When Saturday Comes

21. Letters, WSC 272: (Readers' letters); ... money bags, corruption of the name of the 1920s midfielder Tommy Magee, and the like) and was not challenged at the time of publication, in the main West Bromwich newspaper. Miles Gordon, Halesowen Dear ...; Created on 21 October 2009
22. Rude boys: (International football); ... believe the gesture was deliberate, but enough printed the photos for the fans to decide. Burley and SFA chief executive Gordon Smith, not convinced of the relevance of the pair’s antics, announced the ...; Created on 21 June 2009
23. Stoke City 1946-47: (As good as it got); ... Ground in 1961, aged 46, and helped the team back into the top flight. Manager Tony Waddington was building the next great Stoke City side with England internationals George Eastham and Gordon Banks among ...; Created on 21 May 2009
24. Letters, WSC 267: (Readers' letters); ... Bale, Fletcher, Davis, McFadden, Gordon etc would all have an excellent chance of becoming part of a GB football team and would increase the chances of a team from the UK winning either the European Championship ...; Created on 21 May 2009
25. Weekly Howl 15-05-09: (2009); ... was top scorer for Walter Smith's side followed by Gordon Durie and Ally McCoist. Other regulars included centre-back Richard Gough, Ukrainian midfielder Alexei Mikhailichenko and the ex-Everton duo ...; Created on 20 May 2009
26. Pyramid scheme: (Organisation & structure); ... a few days before the final meeting of the arbitration panel convened to rule on the 2006 proposal for a breakaway “SPL2”, the proposals took a low-key tone, with SFA chief executive Gordon Smith explaining: ...; Created on 21 February 2009
27. Scottish Division One 1974-75: (Season in brief); ... league, ie tenth in Division Three. Went on to greater things Gordon Strachan The current Celtic boss made his league debut for Dundee aged 18 in the final match of the season. He went on to win three ...; Created on 21 January 2009
28. Hurly Burley: (International football); Kris Boyd has walked away from George Burley’s Scotland set-up. Gordon Cairns asks why many have sided with the sulking player Former secretary of state for Scotland David Cairns seems an unlikely mentor ...; Created on 21 December 2008
29. Letters, WSC 261: (Readers' letters); ... Weekly Howl* about Man Utd’s Gordon Hill sharing this proclivity. In fact, I distinctly remember the United manager Dave Sexton commenting that he usually roomed with Hill on away trips because no one ...; Created on 21 November 2008
30. Letters, WSC 258: (Readers' letters); ... citizens” above the din of the public-address system. But I don’t see how having a few moments of yelled conversation between Ray Stubbs and either Gordon Strachan or Marcel Desailly has helped the Euro ...; Created on 21 August 2008
31. On the offensive: (Clubs); ... a “Big Jock Knew” banner. They further proved their “loyalty” to my club that day by abusing the SFA chief executive Gordon Smith, a man who scored against Jock Stein’s Celtic as Rangers lifted the 1977-78 ...; Created on 21 March 2008
32. Gorgeous George: (International football); ... kingmaker Gordon Smith a former Rangers player. There were few other serious contenders to succeed Alex McLeish. The shadow of Vogts is likely to leave the possibility of a further foreign coach impossible ...; Created on 21 March 2008
33. Careless Hands: (Players); ... error. Bill Buckner, a just-this-side-of-great baseball player, has for 21 years been defined by the fielding error that extended the Boston Red Sox’s interminable wait to win a World Series. Gordon Smith ...; Created on 17 January 2008
34. Confidence tricksters: (Euro 2008); ... the numbers of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond and, thrillingly, pop legend Lulu. Many have pointed to the solid foundations laid by Walter Smith before absconding to ...; Created on 14 November 2007
35. Boxing clever: (Governing bodies); Gordon Smith takes charge at the SFA, Neil Forsyth reports When the SFA announced their choice for a new chief executive in June, few expected to hear a name that would cause a flicker of recognition, ...; Created on 25 September 2007
36. Letters, WSC 244: (Readers' letters); ... 243), the boy to the left of Gordon Brown in the picture is actually wearing Nike Total 90 boots, which, unbelievably, are red on the outer face but white on the inner. (This two-colour technology must ...; Created on 14 June 2007
37. Off the Leish: (International football); ... of management for nearly three years when the SFA selected him above popular choice Gordon Strachan to replace the woeful Bertie Vogts in 2004. Vogts had been a brilliantly strange character, with a capacity ...; Created on 14 March 2007
38. November 2006: (Diary); ... reach the Champions League last 16 after a Shunsuke Nakamura free-kick beats Man Utd, for whom Louis Saha misses a last-minute penalty. Gordon Strachan is pinching himself: “There must be a rule that says ...; Created on 14 January 2007
39. Letters, WSC 236: (Readers' letters); ... Ninian Park. We were down on goal difference. Overwhelmed with despair, pride, shock and anger, I cried myself to sleep. Dad woke me to tell me what a hero Gordon Coleman had been. I spent the next decade ...; Created on 14 October 2006
40. March 2006: (Diary); ... criticise him publicly,” says Glenn Roeder. “But the mistakes have got to stop.” Celtic win the CIS Cup, beating Dunfermline 3‑0 at Hampden, Gordon Strachan’s first trophy. Hearts stay six points clear ...; Created on 14 May 2006

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