The extraordinary 33-match winning cup sequence is once again on the line on a threadbare Perth field. If Celtic had to hand pick their next opponent after the bewilderingly poor performance against Copenhagen, then it might be St Johnstone. There is no team Celtic have found easier
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After Thursday night, it felt like a few lines from The Smiths’ ‘There Is a Light That Never Goes Out’ had summed up the period between 81 and 85 minutes: And in the darkened underpass, I thought, ‘Oh God, my chance has come at last’. (But then
Read more →Following the announcement of his new album, In the Shape of a Storm, which Loose will release on 12 April, Damien Jurado has shared the LP’s opening track – Lincoln. Lincoln is a two decade-old track, which had been slated for his third record. Jurado shared the
Read more →KEVIN GRAHAM: Is it ok to have doubts? I think it is. When those missed chances start popping up in your mind when you’re sitting at traffic lights or making lunch. When you see other results and see managers bemoaning missed chances and not being ruthless. Not
Read more →The glinting optimism of Liverpool’s most exciting alt-pop outfit, THE PEACH FUZZ returns with Softie, the new single released on Fri 28 February 2020 on Skeleton Key Records/Warners, preceding the band’s first ever UK Headline Tour. Culminating in a homecoming at Liverpool’s Arts Club (28 March), the
Read more →Bertie Auld was speaking to Paul John Dykes: I was fortunate to sign for Jimmy McGrory in 1955. The reserve-team coach at that time was a guy called George Paterson, and either Willie or Jimmy McStay used to come up and help us with training. Don’t ask
Read more →The Twang have announced that they will be playing a special acoustic gig at Glasgow St Luke’s this Spring (Sunday 12th April). Following their mammoth tour with Shed Seven throughout the winter, the Brummie band will be taking a step back for a series of more laid-back
Read more →Scotty Sinclair was so wonderful, Stuart Armstrong’s hair was so fine, and apparently Mikael Lustig used to turn us all on. Well that was according to the Celtic songbook a couple of seasons ago, as composed and performed by The Green Brigade with a backing choir of
Read more →Who: Supergrass Where: Glasgow Barrowlands When: Friday 21 February 2020 Supergrass burst on to the music scene in 1994 with the incendiary Caught by the Fuzz, a song about being lifted at “only fifteeen” for possession of cannabis. A couple of singles later and Alright catapulted the
Read more →The following is an extract from Andy Lynch’s 2016 autobiography ‘Hoops, Stars & Stripes’ Have you ever wondered what it entails to purchase an English Premier League football club? Back in 2010, I was at the centre of an astonishing bid to buy one of English football’s
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