Comment: No awards ceremonies but Dundee and Dundee United are prize exhibits

Tayside clubs would land Lack of Self-Awareness and Brass Neck of the Season gongs

Dundee United sporting director Tony Asghar posted a picture of himself on Twitter celebrating his club's title win, then deleted the photo. Picture: Ross MacDonald/SNS

Among the collateral damage caused by football’s suspension during the coronavirus pandemic is the postponement of the various annual award dinners recognising the achievers and achievements of the season.

For the first time in its 55-year history, the country’s premier and longest-established Player of the Year event has had to be put on hold by the Scottish Football Writers’ Association.

When and if we are able to reschedule it, those of us who chronicle Scottish football for a living might need to 
create a couple of new award categories, both of which will be claimed by clubs located on the same street.

The Lack of Self-Awareness Award will go to Dundee United’s sporting director Tony Asghar. With a 14-point lead at the top of the Championship, his club are entitled to savour their promotion to the Premiership, however unsatisfactory the manner of the SPFL resolution which confirmed it this week.

But Asghar didn’t do them any favours with his crass online posting of a photo showing him with manager
Robbie Neilson enjoying a socially-distant celebration with what appears to be 
bottles of Corona beer. Little wonder Asghar later withdrew the tweet.

Further along Tannadice Street, the Brass Neck of the Season award goes to flip-flopping Dundee MD John Nelms whose Texan drawl dripped off a statement claiming he had ‘gotten’ the best deal for Scottish football.