Alloa Athletic Alloa remarkably remained in the Championship last season with a brilliant last couple of months. A lot of the success was down to Jim Goodwin who has now moved to St Mirren in the Premiership. Instead of going for a newly retired player like they have with their last couple of appointments Alloa … Continue reading Championship season previews
Remember that time when it wasn't just Celtic winning everything in Scottish football? I do, and it was tremendous. The collapse of Rangers and the arrival of Brendan Rodgers was a great time for our game. As the pundits and the money makers begged for a "strong Rangers", the fans lapped up the period of … Continue reading Remembering St. Mirren’s 2013 League Cup win six years on
It's June 25, 2013 and Lawrence Shankland has just signed for Aberdeen from Division Three side Queen's Park. Rewind 20 days and Andy Robertson is stood on the Tannadice turf holding a Dundee United scarf above his head after signing from Queen's Park. Two players who excelled in the boondocks and had the chance to … Continue reading Lawrence Shankland: The rollercoaster career of a goal machine
We are finally getting to the business end of the season and although the Premiership and Championship are all but wrapped up, League One and Two are very much still in the balance. Ayr United and Raith Rovers are battling it out for the top spot in League One, so with that in mind I … Continue reading Ground 39: Airdrieonians
Since moving down to Glasgow at the end of last year I've heard more about Ayr United in that time than in the last 27 years of my life. I work with two Kilmarnock fans who like to talk about their biggest rivals Ayr in such "glowing" terms quite a lot. The Honest Men are … Continue reading Ground 31: Ayr United
Eight years ago to the day on February 6 2010 I was at Stark's Park cheering on Aberdeen against Raith Rovers in the Scottish Cup when Gary McDonald scored in stoppage time to set up a replay at Pittodrie. The less said about the replay the better. With the anniversary in mind I thought I'd nip … Continue reading Ground 30: Raith Rovers
As I have said before on this blog I would like to see as many derbies as possible. So with that in mind I headed off to the Kingdom of Fife to see the Fife derby between East Fife and Raith Rovers. Historically a very one-sided derby with Raith normally coming out on top. East … Continue reading Ground 6: East Fife
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