Andrew Miller

Strategic sports & performance communications consultant

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

How convenient when there were tens of thousands of empty seats left

[Sky News @SkyNews]

FIFA has confirmed a website glitch has left dozens of fans getting free tickets for the World Cup 2026

https://t.co/hehKjj0NeL

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Looks like you work for the NHS tbh

[Chloe💙🤍 @Britishteahater]

125th anniversary shirt! 💙

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

This ain’t a good thing

[Premier League @premierleague]

NINE Premier League clubs will play European football next season

It’s a joint-record 👇

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

If he’s been involved in recruitment this season, he should be shipped off to live in exile somewhere away from football.

[Michael Shearer @MichaelcShearer]

According to @ScottBurns75, Shaun Maloney is under serious consideration for a sporting director role at Celtic after helping deliver the domestic double alongside Martin O’Neill.

Maloney has reportedly been heavily involved in recruitment, coaching and tactical work this season.

If he moves upstairs permanently, it also raises fresh questions around O’Neill’s future.

https://t.co/SiIPlVzSDg

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Not a single Real Madrid player in Spain’s World Cup squad…

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Girona were in the Champions League last season after finishing 3rd ahead of Atlético Madrid and yesterday, they were relegated back to Segunda.

[Girona FC @GironaFC]

Final

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Has there ever been another player in any sport that has more irrational confidence or delusion around their own ability/relevance?

[Land of Lowlights @LoLowlights]

Angel Reese was asked about A’ja Wilson:

“She’s obviously a great player…but I know I’m a great player too.”

A’ja Wilson proceeds to drop an efficient 20 and Reese goes 1-8 and commits 8 turnovers 😂

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Corruption Tax

[Sky Sports News @SkySportsNews]

Premier League is proposing to allow clubs to negotiate settlements over alleged breaches of its financial rules rather that seeing their cases automatically refereed to an independent commission, according to Sky News' Mark Kleinman.

[Celtic Football Club @CelticFC]

Club Statement

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

I’m a huge Celtic fan, have been all my life but this is just BS.

We constantly claim we’re better than certain other trouble-making fanbases, but yesterday proved that wasn’t true. Every Celtic fan should feel embarrassed for what conspired yesterday in CP and the city centre.

[John Wight @JohnWight1]

The sheer scale of the venom being directed at Celtic and their fans is more than just about football. It is rooted in Scotland's baleful legacy and history of anti-Irish Catholic racism and bigotry.

We were on our knees as a community when Celtic was established in 1888. In 2026 we stand tall.

And the reason we do stand tall is largely because of Celtic, and how the club has provided us with a sense of pride in an identity that is rooted in defiance not compliance.

[Scotland X Wrestling @celticxwrestlin]

We all knew gathering at the Trongate had ran its course before today. First few were class - first one was spontaneous. Time to call it a day, brings out the worst.

Celebrate the win don’t be a fucking idiot.

[Celtic Football Club @CelticFC]

CHAMPIONS AGAIN!

🏆 Celtic are crowned Champions of Scotland for the FIFTH season in a row!

Huge congratulations to Martin O’Neill and the Bhoys

#Champion5 | #CelticFC🍀🏆

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Why does Chris Sutton hate Auston Trusty so much? Spends every single Celtic game complaining and slandering him.

Something could happen off the ball at the other end of the pitch that has nothing to do with him and Sutton would find a way to blame Trusty.

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Honestly one of the top 5 movie characters in history. It was exceptional.

Tropic Thunder as a whole, is legendary.

[The Rewatchables @TheRewatchables]

Tom Cruise as Les Grossman in 'Tropic Thunder' was a crazy point in his career

[John McGinley @jhnmcgnly]

🤓 Reflections on last night's Celtic penalty.

I'm not trying to convince anyone, really, more laying out an alternative viewpoint amongst what I consider to be pretty absurd hysteria. There are also some mistruths about the VAR process being portrayed as neutral objectivity that I think deserve to be challenged.

Does the ball hit his arm? For me, the footage shows this.

Is his arm in an unnatural position and making his body bigger? It's above shoulder height and in front of his head. The ball strikes his arm before his head. Personally, I don't feel his arm being there is justified by his body movement. Intent is irrelevant.

Is it a clear and obvious error? There's a popular misconception there has to have been a 'clear and obvious error' for VAR to recommend a VAR review. Per the IFAB guidance, this is not true. A referee can also be called to the monitor if they communicate to the VAR that they haven't seen or made a decision on an incident VAR has flagged as a potential penalty. This is called a 'serious missed incident'.

I think, until the audio is released, it's reasonable to assume John Beaton did not rule on whether it was a handball or not before the review, so 'clear and obvious error' would not apply. He didn't have to make a decision on allowing play to continue because the ball almost immediately went out of play and he was told to delay.

It's fair to surmise that Dallas' only role was flagging to Beaton there was a potential handball, not suggesting he had made a grave error. IFAB guidance also makes clear that for subjective decisions, including handball considerations, a pitchside review is appropriate. Beaton approached the monitor and made a decision on the evidence available to him.

Taking all of this into consideration, even if you feel it wasn't a penalty, I am struggling to comprehend the outrage as if this were either the most corrupt decision in the history of Scottish football or the 'worst VAR decision' in history.

I feel there's been a lack of balance or relevant knowledge on broadcasts. I think mainstream pundits suggesting there is a pattern of assistance for Celtic in this title race is hysterical nonsense that is ordinarily mocked by most in less tense times.

For the record, and I know this goes against many Celtic fans, I don't believe any club feels the benefit of biased refereeing.

I think referees in this country are generally poor and lack consistency and I think the version of VAR that we have in Scottish football is fundamentally flawed because of cheap infrastructure.

Going back to the penalty itself, the biggest point of contention would be on the concept of his body being 'unnaturally bigger'. In this case I feel the decision could really go either way depending on the viewpoint of the referee. I don't think it's massively egregious to say it is a penalty.

It can be 'harsh', 'unlucky' and 'soft' and still be a reasonable conclusion for the referee to award a penalty. Or at least be reasonable enough not to suggest it is a 'worldwide' embarrassment and/or cheating.

I'm not entirely ignorant of my own bias. I fully understand it's easier to go 'well, what's the big deal here?' when the decision goes in favour of the team you support and professionally cover. It's going to generate noise, I get that. Yet, there's something uneasy about the fervour with which this is being labelled as objectively a 'disgusting' crime against Hearts and their title bid.

Celtic have earned 19 points with goals scored after the 80th minute this season. They're finding a way. It might be enough.

Rage on!

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Seriously stark contrast between how quickly, directly and progressively Motherwell move the ball in comparison to Celtic’s slow, predictable side-to-side passing.

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

Celtic cannot fumble yet another sure-thing. John McGinn has haunted them for years, Lennon Miller is going to haunt them for years. Unless they have Ange Postecoglu parked up the back of Lennoxtown, they cannot let Jens Berthel Askou be the next on that list.

[Herald Sport @HeraldSportScot]

🆕Motherwell manager Jens Berthel Askou is the frontrunner to become the new coach of Ligue 1 side Toulouse

@mcgowan_stephen reports for @heraldscotland

https://t.co/c6tmH9F044

[Sky Sports Scotland @ScotlandSky]

For the first time, more than four million fans will attend Scottish Premiership matches in a single season.

More - https://t.co/0ktOXnGdl8

📺 Hearts vs Falkirk | @SkyFootball | 7pm
📺 Motherwell vs Celtic | Sky Sports + | 7pm
📺 Celtic vs Hearts | @SkyFootball | 11.30am

[Real Betis Balompié 🌴💚 @RealBetis]

Un equipo para la historia, una afición única.

Lo hicimos 𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎𝐃𝐎𝐒.

¡SOMOS DE @ChampionsLeague!

[Andrew Miller @AndrewMillerNBA]

I’ve been seeing since in the middle of September the Benjamin Nygren should be playing as a centre-forward.

It takes away the pressure of having him on the ball, gives Celtic more control by having another midfielder on the pitch and harnesses his positioning in front of goal

[Anthony Joseph @AnthonyRJoseph]

🇸🇪 Celtic midfielder Benjamin Nygren has been named in the Sweden squad for the World Cup this summer.

The 24-year-old has been listed as a forward for Graham Potter’s side.