The Long Ball – McGeady to Boro, Is an Unfit Ferguson a Liability and Strachan crush the hopes of Celtic Boo Boys

Newspaper reports link Celtic’s Aiden McGeady with a move to Middlesborough, while Rangers captain Barry Ferguson has admitted that he is unfit, something that every fan realised after his second game back. And Celtic manager Gordon Strachan has stated that he will not quit Celtic Park in the summer, even though there are calls for [...]

Scottish Football Round-Up: Celtic stretch their lead to 7 as Rangers falter

Rangers faltered in their bid to close the gap on rivals Celtic at the top of the SPL after they lost 2-1 to Csaba Laszlo’s Hearts side at Tynecastle. The defeat meant Celtic stretcher their lead to 7 points after they beat Inverness Caley Thistle 1-0 at Celtic Park. Hamilton finally lifted themselves off the [...]

Boyd almost Quit Rangers in the Summer

Rangers striker Kris Boyd has revealed that he almost quit the club in the summer after he was omitted from many key matches last season leading him to consider his options. However Boyd – who is Rangers’ top scorer this season with 13 goals – said he couldn’t walk away from the club he loves [...]

Lawwell promises to splash the cash for 4-in-a-row

According to today’s Sunday Mail, Celtic Chief Executive Peter Lawwell has promised to back Celtic’s bid for four in a row by providing the funds to sign new players in January. Despite crashing out of Europe to Aalborg last week, Lawwell has vowed that funds will be made available to strengthen Gordon Strachan’s push for [...]

Death of a Former Celt – Gil Heron

Former Celtic player Gil Heron has died at the age of 87. He passed away in a nursing home in Detroit on Thursday, November 27. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Gil had been playing in the United States and was invited to Scotland and took part in a public trial at Celtic Park on August 4, [...]

Researchers pay Football Fans to watch matches

Researchers at the University of Glasgow are looking for 15 football fans to take part in a study which will see them being paid to watch matches in the comfort of their own home. In return, academics will film the spectators and analyse how they interact as part of the project to develop new mobile [...]

Hearts fail to pay Players for the Second Time

For the second time this season, Hearts players have not received their wages. The squad expected their wages to be deposited in their accounts on Firday, but have been told by the club that they will have to wait until Monday to be paid – Hearts bosses reportedly did not offer a reason for the [...]

SFA to take action against Walter Smith after his Linesman tirade

Walter Smith has been informed by the SFA that he will face punishment for his criticism of linesman Tom Murphy after the match against Motherwell on November 12th, when Murphy wrongly flagged Kris Boyd offside. The Hampden Hierarchy have reportedly taken the first steps towards punishing the Ibrox boss by writing to him, making him [...]

Mega Rich Man City on the hunt for Hibees Fletcher

Media reports in England are claiming that Manchester City are preparing to swoop for Hibernian’s Steven Fletcher. The 21 year old has been the subject of increased transfer speculation since breaking into the Hibs First Team four years ago. His stock sky rocketed when Fletcher was an integral part of Scotland’s European Under 19 Championship [...]

Livi in Financial Crisis after former Owner takes Legal Action

The Former Owner of Livingston Football Club Pearse Flynn has launched legal action to recover £333,000 which he claims he loaned the club last season. The money was reportedly to keep the First Division club afloat during a previous period of financial turmoil. Flynn claims the funds were due to be paid back to him [...]

Lisbon Lion slams Strachan and the Quality of Players at Celtic

Celtic Legend and Lisbon Lion Bertie Auld has slammed manager Gordon Strachan for the club’s poor record in Europe and his recent transfer dealings also. The defeat to Danish minnows Aalborg was Celtic’s 17th defeat in 18 games in the Group Stages of the Champions League away from home and ended the club’s interest in [...]

Scots Football Firm to sue Manchester City Council

Glasgow-based firm Hexagol are suing Manchester City Council for £400,000 after their equipment was wrecked in the UEFA Cup Final riot in Manchester on May 14th. Hexagol according to reports face financial ruin after their football assault course games were destroyed by rampaging Rangers fans there to watch the UEFA Cup Final between the Ibrox [...]

Airdrie Chairman claims Club could fold if they don’t get Fan Backing

Airdrie United Chairman Jim Ballantyne has warned that the club could fold unless they get more backing from the community. A Crowd of around 940 watched Saturday’s home defeat to Ross County, six days after 2500 Airdrie fans went to McDiarmid Park in Perth to see their team lift the Alba Challenge Cup against the [...]

The Long Ball – Hutton out for Five Months, Schoolboy banned from Pittodrie and Celtic hooligans banned

After Celtic became the last Scottish club to be dumped out of Europe with little glory, we turn our attentions to this week’s news. Tottenham and Scotland Full Back Alan Hutton is facing up to five months on the sideline as he needs an operation on his foot. Meanwhile four Celtic hooligans have been banned [...]

Landmark Court Case finds Rangers fan guilty of singing ‘Racist’ Famine Song

After numerous posts on this site in regards to the Famine Song and our stance labelling it Racist, a Rangers fan has been found guilty in a landmark case after he was reported by stewards employed by Rangers Football Club at Rugby Park to weed out sectarian, bigoted and racist behaviour. We have said enough [...]

Celtic dumped out of Europe embarrassingly by Danish Minnows

It was all looking peachy for Celtic before the match kicked off. All they had to do was beat a Danish Semi-Professional side. A Team that had only 10% of the level of income and investment that Celtic Football Club has, a team on paper looked more like a pub team than a Champions League [...]

Scottish Football Round-Up

Another week of Scottish Domestic Football action passes us by. Celtic beat St. Mirren at the last game between the two sides at Love Street, before the Paisley side move to new premises in January. However St. Mirren felt hard done by agaisnt Celtic once again, as they felt that Celtic goalkeeper Artur Boruc should [...]

English Premier League fights European rule – could have an impact on Scottish Football

The Times have reported that the English Premier League clubs are launching a fight to prevent a takeover by a European super-authority that is hell bent on stripping them of their wealth and independence. Michel Platini – the UEFA President – is an advocate of the new body.
The proposal that will be put to European [...]

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