Betfred Cup Final preview: How Aberdeen beat Celtic

As Aberdeen fans descend on Hampden ahead of the cup final on Sunday there will be two conservations taking places amongst families and friends. Who is going to start and how is Derek McInnes going to approach the game? Coming up against Celtic brings its challenges and if captain Graeme Shinnie is going to be …

Livingston: The remarkable rise of a club defying all the odds

Livingston started over this season. New manager, new league, new pitch but it's very much been a matter of same old, same old over the last couple of years. Success on the pitch has been constant over the last two and a half years at Almondvale (sorry, the Tony Macaroni Arena). It has not always …

Fort William: A brief visit to an outpost

Last season was full of firsts for me when I toured around the country to visit all the grounds in the SPFL. So far this campaign it has been much quieter but this week I decided to take a trip up to the Highlands to see a ground I have read so much about. Claggan …

Ian Baraclough’s Motherwell signings: Where are they now?

Motherwell have been up and down in recent years and it was no different under former manager Ian Baraclough. On December 13 it will be four years since he was appointed as manager of the Lanarkshire side. Plucked from nowhere the Englishman spent just nine months at Fir Park where he kept the Steelmen in …

Greenock Morton: Becoming a feeder club and the success it could bring

There are a number of clubs in Scottish football who punch above their weight, Hamilton Accies and Ross County being the two that really stick out. They are two relatively small clubs who have reached the so-called "promised land" of the Premiership in the last 10 years because they exceeded expectations. There are a number …