Wednesday, July 14, 1999 Published at 17:40 GMT 18:40 UK UKScotland coach starts legal action Craig Brown: "I am not and never have been a bigot" Lawyers acting for Scotland football coach Craig Brown have served a writ for £500,000 damages against the News of the World newspaper.Mr Brown has demanded the retraction of allegations that he sang anti-Catholic songs onto a then girlfriend's telephone answering machine.Solicitors for Craig Brown have issued a writThe News of the World has promised to "vigorously" defend the court action.The Scottish Football Association is taking no action against Brown.Solicitor Rod McKenzie, of law firm Harper Macleod, said that unless the newspaper offered a full apology and retraction, defamation proceedings would be launched seeking "substantial" damages."The writ is seeking damages for £500,000 for defamation in relation to the allegations that Craig Brown is a religious bigot," he said.
Hmm is that rod mckenzie the celtic bigot whos out to nail rangers?