http://scotland.theoffside.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 14 May 2008 03:02:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tomorrow in Manchester, more than a trophy is on the line, more than just the UEFA Cup, and the hope for Rangers of completing the legendary quad of SPL, Scottish Cup, League cup, and UEFA Cup. There is also the chance to put Scotland in the record books as ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/europe/rangers-could-complete-scotlands-european-treble.html You know the rest. Just as Rangers held firm in defense and offered little in attack in Thursday's penalty UEFA Cup semifinal win over Fiorentina, they were similarly held scoreless by Hibernian today. A fantastic defensive effort from Hibs kept all but two of Rangers' eleven shots from even approaching ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scotland-premier/rangers-live-by-the-scoreless-draw.html I'm not going to make a long post, but I do want to congratulate Rangers on making it to the UEFA Cup final. Actually, both finalists - as much as I pull for every Scottish team in Europe, I really like Zenit as well, and I'm happy for both. I ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/europe/rangers-never-ever-score-strategy-works-out-well-the-final-awaits.html Details are sketchy, but here's an incident has popped up which might just have consequences all over the SPL. Paul Quinn, captain of Motherwell, is out for the rest of the season with a broken jaw after being attacked outside a nightclub in Wishaw, his hometown. ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scotland-premier/motherwell-loses-captain-in-bar-attack.html The day is upon us. To be honest, going into this season, I didn't expect to see an SPL side in a continental semifinal this year. Even with both of the Old Firm coming off of final-16 runs last season, I just didn't see either making a run ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/europe/rangers-look-for-47-year-old-payback.html This past week or so has featured a lot of blogging distraction for me, between losing my voice screaming for my new local side and spending Sunday on the Offside's main page, not to mention the podcast. So, I apologize for completely dropping the ball on a couple of ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scotland-premier/here-come-the-accies-and-other-news.html The annual awards in the SPL have been handed out, and no real surprises here, considering where the big teams are and why they are there. Walter Smith has his team ahead in the league with games in hand, alive in both the Scottish and UEFA Cups, and with ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scotland-premier/rangers-2-celtic-1-awards-that-is.html We have one of our Scottish Cup finalists, and it's a shocker to be placed right next to Cardiff City in that other Cup. Going into today's semifinal between Aberdeen and Queen of the South, the Dons looked great to take a clinical victory and move on to a ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scottish-cup/dons-crash-out-in-4-3-thriller.html A pretty big day of news in the SPL today. First, Aberdeen has succeeded in climbing out of their early funk to make the top half of the league on the last day before the split. For those of you not familiar with the peculiarities of Scottish football, ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scotland-premier/aberdeen-makes-top-six-and-award-nominees-announced.html I hope that some of you appreciate the historical importance of this post. Mark your calendars, folks. An Inverness Caledonian Thistle fan is about to praise Ross County. Though the two have been bitter rivals since the old days, when County and both of Caley Thistle's original ... http://scotland.theoffside.com/scottish-league/ross-county-clinch-2nd-division.html