Scottish Football Midweek Round-up: Rangers demolish United as Boyd claims SPL’s All time record scorer

A Kris Boyd-inspired Rangers side demolished a Dundee United side who are still recovering from Craig Levein’s departure, 7-1. Boyd scored five of the Rangers goals, a tally which took him beyond Henrik Larsson’s record of 158 goals to 160. Over the course of the season, Kris Boyd creeped closer to Larsson’s record and many [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Rangers romp to victory, Celtic limp past Hamilton and SFL schedule hit by weather

Rangers continued their winning ways by romping to a 4-1 victory over Hibs at Easter Road to extend their lead at the top back to four points. Rivals Celtic secured three points with a 2-0 win over Hamilton Accies, but despite their dominance they had to wait until the 90th minute to secure the win. [...]

Craig Brown & Archie Knox to take charge of Motherwell – temporary

Motherwell have called on the services of former Scotland boss Craig Brown following the sacking of Jim Gannon. The SPL side and Brown held talks hours after Gannon being booted out of Fir Park.
“They are hoping to reach some kind of agreement with him tomorrow,” a club spokesman said on Tuesday evening. “They were looking [...]

Gannon sacked by Motherwell for off the field problems

Motherwell have announced that Jim Gannon has been sacked as manager of the Fir Park club. The statement released, said that relations between Gannon, the staff and the directers became untenale. The announced their decision to part company with the former Stockport County manager after it was made abundantly clear that Gannon was not fully [...]

Sectarian, Vile, Bigoted & Racist – Vanguard Bears on the offensive after being outed

Well, well, well it is evident that a certain group is foaming at the mouth after being outed as bigots, racist and scum by this site the other day there. Our article which reported the Rangers supporters group Vanguard Bears wanting fans to sing TBB, has once again got these bigots and vile cretins foaming [...]

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year to all Scottish football fans

Well folks it is the 24th December and in a few hours, that famous fat man with the white beard will come down the chimney to deliver presents to all the good girls and boys, while he drops a lump of coal into the stockings of those who have been naughty. We’ve seen the list [...]

The Long Ball: Newcastle chase Boyd, Celtic after Belarussian, Goncalves banned and SPL dish out the Xmas goodies

Newcastle United chase Kris Boyd to replace on loan striker Marlon Harewood at St. James’ Park. Rangers look to fork out over a quarter of a million pound towards the wages of flop Jerome Rothen. Hearts defender Jose Goncalves is banned for the New Year derby clash with Hibs and the SPL have handed out [...]

Rangers supporters group Vanguard Bears call on fans to sing Sectarian Billy Boys song

If you are a regular follower of Scotzine.com you will know of our stance on bigotry, racism and sectarianism. And you will also know that we detest the agendas of both sides of the Old Firm, whether it is singing Irish rebel songs or Loyalist anthems. You will also note our criticism of one specific [...]

‘Its a Dream Come True’ – Craig Levein named as Scotland manager

As we expected and wrote within Issue 10 of The 12th Man Scottish football fanzine, Craig Levein has been named as the new Scotland boss. Levein takes on the poisoned chalice that is the Scotland managerial job after the SFA sacked George Burley after the 3-0 gubbing at the hands of Wales in Cardiff.
Levein has [...]

Rapid Vienna 3-3 Celtic: Celtic stage a late comeback to end their European campaign on a high

It started off so badly for Celtic. Within the first 20 minutes they were 3-0 down and it looked as if they were onto a hammering of mega proportions, which could have eclipsed the Artmedia 5-0 debacle. Tony Mowbray’s men even conceded within the first 30 seconds of the game. And once again it was [...]

Craig Levein for Scotland? Should we rely on a manager with no European credentials

Dundee United granted permission for the SFA to talk to their manager Craig Levein about the vacant Scotland manager’s job today. With United reluctantly agreeing to Levein’s request to speak to the football governing body, the question that must be asked is – Is Levein actually good enough for the job or is he just [...]

The Terrace Radio Football Podcast S2 Episode 19: ‘Provincial’ challenge over; Stirling Albion takeover talks; Hearts v Celtic

It’s been a busy week of SPL action, and the question on everybody’s lips is: Is the non-Old Firm SPL challenge over already? We’ll discuss that, as well as Laryea Kingston diagnosing his own injuries!
Plenty to talk about as always in the SFL. We’ll touch on Stirling Albion, and the Binos’ owner starts discussions with [...]

Hamilton boss Billy Reid is a contender for Sheffield Wednesday vacancy

Hamilton Accies manager Billy Reid has emerged as one of the contenders for the Sheffield Wednesday job. Reid is on the shortlist to replace Brian Laws, who was sacked from the Hillsborough post at the start of the week.
Wednesday are looking far and wide to find a new manager after he was sacked after the [...]

Dick Campbell claims he was singing an Andy Williams song – you can’t make it up!

Shamed Forfar manager Dick Campbell admits he feels embarrassed after he was caught on film singing a loyalist song with Rangers fans in Spain last Tuesday. The rendition of ‘Derry Walls’ appeared on the News of the World website, and as we reported yesterday, but Campbell now claims that he was a victim of a [...]

The Long Ball: Referees close to strike, Alexander considers future, Pedersen to Celtic? & Burley eyes return to management

After an enforced absence The Long Ball is back. Rangers’ Neil Alexander considers his future at the Ibrox club, Morten Gamst Pedersen considers a move to Celtic. Former whistler Stuart Dougal warns that Scotland’s whistlers are ready to go on strike over increasing criticism. Celtic snap up £2 million Korean ‘Gerrard’ and George Burley wants [...]

Forfar manager in Sectarian singing shame in Seville with Rangers fans

Forfar manager Dick Campbell has been videoed leading scores of Rangers fans in singing the loyalist anthem ‘Derry Walls’ in a packed Seville pub on Tuesday night. The former Dunfermline manager and self-proclaimed Rangers fan offered to sing the Sash, then instead, conducted chants about the defeat of ‘rebel scum.’
The video that accompanies the News [...]

Issue #10 of The 12th Man fanzine: Pre-Order now

Issue Ten of The 12th Man Scottish football fanzine is available to pre-order now. Once again it is packed full of articles and profiles all about Scottish football. It will be available from Friday 18th December but you can reserve your copy now.
This month our feature article is about Celtic, the Money men and the [...]

Rangers supporters’ group threaten Dundee United with legal action

A Rangers supporters club have threatened Dundee United with court action over the Ticketgate row. Trading Standards have confirmed that the SPL side have a case to answer, yet there is still no comment from the SPL nor the SFA.
Fan members of the Nithsdale Loyal from Glasgow, have demanded that they receive a refund on [...]

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