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August 30th, 2009

Scotland in danger of losing lucky 13th place

By: Ian Rose | Comments 4 Comments

Scotland entered six teams into European competition this season – Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen, Motherwell, Hearts, and Falkirk. After a dismal start that saw Aberdeen dismantled over two legs and Hearts, Falkirk and Motherwell fail to reach the Europa League group stage, it’s down to the Old Firm. As much as our European hopes [...]

Category Category: Europe


August 22nd, 2009

Celtic Slays the Saints, and more from Saturday

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

It was a lively Saturday in Scottish football, and as we all look to the domestic game for some of the quality we’ve so famously lacked in Europe, there were some very good matches to keep us entertained and help us forget about that nasty little word “coefficient”.
SPL: Celtic 5-2 St. Johnstone
With two consecutive 3-goal [...]

August 7th, 2009

SFL Kickoff: It’s the most wonderful time of the year

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

Ladies and Gentlemen, the wait is over. League football is back across Scotland, with every team in the SFL kicking off Saturday. Scratch that – every team has fixtures. Livingston, the saddening trainwreck of the league, has decided not to show up to their Third Division match with East Stirling as part [...]

Category Category: Scottish League
August 5th, 2009

Livingston double relegation shuffles the SFL

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

It just gets worse and worse for Livingston Football Club. On the edge of administration for months, the cash-strapped club can’t pay its staff, its players, or its rent. The rest of the First Division was understandably worried about Livvie keeping its commitment to play all of its league fixtures, and now, the [...]

Category Category: Scottish League
August 5th, 2009

One comeback down. Can there be another?

By: Ian Rose | Comments 1 Comment

Congratulations to Celtic today, who came back from a 1-0 opening leg deficit to beat Dinamo Moscow, on the road 2-0, and move on to the Champions League Playoff Round. After last week’s series of debacles, it’s great to see the league’s coefficient picking up some points, as well as to see one of [...]

Category Category: Europe


August 2nd, 2009

League Cup First Round Results

By: Ian Rose | Comments No Comments

The first round of the Scottish league cup is in the books, and there were not a lot of surprises, but certainly a lot of goals. Only three matches were settled by less than a two-goal difference, and only one went to penalties. Overall, those that made it out to the grounds this [...]

Category Category: League Cup



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