Articles tagged with "spl"
Old Firm losses jeopardize SPL's place in Europe
By Ian Rose | December 12th, 2007The dust is settling from today's Rangers loss to Lyon, and I'd like to take a moment to reflect on what this means for Scotland. ...
Hibs' highland curse continues, Celtic falter
By Ian Rose | December 8th, 2007That's why I don't bet on football, especially Scottish football. Over the course of a season, as everyone knows, a bet on one of ...
SPL Matchday 16 Preview
By Ian Rose | December 7th, 2007Thanks to the SPL's decisions to postpone matches first for both Celtic and Rangers before the national team's match with Italy, and for Rangers before ...
Fletcher to stay with Hibs
By Ian Rose | December 6th, 2007Steven Fletcher has committed to a long term contract with Hibernian, ending the rumors that he would be headed to either Glasgow or the Premier ...
Stephen Kenny sacked by Dunfermline
By Ian Rose | December 4th, 2007It had to happen eventually, and some, myself included, would say it should have happened before today. Stephen Kenny was sacked today as manager ...
Rangers make up ground, Caley wins at Dundee
By Ian Rose | December 1st, 2007It's been an interesting day in Scottish football. As JT at the Celtic Offside predicted, his Bhoys only managed a draw away at Hearts ...
SPL Matchday 15 Preview
By Ian Rose | November 30th, 2007As unbelievable as it may seem, we are creeping up on the halfway point in the SPL season. The fifteenth week (of 38) features ...
SPL Matchday 14 Preview
By Ian Rose | November 23rd, 2007The seemingly month-long international break is over, and club football returns to Scotland this weekend, with all twelve SPL sides in action. Celtic and ...
SPL Saturday: The second tier keeps pace
By Ian Rose | November 10th, 2007Everyone knows that there is a top tier in Scottish football, and that the Old Firm is it. Celtic and Rangers are the two ...
SPL Matchday 13: The Old Firm gets a snow day
By Ian Rose | November 9th, 2007That's right. It's Scottish football, without all that pesky money and international interest. As part of Alex McLeish's plan for next weekend's Scotland-Italy ...
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 ...
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