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GAME OVER #3: YouTuber. Barista. Prison Guard. How footballers can build a second career

🗣️ “You might not miss football as much as you feared.” PFA Scotland are helping to build an off-ramp for players approaching their endgame

19 hrs ago

GAME OVER #2: 🗣️ 'Nothing will ever match playing football. You are never going to find the same adrenaline or reach the same heights'

Three ex-pros — Rory Loy, Lee Mair and Mark Reilly — state it can be EXTREMELY hard to transition… but you can make it if you try

Aug 28

GAME OVER #1: Bankruptcy, mental health crashes and marital strains... what happens to footballers when the whistle blows on their career

🗣️"When you go from earning 100 grand a year to 20 grand a year, it puts a big financial strain on the family"

Aug 27

The Scotland Issue: Lennon Miller exclusive... and the road to 2026 🏆

PLUS - Allaster McKallaster, Jamie Carragher and Josimar Magazine

Aug 26

The Slow Match Report: Raith Rovers 2 Dunfermline Athletic 0

Bucket collections, head tennis, an early derby goal, curious seagulls, Neil Lennon, David Dickinson (no, not that one)… it’s good to be back

Aug 25 •

⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 25th August 2025

Weekend round-up. Don Cowie departs Ross County. Signings for Dundee Utd, Dundee, Motherwell, Peterhead & Hamilton. Three exit Rangers. Rod Petrie…

Published on The Scottish Football Kick-Off • Aug 25

⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 18th August 2025

Weekend round-up. New contracts for Stephen Robinson & David Martindale. Rhys McCabe leaves Airdrieonians. Signings for Motherwell, Rangers…

Published on The Scottish Football Kick-Off • Aug 18

Two relegations. One promotion. Three different owners. Two reality TV series... My love affair with Sunderland 💓

As the Black Cats return to the Premier League after eight years, Aiden McGeady writes exclusively for Nutmeg FC on five tumultuous years in the North…

Aug 15

Assessing Russell Martin's record? Never mind the philosophy... follow the money

Analysis of the Rangers manager suggests he will match expectations in Scotland (despite the bad start) but could be outspent and outscored in Europe

Aug 12 •

⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 11th August 2025

Weekend round-up. Hibs, Dundee, Ross County and The Spartans make signings. Queen's Park president resigns citing personal and online abuse. The…

Published on The Scottish Football Kick-Off • Aug 11

The only thing braver than Russell Martin’s football is Russell Martin

I watched the Rangers manager lose a fanbase who loved him. Do NOT expect him to look for Plan B

Aug 5 •

⚽ The Kick-Off | Monday 4th August 2025

Weekend round-up. Rangers sign Mikey Moore. Aberdeen’s Pape Habib Guèye moves to Turkey. Signings for Morton, Dunfermline, Inverness, Stenhousemuir…

Published on The Scottish Football Kick-Off • Aug 4

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