Articles tagged with "scotland-premier"
One match left: Rangers take control, and a battle at the bottom
By Ian Rose | May 17th, 2009Well, we've come to it at last. Each SPL side has played 37 of their allotted 38 fixtures, and next weekend, the 2008-09 SPL ...
Your Saturday SPL Scores
By Ian Rose | October 25th, 2008All twelve SPL sides played this Saturday, in the tenth round of the SPL, and there are a few surprises, but not many. Celtic 4-2 Hibernian It's ...
RIP Eddie Thompson
By Ian Rose | October 16th, 2008Dundee United Football Club and Scottish football lost a friend yesterday, as United chairman Eddie Thompson died of cancer, at the age of 67. ...
SPL 2008-09 Map
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2008Bill's Sport Maps is one of my favorite nerdy pleasures on the Internet. If you haven't checked it out yet, please head over there ...
Good luck to our Irish friends at Drogheda
By Ian Rose | July 23rd, 2008Not much going on in Scotland today football-wise. Some friendlies, the best of which is probably Motherwell-Wolves ... but we can take this opportunity ...
Old Firm apparently needs even more money
By Ian Rose | July 19th, 2008I know that to many of you who support big Serie A, La Liga or Premier League sides, the Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers ...
Scotland loses three goals; Gretna, three divisions
By Ian Rose | May 30th, 2008A couple of pieces of news today. The first (and foremost) is that George Burley led Scotland for only the second time today, against ...
Squeeky Bum Time in Scotland
By Ian Rose | May 19th, 2008Like seemingly every other league in Europe in this fantastic May of football, the SPL will come down to the final day. Rangers just ...
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 ...
Motherwell loses captain in bar "attack"
By Ian Rose | April 29th, 2008Details are sketchy, but here's an incident has popped up which might just have consequences all over the SPL. Paul Quinn, captain of Motherwell, ...
Here come the Accies, and other news
By Ian Rose | April 21st, 2008This past week or so has featured a lot of blogging distraction for me, between losing my voice screaming for my new local side and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
UEFA slaps SFA in the face, denies appeal
By Ian Rose | February 16th, 2008I can't tell you how much this angers me. In my opinion, UEFA exists to coordinate the European leagues, to make sure they all ...
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 ...
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. ...
SPL Weekend Preview
By Ian Rose | February 8th, 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Dorman back to Britain, from Revs to Buddies
By Ian Rose | December 31st, 2007Earlier this year, DaMarcus Beasley came to Rangers, and before injuring his leg, made quite an impact at Ibrox. Now, another SPL side in ...
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 ...
Well fans remember Phil
By Ian Rose | December 29th, 2007Here's a photo, from Andy over at Scotzine.com, of one of the fan remembrances today for Phil O'Donnell. There will surely be more to ...
Phil O'Donnell dies during SPL match
By Ian Rose | December 29th, 2007It's been a tragic year in football. Sevilla fans watched in horror as Antonio Puerta fell to the ground and died. Lazio supporter ...
SPL Starting XI: Week 18
By Ian Rose | December 24th, 2007I'm trying out a new column here at the Scotland Offside, picking a starting XI from the SPL's matches each week. This week will ...
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