By Grant Jarvie “ The decision delivered at Muirfield is bad for golf, bad for sport, bad for Scotland and bad for those who would like Scotland to be truly egalitarian and just. “ The secretive… Continue Reading Muirfield, golf and the myth of Scottish egalitarianism
By Craig Sharp 400 years after the death of the bard many continue to reflect upon the use of the word sport in the works of William Shakespeare. http://www.gamesmuseum.uwaterloo.ca/Archives/Brewster/shake.html This small contribution continues such a tradition. “He…hath… Continue Reading Shakespeare on sport – 400 years on.
On the 26 April 2016, a 27 year struggle for truth by the families of of the 96 people who died at Hillsborough Stadium on the 15th of April 1989 heard the inquest into the… Continue Reading Football justice and community- a tribute and record
By Grant Jarvie Access to sport can alter life chances and advance educational achievement. Sport provides for both formal and informal education. The potential of sport to improve lives, help with the means to escape poverty… Continue Reading Sport, poverty and education
By Grant Jarvie Facts as at 28 February 2016 SUMMARY • FIFA still in a perilous position with on-going American and Swiss investigations into current and former officials. The extraordinary FIFA meeting in Zurich is an… Continue Reading Briefing on FIFA Presidency, 2016-2019 elections and reforms
By Hugh Dan MacLennan and Grant Jarvie One of Scotland’s oldest and most valuable cultural assets is to be showcased from October 2015, for six months, in the award winning Scottish Football Museum at Hampden Park,… Continue Reading Shinty and football bring the past into the present
