SPL Month in Review: March 2008

By Ian Rose | April 1st, 2008

Well, 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 ...

Look back at February in the SPL

By Ian Rose | March 1st, 2008

There 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, 2008

A 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

Dalglish to Killie ... No, not that one

By Ian Rose | February 16th, 2008

Kilmarnock, currently eleventh in the SPL and nine points above Gretna, has decided to look all the way to America to sign their newest Scottish striker, and have agreed terms with Paul Dalglish. Kenny's boy Paul, no longer much of a boy at 30, is making

SPL Weekend Preview

By Ian Rose | February 9th, 2008

A 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

Ins & Outs From an Efficient January

By JT | February 1st, 2008

There's tons of info to round up today, so lets get right to it. The transfer period was a productive one for Celtic, of that there can be no doubt. Sure, a proven central defender would have been great, but right-back, striker, and midfield depth wer

SPL Preview: Burns Day Special

By Ian Rose | January 25th, 2008

Happy 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,

Hearts improve: only one man sent off

By Graham | January 5th, 2008

You can imagine Stephen Frail attempting a bit of wry humour in the tunnel before today's game. “Let's get to the end with eleven men, eh?” Barely forty minutes later, Calum Elliot became the 26th Hearts player sent off since we last came from a goal

Hibs' highland curse continues, Celtic falter

By Ian Rose | December 8th, 2007

That'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

Rangers make up ground, Caley wins at Dundee

By Ian Rose | December 1st, 2007

It'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, 2007

The 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, 2007

Everyone 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, 2007

That'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 11: Celtic back on top

By Ian Rose | October 28th, 2007

We 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

Rangers stomp Falkirk 7-2

By Ian Rose | August 18th, 2007

Falkirk went to Ibrox looking for vindication after what they felt was a harsh 4-1 loss to Celtic. What they got was something else entirely. Rangers saw their day start off very well when Daniel Cousin, in his first start for the side, scored his third

The Under-21 Rule ... good or bad for Scotland?

By Ian Rose | August 17th, 2007

It's always impressive to see a youngster make a senior squad. When an 18-year-old or even younger walks out onto the pitch for the first time, it's a real achievement. He's beaten older, more experienced players to the relatively few playing positions.

Celtic 0-0 Kilmarnock: SOS!!

By JT | August 6th, 2007

We're not at the Save Our Ship stage by any means, but what we saw from Celtic in yesterday's 0-0 draw with Kilmarnock was the Same Old Shit. The strikers have no cohesion whatsoever, and can't finish to save their lives. I'm tired of seeing Maciej Zura

Rangers take important early points

By Ian Rose | August 5th, 2007

It's on. The SPL season kicked off this weekend with 5 matches, leaving only the Edinburgh Derby of Hearts-Hibs for Monday. The Old Firm started their respective assaults on the SPL title, with Rangers traveling to tricky but understaffed Caley Thistle

Celtic v Kilmarnock: What Killie Fans Think

By JT | August 4th, 2007

For match previews this season, I'm going to go to the best source of all: supporters of the club that Celtic is playing. Who knows better than the people that support their club with such vigour that they've taken it to the internets? I could regurgita

Naismith ponders his future, O'Connor heads to Birmingham

By Ian Rose | June 22nd, 2007

UPDATE TO THIS POST: O'Connor has reportedly signed with Birmingham. The two hottest Scottish properties in football right now are Garry O'Connor and Steven Naismith. O'Connor, currently at Locomotiv Moscow, showed his quality with two goals in two ga

Naismith capped ... about damned time ...

By Ian Rose | June 2nd, 2007

Great news, for me, Scotland, and our reader Spooner. SPL Young Player of the Year Steven Naismith has been given his first senior team nod for Wednesday's game against Faroe Islands. The Kilmarnock star generally plays at striker for Killie, but has

Kilmarnock win, put pressure on Hibs

By Ian Rose | April 4th, 2007

Just three days ago, going into their Edinburgh derby with Hearts, Hibernian looked to be a serious threat for European qualifying and maybe even a run at number three in the SPL. They were coming off of their thrashing of Kilmarnock in the league cup fi

Well, at least Berti's ruled out...

By Craig | January 16th, 2007

A national team in crisis. Outrage from the terraces. Witless administrators. Qualifying hopes tarnished. Yep, Berti Vogts' appointment as Nigeria manager was always going to be contentious. As for his old job, well, unlike the appointment of himse

Cup Corner - If you want giant-killing, read the Bible

By Craig | January 5th, 2007

Try as one might, it's just not that easy to get all sweaty with excitement over what is usually a cracking weekend of football. Last month's draw failed disastrously in producing any real stand-out ties or a string of David v Goliath mis-matches. Indeed,

Good Weekend/Bad Weekend

By Craig | December 18th, 2006

Good weekend for... Rangers - The Gers will be happy to have surrendered second place for a performance that shows they can at least give the champions a game. The crowd at Inverness-Killie - Seven goals, top-drawer saves, penalty incidents galore..

Cup Corner

By Craig | November 8th, 2006

The much-derided CIS Cup got a welcome boost yesterday with a couple of hum-dingeroos. Kilmarnock edged out Motherwell at Fir Park thanks to the Invincibile man. Over in Glasgow, Falkirk were busy taking a leaf out of Southend's book with a dramatic victo

Cup Corner

By Craig | November 7th, 2006

The CIS Cup returns tonight with Motherwell hosting Kilmarnock and Falkirk travelling to Celtic Park for places in the semi-finals. Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, for one, will be praying for extra-time and penalties tonight. His girlfriend's none too ha

The Top Flight Tussle

By Craig | November 3rd, 2006

A difficult choice this weekend, with three matches being contested between sides just a position away from one another. Kilmarnock travel to Edinburgh hoping to defend their top-half status against 7th-placed Hibs. But new Hibees boss John Collins has be

What news from the frontline?

By Craig | October 31st, 2006

Some varying injury news this morning for weekend opponents Celtic and Kilmarnock. Celtic and Scotland fans will be pleased to hear that John Kennedy is about to get his first action (footballing, I hasten to add) in over two years today against Mothe

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