League Cup
League Cup First Round Results
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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: League CupLeague Cup quarterfinals
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From the 42 clubs that entered the 62nd annual Scottish League Cup, there are eight remaining, and after this week’s round, there will be only the four semifinalists. I say “will”, because, mercifully, there are no replays in League Cup play – all games will be decided if they are played at all.
Here are [...]
Category: League CupLeague Cup and Thursday Mashup
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I find myself apologizing as often as anything else on these blogs lately, mostly for the fact that I’m so rarely here. Unfortunately, moving to a new city and starting a new job has taken its toll on my blogging schedule, but I’m setting a new rule for myself of at least one post [...]
Rangers win league cup on penalties
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Rangers are the most trophied football club on the planet, going into this season with 107 major trophies (51 league championships, 31 Scottish Cups, 24 league cups, and 1 European Cup Winners’ Cup), but it’s been a bit of a dry spell for the blue half of Glasgow the past few years. The last [...]
Category: League CupAberdeen 1-4 Dundee United in League Cup Semi
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Well, I predicted 1-0 to Aberdeen in the second semifinal of the CIS Cup today, and I was right … for 22 minutes. Andrew Considine put the Dons up after nineteen minutes with a rebound off of United keeper Lukasz Zaluska, but it wouldn’t last long. There was some question as to the [...]
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Tags: Aberdeen, Andrew Considine, Christian Kalvenes, CIS Cup, Craig Conway, Dundee United, Fan behavior, Jamie Langfield, League Cup, Lukasz Zaluska, Margaro Gomis, Rangers, SemifinalLeague Cup semi preview: Aberdeen v. Dundee United
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One half of the league cup final is set, with Rangers taking a clinical victory over Hearts 2-0. The other finalist will be decided tomorrow, as Dundee United travel to Pittodrie to take on a weary Aberdeen side that is still alive in all four competitions. Here’s a look at what we can [...]
Category: League CupLeague Cup quarters: Celtic out, Caley thrashed
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Well, the Halloween night quarterfinals of the League Cup are over, and the final four are Rangers, Dundee United, Hearts and Aberdeen. That’s right. Hearts. The Jambos fans have had little to get excited about this season, but they managed to knock out Celtic, admittedly, from the competition the Bhoys cared the [...]
Category: League CupHalloween League Cup quarters
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There are eight teams left in the CIS (aka Scottish League) Cup, and tomorrow night, as the little kids play dress-up-and-beg-for-tooth-decay, they will be wittled down to four. There are some familiar sides (like the top three in the SPL: Celtic, Rangers and Dundee United), some overachieving mid-range teams (like Aberdeen, Inverness and Motherwell [...]
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