Football Daily | Dermot Desmond fires up his flamethrower as Rodgers resigns

<p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/info/2022/nov/14/football-daily-email-sign-up"><strong>Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!</strong></a></p><p>As splits go, Monday night’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/27/brendan-rodgers-resigns-celtic-martin-oneill">parting of Brendan Rodgers and Celtic</a> was as bitter and spectacular as any rock band have managed. And unlike Mötley Crüe, Guns N’ Roses and the Gallaghers, there will be no reunion tour. Think The Smiths, with attendant wordy statements to reflect just how severed the alliance is. Rodgers’ departure was initially sold as him stepping away. “Celtic Football Club can confirm that football manager Brendan Rodgers has today tendered his resignation,” droned a club statement. “The Club appreciates Brendan’s contribution to Celtic during his two very successful periods at the Club.”</p><p>Watching the current success of my adopted fitba club Hearts (<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/27/hearts-scottish-premiership-celtic-rangers-football-daily-newsletter">yesterday’s Football Daily</a>), my mind immediately turns to Scott Hutchison of Frightened Rabbit/Owl John/Mastersystem fame and now tragically seven years deceased. A lifelong Hearts fan, he even recorded, with Frightened Rabbit, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXvBUxhGaTw">his own version</a> of Hector Nicol’s ‘The Hearts Song’ to commemorate their main stand being knocked down after 103 years. Following his death, Hearts themselves wore the name of the charity set up in his honour (<a href="https://tinychanges.com/our-story/">Tiny Changes</a>) on their shirts during the Scottish Cup semi-final warm-ups in 2020. I never had the pleasure to know or even meet Scott, but by all accounts he was one of the good ones. Rarely does much time pass bef