Scottish Football under the spotlight – Discussions, Debate & Decisions

Scottish football gathered this week at the University of Stirling to debate and discuss the state of the game in Scotland. SFA Chief Executive Gordon Smith, Henry McLeish, Ian Blair, David Lonmuir, Fraser Wishart and James Proctor of Supporters Direct were in attedance on the panel, with BBC Scotland’s Jim Spence chairing the event.

ISSUE 8 of The 12th Man out now: Keeping the Faith with Burley, Old Firm preview, Celtic v Rapid Vienna and more

Issue 8 of The 12th Man is out now and available to buy in both print and online. In this issue we will debate the introduction of video technology, why we should keep the faith with Scotland manager George Burley, we profile Legendary striker Denis Law, we preview the first Old Firm derby of the [...]

Get your Limited Edition Homeless World Cup 2009 T-Shirt – Proceeds go to HWC

The guys over at Soccerpro.com have produced a Limited edition Homeless World Cup T-Shirt, to help raise funds for future competitions. If you are a regular on here and purchased our latest issue of The 12th man fanzine, you would know all about the Homeless World Cup. If no then please visit their website. The [...]

Burley to stay in Scotland job after SFA meeting

George Burley looks set to keep his job as Scotland manager after a meeting with the SFA. Burley’s position has been under review after failing to reach the play-offs for next summer’s World Cup finals in South Africa. But after showdown talks he seems to have persuaded his employers that he should remain in charge [...]

Scotland’s World Cup hopes die at the hands of Holland: Scotland 0-1 Holland

Scotland’s slim hopes of qualifying for a World Cup play off place have died, with a 1-0 defeat against Holland at Hampden Park. The game should also signal the end of George Burley’s tenure as Scotland manager. Both sides had plenty of chances to score goals, but it was substitute Eljero Elia who killed off [...]

Scotland 2-0 Macedonia: The Dream is still on but up next the Dutch!

Scotland’s hopes of a World Cup play off place remain alive thanks to goals from Scott Brown and James McFadden. Despite a poor first half Scotland improved in the second and they took the lead thanks to a header from Scott Brown after a cross from Steven Fletcher. McFadden missed a great chance just before [...]

Q & A with Radio Clyde’s Peter Martin

Andy Muirhead tackles one of Scotland’s Top Football Pundits on the important matters and his life as a Pundit, Peter Martin. What team does Peter really support? Who is in his Team X in the SPL? and What three things he would change about the Scottish game?

A Weekend of Diving in the SPL – Three Games & Three Suspects

All talk in the papers this morning and of last night was the dive or should I say alleged dive of Aiden McGeady in Celtic’s 1-0 win against Hibs at Easter Road yesterday. As ever the media jump onto the bandwagon when an Old Firm player is involved yet fail to mention other incidents in [...]

Are Celtic and Rangers about to lose their top scorers? McDonald and Boyd

Celtic and Rangers could both be losing their top strikers after media reports this morning state that Scott McDonald has had a £5 million price tag slapped on his head by Celtic and that Kris Boyd has jetted off to Germany to talk with Hertha Berlin on a possible move with wages of around £50,000 [...]

David Murray steps down as Rangers Chairman

The reign of Sir David Murray is over at Castle Ibrox. Long live the King! And enter the new man tasked with taking Rangers forward, Alastair Johnston. Long live the King! Sir David Murray has announced that he is to step down as Board Director and Chairman of Rangers Football Club, but he will still [...]

English Football shamed by scenes at West Ham-Millwall game

Anyone who has been a regular on this site will know that we deplore football violence and have reported incidents involving Scottish clubs since we began this site back in 2006. Over the course of those three years the biggest violence involving football fans was in Manchester in 2008. But last night, the scenes during [...]

Hearts all but out of Europe after 4-0 gubbing at the hands of Zagreb

Heart’s campaign in the Europa League is all but over after being thumped 4-0 away to Dinamo Zagreb in the first leg of their play off tie. Mario Madzukic headed home within five minutes, with Dimitrios Papadopoulos scoring Zagreb’s second before halftime. Dinamo were dominating the match, and Hearts only managed one shot throughout the [...]

Champions League Match Report: Lady Luck favours Arsenal as Celtic look to Europa League

Lady luck certainly favoured Arsenal as they overcame a dogged Celtic side, in their Champions League play off clash. Two sides at total opposites of the money spectrum faced off against one another in a stadium filled with fans who would put the English Premier League fans to shame.
A Cesc Fabregas free kick with two [...]

Weekend of Shame for Scottish football fans – Celtic, Rangers and Hibs

The last weekend of pre-season friendlies for SPL clubs has been overshadowed by violence that has followed a number of clubs down south. As we reported on Saturday night a number of Rangers fans were involved in violence with Portsmouth fansafter their friendly match down at Fratton Park. It has also been reported on a [...]

Violence ensues once again down in England for Rangers fans

It was supposed to be Ranger’s last friendly of the pre-season, however it seems that some fans don’t know the meaning of the word friendly. According to reports in a local Portsmouth based newspaper, Rangers and Portsmouth fans clashed following the club’s match this afternoon, which Portsmouth won 2-0. Fans threw bottles at one another [...]

Celtic drawn against Arsenal in Champions League playoff

Celtic were given their toughest possible draw in the Champions League play-offs as they were paired with English Premier League side Arsenal. They will play the first leg at Celtic Park on either the 18th or 19th August with the return leg at the Emirates Stadium on the 25th or 26th August.
It is a tough [...]

Champions League: Dynamo Moscow 0-2 Celtic – Brief Highlights included

Celtic have finally broken their away day hoodoo in Europe, as they won 2-0 against Dynamo Moscow in Russia on the night, and 2-1 on aggregate. Scott McDonald opened the scoring two minutes before half time and Georgios Samaras secured qualification in the 91st minute as he threaded his way through the Dynamo defence to [...]

The making of a Football Boot – ever wondered how it is done?

Football boots are an essential piece of kit for the modern day footballer. The rise of blades and the demise of screw in studs has seen the fashion aspect of the boots rise considerably. Boots are no longer Black & White, you can have them in lime green, blue, red, gold and white just to [...]

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