Rob Smyth
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- Aug 17, 2026
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Pocognoli looks the part as Scotland’s new boss but a question remains: can he boogie? - AOL (opens the original)
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When Berti Vogts was unveiled as Scotland’s first foreign manager, back in 2002, he had a simple instruction. “When we are playing,” he said, “you can call me Berti McVogts!” Scotland fans preferred a slightly courser sobriquet when, six months later, Scotland went 2-0 down to the Faroe Islands before scrambling a 2-2 draw. Vogts left after two-and-a-half ultimately unsuccessful years, and since then Scotland have preferred homegrown managers. But it’s good to try everything twice, except maybe
Rangers and the paradox of a painful exit that boosts their trophy chances - AOL (opens the original)
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All new managers want to hit the ground running. But landing with a dull thud has never been a barrier to future glory, certainly not at Ibrox. Take Graeme Souness, whose start as Rangers’ player-manager put the ‘pish’ in ‘inauspicious’. On his league debut, away to Hibs, he was sent off in the first half after a revenge attack on the wrong mullet. Rangers lost 2-1 and were beaten in the third game as well. Graeme out! Rangers won the League Cup and finished the season as champions for the first
Gianni Infantino’s big World Cup sale and Fifa’s race to the bottom line - AOL (opens the original)
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We begin Football Daily’s 29 July 2026 edition with a trip back to 26 February 2016. Gianni Infantino has been elected as the new Fifa president on a promise to clean up a disgraced organisation. “A good day for football,” says the FA director, David Gill. “A good day for the sport,” concurs the American Fifa executive committee member, Sunil Gulati. “Who’s that bald loser on the news?” says an unnamed Republican candidate. Related: Uefa accuses Fifa of ‘enriching themselves and their friends’ o
Italy’s search for a manager turns into a shemozzle of epic proportions - AOL (opens the original)
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What’s the Italian for omnishambles? According to Google Translate, it’s disastro totale. According to most fans, it’s Azzurri. Italy are one of the OGs of world football, a team with which a young Football Daily was obsessed as it swanned around suburbia’s meanest streets in a shimmering Diadora shirt, and we still can’t believe they have become the comedy country of world football. Italy have failed to qualify for the last three men’s World Cups. Since winning it in 2006, the only team they’ve
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