Livingston: One Disaster after another with the Italians

Dave Mackay talked of his delight at looking forward to playing in the Scottish top flight with St. Johnstone instead of being caught up in the demise of Livingston. Mackay joined up with fellow former Livi man Murray Davidson in reporting for the first day of pre-season training at McDiarmid Park.
But he admitted he still [...]

Steven Fletcher signs on at Burnley

Scotland International striker Steven Fletcher has left Easter Road and signed a four year deal with Burnley, after passing a medical with the newly promoted EPL side. Burnley have broken their transfer record to snap up Fletcher in a £3 million deal plus add-ons, which could see the overall fee reach £3.5 million.
Hibs manager John [...]

The Long Ball: Transfer Latest, Furman rejects Rangers contract and The Short Ball

Hibs have snapped up former Falkirk player Patrick Cregg, Dean Furman has rejected a new contract at Rangers to join up with League One outfit Oldham Athletic despite the Ibrox club wanting him to stay. Hibernian striker Steven Fletcher looks destined to join Premiership new boys Burnley, St. Mirren snp up Dunfermline goalkeeper and Motherwell [...]

Latest Transfer News & Rumours: Sunderland to swoop for Davis & Falkirk cut more from squad

Sunderland are reportedly going to make a £5 million bid for Rangers midfielder Steven Davis to bring him back to the English Premier League. Falkirk have cut two more players from the squad, making a total of nine players to bite the bullet since Eddie May has taken over at the club, plus some transfer [...]

Gannon verbally accepts the Motherwell job

Motherwell have released a statement on their official club website saying former Stockport boss Jim Gannon has verbally accepted the managerial position at Fir Park. Gannon pipped Aidy Boothroyd, Lawrie Sanchez and Steve Staunton to the position vacated by Mark McGhee.
“After a lengthy and in-depth interview process, Gannon emerged as the outstanding candidate,” said a [...]

Livi on the brink of administration

Livingston look set to go into administration next week after West Lothian Council rejected their bid to re-negotiate the payment of a £280,000 rent bill. Lions chairman Angelo Massone met council officials on Thursday morning and made it clear the chance of the First Division club honouring the outstanding monies in full by the 30 [...]

Football Manager: Pre-Season Begins!

The summer months are a football fans worst nightmare, no football on the box, the missus dragging you around the shops carrying her bags while she goes into every single store in the town and of course bloody Wimbledon! Two games that are the most boring on the planet – Tennis and Cricket – both [...]

The Long Ball: Hull in for McDonald, Celtic launch bid for Fortune, Cregg to be a Hibee & Well Euro tie moved

Premiership side Hull City have enquired about the availability of Celtic striker Scott McDonald as they look to bolster their attacking options for next season. Hull also face competition from Celtic to sign Nancy striker Marc Antoine Fortune, after the Parkhead side re-entered into negotiations with the French club. Patrick Cregg is to be John [...]

Motherwell striker linked with Bristol City

Motherwell striker David Clarkson is said to be closing in on a £600,000 move to Bristol City. Reports suggest the English side have already held talks over a deal for the 23 year old and a transfer could go through as early as next week.
Clarkson was Motherwell’s top scorer in the SPL last season, netting [...]

Football Manager: The Work begins

After being named as manager of First Division side St. Johnstone, one of my main aims was to strengthen the side both in terms of defence but also in attack. However with a limited budget it as tough as player after player from all across the UK rejected a move to Perth – I wonder [...]

Latest Scottish Transfer News & Rumours

Livi chairman looks set to sell the last sellable asset at the Almondvale club for a paltry £125,000, as Leigh Griffiths is set to sign for league rivals Dundee. Paul Hartley will decide his future by the weekend on where he will ply his trade next season – will it be Edinburgh or will it [...]

More bad news for Livingston as Shirt Sponsors pull the plug

Division One outfit Livingston were dealt another blow yesterday, after shirt sponsors RDF pulled the plug on their backing. The IT solutions company activated a clause allowing them to withdraw from their two year deal with the Almondvale club, which was agreed last summer.
An RDF spokesperson said, “We have an option to renew after 12 [...]

Rangers & Celtic hit hard by the collapse of Setanta

Rangers and Celtic have been hit hard by Setanta’s collapse, with the official channels of both clubs now off the air. Celtic TV and Rangers TV, which offered full coverage of each club’s matches on a delayed basis as well as a variety of other content, were operated by Setanta. The two clubs collected a [...]

UEFA Women’s Champions League Draw – Glasgow City drawn in Group A

Glasgow City have been tasked with some extremely difficult matches in the UEFA Women’s Champions League after the draw was made today at the UEFA Headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
City who are in Group A, will face Gintra, the Champions of Lithuania, who will host City’s first round group, and Norchi, the Champions of Georgia. However, [...]

A New Era Dawns at St. Johnstone

It is the dawn of a new era at McDiarmid Park, as Andreas Moor takes charge of the Perth side. Tasked by the staff at Scotzine to take charge of a Scottish league side, I have been installed as St. Johnstone manager in the popular Football Manager 2009 game.

The Long Ball: Ross County, Partick Thistle & St. Mirren captures & Old Firm miss out on target

In the latest installment of The Long Ball, Ross County name Craig Brewster as Assistant to Manager Derek Adams. Ian McCall has taken former Celtic player Michael McGlinchey and former Hibs striker Damon Gray on trial at Partick Thistle. Icelandic left back Hermann Hreidarsson snubs the Old Firm to stay at Fratton Park and St. [...]

The Long Ball: SPL transfer news, May named as Falkirk gaffer and delay for McStay

In another installment of The Long Ball, Celtic look set to miss out on Marc Antoine Fortune after three Premier League clubs offered substantially more in terms of transfer fees. As we reported last week, Eddie May has been named the new Falkirk manager, and he looks set to lose goalkeeper Dani Mallo who wants [...]

Setanta enter into administration and will stop broadcasting at 6pm

Irish broadcaster Setanta Sports has gone into administration after failing to make a number of payments to sporting organisations. Administrator’s Deloitte have announced that the club will cease broadcasting at 6pm GMT to customers in the UK, but would continue to broadcast elsewhere. They also said they would immediately stop collecting subscription payments. About 200 [...]

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