I stated earlier in the week that Gordon Strachan was wrong to state that Scotland’s game against Lithuania wasn’t a ‘must win’ fixture. Last night the Tartan Army support watched their team play without much in the way of urgency and any real cutting edge. The Scotland team started the game like it wasn’t a […]
Posted on October 9th, 2016 by scott
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The events that followed the Scottish Cup final have been widely reported. But as with most things in Scottish football a lot of the arguments lose great meaning because they come from an area of bias. In this case it seems to be that Rangers and their fans fervently believe that all blame should lie […]
Posted on May 24th, 2016 by scott
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Another day and yet another blog about Scottish footballing officials and the Scottish Football Association (SFA). After the Josh Meekings scandal, where the Inverness Caley defender saved the ball on the line using his hand, we’ve had a week of blame and counter blame. Followed quickly by the SFA bumbling over the rules and looking […]
Posted on April 24th, 2015 by scott
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The Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Celtic Scottish Cup semi-final match last Sunday certainly caused fireworks. Especially the saga involving referee Steven McLean, and his fellow officials, not seeing a clear handball by Thistle’s Josh Meekings on his own goal-line. That offence should have resulted in Meekings seeing a red and Celtic being awarded a penalty, […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2015 by scott
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Over 90% of supporters would be in favour of small scale trials of safe standing Scotland’s largest fan representative organisation has revealed that the vast majority of Scottish football fans are in favour of the introduction of safe standing. Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) has conducted research in conjunction with the Scottish Football Association over the […]
Posted on March 5th, 2015 by scott
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So according to Dave King he has won the Rangers EGM vote to oust the incumbent board by a ‘landslide’. If true then he should have the keys to Ibrox within a week. After James Easdale and David Somers jumped ship in the past week, the result of the EGM always looked favourable towards King […]
Posted on March 3rd, 2015 by scott
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A few days ago, SFA Chief Executive Stewart Regan had a bit of a ding-dong with members of the Scottish Press. The whole saga annoyed me, especially with the SFA suit asking for the journos advice and to have a meeting to discuss it. So I had a rant on Twitter, stating that the Scottish Football […]
Posted on February 8th, 2015 by scott
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Mike Ashley has sent five young players up to Glasgow from Newcastle. It’s hardly surprising given that he owns Newcastle United and has a stake in Rangers. But that 8% stake in Gers shouldn’t really allow Ashley to exert so much influence in the Govan sides boardroom. The fact he has two old pals like […]
Posted on February 3rd, 2015 by scott
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Today the Scottish FA announced that Celtic’s Aleksander Tonev had been found guilty of racially abusing Aberdeen’s Shay Logan and have punished the Bulgarian winger with a seven game immediate suspension. Like in most situations like these, a lot of debate has been created as things are far from clear. Especially since Celtic have come […]
Posted on October 30th, 2014 by scott
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Last Sunday, Germany won the World Cup and sent their fans into ecstasy. Within a few days the Scottish Football Association (SFA) announced their ticket prices for the up and coming Euro 2016 qualification matches, which includes Germany’s first competitive fixture as the holders of the World Cup. The ‘Tartan Army‘ had some good news. The […]
Posted on July 19th, 2014 by scott
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