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Daily Record
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Rutherglen Glencairn boss target Lowland League spot with revamp on way
The Glens are a SFA licensed club and could be fast tracked to the fifth tier next term amid a shake up to the pyramid Rutherglen Glencairn co-boss Joe Pryce has targeted one of the Lowland League West promotion spots from this season's West of Scotland Premier Division. Pryce is building a squad able to compete in the top flight, with nine places up for grabs in the revamped West Division of the Lowland League in season 2026/27. The Lowland League will be split into East and West Divisions, with 16 teams in each, running alongside the Highland League. As an SFA Licenced club, Glencairn are virtually guaranteed a place in the new set-up, but Pryce wants to make sure. He said: 'It looks like there will be at least eight teams from the division moving into a new league, eight licenced clubs, and we're obviously one of them. 'There will be other clubs who are shooting for their licence this year. If you want to move into this next division, your goal is to finish in the top eight. 'I know there are some clubs who don't have a licence and might struggle to get one, because we know a prohibiting factor is finance, you need floodlights and things like that. 'But from our point of view, we've just got to aim to finish as high up in that division as we can, and we're certainly going to give it a right good go.' Pryce says his side will stick to what made they successful in their promotion-winning campaign last season and expects his side to be a force in the Premier Division. He added: 'Teams who are up against us will know they've been in a game, and you're going to have to play well if you want to beat us, that's for sure. We want to go up and play, we're not just going up there to make up the numbers. 'We can't just sit 10 men behind the ball and kick the way we're facing, we'll play the way we want them to play, and that footballers want to play.' Lowland clubs voted for reconstruction earlier this month, determining that relegation from the Lowland League won't take place this coming season. However, promotion will be opened up, with champions from each of the four tier-six leagues – West of Scotland Premier Division, South of Scotland, East of Scotland Premier, East Region Midlands League – promoted into their respective division, if they meet Lowland League entry criteria. This is Scottish FA Licence at bronze level, and meeting Financial Fair Play rules. At the moment, the West Division would be made up of Albion Rovers, Caledonian Braves, Clydebank, Cumbernauld Colts, Gretna 2008, two clubs from the South of Scotland League and nine from West of Scotland, plus Celtic 'B' as a 17th guest club. The West of Scotland and South of Scotland Leagues would be feeders for the Lowland West Division, while the East of Scotland Premier and Midlands Leagues would feed the East Division.
Daily Record
13-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
Rutherglen Glencairn boss' 'upgrade' as he eyes summer signings
Joe Pryce reckons at least seven new faces will arrive for next season Rutherglen Glencairn co-boss Joe Pryce says he will be making an upgrade when he's able to announce 'at least seven' new faces for next season. Pryce and co-boss Billy Ogilvie have been working hard to rebuild their squad for next season in the West of Scotland Premier Division, having gained promotion last season. Pryce said: 'There's nothing we can officially do until people are out of contract on June 30. 'We're working hard behind the scenes, trying to get players in. 'We have two over the line at the moment, we're waiting on another three or four, and there are a few other boys who are coming in. 'It's all looking good at the moment, and if the players that we're after decide to come and join us, then we certainly know we're going to get an upgrade on the players that have moved on. 'The guys who have moved on were good players for us, did really well, but moving into the Premier League you've got to look to upgrade your squad, and be able to cope with that, which is what we're doing. 'In total, I would imagine there are going to be at least seven new players. Seven have moved on, so there will be at least seven coming in. 'If we start the league a couple down then so be it, I'm not fussed about having 20 players to start the campaign. We'll pick it up as we go from there. We're not going to rush in and sign players just for numbers, every player who comes in is going to need to be able to cope in the Premier Division, and contribute.' Glencairn have been drawn at home to Easterhouse in the Strathclyde Demolition Cup second round, while Pryce tries to secure summer friendlies. 'Four or five' friendlies are scheduled, although the dates have yet to be firmed up, with a possible switch of teams on July 5 and 12. But they will travel to Glenrothes on July 19 to mark the 50th anniversary of the sides meeting in the 1975 Scottish Junior Cup final, with any player who featured on the day welcome to attend.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Jonathan Pryce on the ‘great responsibility' of playing a character with dementia in ‘Slow Horses'
Jonathan Pryce has been a welcome presence throughout the first three seasons of Slow Horses, earning an Emmy nomination as Best Drama Guest Actor in 2024. His role as retired MI5 officer David Cartwright was greatly expanded in Season 4, and as he tells Gold Derby, "I was grateful for the opportunity to spend more time with the other actors." The majority of Pryce's previous appearances had taken place at his character's house in the countryside, where his grandson, rookie MI5 agent River Cartwright (Jack Lowden), would periodically pay him a visit. Getting bumped up to series regular meant that Pryce would get to visit Slough House, the administrative office run by rumpled agent Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), and that "opened up the whole world to me." Throughout the first three seasons, clues are dropped about the elder Cartwright's mental decline, which turns into full-blown dementia this season. It was a startling change for someone who had once been the shadowy power behind the throne, yet at the same time, "that's only the way other people saw me. I played a very benign grandfather to Jack, and I think that's one of the interesting things about playing a bad guy: he doesn't believe he's a bad guy, it's only the other people who think he's a bad guy." Although he's often referred to as "The Old Bastard," "I played him in a very benign, kindly way, like a good spy: outwardly, you don't show your true emotions." More from GoldDerby Grammys unveil 2026 ceremony date, new categories 'Feel good about not conforming': Christina Ricci reflects on her iconic roles, from Wednesday Addams to Misty Quigley 'The show is a true fluke': '100 Foot Wave' executive producer on how they chase big waves across the globe For Pryce, "the chance to explore David's dementia was something I was very happy to do," and something he has experience doing. "When you get to be my age, the only things you're offered are the old man with dementia or cancer, or their wife has cancer, or their wife has died and they're going off on some mission to acknowledge their wife's death." He had previously played a character suffering from dementia in Florian Zeller's play The Height of the Storm, which "proved to be quite a rewarding experience, because what you don't want to do is indulge the character's illness or abuse the illness in any way." In addition to his acting experience, Pryce is also an ambassador for Alzheimer's Society, and often works on their behalf. So "I felt a great responsibility to portray David's dementia in as truthful and as positive a way as I could." Throughout his experiences, Pryce has learned that "the person who has dementia is living in one world, but of course the pain is endured by the family," which is seen in the way River reacts to his grandfather's illness. He was able to bring some real life experience to the performance as well, "I had one family member who had dementia," an aunt who "didn't develop it until her mid-90s." Pryce would visit his aunt in her care home, and as he recalls, "it was quite benign what was happening to her. She was being taken good care of, but she gradually didn't recognize me. I would say, 'Auntie Myra, it's John,' and she would say, 'I have a nephew named John. He's a famous actor.'" He remembers relating this to one of his sons, who assured him, "'She remembers you. She just doesn't recognize you.' That was important for me, to realize that I still existed in her mind, because we were very, very close as a family." SEE Gary Oldman on 'Slow Horses' being 'an extraordinary show to work on' and 'one of the highlights of my career' Although David's illness was a big change, Pryce reveals he didn't change his behavior to map out its progression. "It's kind of difficult to chart your performance, because it's never shot chronologically. It was there in the writing, and there in people's reactions to me." His costars "are very sensitive actors to be with. They knew what was happening to David." Oldman's character, on the other hand, was "only too happy" to see that "he could say what he liked to me. He never liked me, and he certainly wasn't going to be sympathetic towards me now. So it was explored through my relationships with the other characters, and that's how it is in life. If you have Alzheimers or dementia, you go through your life, but it's how other people react. Other people tell your story, and I've always found that with acting roles, whatever they are. It's the classic thing: how do people know you're a king? Because everybody bows to you. That happened in The Crown," in which he played Prince Philip. "It's very nice to happen." Pryce also had people kissing his ring when he played Pope Francis in The Two Popes, which netted him his first Oscar nomination. "When I was first offered the pope, I didn't think I could possibly do it," he admits. "I'm not religious in any way, but God, I'm glad I said yes. It was one of the best experiences I've had in 50 odd years, working with [Anthony] Hopkins and Fernando Meirelles, that entire production team. It was just the best, absolutely the best." With Francis' recent passing, Pryce watched with the rest of the world as a new pope was elected. "I find it incredibly moving, having played at it and been apart of it. It was just wonderful to see who was chosen, that he was Francis' man, and that, in his early words, he was going to carry on Francis' work." Perhaps his most iconic role is that of lowly office worker Sam Lowry in Terry Gilliam's dystopian comedy Brazil, which remains "extraordinary" to this day. "It's gotten me a lot of work over the years, because directors who were young when they saw Brazil got into filmmaking because of Terry and because of that film," he says. "It's really gratifying. I meet people all the time who say that film changed their life, or it was a turning point for them. It's good, because it's a great film" and "still more relevant than ever" with its critiques of big government surveillance and terrorism as a response to injustice. "The terrible thing about it is, as a society, we don't learn from these things. We don't learn from history. That's the downside of it." Pryce's career began on the stage, where he won Tony Awards for Comedians and Miss Saigon. His performance in Carrington earned the Best Actor prize at Cannes, and he's received further Emmy nominations for Barbarians at the Gate, Return to Cranford, and The Crown. Best of GoldDerby 'The best job I ever had': 'From 'Supernatural' to 'The Boys,' Eric Kripke talks his biggest hits — and miss (ahem, 'Tarzan') 'Cross' star Aldis Hodge on building an aspirational hero — who's not a superhero 'Feel good about not conforming': Christina Ricci reflects on her iconic roles, from Wednesday Addams to Misty Quigley Click here to read the full article.
The Review Geek
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Review Geek
Stick – Season 1 Episode 4 Recap & Review
Zero Sum Game Episode 4 of Stick begins with Pryce trying (and failing) to get through to Santi. Of course, he's off with Zero celebrating his big win. Its been 3 hours and he's missed dinner, much to Pryce's annoyance. Eventually he does rock up but Santi makes a point to ignore Pryce the whole time. Santi also introduces Zero to them before they decide to hit the pool together. Pryce wants to hang but Santi is having none of it. Pryce is not about to give up though, and in the morning he tries to get on the same page with Santi. His analogy to them being in a marriage doesn't work, nor does the breakfast sandwich. Will he ever get through to the kid? Well, Santi is off to the quarry with Zero and her friends. When Elena finds out, she believes they should all go and get him back. Santi needs to learn to stick to his commitments and Zero is obviously not a great influence. When they arrive at the quarry, they're forced into buying a floaty but only one can go ahead. That one person being Pryce of course. He goes on ahead and tries to convince Santi to get to work, while Zero rattles on about late-stage capitalism and living in the moment. Pryce eventually apologizes and explains his actions to the kid, but Santi bites back and tells him that nobody is going to tell him how to play. He didn't like the way Pryce was coaching him, and it reminded him of the past. This time, he's going to play his way and is confident he'll win the whole time. Back in the RV, Mitt speaks to Elena and talks to her about Pryce's past. He tells her about Pryce's son, Jett, who was 4 when he died of cancer. Elena is shocked when she finds out, especially given her comment to him the previous night about 'not understanding children'. Lashing out on the golf course appears to be linked to Clark, the sleazy Ready Safe Insurance salesman we saw briefly on an advert earlier in the episode. He's also a golfer and it appears he may have said something to Pryce on the course, hence why he snapped. That night, Pryce decides to try and use Zero to get through to Santi. Her annoying anti-authority stance happens to be the only thing Santi is listening to. Pryce decides she could help on the golf course, and even offers up 10k for her services. Eventually she agrees, but Mitt is not happy. The Episode Review Stick returns this week with an episode that holds off on the golf and moves in on the feelings instead. The bond between Zero and Santi looks set to derail everything though, especially her anti-authority, anti-capitalist stance that's starting to influence Santi. Although to be honest, it's quite funny that by the end of the episode she completely flips on her ideals when she gets the chance to win some money. It shows how flippant her beliefs actually are and hopefully we dive a bit deeper into her past as well to explain her motivations. Beyond that though, there's not much else to write home about here. The drama and characters are fine but the series is stretching its premise thin, with – as I said last week – a story that feels designed for a feature movie but stretched out across 10 weeks. Previous Episode Next Episode Expect A Full Season Write-Up When This Season Concludes!
Daily Record
06-06-2025
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- Daily Record
Rutherglen Glencairn will cope with top flight test, says boss
Joe Pryce's side have been promoted to the West of Scotland Premier Division and he insists they can make an impact Rutherglen Glencairn co-boss Joe Pryce says his side aren't just going to make up the numbers in the West of Scotland Premier Division. The Glens co-boss says players don't want to operate with 10 men behind the ball and can showcase their talents in the top flight. He said: 'It's the Premier Division and we're going in against teams like Johnstone Burgh, who won the Scottish Cup on Sunday, Auchinleck, Cumnock, Pollok – the big hitters just keep coming and first and foremost we've got to make sure we can compete. 'But we want to do more than compete, we want to go in and play in the Premier Division and not just make up the numbers. 'We don't just want to go and have 10 men behind the ball, kicking it the way we're facing, footballers don't want to play that way, they want to showcase their talents. 'We won't build that way, we're going to go in and play the way we want. We know we're going to have to defend, and properly, but we still want to go up and play. We'll be a success, or we'll fail, but we'll do it our way.' Pryce has started looking ahead to next season and is on the verge of signing three defenders, though won't name them at this stage. However, Roan Fitzpatrick, Jack McIlveen and Allan Woodhouse have departed the club. Pryce said: We've spoken to quite a few, but it's that difficult part where players are just leaving clubs, want to see what else is there for them. 'We've been concentrating on our own players, making sure the ones we want to stay are tied up, but we have certainly been active in speaking to players. 'We know our targets, we know what we're looking for, and we're just waiting on players getting back to us. 'We've managed to get two centre-backs tied up at the minute, ready for next season, and we're speaking to another one. 'We lost Roan and Woody out the midfield, who are moving on, and Jack McIlveen has moved on to St Roch's as well. 'We were disappointed to lose those three, because we wanted to take them with us, but they've made their choice, that's up to them and we wish them all the best. They were a big part of what we achieved this year.' Pryce added: 'There are a couple of players that we've still to speak to, in terms of our own group, who won't be here next season, but it's quite slow and difficult. 'The financial landscape of the Premier League is way above First Division, so that's something we're adjusting to. But we are where we are, we're certainly not going to put the club in any trouble, trying to pay wages that we can't afford. 'We see other what clubs have done, and the perilous state they find themselves in, but that won't happen at Glencairn.'
