NORMAN GOOD was an intelligent and extremely erudite man.

AT our house, the season for re-arranging the furniture usually begins around the end of September, when the woods surrounding our house are a tapestry of colour — scarlet and ochre shot through with strands of purple heather — and the scent of fallen leaves hangs heavy on the air.

Rangers defender Olivier Bernard insists Paul le Guen will not turn Ibrox into a French colony.