Sir Alex ends his six-year BBC interview boycott

By Michael MacLeod

SIR Alex Ferguson has ended his six year BBC boycott – by giving an interview at a horse race.

The Manchester United manager has held a grudge against the broadcasters for accusing his football agent son Jason of orchestrating dodgy transfer dealings in a TV documentary in 2004.

He furiously branded the BBC as “arrogant beyond belief” over the spat.

But the Scot was talked into ending his BBC silence by Radio 5 Live’s horse racing correspondent Cornelius Lysaght, who spotted the manager celebrating the victory of his horse at the Aintree festival on Thursday.

Celebrating Fergie’s u-turn, presenter Richard Bacon said: “It was quite an exciting moment.”

SRU bosses to install Dutch grass lights

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

SCOTTISH rugby chiefs are following in the footsteps of the world’s top football clubs by installing state-of-the-art grow lights for their new Murrayfield pitch.

The artificial growth lighting system has been developed by a rose enthusiast in Holland who has transferred the pioneering concept to growing grass.

After a trial with his local side PSV Eindhoven the Dutch horticulturalist’s innovative system has been adopted by top football clubs including Manchester Utd, Barcelona and Celtic.

The mobile lighting arms are easy to manoeuvre around the pitch meaning they can be applied to specific parts of the playing surface.

Stirling Albion fans try and buy club

By ALEXANDER LAWRIE

SUPPORTERS of a small Scottish football club are urging sports fans from across the world to help them buy their club.

The Stirling Albion Supporter’s Trust hope to become the first British football club to be wholly-owned by the fans

The Bino’s have been up for sale for several years and with spiraling costs and no sign of any immediate investment are at risk of going out of business.

The specific amount needed to buy the club is still to be determined, but the club’s supporter’s trust are hoping to entice around 20,000 football fans from across the world to get involved.

The campaign to buy the Scottish second division football club was officially announced at a press conference yesterday.