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Three days of European football ahead for SPL sides
By Ian Rose | November 5th, 2007I have to admit that my mind is beginning to wander to November 17th. Scotland v. Italy at Hampden. But before that glorious ...
SPL Matchday 12: Old Firm win, United falter
By Ian Rose | November 4th, 2007We are through twelve matches of the 2007-08 SPL campaign, with a few shakeups in the league table. Celtic and Rangers both won (over ...
Craig Levein for Manager of the Month
By Ian Rose | October 31st, 2007Just a short note. Even though it will probably be a week or so until the announcement is made by the SFA, I would ...
SPL Matchday 11: Celtic back on top
By Ian Rose | October 28th, 2007We are 11 matches and one quarter of the way into the SPL campaign, and it turned out to be the perfect weekend, at least ...
SPL Matchday 11 Preview
By Ian Rose | October 26th, 2007We're one-quarter of the way through the 38-match SPL season, and we have some interesting matches this weekend. Here's a preview of the action ...
Setanta relieves Old Firm tensions with a good throat-slashing
By Ian Rose | October 23rd, 2007I just thought I would pass this along, in case it didn't make the media outside of Scotland. Apparently, during Setanta's coverage of last ...
SPL Matchday 10: Hibs falter, Old Firm tied for lead
By Ian Rose | October 21st, 2007After Rangers took it to Celtic 3-0 in the Old Firm derby on Saturday, surprising Hibernian had a chance to go on top of the ...
Dunfermline look down to stay after 5-0 drumming
By Ian Rose | October 20th, 2007This is the last season (finally) that the loser of the Scottish Cup can represent Scotland in European competition. Last year, Dunfermline had a ...
SPL Matchday 10: The derby cometh
By Ian Rose | October 19th, 2007Well, it's here, the first Old Firm derby of the season. No one outside of the great land of Scotland may care much, but ...
Collins, McDonald get monthly awards
By Ian Rose | October 11th, 2007At the end of August, with Rangers on top of the league and Celtic having a few minor struggles, the SPL's monthly awards were reflective ...
Matchday 9: Hibees rise to the challenge
By Ian Rose | October 7th, 2007That's nine weeks in the bag for the SPL, and things have been shuffled throughout the league. With their Saturday victory over Rangers, Hibernian ...
Hibs Top of the Scottish Premier
By Daryl | October 6th, 2007Scottish football is on a bit of a high right now. There's the national team's victory over France, as well as Celtic and Ranger's excellent ...
Hibs on top of SPL ... for another 22 hours
By Ian Rose | October 6th, 2007Hibernian Football Club is now, right now, at the top of the Scottish Premier League table, after beating Rangers today 1-0 at Ibrox. Rangers ...
Testing 1,2,3 - Preview of SPL Matchday 9
By Ian Rose | October 5th, 2007The ninth week of SPL action is upon us, and with it, a serious test of the current top three. Celtic, Rangers, and the ...
Matchday 8 in the SPL
By Ian Rose | October 1st, 2007The eighth week of the SPL is over. There were a few changes, a few surprises, and a few confirmations of what we already ...
SPL Matchday 8 Preview
By Ian Rose | September 28th, 2007We are seven matches into the 2007-08 SPL campaign, and things are looking a little more familiar. The Old Firm are in the top ...
League Cup fixtures, tonight and tomorrow
By Ian Rose | September 25th, 2007The third round of the CIS Cup is upon us, with four matches tonight and four tomorrow. There are 16 teams left in Scotland's ...
Old Firm swap places as Boruc falters
By Ian Rose | September 23rd, 2007We knew it was going to be a dangerous weekend for Celtic. Coming off of the 2-0 loss at Shakhtar Donetsk that got their ...
Gretna and Caley get first wins of the season
By Ian Rose | September 22nd, 2007There were two surprising results in today's SPL action. First (and to me, foremost), Caley Thistle notched their first win of the season, 2-1 ...
Aberdeen accepts scoreless draw to open UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | September 21st, 2007When Aberdeen manager Jimmy Calderwood saw his draw in the first round proper of the UEFA Cup, he could be forgiven for a bit of ...
SPL Words of the Week: Caley Thistle fans
By Ian Rose | September 18th, 2007No brilliant quips from SPL managers this week. Well, there might be, but I haven't read them. Instead, I look to my fellow ...
Rangers vs Stuttgart Preview
By Del_Boy | September 18th, 2007Its the night before Rangers return to the biggest club competition in the world and after the weekends performance at Hearts we have every reason ...
Cup losers no longer qualify for Europe
By Ian Rose | September 16th, 2007In what I think is a great move, the Scottish Football Association has removed one of the back-door ways of getting into European competition. ...
Hearts win marred by racist chants
By Ian Rose | September 4th, 2007Struggling Hearts, described by many in the Scottish media as a "crisis team", got an invaluable win yesterday, their first of the campaign, 2-0 away ...
Franco Miranda gets a rare trifecta
By Ian Rose | September 2nd, 2007Celtic got just about what they expected from their trip to St. Mirren today, beating the Buddies to the tune of 5-1, and keeping up ...
Ugliest shirts in SPL history
By Ian Rose | August 31st, 2007Yeah, I know. It's an overdone blogging subject, but I am celebrating my triumphant return to the interwebs today and I figured I would ...
SPL Words of the Week from Anatoliy Karobochka
By Ian Rose | August 28th, 2007This week's quote is from Hearts football director Anatoliy Karobochka, who has finally explained, briefly and succinctly, what it takes to win a Champions League ...
Caley confirm Brewster's return
By Ian Rose | August 27th, 2007Craig Brewster is set to return officially to Inverness Caley Thistle today, in preparation for their League Cup second-round match with Arbroath tomorrow. The ...
Christie departure a massive blow for Caley
By Ian Rose | August 20th, 2007Inverness Caley Thistle, after a promising eighth-place finish last season, has started the 2007-08 campaign in turmoil, with three straight losses to Rangers, Motherwell and ...
My first match at Pittodrie
By Ian Rose | August 19th, 2007Not a great one to be in the home stands for, but nonetheless, a great trip to a great stadium. I'm sure JT will ...
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