It had been intended that Part 4 would have been the concluding part of this series, but it felt like the series needed a bit of a summary and conclusion.  To recap, the 'Stigma' series: Part 1  : Too Big to fail This part of the series dealt with the issues of risk in football.... Continue Reading →

The real problems were buried because it is better you don’t know. No one wants to admit that the Old Firm are plumb necessary for the business model Scottish football is following. That becoming 'too big to fail' in a micro-economy also encourages monumental risk taking without adequate protection.

The real problems were buried because it is better you don’t know. You are better off not knowing that failure to ensure financial sense throughout the league by all clubs led to a potential domino effect. That allowing those too big to be allowed to fail to take monumental risks that threatened all major clubs meant decisions now had to be made based on survival and not what is right. That for all the hatred Regan and Doncaster now receive for doing it, they really did do it to try and save the multitude and not ‘all in favour of one club’.

I'm fully aware that in writing this, I’m going to come off as a monumental killjoy to all Scottish football. So I hope it is worth it. The last couple of days have seen an explosion in interest in the goings on in the Scottish game. Rangers fans are up in arms about perceived injustices... Continue Reading →

Thought it was easier to set something out here than speaking with lots of different people about what today's story in The Times is really all about. Its already become a bit of a raging argument on Twitter between Rangers fans feeling upset about the course things followed and Celtic fans making light of it,... Continue Reading →

There is not a masonic conspiracy. There is not an unseen green hand. There is not bending to suit the Establishment club. This is about money and risk. I’ve disagreed with those that said only Rangers would have got the treatment they received in 2012. Celtic would too. The reason has nothing to do with team affiliations and everything to do with finance.