Flights of Nancy By Donald C Stewart

Date: 10th January 2026

Flights of Nancy

By Donald C Stewart

A sketchy and humorous look at the outpourings of the great, the good and the not so good of Scottish fitba’ by Donald C Stewart. Readers are warned that if they take this seriously then therapy is available – just let us know where you find it so we can pass it on to others…

Conspiracies theories have abounded that the appointment of Wilfried Nancy was a subtle trick by the Scottish Football Association to make this year’s Premiership more exciting.

Such rumours have been dismissed by anybody who has more than two brain cells to rub together.

However, there are not many with that number of brain cells currently on the Celtic board at the moment.

Momentarily Nancy’s record, which is as bad as Aga Do’s, was apparently designed to to revolutionise not only Scottish football but also Glasgow Celtic, has been chipped in the bin along with his tactics’ boards.

Having come in for eight games, ironically the same number of games as his predecessor, who has returned, the sainted Martin of O’Neill, they had distinctly very different results – St. Martin seems to be ble to last that moment longer.

The last straw upon any camel’s back was going to be a loss to The Rangers at New Year. Any Celtic boss, or indeed any Rangers one, that lose as he did, becomes back page fodder things because things look bad, because they are bad – and for longer than a moment.

Nancy has flitted off somewhere, goodness knows where, perhaps off to France, or he may be hanging about Columbus crew who might have a moment of weakness and have him back,

The tenure of Wilfried Nancy, in the meantime, has been anointed in Paradise as the pure worst in the whole of the hoops’ history. No less than Sir Rod of the Stewart and expert draw picking Tik Toked to celebrate, that the moment of madness had now gone.

Students of the game have pointed out that Nancy’s downfall came the moment he took a winning formula and ditched it, turning a successful formation into his favoured 3-4-3: most of which his players seem to be unaware of how to work it.

In fact, there were so many, including Kieran Tierney and Callum McGregor, called to the side of the pitch to have it explained again, moment after moment that, at one point, medics were on standby. Headaches were frequent and the coaching staff seemed unable to translate theoretically whilst players were lost in the practical translation at any moment in the 90 minutes they had on the pitch.

There was no truth in the rumour that medics were placed on standby with oxygen for any Celtic player who giddily crossed the halfway line.

After his sole win, Nancy declared he was happy for the players, happy for the fans, happy for the club, happy for the board. It might have been the right moment to clap his hands, stamp his feet and just be glad all over…

After the Derby defeat, medics of a different kind were called for by some as Nancy went on a flight of fancy claiming it was not about tactics or the manager or the player but moments.

The only moment that mattered to the faithful was the moment a P and a 4 and a 5 were delivered to the man who was never present in the right moment at the right time.

And so as the Sainted Martin of O’Neill returns, will that herald a return of magic moments which he can provide far more readily than yesterday’s man of few moments.

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