Alan Greenwood
@alangreenwood.bsky.social
Recovering journalist, rugby tragic, canny goer. Ex-editor, scotsman.com. Co-author, Great Expeditions and Adventures For A Lifetime.
Just checking everyone got last night's memo about coming down the road next June?
Okay, good.
Okay, good.
November 19, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Just checking everyone got last night's memo about coming down the road next June?
Okay, good.
Okay, good.
Toonie’s done good things for Glasgow and Scotland but how many times we can lose games in exactly the same way before wondering if maybe we need to change if we want different outcomes?
November 8, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Toonie’s done good things for Glasgow and Scotland but how many times we can lose games in exactly the same way before wondering if maybe we need to change if we want different outcomes?
Gotta love the All Blacks in the run up to a Murrayfield test. Every time they come here a camp insider gives Scotland the big ‘un, showers praise like confetti, and generally gives the impression the ABs will have their work cut out to keep it under 50.
They’ve never lost here.
They’ve never lost here.
November 5, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Gotta love the All Blacks in the run up to a Murrayfield test. Every time they come here a camp insider gives Scotland the big ‘un, showers praise like confetti, and generally gives the impression the ABs will have their work cut out to keep it under 50.
They’ve never lost here.
They’ve never lost here.
Restructuring the pro game in Wales must be incredibly difficult but it’s hard to imagine a crueller way of doing it than what the Welsh union seems to be proposing.
October 25, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Restructuring the pro game in Wales must be incredibly difficult but it’s hard to imagine a crueller way of doing it than what the Welsh union seems to be proposing.
Good win for Glasgow vs Bulls but genuinely could’ve gone either way. Warriors back row looked very sharp indeed - GTownsend will be thrilled to see Dempsey fit and firing again. #URC
October 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Good win for Glasgow vs Bulls but genuinely could’ve gone either way. Warriors back row looked very sharp indeed - GTownsend will be thrilled to see Dempsey fit and firing again. #URC
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Absolutely refuse to believe this wasn't deliberate
Quite an unfortunate place to drift off into an ellipsis.
October 23, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Absolutely refuse to believe this wasn't deliberate
Of all the things I want to happen I want this to happen the most
October 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Of all the things I want to happen I want this to happen the most
Never see Gregor Hiddleston and Bob MacIntyre in the same place at the same time, do you?
October 14, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Never see Gregor Hiddleston and Bob MacIntyre in the same place at the same time, do you?
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IF YES, PLEASE EXPLAIN
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
IF YES, PLEASE EXPLAIN
At least Finn Russell will have options when he hangs his boots up, then.
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 AM
At least Finn Russell will have options when he hangs his boots up, then.
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I did the Brighton to Eastbourne coastal walk and took some photos along the way. Like of this gate, which doesn't ask you how good you are at your job.
October 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I did the Brighton to Eastbourne coastal walk and took some photos along the way. Like of this gate, which doesn't ask you how good you are at your job.
This article sets out the Townsend problem in a nutshell. Ben White is reportedly one of the players Falcons are tracking. It also says Edinburgh are interested in signing him.
If White asks Toonie for advice, who is he speaking to? Newcastle’s consultant or Scotland’s head coach?
If White asks Toonie for advice, who is he speaking to? Newcastle’s consultant or Scotland’s head coach?
October 7, 2025 at 8:54 PM
This article sets out the Townsend problem in a nutshell. Ben White is reportedly one of the players Falcons are tracking. It also says Edinburgh are interested in signing him.
If White asks Toonie for advice, who is he speaking to? Newcastle’s consultant or Scotland’s head coach?
If White asks Toonie for advice, who is he speaking to? Newcastle’s consultant or Scotland’s head coach?
Another BKT URC championship is about to kick off and I still haven't the remotest clue who BKT are or what they do. Googled "BKT" and it could be be an Indian tyre company or Albania's oldest bank.
Whoever it is, thanks and good on ya #BKTURC2026
Whoever it is, thanks and good on ya #BKTURC2026
September 25, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Another BKT URC championship is about to kick off and I still haven't the remotest clue who BKT are or what they do. Googled "BKT" and it could be be an Indian tyre company or Albania's oldest bank.
Whoever it is, thanks and good on ya #BKTURC2026
Whoever it is, thanks and good on ya #BKTURC2026
Imagine how big a superstar Andrew Cotter would be if the BBC still showed big sports all the time. He's brilliant
September 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Imagine how big a superstar Andrew Cotter would be if the BBC still showed big sports all the time. He's brilliant
This is great. Golf Digest relives Steve’s loss to Tom Lehman in the 1995 Ryder Cup singles - the most heroic beating a golfer ever took: www.golfdigest.com/story/the-ry...
The Ryder Cup that Seve Ballesteros won by losing
Across all those heroic seasons, the greatest match Seve Ballesteros ever won was a singles match he lost 30 years ago.
www.golfdigest.com
September 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
This is great. Golf Digest relives Steve’s loss to Tom Lehman in the 1995 Ryder Cup singles - the most heroic beating a golfer ever took: www.golfdigest.com/story/the-ry...
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oh god I do actually really really really want to watch this, oh no
September 20, 2025 at 9:17 AM
oh god I do actually really really really want to watch this, oh no
Watching #Coldwater and wondering if we’ll ever get a TV drama where a family from a Scottish rural idyll moves to Coventry or Reading or Croydon or somewhere and gets into all sorts of scrapes with the colourful locals.
September 17, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Watching #Coldwater and wondering if we’ll ever get a TV drama where a family from a Scottish rural idyll moves to Coventry or Reading or Croydon or somewhere and gets into all sorts of scrapes with the colourful locals.
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I always remember when Anne Robinson tried to do her school ma’am act on Ricky Hatton on Celebrity Weakest Link.
AR: “Ricky - you were the weakest link in that round. Why do you think that is?”
RH: “Probably because I get punched in the head for a living, Anne.”
AR: “Ricky - you were the weakest link in that round. Why do you think that is?”
RH: “Probably because I get punched in the head for a living, Anne.”
September 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I always remember when Anne Robinson tried to do her school ma’am act on Ricky Hatton on Celebrity Weakest Link.
AR: “Ricky - you were the weakest link in that round. Why do you think that is?”
RH: “Probably because I get punched in the head for a living, Anne.”
AR: “Ricky - you were the weakest link in that round. Why do you think that is?”
RH: “Probably because I get punched in the head for a living, Anne.”
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Superb team effort there to get a try at the end, only the third England have conceded. Let's be honest, that's 18 points less than the average margin of victory which is just the sort of straw we at the Scottish Rugby Blog and @scotrugbypod.bsky.social love...
September 14, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Superb team effort there to get a try at the end, only the third England have conceded. Let's be honest, that's 18 points less than the average margin of victory which is just the sort of straw we at the Scottish Rugby Blog and @scotrugbypod.bsky.social love...
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Yes, Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden’s execution. But he called for it in the right way.
September 14, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Yes, Charlie Kirk called for Joe Biden’s execution. But he called for it in the right way.
Weirdest story of the day. A Tesco in London keeps being ram-raided but nothing is stolen - someone seems to be doing it purely for the love of the game
Who keeps crashing cars at speed into the front of a specific Tesco Express in east London? It’s happened four times in the last three weeks. It looks like a robbery - but London Centric has learned nothing is stolen and it appears to be the same driver. www.londoncentric.media/p/tesco-expr...
The mysterious Tesco Express car attacker
Someone really wants to destroy a supermarket in Stratford, to the exasperation of low-paid supermarket staff who are having to pick up the pieces.
www.londoncentric.media
September 14, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Weirdest story of the day. A Tesco in London keeps being ram-raided but nothing is stolen - someone seems to be doing it purely for the love of the game
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Some conservatives are saying that Kilmeade’s “Just kill them” comment is less horrifying when you see it in context.
So here’s a longer clip, where you hear almost 4 minutes of Fox couch banter before he says it.
And, uh, it’s not much better. At all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPa...
So here’s a longer clip, where you hear almost 4 minutes of Fox couch banter before he says it.
And, uh, it’s not much better. At all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPa...
Kilmeade talking about Decarlos Brown
YouTube video by Chuck Ross
www.youtube.com
September 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Some conservatives are saying that Kilmeade’s “Just kill them” comment is less horrifying when you see it in context.
So here’s a longer clip, where you hear almost 4 minutes of Fox couch banter before he says it.
And, uh, it’s not much better. At all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPa...
So here’s a longer clip, where you hear almost 4 minutes of Fox couch banter before he says it.
And, uh, it’s not much better. At all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSPa...
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They must be able to criticise Tommy Robinson fascism or we're completely lost. This isn't even Farage we're talking about here. Goddamn them for even needing to hear that.
THIS is the line? www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Scale of ‘Unite the Kingdom’ march shows free speech ‘alive and well’ in UK, says minister – UK politics live
Peter Kyle said he was not ‘disturbed’ by huge Tommy Robinson-organised far-right protest but condemns violence against the police
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 9:54 AM
They must be able to criticise Tommy Robinson fascism or we're completely lost. This isn't even Farage we're talking about here. Goddamn them for even needing to hear that.
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you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do
August 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
you rarely encounter a perfect intro..........but when you do