Articles tagged with "scottish-premier-league"
Bhoys in the Hood: Celtic to Run Soccer Academies in America's Inner Cities
By Bob | June 20th, 2007After reading Alexi Lalas' proclamation about the merits of MLS, Celtic have announced that they are ready to tap into the potentially rich, largely unexplored ...
To beer or not to beer ...
By Ian Rose | June 18th, 2007For those of us that are forced by geographic or budgetary limits to watch most of our football on TV, it might seem that football ...
Two weeks out, Scotland prepares for U-20 World Cup
By Ian Rose | June 16th, 2007Now that the Scottish senior national side has started its summer break from Euro 2008 qualifying, it's time to concentrate on the lads. For ...
SPL season will kick off with Edinburgh derby
By Ian Rose | June 14th, 2007There were some well-made choices (for once) by the SPL this season when they scheduled their fixtures. The 2007-2008 season will have a big ...
Transfer Talk: Quagliarella to Man U, Ben Haim to Chelsea, Dhorasoo Reappears
By Bob | June 14th, 2007Round and round it goes where it stops nobody knows. The transfer season wheel continues to turn and it likely will continue to turn ...
Scotland falls to #23 despite wins
By Ian Rose | June 13th, 2007Well, that's the way it happens. I think we may have been a bit over-placed at #14, but #23 is definitely lower than I ...
Transfer Talk: Henry Signs with Barca, DMB to Rangers, Makelele to Houston Dynamo?
By Bob | June 11th, 2007Many a scribe has dubbed the transfer period the "silly season" because the rumors fly fast and furious and frequently fail to come to fruition. ...
The Goal That Got Us Dreaming
By Ian Rose | June 9th, 2007Now that the international season is over and all the lads are taking their vacations, I wanted to take a look back at Scotland's season. ...
A Note to the SPL: Why no Intertoto?
By Ian Rose | June 8th, 2007Okay, this is going out to the eight 2006-2007 SPL teams that didn't qualify for Europe. Celtic, Rangers, Aberdeen and Dunfermline, you are all ...
Hastings represents Caley, SPL in the Gold Cup
By Ian Rose | June 7th, 2007Here's your fun SPL fact for the day. As the 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup gets started in the Americas, Caley Thistle fans have a ...
Poor Berti Vogts ...
By Ian Rose | June 6th, 2007Those were the days, weren't they, Berti? Former Scotland manager Berti Vogts is having one seriously bad week. First, he gets pelted with rocks after ...
Faroes 0-2 Scotland ... A win's a win
By Ian Rose | June 6th, 2007Well, that wasn't the prettiest win ever. Nowhere near as dominating as the last time we played the Faroes, 6-0 at Celtic Park, but ...
Transfer Talk: Mark Viduka Singing a New Toon; $32 Million Price Tag for Gila
By Bob | June 5th, 2007It is still early in the summer transfer season of silliness, but that doesn't mean players aren't already being linked with teams here, there and ...
Scotland ready for Faroes, but not for local bird life
By Ian Rose | June 5th, 2007As the Tartan Army and their beloved Scottish national side prepare to take on Group B whipping boys Faroe Islands (who almost shocked Italy this ...
Euro 2008, my picks at half-time
By Ian Rose | June 4th, 2007Okay, here they are. The Euro 2008 qualifiers are half over, and it's time to make my unbiased (other than Group B, of course) ...
Former Scotland boss pelted with rocks
By Ian Rose | June 3rd, 2007With the Faroe Islands game coming up this week, I hate to even think of Berti Vogts, the manager that led Scotland to a 2-2 ...
Naismith capped ... about damned time ...
By Ian Rose | June 1st, 2007Great 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 ...
Gary O'Connor puts in winner for Scotland, 1-0
By Ian Rose | May 30th, 2007Well, it wasn't the most convincing win over the 77th ranked team in the world, but considering all the injuries, I'll take it. Austria ...
A late congratulations to Derby County
By Ian Rose | May 30th, 2007I should have gotten to this earlier, but what with all the scandals and such, who has the time? Anyway, I wanted to give a little ...
Scotland tries out Rangers' McGregor ... temporarily ...
By Ian Rose | May 30th, 2007Alex McLeish will have a fresh face between the posts today as Scotland takes on Austria in the last international friendly before resuming Euro 2008 ...
Out, damned SFA head ... the John McBeth story
By Ian Rose | May 29th, 2007Yeah, when I saw this story, being both the Scotland beat blogger and a Shakespeare nerd, I got a little overwhelmed. I thought about ...
Scotland NT face uphill battle after injuries
By Ian Rose | May 28th, 2007SPL 2006-07 is over, and it's time to get back to one of my true loves, the Scottish national side. After a few months ...
Celtic take Cup, 1-0 over Pars
By Ian Rose | May 26th, 2007Well, at least there was one true double in British Isles football this year. Celtic have claimed the Scottish FA Cup by 1-0 over ...
Scottish Cup final
By Ian Rose | May 25th, 2007This is it ... the ultimate David and Goliath story in Scottish football is just hours away. Celtic, the irresistable force, champion of the ...
Galaxy, meet Kris Boyd
By Ian Rose | May 23rd, 2007Tonight, the LA Galaxy plays one of its many, many exhibition matches against none other than Rangers. As a Scottish-American football fan, this is ...
Week of U-19 Euro qualifiers begins
By Ian Rose | May 22nd, 2007The Scottish U-19 side hosts three UEFA European Championships qualifying matches in the next week. The finals this year will be held in Austria ...
Galaxy gets first look at Ranger Gow
By Ian Rose | May 21st, 2007Now that SPL football is over for a few months, it's time for the cream of the Scottish crop to start traveling the world. ...
Gordon to Villa?
By Ian Rose | May 21st, 2007Now that the SPL season is over, it's time for the summer transfer season to officially begin, and one of the hottest unsigned talents in ...
Last SPL UEFA Cup spot given
By Ian Rose | May 20th, 2007Well, that does it for the 2006-2007 SPL season. Over the next week or so, I'll be looking back at the highs and lows ...
Cheating on your wife is one thing ...
By Ian Rose | May 18th, 2007Even cheating on your wife while she watches your premature new baby ... it's sleazy and sad ... but if you're Celtic star Gary Caldwell, ...
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