10 principles the SPFL can borrow from Professional Wrestling to make Scottish Football Great Again ™️:
Money in the Bank
3rd in the Premiership are given the option of guaranteed Europe, or a one off shot against Celtic or Rangers (In Glasgow) for the Scottish Premiership title.
Should they take it, their European place will be given to the winner of the Challenge Cup.
Sep 18, 2020 • 20 tweets • 9 min read
Weird and wonderful things to happen to Greenock Morton FC.
A thread.
St Mirren ending up in trouble with Inverclyde council after unveiling Greenock-based board game, ‘Scumopoly’
Sep 8, 2020 • 22 tweets • 10 min read
The next time you hear “He’ll score for fun up there” about an SPFL signing target, send them this thread.
Players that cut it in England, but not Scotland.
Joey Barton - Rangers
Burnley’s POTY talked for months about how he was levels above anyone in Scotland (particularly Scott Brown) and would boss things.
5 starts - Nutmegged by a Hamilton player, snapped by Greg Taylor and bodied back to the Premier League by Brown.
Aug 31, 2020 • 20 tweets • 9 min read
Happy Ray McKinnon day! Here’s the story of a modern day Greenock Morton legend.
McKinnon replaced Jim Duffy in May of 2018, talking up the club’s potential to the press and how he believed he was the man to bring Premiership football back to Greenock.
First order of business? Release fans favourite Andy Murdoch for literally no reason. Prick.
Jul 29, 2020 • 25 tweets • 8 min read
With Sky’s new deal with the SPFL starting this week. I thought I’d look at some er, highlights, from over the years. Enjoy!
Managing to translate an interview with Alfredo Morelos wrong. Causing an absolute shitstorm and getting them kicked out of Parkhead.
Still, no explanation has been given.
Jul 20, 2020 • 16 tweets • 5 min read
Wee thread on why comparing Scottish Football with the Premier League is daft, and how we're actually doing not bad against similar ones.
Until the formation of the Premier League, Scottish & English clubs had met 26 times in UEFA competitions, with the English sides winning just 9 times.
(They had their ban in the 80s of course, so managed to avoid certain bodyings off the likes of Dundee United & Aberdeen)
Jul 9, 2020 • 25 tweets • 9 min read
I got bored, so here's the story of one of the worst teams ever assembled in the history of Scottish Football.
After bottling the title and promotion to the Premiership in spectacular fashion the season before, the budget was cut. Morton were still expected to be in and around those battling for the league though.