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Tom English

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Tom English

@TEnglishSport

Chief Sports Writer and Broadcaster BBC Scotland. Author of The Grudge and No Borders. Co-author of When Lions Roared and This Is Your Everest.

Joined July 2010

Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Dec 21, 2021
SPFL should shut football down for a few weeks. An early winter break. Football with 500 fans is a misery. Press pause.
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
May 28, 2018
Neale Cooper in Fergie Rises: “He (Franz Beckenbauer) said I was possibly the closest he had seen to a player like himself at that age. That was quite a compliment. But I always say that it goes to show, even Franz Beckenbauer can talk some amount of shite.”
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Jan 24, 2021
Connor Goldson now has the same number of goals from play this season as Odsonne Edouard.
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Jun 16, 2019
Unashamed plug for my Syrian friend Muhanned Alwen who is rebuilding his life in Scotland and has set up his own bakery in Alloa - Alwen Cakes. The man is a genius
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Dec 16, 2020
No offence to Celtic and Rangers, but that semi-final line-up is absolutely tremendous for Scottish football
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Aug 29, 2021
Scotland’s my home now lads, if it’s all the same to you. Why don’t you clear off instead, eh?
Aamer Anwar✊🏾🏳️‍🌈#BlackLivesMatter
@AamerAnwar
Aug 29, 2021
Why is @PoliceScotland facilitating (again) a racist anti-Irish march, no kettling or arrests? If they replaced Irish with Pakistani/Muslim police would act, so why not now? Irish famine killed 1 million (Protestants too!) ended in 1852 it’s now 2021🙈 x.com/Ulysses1954/st…
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
May 16, 2021
Not a peep from Rangers about the disgrace of last night. Not a peep from the SPFL either. That’s absolutely outrageous.
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Oct 5, 2025
This can’t carry on. On a human level, it’s too much. Smuggled out in a car with police protection. Come on. Nobody deserves that. Rangers bosses need to bring an end to this. Duty of care issues, surely?
BBC Sport Scotland
@BBCSportScot
Oct 5, 2025
Russell Martin leaves the Falkirk Stadium separately after Rangers team bus is held up by fans. #BBCFootball
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Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Nov 26, 2022
An awfully difficult piece to write. Doddie Weir was a remarkable human being. Thinking about his family and friends tonight.
Doddie Weir: Obituary for iconic Scotland and British and Irish Lions lock
From bbc.co.uk
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Apr 14, 2022
Didn’t think I’d see a Scottish team in the semi-final of a major European competition again in my working life. Well done Rangers. Great job. Don’t @ me angry Twitter Celtic fans. This is a huge night for your rivals
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Feb 23, 2025
Acrobatic is one word. Illegal is another. Two more: Penalty Scotland
RugbyPass
@RugbyPass
Feb 22, 2025
Acrobatic Itoje 🤸 #Rugby #ENGvSCO
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Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Feb 2, 2022
Been a while since Celtic Park rocked like it did tonight. Wonderful performance by Ange Postecoglou’s side. Nine of the starting 11 were signed by him. A massive rebuild done in the relative blink of an eye. Quite something.
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
May 11, 2022
Honest to God, A party night for Ange Postecoglou and his terrific champions and yet a sizeable number of the visiting support are belting out the full IRA songbook. Is this their only way of expressing their Irish heritage? Pitiful
Tom English
@TEnglishSport
Nov 14, 2019
If I’m reading BDO’s documents correctly the revised tax bill stands at £68.3m. Correct me if I’m wrong. In those circumstances, blaming an HMRC ‘blunder’ for the implosion that wrecked Rangers could be considered, er, a bit of a reach.
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