- Lifestyle & Sports
- 18 Nov 14
Foul Play: Thistle Impossible?
The forthcoming clash between Ireland and Scotland brings with it huge historical resonances. May the best team win (so long as it’s Ireland).
HERE GOES. A reunion of old friends and blood-brothers, bound together by a shared history of oppression at the hands of a rapacious invader, an occasional fondness for the odd tipple and a highly developed capacity for the elegiac, melancholic mood. Scotland vs Ireland, in competitive combat? It’s been a while.