THE ire expressed in relation to the proposed European Football Super League is no doubt real but still naïve. However, as Leeds manager, Marcelo Bielsa has pointed out, “I am not surprised … in all walks of life the powerful always look after their own backs”. Looked at it this way, the proposal is no surprise, and is in some ways the completion of a project that began as far back as 1992 when the English Premier League was established by 20 clubs leaving the English Football League to be “administered” by the Football Association, just when television money was about to go through the roof.
RUGBY refereeing has lost one of its leading lights, following the death of Selkirk’s Billy Bryson, who died in the Borders General Hospital on Saturday, January 9, at the age of 84. A life-long interest in rugby union saw Billy quickly rise up through the refereeing ranks, becoming one of the Borders’ most senior whistlers. After injury curtailed his career on the pitch, he switched his energies to supporting referees in an administrative role. A founder member of the Border Rugby Referees Society in 1962, Mr Bryson was widely respected in rugby circles throughout the country. Always willing to lend a hand