Articles tagged with "scottish-premier-league"
Is Boruc leaving Celtic?
By Ian Rose | April 13th, 2007There are two levels of training-camp mentality in Scotland. First, there's no doubt that the bottom half of the Scottish Premier League are largely ...
Can Pars really do it?
By Ian Rose | April 12th, 2007Three weeks ago, I would have thought it was impossible. The Pars of Dunfermline, at that time sitting in the relegation spot by nine ...
Spanning the Globe: The Weekend Round-up
By Bob | April 9th, 2007It was awfully kind of the players and clubs around the world to cram so much football into a 48-hour period. Every weekend is ...
Ugly Rangers postpone Celtic party for two weeks
By Ian Rose | April 8th, 2007I know a guy on one of the big Scottish football forums whose signature with each post all season said "Celtic - Champions before Easter". ...
Martin Kettle needs to get a life
By Ian Rose | April 6th, 2007Ahh, the Guardian. You guys need to be pickier with your columnist hiring. Read on as Martin Kettle explains why we (meaning everyone ...
Lasses teach the lads, beat Italy
By Ian Rose | April 6th, 2007Take that, Azzurri. Kind of. Scotland's men may have fallen to Italy in European qualifying (not that a 2-1 away leg loss to ...
SPL Weekend 33: The Split Awaits
By Ian Rose | April 6th, 2007Well, it's here. Just as the MLS gets started, the SPL is winding down. Football giveth to Ian, football taketh away. There ...
Come on baby, let's do the split
By Ian Rose | April 4th, 2007It's time once again for that unique Scottish football tradition, the end-of-the-season split. Now that St. Mirren v. Hibs is over (with the Saints ...
Kilmarnock win, put pressure on Hibs
By Ian Rose | April 3rd, 2007Just three days ago, going into their Edinburgh derby with Hearts, Hibernian looked to be a serious threat for European qualifying and maybe even a ...
This just in: Scots like to drink.
By Ian Rose | April 2nd, 2007From the Herald: Scotland may have lost its match with Italy, but that didn't stop the Tartan Army, our loyal and boisterous traveling fans, from ...
Meet Scott McDonald
By Ian Rose | April 2nd, 2007Ladies and gentlemen, the next star of Scottish football. Well, actually, he's one of the current stars of Scottish football, but nobody knows it, ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Recap
By Bob | April 2nd, 2007These are busy and exciting times for football fans around the world. League titles remain up in the air, births in various competitions are ...
Hearts take hard-fought derby
By Ian Rose | April 1st, 2007Hibernian's hopes for overcoming Hearts and taking the last UEFA Cup qualifying spot took a serious blow today with their home loss to Hearts, 1-0. ...
Sometimes a draw's a win
By Ian Rose | March 31st, 2007That is certainly the case when you are playing the top two teams in Scotland. The Old Firm of Celtic and Rangers are always ...
Let's have a derby!
By Ian Rose | March 30th, 2007Even as a fan of international football, I have to admit - I've missed the clubs. It's good to have the break over and ...
MLS for Prso?
By Ian Rose | March 29th, 2007There is talk today that Dado Prso, who has one of my hands-down favorite names in the SPL, will be leaving Rangers at the end ...
Old Firm in the New World
By Ian Rose | March 29th, 2007Ah, the plight of a Scottish football fan marooned in the US for at least part of every year. Unlike the Premiership, there is ...
Disappointment at Bari
By Ian Rose | March 28th, 2007Well, it's over. Scotland has just lost 2-0 to Italy. Not an altogether terrible result - probably the result most people expected, but ...
Keys to victory (Well, keys to not losing anyhow)
By Ian Rose | March 27th, 2007Alright, I promise. This is going to be the last report on the Scottish national team until after the match with Italy that kicks ...
The Tartan Army's Disco Embassy
By Ian Rose | March 26th, 2007Unfortunately, as the long international break for the SPL continues, there's not much choice but to focus on the national team. Fortunately, on the ...
It's (un)official - Scotland Wins.
By Ian Rose | March 24th, 2007On the strength of an 88th-minute laser from Craig Beattie's left foot, Scotland has just beaten Georgia 2-1 and regained the unofficial world championship of ...
Mr. Gordon goes to the Premiership?
By Ian Rose | March 23rd, 2007On the eve of his start in goal against Georgia, Scotland keeper Craig Gordon's club future is very much in doubt. Arguably the best ...
Scotland Needs Strikers (even if they're 20)
By Ian Rose | March 22nd, 2007Scotland needs strikers. Sounds a bit like "Mars Needs Women". But unlike the 1967 sci-fi classic, this is a real live problem, and ...
Say it ain't so, Charlie
By Ian Rose | March 21st, 2007An open letter to Charlie Christie (Manager, Inverness Caley Thistle): Charlie, I have heard the rumors about your comments after the loss to ...
Hearts lose another gaffer
By Ian Rose | March 20th, 2007Hearts coach Valdas Ivanauskas has left the club "by mutual consent", which is about the kindest euphemism possible for a squad that has lost 4 ...
Ian Rose
By Ian Rose | March 20th, 2007Ian Rose lives in Oregon but always yearns for Inverness, Scotland, where he hopes to settle after miraculously winning a lottery he never plays. ...
Spanning the Globe: Weekend Wrap
By Bob | March 19th, 2007It was another fast and furious weekend of football around the world with some league races tightening, some leaders all but crowned champions and some ...
Shunsuke Nakamura States the Obvious
By Bob | March 7th, 2007We know that Celtic midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura is a big fan of YouTube so undoubtedly he has seen the video of AC Milan striker Alberto ...
The Genius of Gordon Strachan
By Bob | February 23rd, 2007Who says that football managers have to be boring? I could listen to Gordon Strachan talk about paint drying and the weather and he ...
Vladimir Romanov goes Apesh*t…Again
By Bob | February 22nd, 2007Maybe this is his version of shaving his head before he is forced to check into rehab. How else can you explain the ramblings ...
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