Burns a great example to us all
THE BIG football story this week should have been Rangers’ Uefa Cup final.
Published: 16/05/2008
Saltires need to regroup after missed opportunities
IT IS quite amazing the difference a victory can make to confidence. Unfortunately, it does not always result in the transfer of performance on to the pitch but, after turning over Lancashire, there was a real belief in the team going into Sunday’s game against the 2007 FP champions Durham.
Published: 16/05/2008
Faces as purple as the killer heather in valley test
THE Spey Valley golf course is living up to its reputation as a test of ability in the Northern Open this week.
Published: 15/05/2008
Unst nets the fruits of self-help
UNST in Shetland is home to the UK’s most northerly brown trout, sea trout and salmon fishery.
Published: 15/05/2008
Give us this day our Daly dose of the big man
THE prospect of John Daly joining the European Tour is an exciting one and something I am sure golf supporters this side of the Atlantic would love to see.
Published: 14/05/2008
Uefa Cup final tribute to Rangers and Scottish football
TOMORROW night’s Uefa Cup final will be a fabulous occasion. Not just for Rangers, but for Scottish football.
Published: 13/05/2008
Unlucky Blues and McLeish relegated
THE Premier League in England reached an exciting climax on Sunday, but my heart went out to my old club Birmingham City.
Published: 13/05/2008
Perhaps the play-offs are a good idea after all
IT WAS great to see Arbroath finally gaining promotion to the Second Division after coming so close in previous years.
Published: 13/05/2008
Golden Grainger does it again
CONGRATULATIONS are due for Aberdeen’s Katherine Grainger after she won gold at the rowing World Cup for the fourth successive year.
Published: 13/05/2008
Daly return would add some colour to Euro tour
IT IS great to hear American golfer John Daly is considering playing full-time on the European Tour.
Published: 13/05/2008
Another disallowed goal decision marred an exciting encounter at Fir Park
WE DOMINATED the start of the game but had to change our shape when Andrew Considine went off injured.
Published: 12/05/2008
Shed few tears for Rangers as season draws to hectic close
ASEASON of near ridiculous proportions is reaching its climax either side of the border with tears, tantrums and trophies at the ready.
Published: 10/05/2008
It’s caps off to the IPL
Less than five years ago, English cricket sanctioned what was then an experiment as a means of attracting younger faces to grounds and, almost as an aside, generating additional revenues.
Published: 07/05/2008
Scots cricket needs new blood circulating
SCOTLAND’S cricket season got off to a miserable start on Sunday with the national side routed by Lancashire at The Grange in the FP Trophy as the county side took advantage of a bowler-friendly pitch and a poor Scots batting display.
Published: 03/05/2008
Form aspirations laid low by Colombia illness
IAM not sure about men and mice, but the best laid plans of golfers can certainly go awry.
Published: 02/05/2008
