Archive for the ‘Scottish Football’ Category

Major League Scotland?

September 7th, 2011

Over the last twelve months, a new crisis in Scottish football has seemingly come along every other week. From the penalty decision that was covered up by the referees’ association to the horrible sectarian behaviour of a small group…Read More

Deceptively bright start for the new-look Aberdeen

August 2nd, 2011

There was much cause for optimism as Craig Brown cast his eye over a revamped Aberdeen side in their first competitive fixture of the season. The former Scotland boss has been rather busy during the shortened summer spell as…Read More

The root of all evil in the Scottish game? You guessed it…

July 20th, 2011

Scottish football has never boasted about being one of the leading leagues in the world. It’s always known its relative limits but even the proud nation of Scotland realises that it’s struggling right now. There is nothing to attract…Read More

Calderwood drawing all the attention of the Scottish summer

July 11th, 2011

The Scottish transfer window has failed to burst into life. There have been no marquee signings to capture the imagination, no signals of intent from any team – not even the Old Firm – and there hasn’t been anything…Read More

Lennon v McCoist: a new dawn for Scottish football?

May 21st, 2011

Walter Smith brought his highly successful career to an end with a tenth league title win with Rangers last weekend. The much experienced manager, in his second stint with the Glasgow club, finished his time in the game on…Read More

Victory for Hibernian buys Calderwood time

February 8th, 2011

When Derek Riordan opened the scoring for Hibernian in their 2-0 win over St Mirren on Wednesday, a huge cloud of worry and despair seemed to lift around Easter Road, says Ryan Keaney. Just four days before the game,…Read More