Maradona will take charge of Argentina at Hampden

Argentina and Scotland Legend [Hand of God and all that!] Diego Maradona has announced that he is the new coach of Argentina. The South American side has been without a Coach since Alfio Basile resigned in October following the 1-0 defeat to Chile. However it now seems that Maradona, has been given the job and [...]

Bungling Politician given a Second Chance in CIS Cup Draw

Presiding Officer Alex Fergusson will be given a Second Chance to make up for his bungling of last season’s CIS Cup Semi Final Draw, by drawing this year’s Semi Final ties on the 12th November. The inept politician announced the wrong ties last year, having got the numbers mixed up when calling out the ties. [...]

Women’s Football: Russia 1 Scotland 2

Scotland defeated Russia in a thrilling game in Nalchik this afternoon, but miss out on a place in the finals of the UEFA Women’s Euro 2009 on away goals. The 3-2 defeat to Russia at Tynecastle last week proved costly, and the Scots were devasted to miss out on a place in the finals after recording [...]

The Long Ball – Jocky for the Dees, Loovens to miss United game & MSPs batter Journos

Sorry for the quiet week at Scotzine, but sadly our net connection went down, around the same time as our ceiling caved in  – but at least we can console ourselves with Football. So the latest news hitting the wire is that Jocky Scott is to return to Dundee for his THIRD stint as manager of [...]

SFL Round-up & Scottish Cup Second Round Results

Surprisingly only two game were postponed due to the weather, that being Airdrie United v Dunfermline Athletic and Annan Athletic v Spartans. Livingston once again lost to dent their title chances, while Queen of the South stretched their lead at the top and St. Johnstone won again to keep up the pressure on the Doonhammers.

SPL Round-Up: Bhoys down Hibees and United win to honour Thompson

Scotland was hammered by the elements this weekend with the players and the fans having to deal with the gale force winds and driving rain all across the country. However all the top flight games carried on, yet maybe this coming winter will show the SFA hierarchy that something has to be done with games [...]

Women’s Football: Scotland 2 Russia 3

Scotland Women narrowly lost to Russia at Tynecastle in the first leg of the UEFA Women’s Euro play-off. The Scots were bitterly disappointed not to take anything from a game in which they played some excellent football and enjoyed a huge amount of posession, particularly during an exciting first half. Pauline Hamill got Scotland off [...]

Homecoming Scottish Cup Third Round Draw

{column1} Stirling Albion v Partick Thistle Forfar Athletic v Stranraer Lochee United v Ayr United Forres Mechanics or Keith v Dalbeattie Star Inverurie Loco Works v Civil Service Strollers or Vale of Leithen Elgin City v Annan Athletic or Spartans East Stirlingshire v Livingston Edinburgh City or Wick Academy v Brechin City {/column1}{column2} Albion Rovers [...]

SFA vow to tackle Rangers vile ‘Famine Song’

The Scottish Football Association are to discuss the ‘Famine Song’ in a meeting with the SPL and the Police, months after the song became a regular chant amongst the throngs of Rangers supporters. George Peat, the SFA President told the media that he heard a section of Rangers fans sing an offensive song during Rangers 3-1 [...]

No surprises at Old Trafford but UEFA cup proves more difficult for English sides

Celtics hopes of Champions League progress are hanging by a thread after a crushing defeat at the hands of Manchester United at Old Trafford. The English champions delivered a convincing display to show the gulf in class between the two sides although there were legitimate offside doubts for United first two goals. However, one could [...]

South of the Border- Premiership Round-up 25th/26th October

This weekend’s games drew more than a few raised eyebrows as Hull City continued their remarkable ascendancy to the Premiership summit. The Tigers recorded their fourth consecutive league win away from home when dispatched West Bromwich Albion with consummate ease. New-boy Zayatte opened the scoring for Phil Brown’s side before another summer signing Geovanni struck [...]

Craig Brown and Billy Davies linked with Vacant Dundee Job

According to the Daily Record, former Scotland boss Craig Brown and Billy Davies are the latest big names to be linked with the Dundee hotseat. The Dens Park side are without a manager after Alex Rae was sacked on Monday, with coach Davie Farrell will be in charge of the side against Morton. Brown, played [...]

Poll Results: Do you support Kris Boyd’s decision to Quit? and Nacho Novo Poll Question

After the recent ‘temporary’ retirement of Kris Boyd for Scotland under George Burley, we ran a poll to see how our readers stood. Out of 100 people voting an overwhelming 78% voted against Kris Boyd’s decision to quit the Scotland set up, while 20% voted in favour of his decision. Only 2% were undecided. Now [...]

Latest Scottish Football News

Each week we take a look at whats been happening in Scottish Football. This week it seems that West Brom are back in for Rangers midfielder Kevin Thomson even though, the former Hibs player is enjoying his football at Ibrox. Meanwhile Ibrox teammate Nacho Novo has declared that if George Burley picked him for Scotland [...]

Four Match Ban for Hibernian Manager

Hibernian manager Mixu Paatelainen faced up to the SFA Disciplinary Committee at Hampden today in a bid to appeal against his automatic four game touchline ban that was imposed, when the Finnish manager was sent to the stand by referee Iain Brines during an exciting and dramatic finish to August’s 4-3 League Cup defeat to [...]

Red Ultra Flag Displays Banned by Dons Bosses

Aberdeen bosses according to media reports have banned Flag Displays at Pittodrie in a bid to stop fans firing flares. The Aberdeen Fan Group ‘The Red Ultras‘ have been punished after flares were let off during the SPL match against Celtic at Parkhead, last month. Last Season UEFA had fined the club for a similar [...]

Celtic Champions League Opponents Sack their Manager

Former Scotland Captain Bruce Rioch has been sacked as manager of Danish side Aab Aalborg, with immediate effect. The Danish side are in the same group of SPL Champions Celtic and European Champions Manchester United, but they lie second bottom in the Danish league and according to the Aalborg Sporting Director, it isn’t good enough. [...]

Boruc fined £500 for One Fingered Gesture to Gers Fans

Celtic’s Polish keeper Artur Boruc has been fined with a £500 fine and a severe reprimand over his gesture to Rangers fans at the last Old Firm clash. The Pole had his case for improper conduct heard by an SFA disciplinary committee today, a few months after the Old Firm derby match. According to the [...]

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