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<\/p>\nFirst of all, without a hint of irony, lets congratulate Keith Jackson on winning Sportswriter of the Year again, beating off stiff competition from Matt Lindsay, Bill Leckie and Richard Wilson.<\/p>\n
Winning \u00a0the award must come as a relief to Jackson. imagine how you’d feel if you lost to one of the above.<\/p>\n
We cannot comment further on his celebrations, as we hear it allegedly involved standing outside a former editor and broadcasters house and shouting” \u00a0Up yours Fatty ” over and over again.<\/p>\n
Which disturbed the occupant while he was trying to improve his own journalistic abilities<\/p>\n
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In the Record today, Jackson \u00a0has a pop at Stewart Regan, the current head of the SFA, and accuses him of incompetence.<\/p>\n
Its what they do at the SFA.<\/p>\n
Its why they have a priority account at Carpets R Us. They are forever needing a bigger one.<\/p>\n
Following the decision to dismiss Josh Meekings handball, as the player said it wasn’t deliberate, Jackson has a go at Regan and touches on what is wrong with Scottish football.<\/p>\n
Meekings is now free to play in the cup final, but no-one is asking how the six officials missed the incident.<\/p>\n
Despite video evidence that one of them commented on it at the time.<\/p>\n
Debate rages as to what alan muir actually said, so I asked my mother in law, who is deaf and relies on lip reading skills for day to day conversation to view the footage.<\/p>\n
I didn’t tell her anything about it, just asked her what was being said.<\/p>\n
She said it was “bad language ”<\/p>\n
Was Muir saying “Fuck, its a pen. ” over and over ?<\/p>\n
Or was it just the one word, over and over ?<\/p>\n
She seems to think so.<\/p>\n
With the passing of Rangers, the older supporter might have thought that all of these “honest mistakes” -a phrase wheeled out again yesterday, were in the past.<\/p>\n
Sadly , it seems the hatred of Celtic is greater than the love of Rangers, and the only revenge we can truly hope for is to win ten in a row.<\/p>\n
And then we can look back on all of this, and laugh.<\/p>\n
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Now is not the time to shrug shoulders and say all\u2019s well that ends well. Rather, this seems an ideal moment to pose some serious questions about why Meekings was placed in such a position in the first instance.<\/em><\/p>\n And to ask again, what exactly does this man Regan think he\u2019s doing to our game? \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n So, er, pose them.<\/p>\n It\u2019s almost as if we\u2019ve grown so used to having Scottish football glibly dismissed as a laughing stock that it barely even registers these days, far less offends.<\/em><\/p>\n But at some point there must surely come a time when enough is enough. When the likes of Regan have exposed us all to ridicule once too often?<\/em><\/p>\n I mean, seriously, what on earth has been going through the head of the chief executive over these past few days as the reputation of our game has been booted around from pillar to post? Just once, did he ever stop to think the very organisation over which he presides \u2013 the one that is supposed to protect our national sport and nurture it \u2013 was responsible for humiliating it on a worldwide stage?<\/em><\/p>\n And don\u2019t think no one else stopped to notice because the back page of yesterday\u2019s Record made it perfectly clear what the rest of planet football made of this latest self-inflicted farce.<\/em><\/p>\n You know you\u2019re in trouble when a man from FIFA calls your actions ludicrous. But that\u2019s exactly what happened in this instance and for that reason alone Regan ought to feel ashamed of himself. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n The MSM going after the SFA ?<\/p>\n It’ll never catch on.<\/p>\n Meekings is now free to play in the cup final, but no-one is asking how the six officials missed the incident.<\/p>\n Despite video evidence that one of them commented on it at the time.<\/p>\n Debate rages as to what alan muir actually said, so I asked my mother in law, who is deaf and relies on lip reading skills for day to day conversation to view the footage.<\/p>\n I didn’t tell her anything about it, just asked her what was being said.<\/p>\n She said it was “bad language ”<\/p>\n Was Muir saying “Fuck, its a pen. ” over and over ?<\/p>\n Or was it just the one word, over and over ?<\/p>\n She seems to think so.<\/p>\n With the passing of Rangers, the older supporter might have thought that all of these “honest mistakes” -a phrase wheeled out again yesterday, were in the past.<\/p>\n Sadly , it seems the hatred of Celtic is greater than the love of Rangers, and the only revenge we can truly hope for is to win ten in a row.<\/p>\n And then we can look back on all of this, and laugh.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jackson has previous for sticking his neck out , he’s had a go at Regan in the past.<\/p>\n So surely Regan will hit back ?<\/p>\n Well, not exactly.<\/p>\n He refuses to talk to the man.<\/p>\n Regan, aged five, threw his toys out of the pram the last time he was publicly criticised, and if you want a laugh, ring the SFA and say you are Keith Jackson and would like to talk to Stewart Regan.<\/p>\n All you hear is the sound of hurried footsteps, a voice saying “give me that bloody thing ” \u00a0and the phone being slammed back onto the receiver.<\/p>\n I’ll try it now.<\/p>\n “Hello, Stewart Regan please, ”<\/p>\n ” Just a moment, he’s outside with Neil Doncaster. Who is calling ? ”<\/p>\n ” It’s Keith Jackson of the Record”<\/p>\n Finally, a member of the MSM is getting to those who are destroying our game.<\/p>\n If he were to turn the screw a litttle more, then we might just see the change we need.<\/p>\n I’ve got some tools in the garage if he needs a hand.<\/p>\n Jackson has a point. The SFA , and Regan are not fit for purpose.<\/p>\n Hopefully others will jump on the bandwagon.<\/p>\n Incidentally, things are changing at the Record. Note the lamb at the top of their twitter homepage, as they acknowledge their reputation..<\/p>\n Bob Dylan said once that the Times They Are A Changin.<\/p>\n Who knows, maybe they actually are.<\/p>\n Yesterdays caption competition saw a few excellent replies, but the answer was given to us by a bairn…<\/p>\n today, we have a blast from the past. 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