Stephen Mcgowan

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Stephen Mcgowan

Calvin Ford wants Livingston to adopt the Detroit mentality (Image: SNS) In the tunnel of the Ford Field Domed Stadium, home to the Detroit Lions, NFL opponents come face to face with the odds stacked in the home team’s favour. They’re not just going head to head with a franchise; they’re taking on a city. ‘Detroit vs Everybody’ is more than a slogan on a billboard. More than a mural painted on the wall of a locker room to psyche out nervous quarter-backs.

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Stephen Mcgowan

This season feels never ending. Every time you think the campaign has finally croaked its last it springs back to life, eyes wide open like a zombie from Shaun of the Dead. When Portugal won the Nations League final it felt like a natural full stop. Now here we are in the middle of June watching Bayern Munich smacking amateur teams from New Zealand around the chops as part of a farcical month-long, 32-team tournament no one asked for.

1 week ago | heraldscotland.com | Stephen Mcgowan

Signed from Toyo University in 2021 six foot tall Inamura secured a J-League Cup runners-up medal last season, but currently finds himself locked in a relegation struggle in Niigata. Celtic are no strangers to the Japanese market, signing the likes of Daizen Maeda, Kyogo Furuhashi, Reo Hatate, Tomoki Iwata and Yuki Kobayashi in the past. The summer transfer window opens this morning with the Parkhead club keen to move quickly to secure more new players.

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Stephen Mcgowan

And, as administrators for Dumbarton prepare to dissolve one of Scotland’s oldest clubs and start again as a newco, years of mismanagement of the League Two club have reinforced the conviction of the local MSP that football clubs should be offered some form of protection from rapacious owners. Whether they want it or not. “My experience with Dumbarton Football Club strengthens the case for an independent football regulator.

2 weeks ago | heraldscotland.com | Stephen Mcgowan

Adam Webb. (Image: Ewan Bootman - SNS Group) OVER a 40 minute Zoom call from Atlanta Adam Webb’s energy and enthusiasm for the job of rebuilding St Johnstone is reassuring.   In September, weeks after he purchased the club, the 54-year-old temporarily stepped back from the chair to undergo invasive treatment for cancer of the neck and the head.