Article: Letters: Outlook distinctly bright for Old Firm in southern climes

WHAT a great pity that Sandy Smith (Letters, May 12) chose to spoil his point concerning the ruinous bigotry in Scottish society.

The second half of his letter was devoted to sneering and predictably gloomy forecasts about the Old Firm's fortunes in English football. Alas, this suggests that his period in exile south of the Border has not completely rid him of the equally ruinous chip which pervades too many Scots.

While it may be a source of understandable mirth that most Scots will look forward to England being toasted in the imminent World Cup, it is less immediately obvious why people such as Mr Smith can't bear the thought of Rangers and Celtic flourishing outside Scottish borders.

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