Chris McLaughlin
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Will Scottish football finally agree on how to fix youth development? (opens the original)
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When things go wrong in Scottish football, there's a running joke among supporters about what comes next: Another think tank, another summit, another grand plan. For more than 15 years, Scottish football has been openly and publicly asking itself what it could be doing better. In particular, how it can produce more elite players and help the national team not just qualify for major tournaments, but compete at them. Now, the game is preparing for another attempt. All 42 SPFL clubs gathered in St
Players threatened, official headbutted and 72 red cards in week of youth football (opens the original)
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A youth football league has said behaviour at matches hit an "all-time low" in just one week when young players were threatened, an official was headbutted in front of children and police were called over possible hate speech. In an email to team managers seen by the BBC, the Central Scotland Football Association said it had accrued a "long list" of discipline issues "which have no place in grassroots football". This included an incident at a football festival where a team official headbutted an
Police watchdog calls for live facial recognition to tackle football disorder (opens the original)
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The head of the Scottish police watchdog is calling for the introduction of live facial recognition technology and drones to help combat football-related disorder. HM Chief Inspector of Constabulary in Scotland (HMICS) Craig Naylor has used the publication of his annual report to highlight the need for better use of technology to help fight crime. Naylor described recent football violence, like the disorder between Celtic and Rangers fans at Ibrox in March, as "a situation that cannot continue t
How Scottish FA used AI in selecting new Scotland boss Sebastien Pocognoli (opens the original)
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Around 20 people made it known to the Scottish FA that they wanted to be considered to replace Steve Clarke as Scotland's new head coach. Not because they weren't capable, but because the computer said no. The days of board members sifting through applicants and picking the best are long gone thanks to football analytics and AI. Computers don't choose coaches but they are playing a bigger part in the process than ever before. And so when Steve Clarke called time on his seven years in charge of S
Europa League exit leaves Rangers counting the financial cost (opens the original)
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At a recent Rangers shareholder meeting a fan took to his feet and delivered an eloquent but ominous warning to the new US owners of the club. "Be very careful - as much as we're loyal, if this rot continues, the atmosphere in the crowd will lead to people not turning up and buying what you're selling us." As the fan handed back the microphone and sat back down, his message was met with loud applause from around 800 of his fellow shareholders. The exchange took place four days before those same
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