Tam Cowan

[starryfish]

Anyone else going to the Music Hall tonight to see Cowan and Cosgrove chew the cud regarding Scottish football? Have heard that there could be as many as three special guests, Calderwood, Nicholl and Neale Cooper. I assume tickets will be available on the door.

[K-9]

15.50 and 17.50 to watch Tam Cowan? No thanks.

[vanderark14]

no way.

 

Tam Cowan is a twat.

[Milners]

15.50 and 17.50 to watch Tam Cowan? No thanks.

 

oooops

[Suspect Device]

It was fairly funny although the Jimmy's tan jokes can get a bit wearing.

 

And shock of the night was Neale Cooper saying that Souness was an arrogant ***ker.

 

OK, it's not a shock at all really.

[rdsred]

It was fairly funny although the Jimmy's tan jokes can get a bit wearing.

 

And shock of the night was Neale Cooper saying that Souness was an arrogant ***ker.

 

OK, it's not a shock at all really.

 

I thought it was good and very funny. Better than a lot of so called stand ups I have seen there

[markdon]

I thought it was good and very funny. Better than a lot of so called stand ups I have seen there

 

Who were the special guests?

[rdsred]

Who were the special guests?

 

Jimmy Calderwood, Jimmy Nicholl and Neale 'Tattie' Cooper

[Henry]

I see Tam Cowan is in a bit of bother for saying what everyone thinks about women's' football.

 

 

THE BBC will this week hold talks with one of Scotland’s best-known radio presenters after he was pulled from the airwaves over “dreadful” comments about women’s football.

Tam Cowan, one of the hosts of popular Saturday football show Off The Ball, provoked a flurry of criticism after describing the women’s game as a “turgid spectacle”.

In his regular column in the Daily Record, he took aim at the Scottish international team’s fixture with Bosnia on Thursday night, asking: “If women’s football is so good, where the hell are all the supporters? Surely even the most fervent fans must agree it’s time to chuck it?”

Hours after the article went to press, Cowan was replaced as co-host for Saturday’s edition of the longstanding BBC Radio Scotland football magazine.

It’s unclear what action will be taken against Cowan. He has not been suspended by BBC Scotland. A BBC spokesman said: “Given the comments in his column, it would have been inappropriate for Mr Cowan to appear on the show.”

Entertainment listings and the BBC’s website showed Off the Ball’s Sunday Supplement was due to air yesterday at 11.05am, but a repeat of an Out of Doors programme was broadcast instead.

The spokesman said the football show had been advertised because of a scheduling mistake. It was, he said, unrelated to the incident involving Cowan.

In his column, under the headline, And Now A Message From The Dark Ages, Cowan wrote: “If I had my way, today’s Premiership fixture between Motherwell and Ross County would have been cancelled. That’s because Fir Park should have been torched on Thursday to cleanse the stadium after it played host to women’s football.

“Why do they still persevere with this turgid spectacle? And why was it allowed anywhere near Motherwell’s hallowed turf? Face it folks, nobody cares about women’s football.”

The article featured a photo of Cowan dressed up as Gene Hunt, the sexist fictional character from BBC One’s Life on Mars series. It appeared to pre-empt the response, having included his email address for “all complaints.” In the online edition, an editor’s note added that Cowan’s views were “not necessarily those of the Daily Record as a whole.”

Maureen McGonigle, executive administrator for Scottish Women’s Football, said of Cowan’s comments: “I thought they showed extremely bad taste. It was a dreadful article and very narrow-minded.”

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson accused Cowan of “going back to the 70s with his views.”

Cowan could not be contacted for comment yesterday.

[ChutneyLove]

He's got a point. It's pish.

[Dynamo]

Women's football is awful.

[ChutneyLove]

I was once at Hazelheid pitches and there was a special needs game going on next to a pitch where Aberdeen "Ladies" were playing. The standard was pretty similar.

[Jonty]

Former England coach Hope Powell reckoned the English Womens Football team was as good technically as the men, f4ckin spastic. That would be quite an acheivement, considering the pool of players she has to pick from in comparison to the men.

 

What is it with Women goalies being so p1sch as well?

[dave_min]

Care Factor = 0.

[Robbie Winters]

I was once at Hazelheid pitches and there was a special needs game going on next to a pitch where Aberdeen "Ladies" were playing. The standard was pretty similar.

So you were playing for Rose Thistle on the next pitch then ?

 

There is feck all wrong with wifies fitba when you live in Scandinavia, trust me

[Stoney]

Another case of being punished for saying what everybody is thinking.

 

There are no words to describe how pointless womens football is.

[Dynamo]

Do AFC spend any money on Aberdeen Ladies?

[Tommy]

Do AFC spend any money on Aberdeen Ladies?

Gordon Bennett certainly did.

[The Boofon]

Gordon Bennett certainly did.

 

[Stoney]

Do AFC spend any money on Aberdeen Ladies?

 

Hope not.

[Ingolfsson]

Gordon Bennett certainly did.

 

A workplace laugh out loud there, Tommy.

[fine-n-dandy]

Why should they be allowed to run about in their high heels & ruin or surfaces?

It's hard enough to keep decent surfaces in Scottish football as it is without having Women running about on them in their hooves.

[boboisared]

Gordon Bennett certainly did.

[King Street Loon]

Gordon Bennett certainly did.

A proper laugh at my desk there tommy.

Cheers