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“Confident boy” O’Connor looks to score in England
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Now that he’s made up his mind and is headed to Birmingham City, Scotland international striker Garry O’Connor is setting his sights high in the Premiership. He told The Scotsman about his hopes to end the drought of Scottish success at the striker position in England by making a big splash in his new […]
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Tags: Scottish Premier League, Garry O'Connor, Scottish national team, English Premier League, Birmingham City, Euro 2008, Scots Abroad, Tag IndexRangers get CL draw, possible run-in with Vlad
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Well, it’s June 29th and that means the draw for the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup and the first two qualifying rounds of the Champions League. Even with the Intertoto already having started, Europe doesn’t feel like it really starts until these draws come out. The teams can start preparing, starting […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueHeadgear ban apparently not applied to Copa América
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As reported earlier in this blog, a FIFA regulation on uniforms and headgear has forced Scotland’s first female Muslim football team to basically shut down, since many of the players will not make the choice to abandon their religious beliefs, including the wearing of traditional Hijab headwear, in order to play football.
Apparently, either the ban […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueRangers’ midfield coming together: Adam and Beasley signed
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As an Scot-American who is fond of both of my countries, I love to see Scots make it in US soccer (like this year’s MLS All Star coach) as well as vice versa, so it was my great pleasure to see that US international winger DeMarcus Beasley finally put pen to paper and made it […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueSproule and Anderson go to England
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Two big-name SPL players are headed to England today, as Aberdeen captain Russell Anderson is bought up by new Prem side Sunderland for £1 million, and Ivan Sproule, everyone’s favorite dancing Hibee, is reportedly off to Bristol City and the fizzy drink Championship of England.
I hate to see both of these players go. Anderson, […]
Category: Scottish Premier League Tags: Ivan Sproule, Russell Anderson, Hibernian, Aberdeen, EPL, Coca Cola Championship, Bristol City, Sunderland, Transfer News, Scottish Premier League, Tag IndexInternational experience at this year’s U20 World Cup
By: Ian Rose | 2 Comments
Well, we are less than a week away now from the kickoff of the 2007 Under-20 World Cup in Canada, where Scotland will be making its first junior World Cup appearance in 20 years. Following my obsession with both football and obscure statistics, I decided to take a look at how many of the […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueMLS All Star Game will be Scot v. Scot
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Even in the darkest times in Scottish football history, when few or no Scottish players went abroad, and we could barely fill our own rosters with homegrown talent, we were always strong in one position: manager. Some of the great managers and coaches in the world are Scots (including, of course, a certain Sir […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueScottish women’s team shut down by Hijab ban
By: Ian Rose | 3 Comments
Scotland is not a nation known for its diversity, but there are actually a number of pretty sizable Asian communities, several of them Muslim, and several of these communities, not surprisingly, are active in grassroots local football. Scotland’s first female Muslim football team, however, may have to shut down before it even really begins, […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueNaismith ponders his future, O’Connor heads to Birmingham
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UPDATE TO THIS POST: O’Connor has reportedly signed with Birmingham.
The two hottest Scottish properties in football right now are Garry O’Connor and Steven Naismith. O’Connor, currently at Locomotiv Moscow, showed his quality with two goals in two games for Scotland since being recalled to the national side. Naismith was, along with Scott Brown, […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueIvan Sproule + beer + riverdancing = awesome.
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Hats off to Ivan Sproule, and I’ll tell you why. The Hibernian and Northern Ireland winger is a Hibs fan favorite and so it was no surprise to find him one of the nominees for Player of the Year by fan forum Hibees Bounce. What was surprising, and refreshing, was to find that […]
Category: Scottish Premier League Tags: Players off the pitch, Ivan Sproule, Hibernian, HibeesBounce, There ain't no party like a fan forum party cuz a fan forum party don't stop, Scottish Premier League, Tag Index
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