Scottish Football Round-up: Scottish Cup 5th Round, SPL & SFL Results

Robbie Keane scored his first goal for Celtic from the spot as he helped Celtic overcome a resilient Dunfermline side. Rangers will have to replay their fifth round tie against St. Mirren after the Paisley side pegged back Rangers and had the better of the chances to win the tie. Dundee United beat fellow SPL [...]

Scottish Midweek Round-up: Saints march into Cup Final, Keane’s debut falls flat & Falkirk down Dons

St. Mirren marched into the Co-operative Insurance League Cup Final after Billy Mehmet gave the Buddies a 1-0 win over Jim Jefferies Hearts side who were decidedly poor all night. Robbie Keane’s dream move to Celtic started off the worst possible way as the Parkhead side lost 1-0 to Kilmarnock at Rugby Park as another [...]

Live Match Commentary: Hamilton Accies v Celtic

Scotzine.com continues its Live Match Text Commentary with the SPL clash between Billy Reid’s Hamilton Accies side and under fire Tony Mowbray’s Celtic side. Celtic need to win the game to close the gap on rivals Rangers who are ten points clear at the top of the table, while Accies need to win to keep [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Little salvages a point for Rangers, Hibs hammer Accies & Celtic crush ten man Saints

Hibs pile more misery on Hamilton, Rangers secured a point at home to ten man Hearts but leave it late, Aberdeen spoil Jimmy Calderwood’s return to Pittodrie, while in Sunday’s games, Dundee United crush a poor Falkirk side and Celtic cme from a goal down to beat ten man St. Johnstone.
In the First Division Dunfermline [...]

Under-21 rule is ridiculous claims St. Mirren gaffer Gus MacPherson

St. Mirren manager has launched a scathing attack on the SPL’s controversial Under-21 rule that is forcing him to put youngsters on the bench before they are ready. He believes that the law is ridiculous and that it is detrimental to our game as it puts age before ability.
MacPherson called on three youngsters - Conor [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Rangers nine points clear as Celtic fail to win again

Rangers moved nine points clear at the top of the SPL after narrowly beating Hamilton Accies 1-0, while rivals Celtic could only muster a 1-1 draw with bottom of the league side Falkirk.
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Falkirk took a surprise lead through Carl Finnigan after 19 minutes, despite calls for a foul in the lead up to [...]

Scottish Football Round-up Part Two: Old Firm stalemate, Edinburgh derby ends in a draw and Dundee stunned by Airdrie

Celtic had to settle for a point against rivals Rangers as the game ended 1-1. Despite dominating the first Old Firm derby of 2010. Celtic missed a whole host of chances to secure all three points against a woeful Rangers side. However Rangers stole a share of the spoils with their only shot on goal [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Only two games survive as Jack Frost hits Scotland again

For the second week in a row, Scottish football has been devastated with only two games surviving the atrocious weather which continues to hit Scotland.
The SPL match between Falkirk and St. Johnstone was cancelled 80 minutes before kick off and the Lanarkshire derby between Motherwell and Hamilton was also called off. No games survived in [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Top Four in the SPL win, Dundee extend lead and Livi stay four points clear

The top four in the SPL continued their winning ways. Celtic saw off Aberdeen, while Rangers beat Falkirk, Dundee United overcame a resilient St. Mirren side and Hibs beat Motherwell 2-0. There was drama in the game between Hearts and Hamilton, with a total of five players - four from Hearts being sent off. Dundee [...]

SPL Live Match Commentary: Hearts v Hibernian

Edinburgh city rivals Hearts and Hibernian meet one another for the 37th time in the SPL this afternoon and as always it will be a tight affair.
Hearts have won 12 games compared to Hibernian’s 11. 13 games have been drawn. Last season, goals were scare in the derby meetings with Hearts failing to beat [...]

Latest English sponsorship deal puts Scottish game into Perspective

The latest sponsorship deal of the English Premier League with Barclays Bank certainly has put the SPL sponsorship deal with Clydesdale Bank into perspective. The English top flight’s latest deal sees Barclays renew their sponsorship deal for another three years and worth £82.25 million.
Barclays have sponsored the Premier League since 2004 and their current three-year [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: Rangers go top as Celtic fire blanks

Both Celtic and Rangers failed to impress at the weekend, and given their much publicised desires to join the English Premier League, this weekend’s play proved that they would struggle in League One let alone the richest league in the world. Despite their poor performance Rangers managed to secure all three points, while Celtic fired [...]

Time the Old Firm forget about playing in England - its old news!

Another week and another headline. The same headline. Old Firm set to play in the Premier League. It sells papers, it gets the fans talking all over the country, but in all honesty it is becoming tedious and to a lesser extent an embarrassment to Scottish football. We all know that Celtic and Rangers want [...]

Old Firm Match Report: Celtic’s defensive errors gift Rangers all three points

Two goals from former Celtic striker Kenny Miller cut Celtic’s lead at the top of the SPL to just one point, as Rangers claimed victory and the bragging rights in the first Old Firm derby of the season. The striker punished Celtic for two defensive errors within the first 20 minutes to put the [...]

Scottish Football Round-up: St. Mirren break home win hoodoo, Dundee & Caley through to Final, Lower Leagues & Womens roundup

With the Old Firm derby on Sunday, it was business as usual on Saturday for the rest of Scottish football. St. Mirren finally won at their new home ground to end all talk of a Home hoodoo. Hibs and Dundee United fought out a 1-1 draw, while St. Johnstone won their first league game of [...]

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