Lili Sheppard, Andy Bennett & Mel Everett BBC News, Glastonbury Festival Nile Rodgers: ‘All killer and no filler’ Music legend Nile Rodgers has said playing Glastonbury Festival means “everything” to him. Thousands of people watched Nile Rodgers and Chic perform hit after hit on the Pyramid Stage earlier. Rodgers has written and produced songs for...
Midfielder Amy Rodgers is ruled out of Scotland’s final Nations League A group game against the Netherlands after breaking her jaw against Austria. Read full article at source...
“He’s incredibly clear in his messaging of what he wants and how he wants it done.” Rodgers joined Celtic in 2016 a few months after leaving Liverpool and won all six domestic competitions in his next two seasons. A seventh, the League Cup, would follow in December 2018, but he would relinquish the opportunity of...
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers is to hold talks over his future with major shareholder Dermot Desmond. (Sun), external Rodgers indicates Celtic are ready to strengthen when the summer transfer window opens. (Glasgow Times), external Meanwhile, the Celtic manager expects winger James Forrest, 33, to play a big role next term. (Scotsman – subscription required), external...
Former Celtic forward John Hartson fears speculation over manager Brendan Rodgers’ future may affect the club next season. (Sun), external Another ex-Celtic player, Stiliyan Petrov, expects the club to spend this summer and suggests five more players like Daizen Maeda would be a good place to start. (Herald – subscription required), external And Petrov expects...
With his final Old Firm game looming into view, legendary Rangers manager Walter Smith admitted he was “delighted” to be leaving the Glasgow derby firepit. It was 2011, coming at a time when retirement was on the horizon and when off-field matters were dominating the headlines. The latter emphasising his desire to call it a...
Hibs equalled a club record of 17 league games unbeaten to leap up the table from December before last weekend’s 1-0 defeat by Aberdeen at Pittodrie, and have defeated every side except St Mirren in the Premiership this season. Meanwhile Falkirk manager McGlynn, having won the award last season for guiding Falkirk to an unbeaten...
Captain Callum McGregor believes the “sky is the limit” for this team under Rodgers, but what is left for Celtic to achieve? In the short term, there is another a treble on the line when they face Aberdeen in next month’s Scottish Cup final at Hampden. If that is secured, the demand will be to...
And he added: “I know we’re in a golden era here at Celtic and people always say you’re miles ahead and everything else. You look back to the eras here, the 60s and 70s, Celtic winning so much. And then we have eras here where winning a trophy was a real challenge and really, really...
What more is there for Brendan Rodgers to achieve in Scottish football? The 52-year-old Northern Irishman had already proven himself at the highest level after Liverpool finished Premier League runners-up under his guidance before his first stint as Celtic manager. However, he has come a long way since suffering an embarrassing 1-0 first-leg Champions League...
Since returning to Celtic Rodgers has been clear he wants to take them up a level in European competition. This season was a step forward as they went close to taking Bayern Munich to extra-time in the play-off round, after racking up 12 points in the league phase. To continue that trend and their dominance...
With 23 trophies in 11 years, former Scotland international McGregor knows a thing or two about doing just that. He’s a serial winner. Level on accolades with Lisbon Lions captain Billy McNeill, only Bobby Lennox and current team-mate James Forrest are ahead of him on the roll of honour. Should Celtic seal the Premiership title...
Getty Images Clodagh Rodgers came fourth in Eurovision Clodagh Rodgers, who represented the United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1971, has died at the age of 78. Rodgers, from Warrenpoint, County Down, came fourth with the song Jack In The Box. She was chosen to represent the UK at the contest being held...
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers has defended Adam Idah and hit out at people trying to “expose” footballers after a video of the striker appearing to throw up in a taxi circulated on social media. Rodgers revealed the 24-year-old Republic of Ireland international phoned him on the team’s day off on Thursday to explain the situation....
Stiliyan Petrov is urging Celtic to back Brendan Rodgers and invest more to make an impact in Europe. Rodgers spoke on Friday of adding “freshness” to his squad over the summer in order to take the club forward. “It was really clever from a strong manager asking for players,” said Petrov, who played for Celtic...