The Premiership is back on Saturday. Thank f***. Hibs are currently sitting third bottom of the table after a very poor start to the season. A win on Saturday away at Hamilton Accies could see them go above Hearts and their opponents into 8th place. If the Hibees win they will stretch their winning streak … Continue reading How Hibernian have fared after the last five international breaks
Some fans love him, some hate him. There is no doubt Craig Levein is about as divisive as marmite with football fans in Scotland, but especially between the Hearts faithful. From the outside the Jambos have had a pretty decent season. A League Cup semi-final, a Scottish Cup final and a sixth placed finish in … Continue reading Craig Levein: Should he stay or go?
If you didn't know already, Celtic and Hearts go head-to-head in the Scottish Cup final tomorrow in a game where the Glasgow side are huge favourites. Celtic are aiming to make it a treble treble, while Hearts are hoping to win their ninth Scottish Cup. The Jambos will need to overcome a Neil Lennon side … Continue reading Celtic v Hearts: The financial gap
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
What do Hamilton Accies, Motherwell, Hibernian and Hearts all have in common? I will save you the umpteen minutes of searching for an answer in your head and tell you in the next sentence of his article. They are the only teams in the Premiership this season to not have one of their players be … Continue reading The alternate Premiership table where Celtic remain top and Rangers are joint bottom
Think Scottish Cup upsets and one that will pop up in nearly every conversation is the time Clyde beat Celtic at Broadwood in 2006. It's up there with Celtic being humbled at home by Inverness Caley in 2000, or Hamilton Accies beating Graeme Souness' Rangers side in 1987. Today, January 8, 2019, marks 13 years since Graham … Continue reading Clyde 2-1 Celtic: One of the biggest Scottish Cup upsets – 13 years on
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 … Continue reading Betfred Cup Final preview: How Aberdeen beat Celtic
On October 14 it was exactly one year since Steve Clarke was appointed manager of Kilmarnock. A year where he has taken them from bottom of the table no hopers, to a highly competitive top six outfit. It has been a year of many highs and little lows for the Rugby Park side and that … Continue reading Steve Clarke: A year of many highs and very little lows as Kilmarnock manager
Scottish football clubs in the top two divisions forked out more than £1.5million to keep supporters safe in their own stadiums in the 2017/18 season. Figures released show clubs were asked to stump up a total of £1,577,860.42. Of the money paid to Police Scotland over the course of the 2017/18 season Celtic and Rangers … Continue reading Policing costs for 2017/18 season
The final day of the season. A time of celebration for some, despair for others. I headed to Parkhead on Sunday for what was going to be a day of celebration for the Hoops as they get their hands on the Premiership trophy for the seventh consecutive season. They were up against Aberdeen and if … Continue reading Ground 42: Celtic
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