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Matthew Johnston

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Sports editor at The Herald, The National and The Glasgow Times

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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
📍Saturday, May 10th. A @heraldscotland.bsky.social ‘pink sheet’ tribute to the footballing link between Scotland and Italy. An 8 page broadsheet special.
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
'It's been in my head for years, so I thought 'let's get what I'm feeling down on paper' 🆕 David Martindale takes Stephen McGowan through his personal blueprint for an expanded Premiership with a six-page PowerPoint presentation for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/251143...
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David Martindale up for Celtic and Rangers sacrifice to achieve 16-team Premiership
PRINT out the document and it runs to six pages of A4 paper. The front page trumpets ‘opportunity and progression as the key drivers for…
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
'We have clubs investigating clubs, clubs setting the rules for the clubs. Nobody is asking awkward questions' 🆕 PFA Scotland chief Fraser Wishart explains to @mattlindsayht.bsky.social why Scottish football is due an overhaul for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/251145...
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PFA Scotland chief predicts SFA and SPFL ‘fudge’, calls for overhaul of governance
IT is nearly nine years ago now since Fraser Wishart, the chief executive of footballer’s union PFA Scotland, was called through to Holyrood to…
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
'There is no realistic hope of finding a solution which suits Celtic and Rangers as well as East Fife and Stenhousemuir' Stephen McGowan for @heraldscotland.bsky.social on why clubs must stop torturing themselves over league reconstruction👇 www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250682...
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SPFL reconstruction debate ignores an inconvenient truth
Why there is no realistic hope of finding a solution which suits Celtic and Rangers as well as East Fife and Stenhousemuir.
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Multi-award-winning football writer Stephen McGowan has joined The Herald's sports team www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba... @jonnymcfarlane.bsky.social @heraldsport.bsky.social
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Victor Wanyama set to join Dunfermline as Neil Lennon reunites with former Celtic midfielder ✒️ Exclusive @ewanpaton22.bsky.social @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250399...
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Victor Wanyama set to join Dunfermline amid Neil Lennon reunion
Exclusive - Victor Wanyama set to join Dunfermline amid Neil Lennon reunion.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Haven’t read the comments section quite yet but assuming these have been met with the usual bonhomie and friendly jousting 🫡 @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250105...
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Watching his Celtic-supporting son go to watch games at Motherwell, Hamilton, Partick Thistle, Falkirk and even Rangers raised a question for @mattlindsayht.bsky.social Why shouldn’t football fans have the right to roam? In @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/250104...
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For it's a grand old team to Follow Follow - why football fans have the right to roam
Is it acceptable for a Celtic fan to go and watch Rangers play? Can a Rangers follower attend a Celtic game? Do supporters have a right to roam?
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
stumbled across this on tuesday and surely one of scotland’s greatest football pitches: canty bay near north berwick
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
presence: what a world we live in that steven soderbergh is beholden to no one. if he wants to make a film where the camera is a ghost, they give him money, if he wants to bring out a fassbender spy film like three weeks later, they give him more money. long may it continue.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
red rooms: there was a point in this when i caught myself rooting for a clear sociopath to win enough bitcoin in online poker to buy a snuff film on a dark web auction
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
captain america brave new world: see at their best i loved these films but the only enjoyment i get from them now is trying to figure out whether actors were in the same room for their scenes and it all makes you feel like an eejit for ever actually liking any of it before.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
one of them days/you’re cordially invited: listen they’re nae masterpieces but it’s few and far between for decent comedies in the year of our lord 2025 and i’m thankful for any time with keke palmer or will ferrell. laughed all the way through both.
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
A look at the new man in Motherwell's dugout www.heraldscotland.com/sport/249429... @graememcgarry.bsky.social @heraldsport.bsky.social
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
the gorge: bad valentine’s day flick trojan horsed as a bad sci-fi with SPLOSIONS and MONSTERS so you can convince the boyfriend who didnae bother booking dinner to turn off fortnite for two hours and share his doritos with you. pish.
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
'Did I really once guffaw as a loitering member of the public assailed a poor reporter’s ear with a plastic purple phallus outside a training ground?' @graememcgarry.bsky.social on why the Transfer Deadline Day bubble has burst for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/249072...
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I sat through deadline day on Sky Sports News, the bubble has officially burst
Sky Sports News on transfer deadline day used to be must-watch TV, but does it still hold the same appeal for football fans? We watched to find…
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Deadline day looms for Bonnyrigg Rose as they bid to raise the money to level their sloped pitch. The League 2 club have raised over £50,000 through crowdfunding but need to find the rest. @mattlindsayht.bsky.social for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248959...
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Bonnyrigg Rose waging spirited pitch battle for survival as SPFL slope deadline looms
Bonnyrigg Rose must show the SPFL they have the funding and plan in place to level their New Dundas Park pitch by tomorrow - or face relegation.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
Championship teams face a nervy wait with many expecting the top tier to vote selfishly - one club official I spoke to called this the start of a ‘Scottish Super League’. @mattlindsayht.bsky.social with the scoop for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248959...
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Premiership at 'closed shop' risk if Scotland's top clubs refuse to share UEFA wealth
The Premiership will become a "closed shop" if Scotland's elite clubs withhold UEFA money from their Championship counterparts, it has…
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
'He could ultimately be shown to be a miracle worker who overachieved with the limited resources he had at his disposal' The Motherwell fans who drove Stuart Kettlewell out of Fir Park could rue what they wished for come May. In @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248927...
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Why Kettlewell's shameful exit could put Motherwell's 40 year top flight stay at risk
The Motherwell fans who hounded Stuart Kettlewell out of Fir Park could find his shock departure puts their 40 year stay in the Scottish top flight…
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
anora: only sean baker could make a film with so much gary barlow rip so hard. sugar rush first half, brutal after hours-style second, gut-punch end, funny all the way through. well worthy if it ends up nicking best picture imho (apologies to hot frosty).
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Club chiefs are frustrated their attempts to discipline ultras for misdemeanours have been thwarted by 'high-powered legal representation'. @mattlindsayht.bsky.social investigates a development in Scotland's struggle with pyro for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248654...
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Only MSPs can stop rise in pyro use as ultras groups turn to ‘high-powered’ lawyers
Nobody saw the abject display which Celtic produced against Dundee at Dens Park coming. Sadly, the coordinated and large-scale pyrotechnic display…
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
🇺🇸 The £6m man muscled off the ball at Dens Park 🇮🇪 The Ireland cap who's had to make do on the bench Neither Celtic defender is perfect, but who's the man for the job against Young Boys? @mattlindsayht.bsky.social investigates for @heraldscotland.bsky.social www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
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Liam Scales or Auston Trusty? Who should start for Celtic in the Champions League?
Liam Scales or Auston Trusty? Who should start at centre-half for Celtic in their massive Champions League match with Young Boys?
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
'It’s a sort of Poundland (or Temu, these days, I suppose) version of the debate that swirls around Ange Postecoglou' The Thursday @heraldscotland.bsky.social column from @graememcgarry.bsky.social on why St Johnstone should persevere with Simo Valakari...👇 www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248600...
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Why St Johnstone should stick with Simo Valakari even if they go down
St Johnstone may have to take one step back to take two steps forward, but they should stick with Simo Valakari and allow him to build a team in his…
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Absolutely bowled over to win the Jim Rodger Memorial Award for best young sports writer in Scotland. Many thanks to the small team of freelance anthropologists the panel hired to verify that I am indeed under 35. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2486040...
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Herald's Matthew Johnston wins prestigious Jim Rodger Memorial Award
Sports writer Matthew Johnston and The Herald have won this year’s prestigious Jim Rodger Memorial Award.
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The Herald @heraldscotland.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Sports writer Matthew Johnston and The Herald have won this year’s prestigious Jim Rodger Memorial Award. It is the second year in a row that The Herald has won the most keenly-contested prize in sports journalism for young writers. www.heraldscotland.com/news/2486040... @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
the order: they don’t make em like this anymore (but this time they did). the cut from nicholas hoult at the aryan nations rally to jude law at the kid’s birthday party - that’s cinema to me 🤌
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Good (if painful) read for Aberdeen fans here - Thelin surely still the man for the job with plenty of mitigating circumstances but their collapse has been jaw-dropping.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
nosferatu: unreal performances and deeply unsettling in places but ultimately liked looking at it more than i liked watching it. francis ford coppola you are still king of the vampyrs god bless x
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Joel Sked @sked21.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
The best aspect of the season is seeing the progress of James Wilson. One of the first names on the team sheet to face Motherwell. In this interview, he chats his "best performance", playing with Liam Boyce and how he is working to get quicker.
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James Wilson on best Hearts game, why he enjoyed Boyce partnership and speed aim
James Wilson is loving life in the Hearts first team despite the club's results. He talks Liam Boyce, pace and goals.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
we live in time: what if we did a romcom purely for people who do the guardian crossword? (side note: i am that people)
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
🆕Jack Butland will miss tomorrow's derby after being admitted to hospital on Hogmanay, reports @jonnymcfarlane.bsky.social for @heraldscotland.bsky.social It is believed the goalkeeper has suffered an internal bleed. www.heraldscotland.com/sport/248274...
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Jack Butand to miss Rangers vs Celtic due to internal bleed
Jack Butland will miss the match between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox after spending time in hospital with a significant internal bleed.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
wicked: fair play ariana grande you have smashed that hen. not so sure about the animal apartheid stuff.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
wallace & gromit vengeance most fowl: interesting meditations on the dangers of artificial intelligence, the role of the police in modern society and how council tax increases are wreaking havoc on small business owners
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
every single time james corden appears in gavin and stacey
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
the family stone: no brilliant but better than fury v usyk
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
memoir of a snail: wasnae really in the mood for this and though it was inarguably accomplished i found it an incredibly fucked film both to look at and to think about. merry christmas.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
blink: nice wee documentary about a family whose kids are diagnosed with a retina defection that means they’ll eventually go blind travelling the world trying to cram in as many sights as possible but tbh all i could think was fuck going on holiday for that long with four weans
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
christmas in bologna
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
violent night: listen i’m a simple man - sometimes david harbour dressed as santa taking apart a swat team with a sledgehammer is enough
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
carry-on: down with the flu today so grading on a curve but fun - very 90s v die hard 2 v phone booth. positives include jason bateman’s delivery and jason bateman’s mullet, negatives include jason bateman’s cap and jason bateman throwing a punch.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
red one: cba articulating any thoughts on this one - just absolute grade-A pish. the rock’s agent should have been tried in the hague a long long time ago.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
venom: the last dance: tom hardy is actually the funniest guy in hollywood for doing three of these. thank you for your service venom.
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
Comet investigation: A first look at tomorrow's @heraldscotland.bsky.social land.bsky.social Sport front page as @graememcgarry.bsky.social examines why SFA's new registration system is causing so much trouble for clubs in lower levels
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
🧨 Ultras groups don’t care about UEFA fines - but they do care about stadium bans @mattlindsayht.bsky.social on why tomorrow night in Zagreb could show SPFL how to handle pyro www.heraldscotland.com/sport/footba...
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Why Celtic's huge Dinamo Zagreb tie will show SPFL how to tackle pyro-wielding ultras
Why Celtic's huge Champions League game against Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia tomorrow will show SPFL how to deal with pyro-wielding ultras.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
blitz: here i really liked this in that it’s a bit cor blimey wotcha but it’s the very best version of one of those films your history teacher rolls out on the telly with the wheels when they cba actually teaching. steve mcqueen can do anything and i’ll be there day one baby
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Ferguson on Scottish players is both refreshing and a wee bit sad in this - saying many of them have the quality, they just need the platform to thrive.
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Lewis Ferguson interview: A first look at tomorrow's @heraldscotland.bsky.social Sport front page as @grahamruthven.bsky.social catches up with the Bologna midfielder to talk Euros heartache, Thiago Motta and Serie A's tartan takeover
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
here: having the camera in the same position since the dawn of time is a cool idea for a film but when the writing’s this bad you’re essentially just stuck in an ikea advert for 66 million years. wish it was better but at least it’s interesting.
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Matthew Johnston @mtthwjhnstn.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Reminder once again that Pedro Martinez Losa’s contract was renewed for four years in September
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Herald Sport @heraldsport.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
⁉ Poor defending 😫 Not clinical enough 🙇‍♂️ Pedro Martinez Losa under pressure @graememcgarry.bsky.social sums up the talking points for @heraldscotland.bsky.social as Scotland women missed out on a spot at Euro 2025 www.heraldscotland.com/sport/247699...
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Finland 2 Scotland 0: Scots crash out in play off again to put pressure on Pedro
Here are the talking points as Scotland crashed out at the play-off stage for the second time in succession under Pedro Martinez Losa by losing to…
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