Alex Anderson
@fateck.bsky.social
Glasgow-based football writer and podder. Twitter escapee. Saw The Smiths at Magnum Leisure Centre, Irvine in 1985. Rangers, Scotland, Winton Rovers. Scraped a third from a Russell Group uni-kinda patter.
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Andy Robertson has now played in two games featuring a goal like that. Glad he got to be on the same team as this one as he became only the third Scot ever to reach 90 caps for the MNT. A wee summer tournament now surely ensures he'll beat Kenny Dal's record. And joins him as a Scotland legend.
November 18, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Andy Robertson has now played in two games featuring a goal like that. Glad he got to be on the same team as this one as he became only the third Scot ever to reach 90 caps for the MNT. A wee summer tournament now surely ensures he'll beat Kenny Dal's record. And joins him as a Scotland legend.
Can Rangers just get over the fact Fortaleza occasionally wear hoops and get the merchandising agreement signed already...
November 5, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Can Rangers just get over the fact Fortaleza occasionally wear hoops and get the merchandising agreement signed already...
Hoping for a Halloween miracle already. Worst of it is, from these seats, we initially thought the ref had sent off one of them. But then we remembered it's Nick Walsh.
November 2, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Hoping for a Halloween miracle already. Worst of it is, from these seats, we initially thought the ref had sent off one of them. But then we remembered it's Nick Walsh.
What I hate most about BlueSky is it doesn't feature this advert.
Their ears are the sleeves. Yet no Bassett Hound design.
If you can get a hoodie from an oversized photo of a head l, can you make me a fleece of my mum & dad's wedding pics?
Yes? You can? Great. What size am I? Alsatian.
Their ears are the sleeves. Yet no Bassett Hound design.
If you can get a hoodie from an oversized photo of a head l, can you make me a fleece of my mum & dad's wedding pics?
Yes? You can? Great. What size am I? Alsatian.
October 28, 2025 at 12:14 AM
What I hate most about BlueSky is it doesn't feature this advert.
Their ears are the sleeves. Yet no Bassett Hound design.
If you can get a hoodie from an oversized photo of a head l, can you make me a fleece of my mum & dad's wedding pics?
Yes? You can? Great. What size am I? Alsatian.
Their ears are the sleeves. Yet no Bassett Hound design.
If you can get a hoodie from an oversized photo of a head l, can you make me a fleece of my mum & dad's wedding pics?
Yes? You can? Great. What size am I? Alsatian.
When it emerged last week Danny Roehl had withdrawn from the running for the Rangers job, I was flicking thro the visitors book of the cottage we'd rented in Skye. A guest earlier this year was from Zwickau... birthplace of Danny Roehl. He was always going to Ibrox. Oh yes. Twas fated. Twas WRITTEN!
October 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
When it emerged last week Danny Roehl had withdrawn from the running for the Rangers job, I was flicking thro the visitors book of the cottage we'd rented in Skye. A guest earlier this year was from Zwickau... birthplace of Danny Roehl. He was always going to Ibrox. Oh yes. Twas fated. Twas WRITTEN!
Never been to Skye before this week. Know plenty who have. I now resent every one of those people for not telling me. Okay, aye, they did "tell" me. But I clearly wasn't listening. They should have made me listen. Richey Edwards to Steve Lamacq-style. Or a gun to my head. Something much louder.
October 18, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Never been to Skye before this week. Know plenty who have. I now resent every one of those people for not telling me. Okay, aye, they did "tell" me. But I clearly wasn't listening. They should have made me listen. Richey Edwards to Steve Lamacq-style. Or a gun to my head. Something much louder.
Skye is graphic novel Scotland. Just ridiculous. Has to be made up.
October 16, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Skye is graphic novel Scotland. Just ridiculous. Has to be made up.
Good morning from Roag, Skye.
October 15, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Good morning from Roag, Skye.
Cat-Nav. Cat-Map. Cat nap.
The friendly local who welcomed us to our digs on Saturday and has visited every day since.
The friendly local who welcomed us to our digs on Saturday and has visited every day since.
October 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Cat-Nav. Cat-Map. Cat nap.
The friendly local who welcomed us to our digs on Saturday and has visited every day since.
The friendly local who welcomed us to our digs on Saturday and has visited every day since.
That is flipping amazing. I literally just picked it off the shelf of the wee, highly shelf-conscious library in this holiday home we're renting in Skye (to make my highly self-conscious social media post). I'd never heard of the guy. Brilliant you met him... as is where you met him! Dressage😆👌
October 12, 2025 at 11:15 PM
That is flipping amazing. I literally just picked it off the shelf of the wee, highly shelf-conscious library in this holiday home we're renting in Skye (to make my highly self-conscious social media post). I'd never heard of the guy. Brilliant you met him... as is where you met him! Dressage😆👌
I'm nothing if not a quick study.
October 11, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I'm nothing if not a quick study.
Hampden slowly rises out the soil to reveal it's a colossal flying saucer housing an ancient alien civilisation deep in its undercarriage.
Nope. Scotland winning that game still the most fantastic thing to take place last night.
Nope. Scotland winning that game still the most fantastic thing to take place last night.
October 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Hampden slowly rises out the soil to reveal it's a colossal flying saucer housing an ancient alien civilisation deep in its undercarriage.
Nope. Scotland winning that game still the most fantastic thing to take place last night.
Nope. Scotland winning that game still the most fantastic thing to take place last night.
Apologies if your live coverage was disrupted last night. I bumped into the BBC's outside broadcast aerial as the goals went in.
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Apologies if your live coverage was disrupted last night. I bumped into the BBC's outside broadcast aerial as the goals went in.
👌Aye, was obsessed with WW2 as a kid. James Herriot. Schooled in Yoker and the west end! I've definitely read one of his. Always remember him sat in the Leitch main stand at Roker on MOTD highlights one Sat night. Was in Thirsk during the summer and stupidly missed his (JA Wight's) surgery/museum:
October 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM
👌Aye, was obsessed with WW2 as a kid. James Herriot. Schooled in Yoker and the west end! I've definitely read one of his. Always remember him sat in the Leitch main stand at Roker on MOTD highlights one Sat night. Was in Thirsk during the summer and stupidly missed his (JA Wight's) surgery/museum:
😀bet your uncle's still a damn sight faster at reading it than I was at writing my half.😀 Have not read the RTP. Must do. Loving that artwork and the wee goldfinches and our libraries defo have a lot in common. Love that your only book to mention shooting is Colin Stein's!😃🤩
October 9, 2025 at 5:30 PM
😀bet your uncle's still a damn sight faster at reading it than I was at writing my half.😀 Have not read the RTP. Must do. Loving that artwork and the wee goldfinches and our libraries defo have a lot in common. Love that your only book to mention shooting is Colin Stein's!😃🤩
40 years ago this Sunday.
September 20, 2025 at 1:50 AM
40 years ago this Sunday.
A white sports coat...
September 14, 2025 at 1:40 AM
A white sports coat...
Spending International Weekend with the Gaels #DalriadaAway
September 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Spending International Weekend with the Gaels #DalriadaAway
Thought of this as I hunted for other Euro games where Rangers conceded three in the first 20. All I can find so far is Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the 1963-64 European Cup. Lost 6-0 (agg 7-0). Killie did a bit better two seasons later. Their agg was 7-3: The same score as that 1960 ECCC final!
August 20, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Thought of this as I hunted for other Euro games where Rangers conceded three in the first 20. All I can find so far is Real Madrid at the Bernabeu in the 1963-64 European Cup. Lost 6-0 (agg 7-0). Killie did a bit better two seasons later. Their agg was 7-3: The same score as that 1960 ECCC final!
I won't lie, I kept it on Prime's coverage of The Teddy Bears.
August 20, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I won't lie, I kept it on Prime's coverage of The Teddy Bears.
And not just in the US. Was moaning about a second straight Saturday 5:45 KO at Ibrox in the build-up to Alloa's visit but, even sat in the shade, 3pm would have been too much for this baldy ginge with classic sports fan build. Water the pitch? No, water me!
August 18, 2025 at 6:56 AM
And not just in the US. Was moaning about a second straight Saturday 5:45 KO at Ibrox in the build-up to Alloa's visit but, even sat in the shade, 3pm would have been too much for this baldy ginge with classic sports fan build. Water the pitch? No, water me!
@amsterdam55.bsky.social Tillicoultry, near Stirling... at Ibrox😉👍🫡
August 17, 2025 at 1:54 AM
@amsterdam55.bsky.social Tillicoultry, near Stirling... at Ibrox😉👍🫡
Lovely night at Ibrox. First time seeing Viktoria Plzen.
August 6, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Lovely night at Ibrox. First time seeing Viktoria Plzen.
😂😂 Aye, what a night that was in Naples. And wee Claudio ended up at Ibrox too.
I just console myself that Paolo, who is six months older than me, has got really fat and ugly since he retired from playing. I feel sorry for him now, really...
I just console myself that Paolo, who is six months older than me, has got really fat and ugly since he retired from playing. I feel sorry for him now, really...
July 29, 2025 at 12:44 AM
😂😂 Aye, what a night that was in Naples. And wee Claudio ended up at Ibrox too.
I just console myself that Paolo, who is six months older than me, has got really fat and ugly since he retired from playing. I feel sorry for him now, really...
I just console myself that Paolo, who is six months older than me, has got really fat and ugly since he retired from playing. I feel sorry for him now, really...