The Scottish Government backs a campaign to allow thousands of children free entry to football matches.
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BBCPolitics on 26th Dec 2008 (via news.bbc.co.uk)
New partnership between Scottish football and the Scottish Government to promote positive citizenship.
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SNP on 9th Oct 2008 (via scotland.gov.uk)
Football can be a force for good - Justice Secretary.
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SNP on 10th Dec 2008 (via scotland.gov.uk)
THE greater use of football banning orders is to be explored by ministers as part of the Scottish Government's drive to tackle sectarianism.
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Scotsman on 19th Nov 2009 (via news.scotsman.com)
Proceeds of crime funds football-related activities for over 20,000 young people.
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SNP on 26th May 2009 (via scotland.gov.uk)
£297,000 seized from criminals to fund programmes to get more girls involved in football.
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SNP on 30th Sep 2008 (via scotland.gov.uk)
Football clubs to compete for Homecoming Scottish Cup next year.
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SNP on 14th Oct 2008 (via scotland.gov.uk)
A CHURCH leader has warned the Scottish Government of the dangers of rushing through legislation to tackle sectarianism in time for the start of the new football season.
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Scotsman on 16th Jun 2011 (via news.scotsman.com)
Just as an appendix to the previous post, if you want to watch a really compulsive documentary on Polish football hooliganism then I have to recommended The Real Football Factories International. It’s a British made documentary inspired by the hit series Real Football Factories, which was about UK soccer hooligans and what the government did about it at the end of the 1980s. The Real Football
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TheBeatroot on 28th Jan 2009 (via beatroot.blogspot.com)
Scottish football sells newspapers, fills the airwaves and carries a resonance way beyond the football field. It contributes economic benefits, social capital, the occasional
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Scotsman on 3rd Sep 2010 (via news.scotsman.com)
So that's all right, then. The Scottish secretary has sought and obtained assurances from Fifa that a Team GB at the Olympics wouldn't jeopardise the status of the home nations in taking part, separately, in international football competitions. Most politicians affect an interest in football. Jim Murphy is the genuine article. He plays football. He follows football. He's a fan. Mr M...
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BletherWithBrian on 12th Nov 2008 (via bbc.co.uk)