As the new Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL) season kicks off on Sunday February 10, Michael Alexander speaks to several Tayside officials - and the Scottish women's game's executive officer - about the rise of ladies’ football and the future of the game.
‘Cool under pressure and strong in the air’. That was the verdict of the St Andrews Citizen on 15 year-old centre half Archie Finlay who made his debut for St Andrews United against Glencraig Colliery in April 1955.
Michael Alexander speaks to Cupar-based YouTuber and Motherwell FC fanatic Gordon Bonnes about his growing online following.
The comedian who played the part of a pessimistic tabloid football journalist in the satirical 2001 movie Mike Bassett: England Manager has “no idea” if his national football team has a chance of winning the Russia World Cup.
Directors of football clubs across Tayside and Fife have been discussing a potential review of child protection procedures as the official probe into child sexual abuse allegations in football across the UK continues.
Eighteen-years after Scotland last qualified for the finals of an international football tournament, a BBC Scotland documentary looks at where it all went wrong. MICHAEL ALEXANDER reports.
As the Scottish Grand Prix Table Football Championships are held in Renfrew on April 8-9, Michael Alexander speaks to a lifelong Subbuteo enthusiast from Dundee.
A Fife man who was sexually assaulted on numerous occasions by his Boys Brigade drumming instructor in the 1980s and 90s has spoken of the long term damage caused by abuse.
The scandal engulfing youth football should not overshadow the work of dedicated volunteers like Lorna McAuley, the head of East Fife Youth Academy. Michael Alexander meets a sporting heroine.
Former Dundee Lord Provost John Letford, who was sexually abused as a child, has called for a “full inquiry” into the abuse of children in football in light of growing evidence of attacks on young players.