Willie Kirk: Man Utd legends Busby & Ferguson inspire Scots in women’s team
Kerr’s side need a two-goal win over group leaders Switzerland next Thursday, 30 August, in Paisley, followed by victory in Albania five days later, to secure an automatic place at the finals in France next summer. “The women’s team are on the cusp of something special, being one or two games away hopefully from a […]
Lionesses from 1971 hopeful for World Cup success
BBC Two former Lionesses – Chris Lockwood (left) and Gill Sayell – have been speaking to the Girls Do Sweat podcast Two ex-players who represented England in the 1971 women’s World Cup have voiced their support for the Lionesses. Chris Lockwood, from Silsoe, Bedfordshire, and Gill Sayell, from Milton Keynes, played in front of 90,000 […]
The Hundred: Scotland’s Kathryn Bryce aims to learn from team-mates
“It will be brilliant to benefit from their knowledge; that’s a big part of it,” said Bryce of her high-profile team-mates. “Because it’s such a short competition, you try and learn as much as possible and ask as much as possible. They have experience from all around the world and it’s great to have them […]
Rosie Hughes: The Wrexham striker unlocking defences and locking prison cell doors
“It started getting spoken about, and once something is spoken about in prison it’s exciting, it is something new to talk about. “Prisoners would come up to me and ask ‘do you play for Wrexham?’ and I couldn’t hide it in the end.” Wrexham Women FC’s success has been very difficult to hide in recent […]
2019 Women’s World Cup qualifying: Wales will ‘get in Russia’s faces’ – Jayne Ludlow
Ludlow, though, said she would not be looking to alter Wales’ set-up even if their unbeaten run – during which they are yet to concede a goal – has earned them a new-found respect. “You’re talking about a national team that could name five squads,” Ludlow said of Neville’s England, who Wales held to a […]
Will Gompertz reviews this year’s line-up ★★☆☆☆
BBC “‘Twas the festive season to be jolly.” Now “’tis the awards season to be angry”. This year’s Bafta and Oscar nominations have annoyed a lot people for featuring, as they do, a line-up in the main categories (Best Film, Director, Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress and Actor) that has been seen by some to be […]
‘Lost’ film predicting rise of Nazism returns to screen
The silent film shows Jewish characters being abused in the street and forced from their homes. Credit: Filmarchiv Austria A silent film from 1924 predicting the rise of Nazism was found in a Paris flea market in 2015 after being lost for decades. Thanks to a huge fundraising campaign, it has now been restored and […]
Scottish Gossip: Celtic, Rangers, Hibs, Hearts, Aberdeen, Darvel
South Korea manager Jurgen Klinsmann says Celtic striker Oh Hyeon-gyu is in the perfect environment to take his career and play to the next level. (Daily Record), external Kris Commons predicts his old club Celtic will “hit double figures” against a league opponent under Ange Postecoglou one day as they head for a record points […]
Scotland: Who could replace Shelley Kerr as manager?
Should the SFA wish to promote from within, the Scotland Women under-19 manager has been in her current role for three years and previously coached the u17s. Hamill played 141 times for Scotland herself as well as north and south of the border and also Iceland. She was in charge of the Scotland team when […]
Story of ski-jumping inventor who escaped the Nazis
Tina Ramujkic “The inventor must have a calm head, he must always observe everything,” Florjancic said He was at various times an Olympic athlete, film actor, author, and friend of the rich and famous. But throughout his extraordinary life he had one chief passion: the everyday. Florjancic was fixated on inventing ways to make life […]