the Plain White T’s. Just bought their album and it is [...]

Hype sees Scots left with egg on their faces

Despite the fact that I am left suffering from Sky Sports withdrawal every Sunday, I was not tempted to tune in to the BBC’s coverage of the Scotland v France rugby international in the Six Nations at the weekend.
I’m not averse to watching a bit of the egg-chasing on TV, especially when Scotland are playing. [...]

Sky Sports leaves me holding the baby

I used to love nothing better than my Super Lazy Sundays (as Sky Sports should call them) nursing a hangover in a darkened room, the only natural light - and reminder that there was an outside world - coming from the small chink in the venetian blinds while the rest of the room was bathed [...]