Took wee man along to Tynecastle today to cheer on the 'Well. Grabbed my face at one point in tears screaming "Why did you bring me here?!"

“When somebody sadly passes away, nobody’s going to say too much bad about them, but genuinely, Giorgi was a top-class player. Outstanding footballer."

Dundee icons pay tribute to Giorgi Nemsadze after the club legend's death at the age of just 54.

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🗣️"When our score came up on Soccer Saturday on Sky Sports, Tim Sherwood said, 'They must be playing Powerleague up there'."

Ross County have netted 81 goals in 22 games - I spoke to Brian Graham about how they have done it.

In @heraldscotland 👇

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✍️ "When Scotland struggle to hit the heights, and that has been more often than not of late, you can hear a pin drop."

The Hampden Roar? More like The Hampden Snore!

Could a Tartan Army ultras group boost Euro 2028 chances?

In @heraldscotland 🔗👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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"We went through hell, the club was soulless."

Unpaid wages, points deductions, a transfer embargo, and the threat of administration: Hamilton Accies circled the drain and somehow survived.

As things start to look up, @LiamBryce_ speaks to head coach Darian MacKinnon about what s next.

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💬 "I contacted both Celtic and Rangers at that time to say, you have to sign this guy.
"He was top class. I mean, absolute top class."

Former manager Jim Duffy and teammate Barry Smith on the genius that was the late Dundee legend Giorgi Nemsadze.

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“I think you'll see more clubs going down this route. We've seen it recently with a lot of American owners in Scotland trying to come here and take over and it's not always had the success that they hoped for. I think further down the line you're going to have these people thinking, ‘I've tried to have my fun, and it's not quite worked out, it's time to go’.

Ten years of fan ownership in Scotland - could Celtic and Rangers follow suit? || Graeme McGarry

"It will never work. The club doesn’t have a large enough supporter base. We’ll never be able to compete.

"Those who were at the vanguard as the concept of fan ownership was football have heard all of this, and many other doubts around the viability of the model, before. Ad nauseam. And yet, a decade on from Motherwell becoming the first majority fan-owned top-flight club in Scotland, the Fir Park outfit are thriving with the Well Society as their main shareholder, embedded more deeply than ever in their community, and coming off the back of one of their most successful Premiership campaigns in living memory.

"That success story is not unique to Motherwell, though. There are now four clubs in the Scottish Premiership showing that fan ownership is no limit to ambition, or to how competitive a side can be put out on the field of play.

"Were it not for the intervention of their supporters and the Foundation of Hearts back in 2013, as club legend and then manager Gary Locke has starkly outlined, there might not be a Hearts today at all. Now, the Tynecastle club are the largest fan-owned club in the country, while on the field, they came within minutes of winning the title last season.

"St Mirren, meanwhile, were the first fan-owned club in Britain to win a trophy when they picked up the League Cup last season, while Falkirk more than consolidated their back-to-back promotions to reach the top-flight by finishing in the top six last term.

"All of that is, in the view of Derek Watson, current Well Society chair, cause for celebration. And on Saturday evening in Glasgow, that is just what he and many others from all of those clubs will be doing." 👇

“It’ll never work.”

“They don’t have enough fans.”

As Motherwell prepare to mark 10 years of fan ownership, @Graeme_McGarry speaks to Well Society chair @derekwatson89 about the journey so far, and bringing fans from across the UK together at a special event this weekend.

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💬"We're not some rich guy's plaything. If it can work at Motherwell, St Mirren & Falkirk, can you imagine what it could do at Rangers or Celtic?"

Ahead of a celebration of fan ownership on Saturday, reflections on the last 10 years, and who may be next.

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🗣️ "Could Paramount+ get involved? Possibly. You might find they blow Sky out of the water just to make a bit of a splash."

Celtic v Rangers on Netflix? What the SPFL putting TV rights out to tender means for the Premiership.

In @heraldscotland 🔗👇📡

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What a player this guy was. Really sad news. 💙

Have you been as annoyed as me about the new rule that forces players off for 60 seconds if they need treatment, simply because they haven't had a bookable offence committed upon them? Then you might enjoy this rant/column...

The new 60 second rule for injured players is a well-meaning attempt to crack down on time wasting and play acting.

In practice, however, it’s daft, unjust, and maybe even a bit dangerous.

✍️ @Graeme_McGarry

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The SPFL have issued an Invitation to Tender for the live UK broadcast rights for William Hill Premiership matches from the 2029/30 season.

Could Scottish football supporters soon be watching Celtic v Rangers on Netflix?

In @heraldscotland 🔗👇

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Man City scandal tip of the iceberg as football erodes from the top || Stephen McGowan

"In Scotland people know how toxic the stench of scandal can be. Fourteen years have passed since Employee Benefits Trusts and side letters entered the national vocabulary and Rangers fell The bitter scars from those events still weep, angry and raw.

"Former Ibrox chairman Sir David Murray popped up on the podcast Graeme Souness Tackles the other week to rouse sleeping dogs from their slumber.

"Murray used his recent autobiography to appeal to Rangers supporters to remember him only for the good times. He was pushing the same line on the podcast, telling old mucker Souness that the Ibrox club were ‘targeted’ by an HMRC witch hunt.

“'It hurts me very badly,' said Murray. 'Okay, I’m remembered for the end, but I would like to think I’m remembered for Laudrup, Gascoigne and 35 trophies.'

"A bit like the captain of the Titanic asking people to remember him for a smooth push-off at Southampton, Murray knows better than anyone why HMRC used Rangers as a high-profile test case.

"EBT arrangements were used between 2001 and 2010 as a form of disguised remuneration to avoid tax and national insurance contributions on player earnings. In 2017 even he had to admit that EBTs and the non-disclosure of side letters to the SFA or the SPL gave Rangers the ‘opportunity to get players that we perhaps would not be able to afford”.

"While some still get misty eyed over Gazza and nine-in-a-row, then, plenty of Rangers fans blame the former owner for Craig Whyte, administration, Charles Green, Mike Ashley, liquidation, Sevco, Duff and Phelps and the recurring issues which led to just three trophies in 14 years. That’s David Murray’s legacy right there." 👇

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Why are some Aberdeen fans still unconvinced that Stephen Robinson is the right man for the Pittodrie club?

And what does the former Motherwell and St Mirren manager need to do to win supporters around?

Special report in @heraldscotland 🔗👇

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💬 "This is a daft, dangerous rule, and one that must be dispensed with immediately."

Players and teams are now being punished for picking up legitimate injuries. IFAB's 60 second rule is unjust, risks players refusing treatment, and should be binned.

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From Jens-Berthel Askou to Alfred Johansson, what has changed in the tactical approach at Motherwell?

@johnwalker_1986 offers insight and analysis on what the Steelmen are doing differently under their new manager this season.

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After a successful spell so far at Dinamo Bucharest, Romanian pundits have claimed 'snobbery' over the fact Danny Armstrong is yet to receive a Scotland cap.

The player himself wouldn't quite go that far, but as he tells @Graeme_McGarry, an international call-up very much theterrace.scot/scotland/26641…

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