Articles tagged with "scottish-premier-league"
McNamara back in the SPL
By Ian Rose | May 17th, 2007Some welcome news today for SPL fans as Jackie McNamara is headed back to Scotland. PFA Players' Player of the Year in 1998 and ...
Best Fan Video. Ever.
By Ian Rose | May 16th, 2007Oh this is just awesome. I was cruising around today for video of Motherwell's owner gesturing, let us say, impolitely, at fans after this ...
Scotland ranked 14th
By Ian Rose | May 16th, 2007For the first time in the modern ranking era, Scotland is ranked in the top fifteen national football sides in the world. ...
Spaniards, welcome to Glasgow
By Ian Rose | May 15th, 2007Glasgow's Hampden Stadium, Scotland's national stadium and host to our upcoming Euro 2008 qualifiers, is preparing for a fiesta of massive proportions today as an ...
Brown looks to go to Celtic
By Ian Rose | May 15th, 2007After being linked to at least four Premiership sides, the Scotsman is now reporting that Scott Brown will be signed to Celtic today, for a ...
Middlesbrough to raid SPL?
By Ian Rose | May 14th, 2007Plenty of blogs, including this one, have reported on Middlesbrough's interest in Hibernian midfielder Scott Brown, but it appears the Brough will be shopping around ...
Caley Thistle ends Pars hopes for survival
By Ian Rose | May 12th, 2007Well, it was a nice Cinderella story while it lasted. The Pars of Dunfermline, sitting pretty solidly at the bottom of the SPL and ...
Rangers sign Darcheville from Bordeaux
By Ian Rose | May 10th, 2007Rangers are looking to a Frenchman as part of their plan to revitalize the squad and dethrone 2-time defending champions Celtic. The Ibrox front ...
Pars drag Steelmen into relegation fight
By Ian Rose | May 7th, 2007Say one thing for Dunfermline - they aren't dying easy. They may have looked awful for most of the season. They may have ...
Flag Waving Artur Boruc Investigated by Scottish Police
By Bob | May 7th, 2007As far as Old Firm contests go this one was supposed to devoid of much drama. Celtic had already clinched the Scottish Premier League ...
One step closer to an Olympic team
By Ian Rose | May 7th, 2007Oh, yeah, and independence too. So, for those of you that have been hiding under a rock and thus not paying attention to Scottish parliamentary politics, ...
Old Firm should be a bit firmer next season
By Daryl | May 5th, 2007Celtic capitualted 2-0 away at Rangers in today's Old Firm clash, with Kris Boyd scoring a nicely placed volley and Charlie Adam a decent free-kick. ...
Good lad, Darren ... McCormack to stay with Hibs
By Ian Rose | May 4th, 2007Hibernian defender Darren McCormack is one of the precious few players in Scotland today that seems to value his club and its fans more than ...
Shocker of the day - Romanov wants changes
By Ian Rose | May 3rd, 2007Well, as the SPL season comes to a close, ten teams are looking to improve on their 2007 season (while two are trying to just ...
Alan Combe, Welcome to the Goalkeeper Blunders Fraternity
By Bob | April 30th, 2007After the initial feeling of having your stomach drop when you are goalkeeper and you make a terrible blunder, there must be a feel of ...
Goalfests in Scotland
By Ian Rose | April 28th, 2007Well, the overall standings are pretty much cemented - Celtic has won the SPL, Rangers need only one more point to solidify their hold on ...
Success a double-edged sword for Celtic
By Ian Rose | April 26th, 2007It's been a banner year for Celtic. Not only have they won the SPL for the second year in a row, but they are ...
Naka Don't Go
By Ian Rose | April 25th, 2007While most of the footballing world is watching Brazilian Milan star Kaka, I am much more concerned today with Naka, (Shunsuke Nakamura, that is). ...
Fletch has a great day at Old Trafford
By Ian Rose | April 24th, 2007Frankly, I miss reporting on the Champions League, and since Celtic lost to a single Kaka goal in the Round of 16, all I have ...
Pars in Scot Cup final, UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | April 24th, 2007It has been an interesting ride to say the least for the Pars of Dunfermline this season. After sitting in the bottom position in ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Football Roundup
By Bob | April 23rd, 2007Adriano was partying and the champagne was flowing across all parts of Europe this weekend with teams in Italy, Scotland, France and Greece clinching their ...
Nakamura has what could be described as a good day
By Ian Rose | April 22nd, 2007Those of us that were not gifted with the skill and talent to play world-class football can only imagine the sort of 24 hours that ...
Celtic champions of Scotland
By Ian Rose | April 22nd, 2007Well, it hasn't been in serious doubt since December, but Celtic FC are officially the champions of the SPL for the second straight season, and ...
Celtic fans should travel with their champagne
By Ian Rose | April 20th, 2007This is the week. This has to be the week when Celtic finally officially wrap up the SPL title. With five games remaining, ...
Celtic on LOST
By Ian Rose | April 19th, 2007Finally, the two things I regularly watch on TV, football and Lost, have joined forces to make me a happy, happy boy. During last ...
Hearts about to lose the wrong internationals
By Ian Rose | April 19th, 2007Heart of Midlothian is probably the most international team in the SPL, largely because of chairman Vladimir Romanov's connection to Lithuanian football (there are eight ...
Elton John Breaking Some Intertoto Hearts
By Bob | April 18th, 2007Like a candle in the wind, the Scottish club Inverness Caledonian Thistle's hopes of playing in Europe next season have faded. Former Watford chairman, ...
Middlesbrough ups bid for Brown
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2007As the player revolt in Hibernian's locker room starts to settle down, Hibs fans have something new to be concerned with - the loss of ...
Edinburgh infighting hurts all of Scottish football
By Ian Rose | April 16th, 2007I hear it over and over in the international football press: The SPL is thought of internationally as one of the most lopsided leagues in ...
Scottish Cup semis: Celtic is getting used to waiting
By Ian Rose | April 15th, 2007First, a disappointing run made Celtic wait another few weeks to officially claim this year's SPL title. Now, they'll have to wait to see ...
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