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Gary O’Connor puts in winner for Scotland, 1-0
By: Ian Rose |
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Well, it wasn’t the most convincing win over the 77th ranked team in the world, but considering all the injuries, I’ll take it. Austria fell to Scotland just now, 1-0 in Vienna. The hero, newly recalled Locomotiv Moscow striker Gary O’Connor. In his 10th international cap for Scotland, Gary scored his third […]
Category: Scottish Premier League
Tags: Scottish national team, Gary O'Connor, International friendly, Austria, Great moments in Scottish strikers who live in Moscow but are still Scottish deep down, Scottish Premier League, Tag IndexA late congratulations to Derby County
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I should have gotten to this earlier, but what with all the scandals and such, who has the time?
Anyway, I wanted to give a little shout out to the English Premiership’s newest side, Derby County, who beat West Brom to join automatically promoted Sunderland and Birmingham. This is notable, at least to me, not […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueScotland tries out Rangers’ McGregor … temporarily …
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Alex McLeish will have a fresh face between the posts today as Scotland takes on Austria in the last international friendly before resuming Euro 2008 qualifying next week. Rangers starter Allan McGregor will get his first cap today, filling in for Craig Gordon, but everyone involved insists the job is not McGregor’s to compete […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueOut, damned SFA head … the John McBeth story
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Yeah, when I saw this story, being both the Scotland beat blogger and a Shakespeare nerd, I got a little overwhelmed. I thought about adding in comments about daggers in mens’ smiles and Scotland standing where it did … but I got over it.
For those of you not keeping up with the news in […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueScotland NT face uphill battle after injuries
By: Ian Rose | 3 Comments
SPL 2006-07 is over, and it’s time to get back to one of my true loves, the Scottish national side. After a few months off, the 14th-ranked team in the world is back in action on Wednesday in a friendly against Austria, and then has its first meaningful game back against Faroe Islands in […]
Category: Scottish Premier League Tags: Scottish National Team, Scotland, Injury Report, Austria, Faroe Islands, Euro 2008, Scottish Premier League, Tag IndexCeltic take Cup, 1-0 over Pars
By: Ian Rose | 2 Comments
Well, at least there was one true double in British Isles football this year. Celtic have claimed the Scottish FA Cup by 1-0 over Dunfermline, on the strength of a Jean-Joel Perrier Doumbe goal in the 85th minute. Once again, as they were in the quarterfinals against my beloved Caley Thistle, Celtic show […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueScottish Cup final
By: Ian Rose | 4 Comments
This is it … the ultimate David and Goliath story in Scottish football is just hours away. Celtic, the irresistable force, champion of the SPL and the team that very nearly beat AC Milan in the round of 16 of this year’s Champions League. Dunfermline, the very easily movable object, who have been […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueGalaxy, meet Kris Boyd
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Tonight, the LA Galaxy plays one of its many, many exhibition matches against none other than Rangers. As a Scottish-American football fan, this is one of those events (along with MLS All-Stars v Celtic) that makes me giggle like a little girl. In order to prepare the Galaxy (next to last in the […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueWeek of U-19 Euro qualifiers begins
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The Scottish U-19 side hosts three UEFA European Championships qualifying matches in the next week. The finals this year will be held in Austria from 16-27 July, but for now, Scotland will have its hands full with three tough matches on home soil. They are as follows:
May 23 - Scotland v Turkey at […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueGalaxy gets first look at Ranger Gow
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Now that SPL football is over for a few months, it’s time for the cream of the Scottish crop to start traveling the world. Exhibition season is upon us, and for Rangers, that season starts Wednesday against the LA Galaxy. In addition to raising international support and giving the Galaxy fans a good […]
Category: Scottish Premier League Tags: Alan Gow, Rangers, LA Galaxy, Exhibition season, First game in a new kit ... I wonder if it itches, Scottish Premier League, Tag Index
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