Don’t be too quick to gloat at the plight of Rangers | Kevin McKenna
If this once proud football club were to go to the wall, it would be a tragedy for all of us, including Celtic fansThose people who claim that we would all thrive after the death of Rangers FC are deluding themselves. They tend to fall into three categ...
Fred Goodwin’s evisceration is so predictable | Kevin McKenna
We Scots have a sorry tendency to turn on those whom we once happily cheered alongAmong those who have come to define Scotland's recent history, Ally MacLeod and Fred Goodwin do not at first appear to have much in common. One of them suffered from peri...
What do we know about football? Sweet SFA | Kevin McKenna
What is wrong with letting Scottish players turn out for Team GB at the Olympic Games?Another 10 months must elapse before the SNP annexes Perth for its national conference, but already the clock is ticking. Can party organisers persuade Jeremy Paxman ...
Inside the Divide: One City, Two Teams… The Old Firm by Richard Wilson – review
Kevin McKenna enjoys an insightful and wonderfully written account of the fierce rivalry between Glasgow's two football clubsI was 15 years old when, on 21 May 1979, I witnessed my first Celtic v Rangers match. My father, in common with other responsib...
Offensive? Our lawmakers’ decision to target Scottish football fans certainly is | Kevin McKenna
Scotland's commitment to the human rights of its citizens has been sadly diminished by this billThere are many reasons why I feel privileged to be Scottish. Nothing though, gives me more pride than the knowledge that few other nations hold the 1948 Dec...
That’s what we need. More panjandrums | Kevin McKenna
If politicians insist on appointing tsars to oversee every aspect of our lives then at least make them more relevant to our everyday existenceWhen, in 1917, the Russians decided they'd had too many tsars they organised a revolution. In Scotland, though...
Football: Why do people want to kill Neil Lennon?
For the past decade Celtic's bellicose manager has endured death threats and physical assaults. Sectarian prejudice could explain it, but some say he brings it upon himself. Kevin McKenna meets the most victimised man in footballIt is claimed that you ...
A truly shameful week for football | Kevin McKenna
We should bring on home-grown talent rather than relying on imported has-beensOn days of national mourning in Scotland, we have taken to turning to the back page of the Daily Record. Last Thursday's publication carried a picture of a tombstone: "Here l...
Alex Salmond shows the negligent side of nationalism | Kevin McKenna
The SNP leader would do well to focus on the real issues that are blighting the countryA chilling but ineluctable truth has been revealing itself in our nation's public life since the dawn of devolution. The tendrils of this shadow even now are curling...
Great Scot, what a bunch of true heroes | Kevin McKenna
Forget Who's Who, this is the definitive list of Scottish greats who really countAnother list of top Scottish people has been compiled and provides more evidence that some significant people in this country ought not to be allowed out on their own. Who...
Another own goal for football’s dummies | Kevin McKenna
The inept SFA would probably have relegated a Scottish Messi to the scrapheap because he was too smallThe opportunity next summer to observe Scottish footballers taking part in a serious international tournament was always going to be difficult to pass...
Paul McBride: Scotland can ill afford his loss | Kevin McKenna