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  • 12 Apr 2013
    Claiming back Scottish football for the people

    There are many important issues in public life right now, but for a large number of people in Scotland the future of football, the national game, is no small matter, says Simon Barrow. It is not just about sport, it is also about people, communities, hopes and dreams, culture and values. Put bluntly, who does (and who should) own a sport loved by hundreds of thousands? Whose interests are being served by the way it is presently being run?

  • 19 Oct 2012
    Fans' alternative plan for the future of Scottish football published

    A supporters' plan for the future of Scottish football has been launched by policy group FansFirst Scotland, as concerns over the national game continue.

  • 26 Aug 2012
    Football, politics and religion: beyond division

    The final Festival of Spirituality conversation and Civic Cafe, The Power of Youth and Football to heal a Divided City, proved extremely rewarding, writes Katie MacFadyen. The issue of dealing with sectarianism and bigotry is something that should involve all of us.

  • 25 Aug 2012
    Healing a divided city

    An important conversation takes place today (Saturday 25 August) on 'The Power of Youth and Football to Heal a Divided City', during Festival season in Edinburgh.

  • 6 Aug 2012
    Scottish football needs equality to survive, says new policy group

    FansFirst Scotland says that the inherited financial structure of Scottish football is based upon crippling over-dependence on one or two rich clubs.

  • 20 Jul 2012
    Kicking off a Scottish spring?

    Even those who have little interest in football have probably found themselves occasionally touched by morbid fascination about the dramatic fall from grace (or at least glory and power) of Rangers Football Club -- an iconic part of Glasgow's and Scotland's social history -- and the huge public reaction it has created.

  • 10 Jun 2012
    The Euros, Eurovision... and Pentecost?

    The nationalisms represented in the Eurovision Song Contest the European Football Championships and the Queen's Jubilee are of different shapes and levels of intensity, observes Graeme Smith, editor of the international journal Political Theology. What Christianity at its best offers is a vision of how we hold local commitments in a wider, plural context: because of Pentecost, in fact.

  • 24 Dec 2011
    Scottish Nativity play shows the Red Card to sectarianism

    Most nativity plays usually feature the local Sunday school, but this year a Church of Scotland minister and a Roman Catholic priest have enlisted the help of police officers, fire fighters, council leaders and even the Kilmarnock football team.

  • 14 Dec 2011
    Anti-sectarianism action needs joined-up strategy to work, says Kirk

    A senior Church of Scotland minister has called for a co-ordinated strategy by the Scottish Government and others to tackle sectarianism in Scotland.

  • 9 Nov 2011
    English FA criticised over Poppies as FIFA agrees compromise

    The English FA has been accused of "shamelessly exploiting" the Poppy appeal in its ongoing battle against international football body FIFA.