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Pay attention you lot!

May 20 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

At his stage in the Sevco sitcom if you think you know what is going on then you must be either: (1)    Not paying enough attention (2)     Paul McConnville   The labyrinthine nature of this corporate omnishambles is quite quite vast and more and ...

UBIG to fail?

May 16 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

It isn't overstating the case to say that there is now an existential threat to Heart of Midlothian Football Club. It must seem an age since the faithful at Tynecastle considered a Russian hat as de rigueur. The appearance of the ushanka   as a welcomin...

Could the Monday Blues lead to Traumatic Tuesday?

May 5 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Why would a football club contemplate a board meeting on a bank holiday Monday? Some might bluster that it was just an oversight and it has now been rescheduled for later in the week, others of a more cynical disposition might say it is the ideal day to d...

Fans Against Criminal Damage

May 1 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Fans Against Criminal Damage

Are you sitting comfortably? Good, then I'll begin. The first time I sat down on a proper seat at a football match was in January 1969 at Celtic Park against Partick Thistle. Celtic won 8-1. We had a flask of soup with us and my well-organised aunt even h...

The Sevco sitcom

Apr 25 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

This Ibrox omnishambles is becoming increasingly difficult to write about. Just as I am getting my head around the last chapter then the Sevco farce appears to get another infusion of steroids. My background is in political journalism in Ireland not in Br...

Only a matter of time

Apr 22 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

As 2012 began I was very clear that it would be last year that Rangers would ever see. The day after they entered Administration I knew that there was no way out. I stated that Rangers were doomed and so it came to pass. The mainstream media did finally c...

A matter of timing

Apr 15 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

101 years ago today the Titanic went to a watery grave. The ship, shoddily put together in a workplace poisoned by discrimination and hate , sank 375 miles from Newfoundland in the North Atlantic Ocean. There were 1,502 victims. May they rest in peace. Un...

The tribulations of a tribute act

Apr 12 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

It is almost as if the last year had not happened. Twelve months ago the dark clouds were parked over Ibrox like some malevolent mother ship. Only two weeks ago the valued customers of the Sevco franchise could have been forgiven for thinking that the wor...

Showing racism the yellow card

Apr 9 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Is Gladys Green a racist? I don't know, but as Graham Spiers says Green may not be, but he does sound like one. Charlie has conceded in an interview that there are effectively two standards for the language that is permitted at his club, one for him and ...

The Save Sevco campaign

Apr 4 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

This time last year the people who run the national game in Scotland were in a bit of a fankle about troubling financial news coming out of Edmiston Drive. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose… It became apparent that the plan was for New Rangers ...

Éirí Amach na Cásca 1916

Mar 31 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

As we look back now with almost a hundred years past the event we can see clearer than perhaps those who experienced those times. It was actually the beginning of the end for the world's first truly global empire. Ireland was a colony that showed by examp...

Statement from Celtic Football Club

Mar 26 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Statement from Celtic Football Club

This statement has been sent to me  by the club in reply to the questions submitted on Sunday. Following requests from the Celtic Trust and other individuals in relation to the provision of information, Celtic Football Club is pleased to outline the foll...

Reasonable questions remain unanswered

Mar 26 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

There are rules in this trade and they can be irksome.However, they are there for a reason. Off The Record, like the protection of sources, is non-negotiable. If I cannot abide by these rules then the output of this site on the Rangers story over the last...

A shameful anniversary

Mar 20 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Ten years ago bombs exploded in Baghdad and killed the innocent. “Coalition of the willing”, as they wanted to be known, broke international law and invaded Iraq. They justified their crimes with lies about the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction...

Lá Fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh!

Mar 17 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Across the world today Ireland and Irishness is celebrated. The centre point of that celebration is usually the parade. Of course it is easy to deconstruct a lot of Paddy's day as misremembered kitsch. However many cultural festivals can be so dismembered...

David Leggat

Mar 15 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Today I received good news from my union. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) formally communicated to me that a complaint that I had made about another NUJ member, a Mr David Leggat, had been upheld. I have been in trade unions since I had my first j...

A question of trust

Mar 15 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Trust is broken on planet fitba. The governed do not trust those appointed to govern. All of the people who were in positions of power in Scottish football during the omnishambles last summer are still in post. I suppose that is the starting point. The pe...

Charlie and the dear green place

Mar 9 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

Everyone knows that Rangers went out of business owing millions in unpaid VAT and PAYE payments. HMRC are still pursuing the dead club over a tax bill of circa £75m which is still to be adjudicated on by an Upper Tier Tax Tribunal. The club called  that...

Could someone take out a side contract on Sevco?

Mar 8 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

There is a basic wisdom in the belief that once lawyers are involved in something it usually gets worse. However that is not always the case. A leading international football lawyer contacted me after the Nimmo Smith judgment to offer some observations on...

Charlie and the klan

Mar 5 on Phil Mac Giolla Bhain

When Gladys Green was trying to connect with supporters of Rangers (1872-2012) at the start of this season he used a magic word. The word was “bigotry” and it worked. He reached out to the Klan and felt their Herrenvolk outrage. The people who chan...