SWPL: Glasgow City close the gap on leaders Celtic

Glasgow City secured another three points in the race for the SWPL title with a 3-0 victory at Forfar Farmington today. On a very bumpy pitch at Strathmore Park and with a strong wind blowing in gusts around the stadium, the quality of City’s passing in the early stages was certainly effected, however they began [...]

Lithuania 0-0 Scotland: Two points dropped as Scots fire blanks

One game into Scotland’s European Championship 2012 campaign and it is already looking tough to qualify, after Scotland failed to beat a second rate Lithuania side who were content with beating our players black and blue. Before the game, talk of a draw with Lithuania would be classed as a failure and after the 0-0 [...]

Rangers fans jailed over Manchester Uefa Cup Final riot

Cries of f**k Manchester were heard at Manchester Crown Court as 11 out of 12 Rangers fans were jailed for their part in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final riots in Manchester. Judge Andrew Blake presiding over the court cases, stated that 11 of the 12 defendants were going to jail and sentenced them accordingly. According [...]

Onward the Brave: Scotland’s EURO 2012 Campaign kicks off

Scotland’s EURO 2012 Qualifying campaign is just a few hours away and up first for Craig Levein’s men is the Baltic state of Lithuania. It seems that every qualifying campaign we have faced Lithuania at some point or another, so our past experiences of the Baltic nation will stand us in good sted. It is [...]

The United Nations of the Scottish Premier League

The Scottish game has seen an influx of foreign footballers arrive on our shores, and while it occurred beforehand the 1980s was the decade that foreigners felt that Scotland was the land of riches – even the English thought that as they turned their backs on Arsenal, Liverpool and Manchester United travelling north to play [...]

First Round Draw of the Scottish Cup

The draw for the first round of the 2010/11 Scottish Cup was made yesterday and it will see Junior side Linlithgow Rose play Beith, while Forres Mechanics travel to south to face Coldstream. Edinburgh City play Clachnacuddin and Edinburgh University host Brora Rangers. And Wick Academy have receive a bye into the second round. 2010/11 [...]

The Lasting Effects of the Manchester UEFA Cup Final 2008 Riots – can we blame them?

It was supposed to be a day of celebration, of supporting their team in it’s biggest game for around 30 years, however it was all overshadowed by the actions of a minority of mindless thugs and scum pretending to be Rangers football fans. Rangers took on Zenit St. Petersburg in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final, [...]

Scottish Women’s Premier League Sunday Preview

Glasgow City take on Forfar Farmington on Sunday, a team they have never dropped a point against in their history. However, City defender Rachel Corsie, knows better than most just how tough this match can turn out to be. Eighteen months ago, despite dominating for ninety minutes, it took a goal from Corsie with the [...]

Co-operative Insurance League Cup Third Round Draw

The draw for the Third Round of the Co-operative Insurance League Cup was made today at Hampden Park, and it saw two all-SPL encounters. Inverness Caley Thistle will travel down to Glasgow to play Celtic, while Hibernian travel to Rugby Park to face Kilmarnock. Rangers will welcome Dunfermline to Ibrox, while Falkirk’s Steven Pressley will [...]

Transfer Deadline Day – Wheeling and Dealing

It is the last couple of hours in the summer transfer window and there has been a bit of business been going on in the SPL. Kilmarnock have signed Finnish midfielder Alexei Eremenko on a season long loan deal from Ukrainian outfit FC Metalist Kharkiv. Eremenko has played 44 times for Finland, scoring 13 goals [...]

Former Celtic General Manager Jock Brown back in Football!

Former Celtic General Manager Jock Brown looks set to return to football as Chairman of Dundee Football Club. The lawyer spent time as a BBC Match Commentator before leaving to become Celtic’s General Manager under Fergus McCann in 1997, and he is now been approached by the Dens Park side to replace Bob Brannan who [...]

The Scottish Co-Efficient Problem

“Scottish Football is in Trouble!” How many times has this been said over the last five years, Celtic again can’t cure their away blues and are shown up by FC Utrecht, Dundee United’s valiant effort away in AEK Athens finished in elimination, and Motherwell for all their chances couldn’t find the goals at Fir Park [...]

Champions League Draw: Manchester United, Valencia & Bursaspor await Rangers in Group C

Rangers know their Champions League fate and it pits Walter Smith against Sir Alex Ferguson. Both players linked up at Manchester United several seasons ago, with Smith assistant to Ferguson, before he took over from Berti Vogts as Scotland manager. Now two of the most successful Scottish managers will fight it out in Europe’s premier [...]

Rangers are confirmed in Pot 3 for Champions League draw

Rangers have been drawn in Pot Three for Thursday’s Champions League group stage draw, after a late comeback from Bundesliga side Werder Bremen over Sampdoria last night, which confirmed Rangers’ place in the draw. If Sampdoria had knocked out the German side, then Rangers would have sneaked into Pot two, but now they face an [...]

Celtic’s defeat to Braga is no longer a laughing matter

Yes Celtic were knocked out of the Champions League by the runners-up in the Portuguese league. A league which is ranked higher than the SPL. But after last night’s result, was the defeat to Braga really the shock that many saw it? Was it on comparison to Celtic’s Artmedia Bratislava disaster or to Rangers’ Unirea [...]

Scottish Football Podcasts – Our Choices

With the rise of football podcasts on the net and the slow decline in opinion of phone-ins with so-called football experts on the radio, we thought that it would be a good idea to gather together a plethera of podcasts dedicated to Scottish Football. Scotzine produces its own podcast thanks to the talents of Craig, [...]

Lennon to swoop for former Rangers target Chris Eagles

The Evening Times has linked Celtic with a move to former Rangers target Chris Eagles of Burnley. According to the newspaper, Neil Lennon is weighing up a move for the winger as he attempts to put the finishing touches to his squad before the transfer window closes next week. Eagles was linked with a move [...]

Scotland squad announced: Hartley and Weir back in the fold

Scotland manager Craig Levein has named his squad for the upcoming EURO 2012 qualifying double header against Lithuanian and Liechtenstein. And the squad sees a return to the international fold for veteran duo David Weir and Paul Hartley. “The thing about Davie is he is still playing at the highest level week in, week out,” [...]

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