My piece on seagulls, football, and overcoming our own anxieties. I'd like to make it clear I wrote this before seagulls entered the parliament yesterday (metaphorically) - though oddly it does cover both Douglas Ross and seagulls

👋 Hello people of Portobello 📕 Issue 37 is now of the shelves of the wonderful Portobello Books alongside some brilliant independent magazines 📚 If there are any other independent bookshops out there who would like to stock Nutmeg then do get in touch. @portybooks.bsky.social

How can seagulls be causing so much division? Only a few weeks ago loving chants of “SeaGULL! Sea-GULL!! Sea-GULL!!!” were ringing out across Tannadice. Probably just as well Douglas Ross wasn't running the line that night. @liamkirkaldy.bsky.social www.nutmegmagazine.co.uk/issue-37/tan...

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📢 Calling all Falkirk and Ayr United fans 📢 The latest issue of Nutmeg is now available in your club shops. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Brilliant football stories, made in Scotland ⚽️ @ayrunited.bsky.social @falkirkfc99.bsky.social

Issue 37 is out now 📕 There’s an extract online at @theguardian.com ⚽️ @kennypieper.bsky.social asks: is it too late to reclaim the simple joy of just watching football? 🛒 You can buy it here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be

👋 Hello people of Portobello 📕 Issue 37 is now of the shelves of the wonderful @portybooks.bsky.social alongside some brilliant independent magazines. 📚 If there are any other independent bookshops out there who would like to stock Nutmeg then DM us. Shares and bookshop recommendations welcome.

You can tell it’s autumn because issue 37 of @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social has arrived. (Page 180, Songs of Praise, all about the links between music and Scottish football fanzines by your truly)

Friday football feeling! Just published, my contributions to the new @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social (an interview with the great Meadowbank Thistle boss Terry Christie) and @wsc.co.uk (Sheffield Wednesday match feature with words by Tom Hocking). Buy online or rush to your nearest newsagents!

📢 Nutmeg Issue 37 is out this week 🛒 Order here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up now and get a discount on this issue bit.ly/3vlKFT0 Includes: The erosion of experience. Can we reclaim the simple joy of just watching? By @kennypieper.bsky.social

📢 Nutmeg announcement 📕 Issue 37 will be going out to subscribers today. Not a subscriber? 🛒 You can buy it here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be ✍️ Or subscribe here and get a discount on this issue: bit.ly/3vlKFT0

If you’re a football fan and/ or enjoy high quality writing then you really should read @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social

🚨 NUTMEG INVESTIGATION PART 3️⃣ 🚨 💥Final part of Stephen McGowan's investigation into what happen when players reach the end of their career Featuring... ➡️ PFA Scotland ➡️ Sam Wardrop ➡️ Georgio Chiellini ✍️ tinyurl.com/35z6yp7h

👀Mesmerising march of the Millers! Lennon jinks around the printing presses, the machine crowd roars and Issue 37 lands in the back of the box. 🛒Don't make all those Lennon Millers sad. Order one direct here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be

🚨 NUTMEG FC INVESTIGATION🚨 🗣️"Kids dream of being a footballer. If you told them that between the age of 36 and 38, 60% of them would be divorced, depressed or bankrupt then they might not be quite so keen" ✍️ Stephen McGowan on when players reach the end 👉 tinyurl.com/y9m83c9t

📢 Nutmeg Issue 37 is out soon Includes: Island fling in Orkney A remarkable football tournament captured. Words and photographs by Reece Mullen 🛒 Pre-order here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be Full contents: bit.ly/3JxckHl Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up by 31 August and start with this issue bit.ly/3vlKFT0

🚨 THE SLOW MATCH REPORT🚨 "Manure scents mingled with sickly vape aromas and kids shook buckets in aid of their Sunday team. Football was back, and back with a derby night sheen" 💥@danielgraywriter.bsky.social heads to the Fife derby for first Slow Match Report of season 👉 tinyurl.com/55myecv2

Despite my local Ikea's hideous decision to axe free tiny pencils - my number one item of journalistic tech - I've found a supply. As such, I'm soldiering on, back in training and ready for another season of Slow Match Reports for @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social

Our Dan's batting on through peril - at one point this summer it looked like he might have to resort to those mini Argos pens. ✍️Sign up for the Slow Match Report via Nutmeg FC: tinyurl.com/3mmtn7kt

📢 Nutmeg Issue 37 is out soon Includes: @thehibees.bsky.social fan Gordon McIntyre on his journey through a lifetime of football memories @ballboymusic.bsky.social‬ 🛒 You can pre-order it now: bit.ly/3JxR4Be Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up by 31 August and start with this issue bit.ly/3vlKFT0

📢 Nutmeg Issue 37 is now at the printers Includes Allaster McKallaster: The man under the kilt by Martin Greig 🛒 You can pre-order here: bit.ly/3JxR4Be 👀 Read the full contents: bit.ly/3JxckHl Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up by 31 August and start with this issue @mckallaster.bsky.social

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📢 Nutmeg announcement Issue 37 now at the printers 🛒 You can pre-order it now: bit.ly/3JxR4Be Full contents: bit.ly/3JxckHl Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up by 31 August and start with this issue bit.ly/3vlKFT0

🚨 NEW ON NUTMEG FC🚨 🐈‍⬛ Exclusive column from Aiden McGeady marking Sunderland's first Premier League game in 8️⃣ years tomorrow v West Ham 👉 tinyurl.com/2e9eeeys

📢 Nutmeg Issue 37 📢 Lennon Miller signs for Udinese and Steven Naismith announced as part of Steve Clarke’s backroom staff just as Issue 37 goes to the printers. Coincidence? Totally. But you can enjoy their chat in the next issue. 🛒 Pre-order: bit.ly/3JxR4Be

Issue 37 features, I’m pleased to say, my tale of a confraternal and carb-loaded weekend with the Scotland-daft fanáticos of @sdeibar.bsky.social

📢 Nutmeg announcement 📢 Issue 37 is off to the printers! 🛒 You can pre-order it now: bit.ly/3JxR4Be Read the full contents here: bit.ly/3JxckHl Not a subscriber? ✍️ Sign up by 31 August and start with Issue 37 bit.ly/3vlKFT0

🚨 NEW ON NUTMEG FC🚨 ⚽ @sportingintel.bsky.social casts his analytical eye over Russell Martin's time at Southampton... 💥"I’ll have some good news, and not so good news, for Rangers supporters" 👉 tinyurl.com/4aeahmyk

Bairns Season Preview 📘 We now have some print copies of the Falkirk programme to give away. Just DM us with your address and we'll do the rest. Includes: Interviews with John McGlynn, Jack Ross & Brian Graham. Analysis of Premiership year ahead by @sportingintel.bsky.social

Calling all FalkirkFC fans. 📘 Our Bairns Season Preview is now available to download for FREE at the Nutmeg online shop. 👉 bit.ly/4mi1zH2 🛒 Physical copies still available to pick up at the Falkirk Shop.

🚨 NUTMEG FC INVESTIGATES🚨 💥Part 1️⃣ of award-winning writer Stephen McGowan's series on Aberdeen’s first Scottish Cup win in 35 years 🎙️ Interview with @afc.co.uk DoF Steven Gunn who talks about on /off-field impact READ: tinyurl.com/57dktuan

🔵Two wins and goals galore from our Falkirk fling. We hope you enjoyed the magazine, Bairns fans.

🧢Falkirk fans, pick up your free Season Preview by Nutmeg at today's game v Spartans. Includes: -Interviews with John McGlynn, Jack Ross & Brian Graham -New season joys by Daniel Gray -Analysis of Premiership year ahead by Nick Harris -Gordon Waddell on Brockville -A look back at old programmes 👀⬇️

🧢Off to Falkirk v Spartans tomorrow? We're back again with our free Bairns Season Preview by Nutmeg. Pick up yours at the stadium. 📸Reply to us with a photo of it at the match. 📚Photo enters you into a draw to WIN a Nutmeg Bundle. Get in.

🧢Off to Falkirk v Spartans tomorrow? We're back again with our free Bairns Season Preview by Nutmeg. Pick up yours at the stadium. 📸Reply to us with a photo of it at the match. 📚Photo enters you into a draw to WIN a Nutmeg Bundle. Get in.

📸Send us a photo of your Falkirk new season Nutmeg special from the match tonight. 📚Enters you in a draw for a Nutmeg bundle including latest issue.

🧢Falkirk fans, pick up your free Season Preview by Nutmeg at tonight's game. Includes: -Interviews with John McGlynn, Jack Ross & Brian Graham -Analysis of Premiership year ahead by @sportingintel -@GordonWaddell on Brockville -A look back at old programme covers. 👀⬇️

Going to Falkirk v Queen's Park tonight? Look out for our Bairns special, reply with a photo and possibly win some Nutmeg delight ⬇️

🧢Heading to Falkirk v Queen's Park tonight? Pick up your free Bairns Season Preview by Nutmeg. 📸Reply to us with a photo of it at the match. 📚Photo enters you into a draw to WIN a Nutmeg Bundle. Wooooooh.

🧢 We've given Falkirk the Nutmeg treatment. Look out for your free Bairns season guide at the match tomorrow and on Saturday.

🚨 NEW ON NUTMEG FC🚨 📈 @sportingintel.bsky.social crunches the data on newly promoted teams. One for #Falkirk fans! 👉 tinyurl.com/3bzawemd #Falkirkfc #FFC

🚨 NUTMEG FC EXCLUSIVE🚨 🗣️"I know what it means to hit rock bottom with your sexuality. When that 2am DM landed, I met someone else in that position" 👉 Read Zander Murray's column tinyurl.com/5944knha

Nutmeg Issue 36 extract You can read an article from the latest issue on @theguardian.com online. The sculptors behind football statues such as Denis Law, Jim McLean, John Greig & Sergio Agüero 👉 bit.ly/46upLBg 🛒 You can buy Issue 36 here: bit.ly/435AwXz ✍️ Or subscribe here: bit.ly/3vlKFT0

🚨STEPHEN McGOWAN INVESTIGATES 🚨 💥 In Part3️⃣ of his series on US owners in Scottish football, Stephen McGowan speaks to former Ayr United owner Lachlan Cameron 👉 Join Nutmeg FC and read here: tinyurl.com/bdf7xjst

🚨STEPHEN McGOWAN INVESTIGATES 🚨 👉 In Part 1️⃣ of his investigation into US owners in Scottish football, Stephen McGowan revisits the story of the Tennessee truck tycoon who tried to invest in Rangers in 2012 ✍️ Read here: tinyurl.com/364zxvrx

Who doesn't love a wall chart? Scotland might not be at the 2025 Euros but @wsc.co.uk certainly are. Their Euro 2025 special issue is out now. 🛒 Available in newsagents or direct from WSC www.wsc.co.uk/shop/wsc-455/

⚽ NEW ON NUTMEG FC⚽ 👉 @sportingintel.bsky.social has been involved in the legal cases of dozens of footballers who have sought damages for career-limiting events ✍️ Here, he gives his expert insight into Jake Doyle-Hayes' case against Hibs tinyurl.com/4ww269bd #hibs #hibernianfc

🏄‍♀️ Hello people of Portobello 📕 Issue 36 is now on the shelves of the wonderful @portybooks.bsky.social Plus Back Heel, our selection of articles from the first 30 issues is back in stock. You can also find us at: 🛒 @magculture.bsky.social

⚽ NEW ON NUTMEG FC⚽ 👉 @sportingintel.bsky.social has been involved in the legal cases of dozens of footballers who have sought damages for career-limiting events ✍️ Here, he gives his expert insight into Jake Doyle-Hayes' case against Hibs tinyurl.com/4ww269bd #hibs #hibernianfc

Enjoying the latest issues of both @theblizzard.bsky.social & @nutmegmagazine.bsky.social in the garden, even though I was initially confused by @germanocean.bsky.social's latest photo essay, lazily thinking it was Nairn or Huntly in Nutmeg and then discovered it was Falmouth in Blizzard