Monthly Archive: July 2007

Trust says “We’ll romp it!” 1

Trust says “We’ll romp it!”

With pre-season preparations complete – three wins (including one against SPL club Kilmarnock), a draw against Dundee United and a defeat on astroturf to Conference North side Southport, whose third goal was scored by one of the Rovers players they had borrowed for the match – the conversation while the...

Strange how a new job makes the minister change his mind 0

Strange how a new job makes the minister change his mind

The Guardian’s David Conn writes about the backbencher who campaigned for an independent regulator for football, but no longer sees the need for one now that he’s become Minister for Sport. Conn argues that the issues that so concerned Gerry Sutcliffe when he tabled his bill as a backbencher have...