The Terrace Radio Football Podcast S3 Episode 4: Euro 2012 campaign kicks-off; ALBA Challenge Cup semis; SPL is back with new faces

Welcome back after a short hiatus folks, Episode 4 will be chock full of Scotland based goodies including a look back at the draw in Kaunas and a look ahead to the visit of Liechtenstein to Glasgow on Tuesday night. The SPL returns this weekend, and with a busy final day of the transfer window [...]

Romanov mocks the SFA by offering his services as a consultant

The Scotsman has reported on comments made by Hearts owner Vladimir Romanov who has mocked Scottish Football chiefs over their failure to beat Lithuania. Romanov was in attendance watching the 0-0 draw in Kaunas and sympathised with the Scotland fans who made the long journey to the Baltic state. “I attended the game and I [...]

Levein attacks Turkish referee over the whistler’s performance

Craig Levein never got anything in Glasgow as Hearts or Dundee United manager, and now he doesn’t get anything in Lithuania as Scotland manager, as he claims that the Turkish referee was too lenient on the Lithuanians. Levein was left seething after claiming that the referee failed to protect his players. He launched a scathing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Aberdeen’s Fyvie suffers cruciate ligament injury

Aberdeen look set to be without Fraser Fyvie after a scan confirmed that he has suffered cruciate ligament injury. The injury occurred during Tuesday’s Co-op League Cup win over Alloa, on its platic pitch and now could be ruled out for the rest of the season. Dons gaffer Mark McGhee slammed the artificial pitch, and [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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,” [...]

Looking for Fans to contribute their opinions

Scotzine have kicked off the new season, with a new feature called A Fan’s Perspective. This feature gives the fans a voice in the match that they watched. Whether it is Scotland games or the club that you support in European or Deomstic competitions, we would like to hear your own opinions of the match. [...]

From Boozegate to Easter Road Allan McGregor continues to shame

After the boozegate scandal, Allan McGregor needed to keep his head down and get on with his football and he did that and was soon rewarded with a return to the Scotland fold despite the SFA imposing a lifetime ban on the Rangers keeper. However the keeper has once again courted controversy with his actions [...]

Celtic 2-0 Utrecht: A Fan’s Perspective

Arriving at Celtic Park, the fans mood was a mix of apprehension and nervousness at the thought of another European game going badly for the Bhoys. While getting my usual programme and making my ways through the usual jobsworths on a power trip and the coppers, thoughts running through my head were of past European [...]

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