Windass urges Tavernier to move
Josh Windass urges Rangers captain James Tavernier to move on from Ibrox and find a club where he is "respected". (Glasgow Times), externalDanny Murphy believes former Liverpool team-mate Steven Gerrard can help Rangers bridge the gap to Celtic, should he return to Ibrox as manager. (Sun), externalSteaua Bucharest owner Gigi Becali launches a bid to sign free agent Ianis Hagi, 26, following the midfielder's departure from Rangers. (Herald - subscription required), externalRead Thursday's Scottish gossip
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The Sun
22 minutes ago
- The Sun
‘People don't know this' – Michael Owen breaks silence on ‘well done he's 13' meme 26 years on from humiliating teenager
IT IS probably the cringiest moment from Michael Owen's long list. But now he has broken his silence on the infamous "well done, he's 13" gag from Neville Southall. 6 6 Owen featured in a Michael Owen Soccer Skills video in 1999 where he faced a young goalkeeper at an empty Stoke City stadium. The former England striker did his best to humiliate the 13-year-old Jamie Hutchinson, who was given goalkeeping tips from Southall. To his credit, Hutchinson did make some saves. But the video is remembered for Owen chipping, rounding and firing past the helpless child between the sticks - before shamelessly celebrating each finish. The laughing ex-Liverpool man clenched his fists, ran away with his arms aloft, mocked the goalkeeper for nutmegging him and pointed to his name on the back of his shirt. But it was his embarrassing shout of "get in there - game, set and match, Owen" that triggered Southall's brilliant quip. Southall said: "Well done, he's 13," a comment which remains a viral sensation and etched into British football heritage. But now, 26 years on, Owen has opened up on the clip - and revealed not all was quite as it seemed because he was told to play up for the cameras. He told talkSPORT: "I was only a couple of years older than him myself!. It's probably funny now. 'I got back from the World Cup in 98 and there were loads of commercial opportunities, things like that. Virgil van Dijk 'destroys' Michael Owen with brutal 13-word put-down on live TV after Liverpool beat Everton 'I was asked to do a soccer skills video and a soccer skills book. So I had to explain, talk through finishing, volleying, heading, whatever the skill was. Inevitably, you need a goalkeeper there. 'I never picked them and so I turned up to do the show and to talk through how I see scoring a goal and what I think in certain scenarios and whatever. 'There was a kid in goal that I had to score past and when I scored they're like, 'Come on, no, you need to show a bit more animation. Like celebrate when you score, this is going on a video.'" talkSPORT host Andy Goldstein clarified: "So people don't know this, right?" And Owen continued: "People just laugh at you no matter what. Then they take a little extract of anything. 'There's loads of things like that on the internet on me.' 'NOT EXACTLY IDEAL' Hutchinson spoke about the viral video in 2016 and admitted he knew it would not come out too well for him. He said: 'Being the goalkeeper on a programme headlined by a striker wasn't exactly ideal for me. 'It was made clear that it wouldn't make good filming if the goalkeeper was saving all the shots taken by the other kids after they had been coached by Michael.' And even Southall himself did defend Owen's actions earlier this year. The 92-cap Wales goalkeeper - who reunited with Hutchinson a few years ago - added: "I think he was being ironic to be fair, but I think he was enjoying himself and being ironic. 'But the poor kid, he scored a squillion goals past him and I was thinking 'give him a break'. 'On the day, Michael was okay and he's always okay. 'People judge him on that and that's not him." 6 6 6
BBC News
41 minutes ago
- BBC News
'Clarke seems to be doing no future planning'
We asked for your views after Scotland's abject 3-1 friendly defeat at home to are more of your views:Alexander: I really feel we need to start playing younger players. Grant Hanley is clearly at the end of his career and it's shown in every international since the Euros. Over the next two years, four or five others will be in the same position as Hanley and Steve Clarke seems to be doing no planning for the Clarke just isn't inventive, he is absolutely devoid of any ideas and should've walked after the Germany The pool of players in the Scottish team have all been successful at their respective clubs. And yet, they are unable to play a co-ordinated organised game for Scotland. The strikers consistently miss, the defence fails to defend, and the midfield lacks co-ordination. Our stand-in goalkeeper had a bad game. However, Scotland was having success with these players in the past, so what has changed? Why do they no longer gel as a team? I think the root of the problem lies with the coaching staff, the tactics employed, and poor preparation. Somewhere along the way management and coaches have fallen short of the fans expectations and, in performance terms, have Ross Doohan should be called up. He had some top performances at Aberdeen last season and is a more experienced goalkeeper. And he's played in Under-21 Clarke has to go. Now. How many excuses for insipid performances? He sticks with people who are not delivering. There is loyalty and stubborn stupidity. His selections are unadventurous and uninspiring. The crowd now expects failure. He cannot get a performance out of these players - see the Euros. Time for a change now before we lose the first two World Cup qualifiers and have nothing to do for the next two An absolute shocker of a performance against Iceland, with the horrific goalkeeping situation coming to the fore. Only George Hirst came close to pass marks. World Cup qualification hopes look slim at best, and Clarke's future as manager surely has to be in doubt. The team look to be lacking any ambition and inspiration.
The National
an hour ago
- The National
Clement makes claim about Rangers supporters' treatment of Dessers
The Nigerian finished last season as the Scottish Premiership's top scorer with 18 in 35 games. Ex-manager Clement, who was sacked at the end of February off the back of a 2-0 defeat to St Mirren at Ibrox, recently weighed in on Dessers and how supporters treat him. Read more: "I think Cyriel gets abused like nobody else in the club, or on the pitch at least," he told BBC Scotland. "But he was always there to work hard and to do everything for the club every day, every training, every game. "Also in this period in his career, he never scored as many goals as he did at Rangers for the teams he played for in the past. "So in the end, he performed really well with his qualities. He was top scorer I think at the end of this season. "Of course fans always want more. Cyriel, if he'd played in a team that had won the league, then he would be for everybody a good player. "But if you don't win the league then you are not a good player anymore. "That's life at Rangers. That's also the life that fans can have. "It's only as a club you need to see two things; you need to look at this rationally and not emotionally." Russell Martin was named as the permanent successor to Clement on Thursday. The 39-year-old has penned a three-year deal at Ibrox as a new era begins in Govan.
