Articles tagged with "spl"
Rangers could complete Scotland's European treble
By Ian Rose | May 13th, 2008Tomorrow in Manchester, more than a trophy is on the line, more than just the UEFA Cup, and the hope for Rangers of completing the legendary quad of SPL, Scottish Cup, League cup, and UEFA Cup. There is also the chance to put Scotland in the record ...
Rangers' Favorite Ref Strikes Again
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2008Rangers took a big step toward finishing off the SPL title today, finishing off Dundee United 3-1. The real story of the game, though, was the referee, which is never a good thing. Mike McCurry is, far and away, the most controversial official ...
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 ...
Title Watch: Pray for Victory
By Daryl | May 2nd, 2008There are title races all over Europe this weekend. Some will get decided over the next two days, others are going to take a little longer. So, as a sort of Weekend Watch special, here's The Offside's guide to who's trying to get their hands on s ...
Hunter Freeman Q&A - Exclusive
By Dave Martinez | April 30th, 2008Hey guys and gals, I had a chance to grab some Starbucks coffee with Red Bulls right back Hunter Freeman. We spoke, drank coffee, had a caffeine stroke (well, at least I did) and overall, had a good time. We pretty much covered everything there ...
Villareal interested in Jozy
By Dave Martinez | April 30th, 2008Rossi lives in a Yellow Submarine, a Yellow Submarine, a Yellow Submarine Jozy and Rossi in a Yellow Submarine? A Yellow Submarine?!?!? A Yellow Submarine?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?! No joke. Jozy Altidore is a rumored target for Villareal, according ...
Episode 21: Paris is Burning
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008No, film buffs ... we will not be talking about the drag documentary, but Paris St. Germain is a main topic of discussion this week, as Ligue 1 faces the very real possibility of losing its only Parisian club, and its fans go a little insane. Inara ...
The Old Firm Derby That Had Pretty Much Everything
By Daryl | April 17th, 2008The Old Firm Derby is always a big deal. You know that. But yesterday's was even bigger because Celtic needed a win to keep alive any hope of catching Rangers at the top of the Scottish Prem. And Celtic got what they needed, in a game that had pretty ...
Rangers 2 - Celtic 1 (awards, that is)
By Ian Rose | April 14th, 2008The annual awards in the SPL have been handed out, and no real surprises here, considering where the big teams are and why they are there. Walter Smith has his team ahead in the league with games in hand, alive in both the Scottish and UEFA Cups, an ...
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 ...
It Sucks To Be Gretna
By Inara | April 5th, 2008What hasn't gone wrong for Gretna Football Club this season? They're already relegated, they can't pay salaries, their manager quit, their chairman grew so ill that he had to withdraw his financial support, they're in administration, their staff ...
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 ...
Gretna Collapse = Our Gain?
By Dave Martinez | March 31st, 2008Captain Chris Innes of Scottish side Gretna FC is a man without club. So are 22 others. Including players, coaching staff - even the ex owners son. And to make matters worse, they lost their relegation battle. When it rains, it pours . . . W ...
The Derby and the run in
By Ian Rose | March 28th, 2008It's that time again, time for the one Derby that really requires the capital D, the Old Firm Derby in Glasgow. Tomorrow marks the 378th time that Celtic have played Rangers in competitive matches, going back to 1888. Rangers hold the record in the ...
Something for the Romanovs to consider
By Graham | March 26th, 2008It was a full Tynecastle that watched Hearts fail once again to rise to the occasion on Saturday. Falkirk were worth their point in a grim nil-nil but, as so often this season, the home side did little more than turn up. In a week when it has become ...
Anybody want to play for Gretna?
By Ian Rose | March 13th, 2008Things just keep getting worse for the SPL's bottom side. First, their millionaire owner took ill, forcing paychecks to go unpaid. Then, they were forced into administration, dooming what little chance they had of staying up in Scotland's top flight. N
Rangers through to UEFA Cup quarters
By Ian Rose | March 13th, 2008Allan McGregor put in an absolutely stellar performance in today's match with Werder Bremen, letting a single goal from Diego through, and stopping a Werder offensive onslaught that took 35 shots and 18 corners. Rangers took four shots. Four. It's rare
It's official: Gretna administered and relegated
By Ian Rose | March 12th, 2008It's long been suspected, especially since the failing health of owner Miles Brookson has come to light, but now it's official. Gretna and the SPL have confirmed that last season's promotion side Gretna FC will certainly be headed for administration, and
SPL considers ground sharing and summer football
By Ian Rose | March 3rd, 2008There are two issues being talked about most in football club offices in Scotland lately, and those are the issues of ground sharing and summer football. When a club is promoted from the First Division to the SPL, their stadium is often not up to SPL sta
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
The Good Doctor Deuchar headed to America?
By Ian Rose | February 27th, 2008Just as Kenny Dalglish's boy Paul returns from a stint in the MLS, another Scot may well be headed back over the pond, and this time it's one I like a lot more. Kenny "The Good Doctor" Deuchar is reportedly considering a move from relegation-bound Gretna
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,
Dalglish to Killie ... No, not that one
By Ian Rose | February 16th, 2008Kilmarnock, 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
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
This is getting ridiculous
By Ian Rose | January 30th, 2008If there is anywhere in Europe that needs a winter break (Scandinavia aside), it's Scotland. The rain/snow/sleet/etc in the winter, especially up north, is ferocious, and one needs only to look at the list of recent postponed matches to get an idea for h
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
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