Article: Football: Granny rule's a sick Jock when English brigade blow it.(Sport)

AN Englishman gets sent off in one game and an English keeper loses three goals in the next.

Usually - without a hint of racism - that would bring a smile to any member of the Tartan Army.

Problem is, these Englishmen were wearing Scotland jerseys.

Cockney Matt Elliott's red card against the Faroes brought howls of derision on Craig Brown for picking a player who is as Scottish as cockles and whelks.

Elliott is one of the granny brigade. Born within the sound of Bow Bells and having lived his entire life in England, the fact that one of ...

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