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LIVEBLOG: Rangers 2-0 Zeta FINAL
By: Ian Rose |
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The time has come for Scotland’s assault on the Champions League to begin. Last season, Celtic reached the round of 16 in the CL for the first time ever (since it’s been called the Champions League, that is - they won the European Cup in 1967), and two years ago, Rangers did the same. […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueAll-time records within reach this SPL season
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Each season has its trophies and accomplishments, but each also allows teams and individuals to make their mark on all-time records. Here are a few ways the 2007-2008 SPL season could be a significant one in the larger scheme of things.
The 2000th SPL match
Since the SPL was created in a split from the Scottish […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueCeltic can learn from Cardiff City — Stay put!
By: Ian Rose | 4 Comments
Another day goes by and another statement from Wee Gordon Strachan about how anxious he is to get his team out of Scotland. Whether it’s to the Premiership (as an affiliated member - more on that in a second) or to a European Superleague, the Celtic coach clearly believes that the SPL is not […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueHell week for Aberdeen in Egypt
By: Ian Rose | 3 Comments
This is not the sort of trip you want in the weeks leading up to the start of an SPL season, especially a season that follows a very successful one like Aberdeen’s, in which they finished third, a feat which nearly no one is calling on them to repeat. This is the time for […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueSPL Preseason Power Rankings
By: Ian Rose | 5 Comments
Well, here we go. The friendlies are well underway, and its now not so long until the SPL season openers on August 4. As much as I detest preseason rankings, they come with the territory, and so here are my choices for who starts where in the SPL. This is in no […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueZeta beats Kaunas, will face Rangers in CL
By: Ian Rose | 5 Comments
It was a nice story while it lasted. Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov, unable to reach any European competition after a rough SPL season, takes his other team, Lithuanian side FBK Kaunas, to the Champions League, where they have only one tie to win before they face Romanov’s SPL rivals Rangers in the second qualifying […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueScotland NT to face South Africa
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This is turning out to be a very happy day for your friendly neighborhood Scotland blogger. First, I get to report on a new striker for my club team, Caley Thistle. Now, my national side, the Scotland NT, is going to give me another chance to see them in action. I was […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueCaley lock up “Super Marius” Niculae
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I know, I know. This is the second story in a row about Inverness Caley Thistle, my beloved favorite club. No fear - I will return to all the Old Firm madness and Edinburgh craziness, complete with some sort of Vlad Romanov quote about Sumatran Rat Monkeys or something … soon … but […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueRangers CL opponent: Zeta?
By: Ian Rose | 3 Comments
Everyone, brush up on your Googling. Who is FK Zeta? When the Champions League draw was announced, and Rangers saw their opponents coming from the match between Lithuanian Hearts feeder side Kaunas and FK Zeta from Montenegro, they started preparing for another match against the Lithuanians. The Kaunas side is so intertwined […]
Category: Scottish Premier LeagueElton John has his day in Inverness, while Caley win away
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The day has passed. The day that could have been such a joy for me. Since I blog about the UEFA Cup and love Inverness Caley Thistle with all my heart, think of the joy that it would have given me to see Caley participating in the Intertoto Cup, a possible route to […]
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