Heartbreak for Celtic as they lose 1-0 to Villareal

Celtic travelled to Spain to try and break their away day hoodoo and once again they succumbed to the curse as Marcos Senna gave the La Liga side the win and the  all important three points in their Champions League Group E tie. The game ended 1-0 however, with Villareal comfortably seeing out the game [...]

Co-op Insurance Cup Quarter Final Ties

Fourth Round Dates and Kick-offs confirmed.
Tuesday 28th October 2008
Falkirk -v- Inverness Cal. Thistle 7.45 p.m.
Rangers -v- Hamilton Academical 7.45 p.m.
Dundee United -v- Dunfermline Athletic 7.45 p.m.
Wednesday 29th October 2008
Kilmarnock -v- Celtic 7.45 p.m. (Televised Live on BBC Scotland)
In the event of a draw after normal time, extra time of 30 minutes (i.e. 15 [...]

SPL on alert over ‘Racist’ Rangers Chant

According to the Daily Telegraph today, Rangers supporters who continue to ignore pleas from club officials to refrain from singing the Famine Song may see Walter Smith’s team penalised by the game’s ruling body. Strathclyde Police consider singing Famine Song to be an arrestable offence.
On Sunday, just as Celtic chairman John Reid issued a statement describing [...]

Scottish Women’s Football to net 300K Crime Cash

Criminal’s cash is to be used to boost women’s football in Scotland. Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill announced today that the government was giving the SFA almost £300,000 to encourage more girls to play and coach the sport. The money comes from the CashBack for Communities scheme. It will be used to link schools to the [...]

Champions League Preview: Villareal v Celtic

Celtic tackle La Liga giants Villareal tonight at 7.45pm in their Second game of their Champions League campaign. With Celtic having a dreadful away record only picking up one point out of a possible 45 in total the Bhoys will be looking to lift the curse of the Away day European tie.
Celtic midfielder Barry Robson [...]

Scotland to play Argentina at Hampden

The SFA have announced that the Scotland national side will play South American Giants Argentina in a friendly match at Hampden Park. George Burley’s side will battle with the South Americans on the 19th November after a deal was finally ironed out. The match will be sandwiched between the World Cup Qualifiers against Norway in [...]

Monday Night Update

Weir set to leave Montrose Post
Montrose manager Jim Weir’s future at the club looks to be in doubt. The former St Johnstone defender could be set to leave the Third Division outfit in the coming days. A spokesman for the Links Park outfit confirmed that a meeting between the board and their manager is scheduled [...]

Rangers Supporters Trust laughs off ‘Famine’s Over’ Complaints

While trawling through the endless sites in regards to Celtic and Rangers that had an opinion over the ‘Famines Song’ issue we finally came across the website for the Rangers Supporters Trust. Now as we reported several months back there was a power struggle in amongst the Trust and several high profile Board members resigned [...]

SPL Round Up Part Two

Former Hibernian and Celtic striker Kenny Miller was the inspiration for Rangers as he scored a brace to help the Light Blues win 3-0 against Hibernian. The Scotland International scored both of his goals in the first half at Easter Road and Madjid Bougherra made the game safe in the Second Half on 73 minutes [...]

SFL Round Up

A Marvellous game between Livingston and Partick Thistle kept Livi top of the First Division, while a battle between the pre-season title contenders St. Johnstone and Dundee saw the Saints overcome their rivals. In the Third Division Annan Athletic were again taught a harsh lesson as they went down 3-0 to Berwick Rangers.

Scottish Cup Second Round Draw

Annan Athletic have been handed a second round home tie against either Pollok or Spartans, the club they beat to win election to the Scottish Football League. The tables will be turned for Annan Athletic as they will be favourites to qualify for the next round while in the SFL they are seen as the [...]

Scottish Cup First Round Results

Banks O’Dee 10-0 Fort William
Clachnacuddin 4-0 Burntisland Shipyard
Dalbeattie Star 5-1 Lossiemouth
Edinburgh City 2-0 Nairn County
Edinburgh University 1-2 Civil Service Strollers
Fraserburgh 6-3 Hawick Royal Albert
Glasgow University 0-1 Vale Of Leithen
Golspie Sutherland 0-3 Threave Rovers
Huntly 1-0 Girvan
Inverurie Locos 5-2 Deveronvale
Lochee United 3-1 Bathgate Thistle
Newton Stewart 1-1 Brora
Pollok 1-1 Spartans
Preston Athletic 3-1 Gala Fairydean
Rothes 1-4 Buckie Thistle
Selkirk 1-1 [...]

SPL Round-up Part One

Celtic left it late against Aberdeen at Parkhead as Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink scored a last gasp goal in their dramatic 3-2 victory over Jimmy Calderwood’s side. The Dutch International struck in the final minute after Aberdeen threatened to bounce back from their 4-2 loss against Kilmarnock in midweek, as former Celtic player Charlie Mulgrew who [...]

Latest Scottish Football News

With another weekend of Scottish Football action looming we take a look at the latest news to hit the news wires across Scotland and beyond.
It looks as though Celtic will finally get their man, after American goalkeeper Dominic Cervi agreed to join Celtic on a three year deal. Over in Edinburgh it was all smiles [...]

Co-op Insurance Cup Quarter Final Draw

The Quarter Final draw for the Scottish League Cup, sponsored by Co-op Insurance took place today at Hampden Park. The draw is as follows:
Kilmarnock v Celtic
Falkirk v Inverness Caley Thistle
Rangers v Hamilton
Dundee United v Dunfermline
The ties are scheduled to be played on either Tuesday, October 28 or Wednesday, October 29.

Co-op Insurance Cup Part Two

The remaining fixtures of the Co-op Insurance Cup took place last night with Partick Thistle hosting SPL League leaders Rangers, Motherwell faced Hamilton Accies and Kilmarnock took on Aberdeen. The tie of the round took place at Firhill as Partick Thistle held Rangers till the last few minutes of the Extra Time as the SPL [...]

Co-op Insurance Cup Part One

The latest round of the Co-op Insurance (League) Cup kicked off last night with the likes of Celtic, Morton, Dunfermline, St. Mirren etc. looking to qualify for the Quarter Final stages of the competition. The remaining ties will take place tonight including Partick Thistle hosting Rangers and Motherwell facing Hamilton Accies. Last night Livingston looked [...]

Dublin 2011 Four Nations Tournament – minus England!!

Scotland, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland and Wales have unveiled details for a Four Nation Tournament to take place in Dublin in 2011. Thousands of supporters from all over Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland are expected to descend on the capital to compete for the Four Associations Cup.
The opening games are [...]

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