Articles tagged with "hibernian"
Rangers: Live by the scoreless draw ...
By Ian Rose | May 4th, 2008You know the rest. Just as Rangers held firm in defense and offered little in attack in Thursday's penalty UEFA Cup semifinal win over Fiorentina, they were similarly held scoreless by Hibernian today. A fantastic defensive effort from Hibs kept ...
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 ...
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
Hibs give teen tumor patient his wish
By Ian Rose | February 23rd, 2008Young Liam Munro has had a hard time of it. The 16-year-old Hibernian fan was diagnosed over a year ago with a very unusual tumor on his spine. For the past year, Hibs have reached out to Munro in all sorts of ways, helping to keep his spirits up with p
Hibees (finally) get a win, and Buddies advance in the Cup
By Ian Rose | February 13th, 2008After literally months without a league win, Hibernian has finally gotten a positive result, and against ... guess who? That's right. Gretna. Hibs went ten league matches without a win, more than a quarter of the whole season. In fact, it has been sin
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
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,
3 SPL stars on Independent's Best of the Rest list
By Ian Rose | January 10th, 2008The Independent has put out its list of the top twenty footballers in Britain outside of the Premier League. As much as I stand by earlier statements about all lists of top footballers being pretty much subjective rubbish, I can't argue too much with thi
Mixu takes over Hibs
By Ian Rose | January 10th, 2008Andy from Scotzine beat me to the punch in my own comments area, but Hibernian now have a manager, and its one that should at least start off popular with the support. Mixu Paatelainen is a Hibs legend, having scored 39 goals for the Edinburgh side, in
Mr. Simpson for Hibs? Mr. Burns for Scotland?
By Ian Rose | January 8th, 2008The title of this blog is as far as I'll go into the coincidence of the two subjects' names being two of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. But I had to mention it. There are developments involving the two highest-profile job openings in Scot
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
Three matches postponed after O'Donnell death
By Ian Rose | December 30th, 2007In the wake of the shocking death of Motherwell captain Phil O'Donnell, three SPL matches have been postponed. First, Motherwell's next two fixtures have been temporarily dropped, including Wednesday's match with Hibs and next Sunday's home game with Ce
Collins quits Hibs. Is he headed for Hampden?
By Ian Rose | December 20th, 2007Only 24 hours after sounding so hopeful in opening Hibernian's new training facility, John Collins has shocked everyone by announcing his resignation as Hibs manager. The former Hibs, Celtic, Fulham and Everton player was only in the job for 14 months, a
Hibs open new training center
By Ian Rose | December 19th, 2007Hibernian manager John Collins can't say enough positive things about the new training center Hibs opened today in East Lothian. The £4.9million complex is one of the most advanced such facilities in the country, and certainly the finest outside of the
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
Fletcher to stay with Hibs
By Ian Rose | December 6th, 2007Steven Fletcher has committed to a long term contract with Hibernian, ending the rumors that he would be headed to either Glasgow or the Premier League. The Hibs star, aged 20, has scored 7 goals this season in the SPL, and is second (far) behind Celtic'
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
SPL Matchday 14 Preview
By Ian Rose | November 23rd, 2007The seemingly month-long international break is over, and club football returns to Scotland this weekend, with all twelve SPL sides in action. Celtic and Rangers play their first matches since the last round of the Champions League, each leading up to vi
SPL Saturday: The second tier keeps pace
By Ian Rose | November 10th, 2007Everyone knows that there is a top tier in Scottish football, and that the Old Firm is it. Celtic and Rangers are the two biggest clubs, in terms of support, money and basically every other measure, and by a pretty large margin. The second tier of the S
SPL Matchday 13: The Old Firm gets a snow day
By Ian Rose | November 9th, 2007That's right. It's Scottish football, without all that pesky money and international interest. As part of Alex McLeish's plan for next weekend's Scotland-Italy match, which will be called brilliant if it works and pointless otherwise, Rangers and Celtic
SPL Matchday 12: Old Firm win, United falter
By Ian Rose | November 4th, 2007We are through twelve matches of the 2007-08 SPL campaign, with a few shakeups in the league table. Celtic and Rangers both won (over Kilmarnock and Inverness, respectively), and so Celtic remains top of the table by three points over Rangers. Dundee Un
SPL Matchday 11: Celtic back on top
By Ian Rose | October 28th, 2007We are 11 matches and one quarter of the way into the SPL campaign, and it turned out to be the perfect weekend, at least in terms of results, for a little team in Glasgow you might have heard of. Celtic not only took their match, 3-0, over Motherwell on
Collins, McDonald get monthly awards
By Ian Rose | October 11th, 2007At the end of August, with Rangers on top of the league and Celtic having a few minor struggles, the SPL's monthly awards were reflective of the situation on the top of the table, with Rangers taking both Manager and Player of the Month honors (for Walter
Matchday 9: Hibees rise to the challenge
By Ian Rose | October 7th, 2007That's nine weeks in the bag for the SPL, and things have been shuffled throughout the league. With their Saturday victory over Rangers, Hibernian stood atop the SPL table for almost a day before Celtic reclaimed their lead with a lackluster win over Gre
Matchday 8 in the SPL
By Ian Rose | October 1st, 2007The eighth week of the SPL is over. There were a few changes, a few surprises, and a few confirmations of what we already knew. In true Offside style, here is what we learned from the SPL this week: 1. The Old Firm Leapfrog continues Celtic and Rang
Hibernian 3-2 Celtic--Boruc Blunders
By JT | September 24th, 2007Celtic were defeated by Hibernian at Easter Road yesterday when world class keeper Artur Boruc made two uncharacteristic blunders, gifting the Hibees a 3-2 victory. Whaddya gonna do? The man has saved Celtic so many times that its almost impossible to c
The Celtic/Hibs Relationship in Song
By JT | September 22nd, 2007I've always thought of Hibs as Celtic's little cousin to the east, with the Irish/Catholic roots and all. But since about half of the current Bhoys seem to have played their most recent club football at Easter Road, the description detailed by the suppor
Cup losers no longer qualify for Europe
By Ian Rose | September 16th, 2007In what I think is a great move, the Scottish Football Association has removed one of the back-door ways of getting into European competition. The winner of the Scottish Cup currently gets Scotland's second UEFA Cup spot, but in the event that the winner
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