The times they should be changing

It’s a curious thing. Every time I think about football I think of something do to with writing. Whether this is natural phenomena or a conditioned response, I gonna blame my PhD. I’ve just written a new football blog post… you can look at it here.

It’s a fairly blunt evaluation of some of the good and bad in Scottish football, a game which allows itself to be dominated by old school ties and protestantism. I know, it makes me think of 1920s Blighty and Tom Brown stories too. The post also, belatedly, celebrates the Scots winning the Homeless World Cup again, but its mostly about the differences between the perceived picture and the real picture of the game.

The link between here and there is in where we see the future of writing. Bibliophiles, libraries and many small publishing houses fear for the book. I’ve met at least one bookshop owner (who didn’t work for the Redgroup) terrified for their enterprise’s longevity. Yet the rest of the industry is picking up its game and moving on. I realised the arguments in each case underline and reinforce each other. Things are not as bad as we fear; they are actually exciting. The writing community are extremely comfortable with new technology. I hope the chiefs of Scottish football organisations and clubs (with a few exceptions) are able to do the same.

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