Alive and kicking; Scottish football has been in decline but are there new grounds for optimism?

From: The Daily Mail (London, England) | Date: November 7, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: HARRY REID

FOOTBALL is the sport that all of us know and many of us love. It is not just our national game and part of our culture, it is Scotland's great obsession. And yet, despite giving football to so many other countries and producing so many sublimely talented players, Scotland has recently seemed to be witnessing nothing less than the death of its own glory game.

A year ago I set out to write a book about the decline of Scottish football.

I thought I'd be writing an extended obituary. But I changed my mind and indeed concluded that the game could be ...

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