Anyone whose had to spend much time in the company of Scottish football journalists and members of the Scottish Parliament could only hope that a “charity” football match between the two groups could end in serious injury, fiasco and with both sides losing. In that last sense, then, it’s just like the Iran-Iraq war. Happily, in a story I missed earlier this week, this seems to have been the case. More or less.
A football match between politicians and journalists was called off after tempers boiled over, it has emerged.
The match was stopped after 55 minutes following a number of contentious challenges between the MSPs and the sports journalists they were facing.
BBC Scotland broadcaster Chick Young was taken out of the game by what he called an “evil” tackle, after which the MSP John Park was sent off.
The match was stopped after 55 minutes following a number of contentious challenges between the MSPs and the sports journalists they were facing.
BBC Scotland broadcaster Chick Young was taken out of the game by what he called an “evil” tackle, after which the MSP John Park was sent off.
John Park, sir, along with the rest of a grateful nation, I salute you.
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