Chief Football Writer, The Herald https://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtt2pctte22e🗣️"Scotland has a lot of refugees now. But for me there is a missing link - spotting these kids." Scotland's leading football clubs have been urged to strengthen their school ties - and tap into a wealth of refugee talent. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26488561.scotlands-top-clubs-lag-behind-integrating-refugee-talent/?ref=li24 Aug 2026 10:08 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtt2pctte22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtqbmjl3o22w🗣️"What's the point in training to dominate and win against, say, Spain if you think you're going to lose the moment you walk on the pitch?" How ex-Celt Brian McLaughlin helped to end Scottish football's "inferiority complex". In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26486565.brian-mclaughlin-helped-end-scottish-games-inferiority-complex/?ref=li23 Aug 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqbmjl3o22whttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtnynbkcls2n😮 Shock appointment 🚑 Injury crisis ⛏️ Pogba problems 🚼 Youth policy 💥 PSG slayed (twice) ⛱️ Life of luxury ⚽️ Political football Inside new Scotland manager's "miracle" Monaco reign - and the real reason he got sacked. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26486519.inside-story-new-scotland-managers-miracle-monaco-reign/?ref=li22 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtnynbkcls2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtmejdroec2g🗣️"He's not the kind of bloke who sits down with a couple of cans of Tennent’s to watch the big game." John Swinney is under fire for his £98,000 World Cup "jolly" - but he should consider giving Scottish football more money. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26486412.98-000-world-cup-jolly-cash-scottish-football/?ref=li21 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtmejdroec2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtesfzdbus2s🗣️"We would have loved one. The fact that we don't have an obvious one is a problem and something we need to look at." Ian Maxwell wants the SFA to rear more Scottish coaches but reckons Pocoball will get fans on their feet. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26475393.ian-maxwell-sfa-problem-scotland-will-play-pocognoli/?ref=li18 Aug 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtesfzdbus2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtdnxmkrdc2u☎️ Andy Robertson talks 🐺 Days as a "young wolf" 😮 Foreign manager fears 📋 Style of play 🧠 Passion vs analysis 🤔 Monaco spell 🙏 Robbie Ure hopes 🤝 Backroom team I spoke to new Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26472445.new-scotland-manager-big-fear-robbie-ure-young-wolf-days/?ref=li18 Aug 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtdnxmkrdc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtby6fjujk2h🗣️"The most successful World Cup ever has been overshadowed. That's not right. Every Scotland fan who was there had the best time of their lives." Ian Maxwell has revealed the SFA's stance on FIFA president Gianni Infantino. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26471634.ian-maxwell-reveals-sfa-stance-fifa-president-gianni-infantino/?ref=li17 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtby6fjujk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mtb6merepk27🗣️"He increased the quality in the attacking group a lot. He was a fun guy who was always laughing and joking with the guys." Former RUSG captain Christian Burgess on what ex-Belgium striker Kevin Mirallas will give Scotland. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26467182.title-winning-rusg-captain-reveals-new-scotland-managers-key-strength/?ref=li17 Aug 2026 07:30 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtb6merepk27https://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt6tou36i22s🗣️"Anybody who says ‘all migrants are bad’ because one commits a crime is wrong in the head." A sporting director has claimed football in Scotland is now a middle-class sport and refugee kids are being priced out of the game. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26468098.ex-hearts-director-warns-migrant-kids-priced-football/?ref=li16 Aug 2026 09:09 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6tou36i22shttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt6smrriqs2i🗣️"He has a lot of confidence in himself and his ability as a manager. He brought that same mentality to the group." I spoke to RUSG's title-winning captain Christian Burgess about new Scotland manager Sebastien Pocognoli. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26467182.title-winning-rusg-captain-reveals-new-scotland-managers-key-strength/?ref=li16 Aug 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt6smrriqs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt4kwnqvjk2y0⃣ Four games, zero wins 🤬 Booed by fans ✍️ New signings written off ☀️ Manager feeling heat 🐼 Crunch St Mirren tie 💰 £50m spent on 27 players in 14 months Rangers need quality not quantity to ease pressure on Derek McInnes. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26466935.rangers-need-follow-celtic-transfer-playbook-help-derek-mcinnes/?ref=li15 Aug 2026 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4kwnqvjk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt4el7eisk2e🗣️"Money is everything to smaller associations. They've got a lot to lose. It could affect their continued development.” The SFA have been told falling foul of "vengeful" FIFA president could cost Scottish football millions. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26467165.sfa-told-taking-vengeful-fifa-president-cost-scottish-game/?ref=li15 Aug 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4el7eisk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt4cg542b22t🗣️"The Refugee World Cup is a message - don't listen to people who are encouraging exclusion, hate and racism for their own ends." Call to increase refugee football funding - and boost Scotland's World Cup qualification hopes. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26467122.call-increase-refugee-football-funding---boost-scotlands-hopes/?ref=li15 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt4cg542b22thttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mt2u4zaykk2r🗣️"No fewer than 27 new players have been brought in for an outlay of around £50m during the past 14 months. Are they any further forward?" Rangers need to follow the Celtic transfer playbook and focus on quality not quantity. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26466935.rangers-need-follow-celtic-transfer-playbook-help-derek-mcinnes/?ref=li14 Aug 2026 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2u4zaykk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msupzvcv7c2y🗣️"These guys have incredible ability. But it's harder to get them in. It happens to a far greater degree in other countries." Brexit is stopping Scottish football clubs tapping in to refugee talent like their Euro rivals. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26456246.brexit-stopping-scottish-football-clubs-tapping-refugee-talent/?ref=li12 Aug 2026 08:37 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msupzvcv7c2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msqtde2oxs2u🗣️ "Same old spiel!" 📜 "Unheard of" eight year deal 🖥️ VAR frustrations ⚖️ SFA accountability 💰 Youssef Chermiti bid 🔜 Signings pledge I was at the Rangers shareholder meeting - here's what the Ibrox hierarchy had to say. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/26452496.rangers-hierarchy-say-fans-shareholder-meeting/?ref=li10 Aug 2026 19:25 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msqtde2oxs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msq36gslfs2j🗣️"There are two different types of managers – you get a Klopp-type manager and a Guardiola-type manager. Derek McInnes is a Klopp-style manager." Rangers CEO Jim Gillespie today revealed reason for Derek McInnes appointment. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/26450693.ceo-reveals-reasons-rangers-appointed-klopp-type-manager-mcinnes/?ref=li10 Aug 2026 12:13 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msq36gslfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msn4cfqcc22q🗣️"Certain factions are spinning certain messages. But it's nothing to do with immigration, it's the system which is broken." David Duke on why Street Soccer Scotland are offering refugees hope amid a rise in far right unrest. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26447395.david-duke-street-soccer-scotland-offering-refugees-hope/?ref=li09 Aug 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msn4cfqcc22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msknmig4622f🗣️"It is apparent that he harboured a grudge. But Rangers conducted their business with Masonic-like secrecy and didn’t pursue it." An SFA official's "sinister" plot to ban a Rangers legend from football for life revealed. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/26447380.sinister-plot-ban-rangers-great-football-life-revealed/?ref=li08 Aug 2026 08:27 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msknmig4622fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3msasovrphk2n🗣️“He was a reader, an interceptor. You never saw him making last-ditch tackles. He used his pace and his intelligence." The Scots who faced Franco Baresi have paid tribute as the AC Milan and Italy great is laid to rest. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26433546.scots-pay-tribute-franco-barresi-ac-milan-great-laid-rest/?ref=li04 Aug 2026 10:31 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msasovrphk2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mrz7lrgd222j🗣️"It is incredible that an individual who promised reform when he took over from Sepp Blatter has become such an absurd and polarising figure." The Donald Trump World Cup has been averted - but Gianni Infantino has got to go. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26426448.uefa-boycott-threat-may-end-fifa-plan---gianni-infantino-go/?ref=li01 Aug 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrz7lrgd222jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mrz6f6cvzc2y🐑 Aberdeen exit 🔙 Return to ICT 🗣️ "Old school" Terry Butcher 🙌 Phil Jagielka inspiration ⚽️ Move in to coaching ⚖️ Scotland's "amazing" referees 💪 Playing with Crohn's at 35 I enjoyed chatting to Graeme Shinnie this week. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26428350.graeme-shinnie-aberdeen-exit-ict-ambitions-move-coaching/?ref=li01 Aug 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrz6f6cvzc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mrpy3fcmrs2z🗣️"It’s fun. That f***boy from Denmark is pretty funny.” Kasper Høgh was branded a “knullegutt” during his time at Stabæk in Norway back in 2023. So how did the Danish striker become Celtic's record £11m signing? In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/football/26417617.kasper-h-gh-went-stabaek-f-boy-11m-celtic-signing/?ref=li28 Jul 2026 17:53 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpy3fcmrs2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mqlolxoexk2d🗣️"There have been false dawns before. Bears were purring contentedly this time last year. They finished trophyless. However, things feel different." Change required more than ever at Celtic as Rangers tool up for new season. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26273173.change-required-ever-celtic-resurgent-rangers-tool/?ref=li14 Jul 2026 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqlolxoexk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mqegae4sdc2s🗣️"I'm not naïve. Players will inevitably move on. It's up to us to find the next one." Joelle Murray is relishing the rebuild at Hibernian Women and confident the Easter Road club are well placed to cope with SWPL1 challenges. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26271863.joelle-murray-relishing-rebuild-hibernian-women-swpl1-exodus/?ref=li11 Jul 2026 10:09 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqegae4sdc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mq7gqrly4c26Norway has the same population as Scotland - but they have beaten Brazil to reach the World Cup quarter-finals. I spoke to Fredrikstad coach Kevin Nicol about the seismic changes they made to their youth system back in 2024. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/24653643.st-mirren-shock-showed-scotland-must-follow-norway-put-youth-first/?ref=li09 Jul 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq7gqrly4c26https://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mq4ybo35jc2j🗣️"There's been a lack of transparency and integrity. If this doesn't bring him down nothing will." A leading Scottish sports lawyer has predicted the FIFA red card row will have repercussions for president Gianni Infantino. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26261293.fifa-decision-left-world-cup-infantino-tainted/?ref=li08 Jul 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq4ybo35jc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mpva2ghtqs2h🗣️"Are they capable of emulating their 1966 win?Glaring deficiencies have been overlooked by their cheerleaders." Harry Kane's heroics have been described as Shakespearean - but this World Cup is set to end in English tragedy. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26252960.kane-no-shakespeare---world-cup-will-end-english-tragedy/?ref=li05 Jul 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpva2ghtqs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mpspr4fk3k2bStirling-born Ewan Sharp will be by Jesse Marsch's side when Canada play Morocco in the World Cup last 16 tonight. I spoke to the co-hosts' Scottish assistant about Alastair Johnston, Derek Cornelius and flying the saltire. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 🔗👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26253049.stirling-born-canada-assistant-scot-world-cup-last-16/?ref=li04 Jul 2026 09:11 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpspr4fk3k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattlindsayht.bsky.social/post/3mpljhtnlis2iNew Motherwell manager Alfred Johansson worked with the under-17 and under-19 teams at the renowned FCK Talent Department at Danish club Copenhagen. The Swede is determined to bring through more academy kids at Fir Park. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social 👇 https://www.heraldscotland.com/sport/26241588.ex-copenhagen-youth-coach-keen-bring-kids-motherwell/?ref=li01 Jul 2026 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:2apmxvuj5oeya4dc3jy4iuxc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpljhtnlis2i