top of page

For sale: where do Saints go from here…?

I suspect everyone reading this will agree with me that to say St Johnstone fans owe Geoff Brown owe an incalculable debt is a monumental...

Fans help needed for next Saints' book

This new project sees Brian Doyle and me turning our attention to St Johnstone’s Greatest Games over the past 137 years. We have already...

VAR interview - live on Black Diamond FM

Tonight, with the introduction of VAR to Scottish football only a few days away, I was invited onto the popular Midlothian community...

When IFAB made it legal to dribble from a corner...

"The 1924 change to the corner kick law also brought about a huge controversy that, for a few days, took up many column inches in the...

The real tragedy of St Johnstone's last two seasons

One the (few) advantages of being one of the club's historians is that you get to speak to people in power, both inside and outside the...

VAR needs to learn from rugby (before it's too late)

Today, it's reported that Eddie Jones, the English rugby union team head coach, believes that his sport's version of VAR, that is the TMO...

Which referee is this?

This is another excerpt from my new book, "Stop the Game, we are going to arrest the goalkeeper!" - available on Amazon. The first 100...

Will robots replace linesmen?

With the announcement today that the World Cup will see the use of technology to help with offside decisions, some people think this may...

It's time to call an end to 1884

If you were one of the small band of fans who attended the session on Saints' history at Perth Theatre a few weeks ago, you'll have heard...

Where do we go from here?

It has been said and written ad nauseam that no-one in their wildest dreams expected St Johnstone to win two trophies and qualify for...

Let's kill football - and sack some refs

Mark Clattenburg says, "The laws of the game are old and they are not compatible with technology. We need to change the laws for VAR....

Ayrshire Bacon

No, this is not another doom and gloom Covid-19 article. We've had more than enough of those in the last nine months. However, the BBC...

Do job-boards' app clicks measure up?

I ask this question in all sincerity, because the subject came up in conversation recently. It promoted me to dig out a survey I did in...

Go placidly amid the …

How are you getting on with this? If it makes you feel any better, here’s an extract from an email from a friend who lives in Milan with...

Help us find more about these Saints players

As you may have seen on social media and on the club's official website, my good friend and co-author of St Johnstone books, Brian Doyle...

The A71 and the Polis state, 2022

Like many people, I was somewhat perturbed to see the photos, taken from drones, of people exercising in the fresh air, nowhere near any...

1
2
bottom of page