Articles tagged with "aberdeen"
Celtic Lhadies Reach Scottish Cup Finals: More musings on Hun-Gate
By Matt | May 7th, 2008The Ghirls of Celtic have reached the Scottish Cup Finals with a 3-2 defeat. Celtic got a goal from Christie Miller and Jo Love, the girl in question in the Hun-gate controversy, knocked in two. All of the Ghirls goals came in a first half that Cel ...
Celtic 1-Aberdeen 0: Abridged Illinois Version
By Matt | April 20th, 2008This weekend I was in the Land of Lincoln, Illinois, however it did not stop me from seeing Celtic defeat Aberdeen 1-0 on Saturday. The Bhoys were able to continue the momentum on Wednesday's exciting derby victory and for the time being leapfrogged ...
It doesn't mean a thing...
By Matt | April 18th, 2008Celtic supporters have been riding an euphoric wave ever since Wednesday's dramatic win against the hated Rangers. Despite needing a late winner, Celtic controlled the game pretty well and finally showed what I have been saying all along, that Celti ...
Dons crash out in 4-3 thriller
By Ian Rose | April 12th, 2008We have one of our Scottish Cup finalists, and it's a shocker to be placed right next to Cardiff City in that other Cup. Going into today's semifinal between Aberdeen and Queen of the South, the Dons looked great to take a clinical victory and move ...
Aberdeen makes top six, and award nominees announced
By Ian Rose | April 7th, 2008A pretty big day of news in the SPL today. First, Aberdeen has succeeded in climbing out of their early funk to make the top half of the league on the last day before the split. For those of you not familiar with the peculiarities of Scottish footb ...
Barr wins Player of the Month
By Ian Rose | April 4th, 2008Congratulations to Falkirk central defender Darren Barr on winning the Player of the Month award in the SPL for March. Much has been made this season of young Hearts captain Christophe Berra, but Barr is just as young and also captains an SPL side, ...
SPL Month in Review: March 2008
By Ian Rose | April 1st, 2008Well, another month is in the books for the Scottish Premier League, and it might well have been the decisive one in both the race for the SPL title and the race for UEFA Cup qualification. Here's a look at the overall standings, and the league tabl ...
Aberdeen might be Europe bound, after all
By Ian Rose | March 18th, 2008It's been a really remarkably weird season for Aberdeen Football Club. On one hand, they had a great run in Europe, their first good run in Europe in a long time. Getting to the knockout rounds of the UEFA Cup was no small accomplishment for a club of r
Time for a change?
By Matt | March 18th, 2008Well, the final whistle just sounded and after another terrible performance, Celtic have crashed out of the Scottish Cup, losing 1-0 against Aberdeen. It seemed like deja-vu all over again as poor finishing ruled the day for Celtic. Aberdeen will now go
Celtic 1, Aberdeen 1-European Hangover
By Matt | March 11th, 2008The European Hangover. Say those words and it sends shivers down the spine of any Celtic supporter. I for one would rather have a real hangover, rather then go through the tension and drama that the Bhoys faced on Sunday. Here that Bhoys, nausea and
Celtic 1, Aberdeen 1-European Hangover
By Matt | March 11th, 2008The European Hangover. Say those words and it sends shivers down the spine of any Celtic supporter. I for one would rather have a real hangover, rather then go through the tension and drama that the Bhoys faced on Sunday. Here that Bhoys, nausea ...
Scottish Cup: Rangers advance, Celtic draw
By Ian Rose | March 9th, 2008Both Old Firm sides were in action today as Rangers looked to stay alive in all four competitions, and Celtic continue their defense of the Scottish Cup. Rangers were hosting Hibernian, a tricky fixture given the Hibees' recent form as well as the confid
Look back at February in the SPL
By Ian Rose | March 1st, 2008There were 26 SPL matches played in February, and as always it was an important month for both the title race and the race for Europe. Here's a look at the league table for February's matches, and an overall league table as things stand right now.
SPL Wednesday Wrapup
By Ian Rose | February 27th, 2008A full schedule of midweek matches today, so here goes. Aberdeen 1-1 Motherwell Zander Diamond headed the ball in from the edge of the Motherwell penalty box to put the Dons up 1-0 early. Since the wonderful performance at Pittodrie against Bayern Mu
SPL WAG of the ... ever?
By Ian Rose | February 17th, 2008Admittedly, this is not my style of football journalism. I like to write about goals and formations, assists and saves. But in honor of Martha, who leaves The Offside this week, I'm making an exception. Martha was one of the original Offsiders, and I,
Aberdeen 2-2 Bayern Munich
By Ian Rose | February 14th, 2008I have to admit it - I had lost faith in Aberdeen's UEFA Cup run. As much as I like the Dons (my second favorite team in Scotland), it seemed like their drawing everyone's favorite to win the tournament, Bayern Munich, would certainly be the end of the g
SPL Weekend Preview
By Ian Rose | February 9th, 2008A quick look at this weekend's SPL action: Dundee United v. Hibernian, Saturday 12:30 After the greatest of starts this season, the Hibees have had a long rough patch, losing four straight in the league and needing to look all the way back to November
Aberdeen 1-4 Dundee United in League Cup Semi
By Ian Rose | February 6th, 2008Well, I predicted 1-0 to Aberdeen in the second semifinal of the CIS Cup today, and I was right ... for 22 minutes. Andrew Considine put the Dons up after nineteen minutes with a rebound off of United keeper Lukasz Zaluska, but it wouldn't last long. Th
League Cup semi preview: Aberdeen v. Dundee United
By Ian Rose | February 4th, 2008One half of the league cup final is set, with Rangers taking a clinical victory over Hearts 2-0. The other finalist will be decided tomorrow, as Dundee United travel to Pittodrie to take on a weary Aberdeen side that is still alive in all four competitio
The Bhoys Are Back!
By JT | February 4th, 2008Celtic thoroughly dominated Kilmarnock in a Scottish Cup fifth-rounder at Rugby Park, and in doing so offered a glimpse of the kind of squad they can be the rest of the season. The 5-1 thrashing was not even as close as the scoreline indicated. Celtic w
Player news
By nicholas | February 2nd, 2008Word out of Scotland is that Aberdeen did not offer Joseph Lapira a contract after his trial. So things are look even more likely that he will sign with Toronto before the start of the season. Here is a little bit of wiki - information on TFC potentia
Aberdeen 0 - 1 Hearts
By Graham | January 27th, 2008It's starting to look like Hearts are becoming a bogey team for the men from Pittodrie. After trouncing them 4-1 at Tynecastle in November, we took another three points off them yesterday. The last team to mug them on their home patch in the league was Ce
SPL Preview: Burns Day Special
By Ian Rose | January 25th, 2008Happy Robbie Burns Day, everyone. Today, 249 years ago, legendary Scottish poet and lyricist Robert Burns was born. As is the tradition of my forefathers, I plan on celebrating his birth with a bit of haggis and a much larger bit of whisky. But first,
SPL Starting XI: Week 21
By Ian Rose | January 6th, 2008This week's eleven includes the three mid-week matches and five Saturday games. Celtic and Motherwell skipped all matches this week, so they will be left out. There were some great performances in the meantime, and here are my starting eleven for week 2
Aberdeen explodes into UEFA Cup Round of 32
By Ian Rose | December 20th, 2007Up to this point, there was some luck involved. With only one point from three matches, the result of a home draw against Locomotiv Moscow, Aberdeen were still in range of advancing in the UEFA Cup tonight by way of other results. Four points wouldn't b
Old Firm losses jeopardize SPL's place in Europe
By Ian Rose | December 13th, 2007The dust is settling from today's Rangers loss to Lyon, and I'd like to take a moment to reflect on what this means for Scotland. I'm not going to get into reputation or support, but just what it means for the cold, hard numbers, the UEFA coefficients.
Hibs' highland curse continues, Celtic falter
By Ian Rose | December 8th, 2007That's why I don't bet on football, especially Scottish football. Over the course of a season, as everyone knows, a bet on one of the Old Firm to win the SPL is a pretty safe one, but any given week, any team in the SPL can get a result. I really though
The current situation in the UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | December 7th, 2007There is one matchday to go in the group stages of the 2007-08 UEFA Cup. Here are the current standings in each group, and which scenarios mean qualification for which teams. Group A Qualified: Everton (9 pts) Still in the mix: Zenit St. Petersburg
Aberdeen thrown a lifeline, can still advance
By Ian Rose | December 5th, 2007It has been a pretty rough group stage for Aberdeen in the UEFA Cup. The Dons picked, in my opinion, just about the hardest group they could have, with Atletico Madrid, Panathinaikos and Locomotiv Moscow looking to take all the spoils. Things have lined
Rangers make up ground, Caley wins at Dundee
By Ian Rose | December 1st, 2007It's been an interesting day in Scottish football. As JT at the Celtic Offside predicted, his Bhoys only managed a draw away at Hearts today, opening the door for Rangers to make up points. They did so, beating Kilmarnock 2-0 to make the race for the SP
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