FOR REASONS a little too obscure to go into here – I’ve been buying the Daily Record this week. 

This is not usual practice – and I was pretty unsure of what to expect.  What I found was in some measure disappointing, heartening and downright wrong.

To start at the start: Disappointing.  At times it had the feel of a regional paper (which maybe it is) reporting pretty random stories that would carry little interest beyond the small hamlet in which they took place.

Then there was the England-bashing.  It was there – though only in small measure.  Play was made of the fact that ENGLISH police will need a guide to spot a drunk over Christmas, while our good boys won’t.  Presumably because everyone in Scotland will be slozzled.

Downright wrong: A frankly incomprehnisible piece on Monday attempted to make a case for Kevin Keegan to be the new manager of the Scotland football team.  Aside from the fact that he was once manager of England (a not-at-all-trodden-path) and he’s been out of the game for longer than that canoe bloke, his cavalier attitute of “we’ll score more than them” is the total opposite of what Scotland’s recent success has been founded on. No 1-0’s over France  with him in charge.

I’d almost rather have Graeme Souness.  Almost.