Andy’s Sting in the Tale

 

24th November 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (24/11/23) “When Football was a ‘Free For All’”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) I’ve been up north meeting some old and new friends at ICT’s Caledonian Stadium today. Talking to their wonderful


17th November 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (17/11/23) “The Low and Slow Road to The High Road”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) Please “Sign on for Scotland”   Big topics in Scottish football are like the 23 buses in Edinburgh. You


10th November 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (10/11/23) “An Epidemic Leading to a Pandemic?”

(Photo:SNS) Sting has never had a reaction like the responses last week’s “Only One Story in Town’, generated when I


3rd November 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (03/11/23) “Only One Story in Town This Week”

(Photo:BEIN SPORTS) The Inevitable and Very Welcome Slide to Strict Liability I was not surprised at the headlines this week


27th October 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (27/10/23) “Some New Thinking To Share”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) It’s Ballon d’or weekend and the men’s award looks set for World Cup winner Lionel Messi. I hope that


20th October 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (20/10/23) “Growing the Game?”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) Not a bad week for Scottish football with Spain doing the business for us against Erling and his Viking


13th October 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (13/10/23) “SFA Force Uefa U Turn on Russian Under 17s Readmittance”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) “SFA Force Uefa U Turn on Russian Under 17s Readmittance”  That would have been great if true but this


6th October 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (06/10/23) “Leadership Posted Missing”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) You would think from the wall to wall coverage that the biggest news this week was Rangers needing a


29th September 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (29/09/2023) “Sandy’s Back Door for Old Comrades”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) Sandy Ceferin, Uefa’s Grandest Fromage, was at it again big time this week in Cyprus, looking after his ex-pals


22nd September 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (22/09/2023) “Hiding Behind Their Fingers”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) It’s been a tumultuous week in Scottish football with the biggest breaking story the acknowledgement by Celtic that their


15th September 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (15/09/23) “Seminality! –  I’ll Give You Seminality!”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) We got what we deserved at a sold out Hampden on Tuesday night. Yes in the cold light of


8th September 2023

Andy’s Sting in the Tale (08/09/2023) “Kaye Adams – ‘The Elephant Huntress’? (Before and After the Westminster U Turn)”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball)   “I’m delighted some daft Westminster plans have hit the buffers, aka we’ve seen a U turn. This week’s


1st September 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (01/09/23) “That Was the Week That Was”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) Surprisingly there were only ever 37 episodes of the classic ‘60s satirical TV show with the same name as


25th August 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (25/08/23) “Leadership Conundrums”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) I was asked this week what the SFSA thoughts were on ways to celebrate the life of Craig Brown


18th August 2023

Andy’s Sting In The Tale (18/08/23) “When Lola and Daisy met Rosie”

(Photo:@Homesoffootball) I had the pleasure of meeting Scottish Football Royalty this week. Stewarton’s, and Scotland’s, very own Rose Reilly. She