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Why So Many World Cup Managers Are Under Pressure

Why So Many World Cup Managers Are Under Pressure

The World Cup is still at the round of 32 stage, yet the managerial carousel is already spinning. It took just one game before Tunisia fired their manager. And the national team coaches of Scotland,

Hounded out of the job

Hounded out of the job

Although they come from two different sports, it is difficult not to link the decisions of Steve Clarke and Ben Stokes to walk away from their respective jobs at the weekend. Different games, different pressures,

Do Scottish fans deserve better?

Do Scottish fans deserve better?

Scotland's latest World Cup campaign ended with a familiar feeling: hope extinguished before the knockout rounds. For many supporters, the disappointment was not simply about losing to stronger opponents. It was the sense that this

Tierney injury may scupper transfer plans

Tierney injury may scupper transfer plans

The injury that Kieran Tierney suffered playing for Scotland against Switzerland at the Euros could scupper any transfer plans that he and Arsenal had for him this summer. Tierney got turned in a challenge with

Greatest quotes on Darren Fletcher

Greatest quotes on Darren Fletcher

Currently a technical director with the club where he spent most of his playing days, Manchester United FC, Fletcher was a prominent member of the Red Devils as well as the Scotland national team during

They went to a match and never came back (Part Five)

They went to a match and never came back (Part Five)

Continuing the series that looks at those thankfully rare times in football history when fans went to a football match but never made it home afterwards. (For Part One click here; Part Two here; Part

They went to a match and never came back (Part One)

They went to a match and never came back (Part One)

Football is the world’s most popular sport, and, every week during a regular season, fans will go to matches in their millions the world over. Whilst it is normally a fun day out,  there  are

Portrait of an iconic manager – Jock Stein

Portrait of an iconic manager – Jock Stein

The likes of Manchester United and Liverpool would claim to be the biggest clubs on the British Isles, yet it was Celtic that became the first team from the island to become the champions of