Scotland In Europe - For A Limited Time Only

Does any European league have a worse record in UEFA competition over the past couple of seasons than the SPL?  I would highly doubt it.  Last season, Hibernian, Motherwell and Dundee United knocked out in the Qualifying Rounds of the Europa League, Celtic knocked out of the Qualifying Rounds of both the Champions League and Europa League.  Rangers dropping out of the Champions League and then getting knocked out of the Europa League after mustering a meagre one win in ten games.

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Liverpool May Have To Walk Alone

Despite the long and illustrious history of the European Cup, there have only ever been five winners from capital cities (see if you can get all five – answers are at the bottom of the page). It is of no surprise that a number of European Cups have been won by some of the poorest areas, not least Liverpool.

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Vile Football Chants Must Stop

One thing has sprung to my mind recently that has to be eradicated from our  football terraces, it's the abysmal and sickening chants that people use against race, religion, and the deceased.

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United’s Record Against Benfica

Well tonight of course see’s Manchester United kick-off their UEFA Champions League group-stage campaign away to Benfica. United have played Portugal’s first European Champions 7 times in the competition having won 6 out of those encounters with the other game being lost.

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Ireland: An Improvement of Sorts

This fatalism is reflected in the way that Trappatoni sets up his team, with Glenn Whelan and Keith Andrews anchoring the midfield and McGeady and Duff providing attacking options from the wings. Doyle and Keane give the "little and large" combination so often seen in striking partnerships.

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The problem facing Spanish football

Some football fans believe La Liga is slowly becoming the biggest and best league in the world. You can't exactly blame them; Spain does posses two of the world’s biggest sides in Real Madrid and Barcelona, arguably the greatest player of my generation in Lionel Messi with Cristiano Ronaldo coming a close second and the national side currently holding onto the World Cup and European Championships with a smug grin on their respective faces.

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Trying to avoid the madness of Diouf

As the bustle of transfer deadline day passed in a wave of sporadic, underwhelming business, one piece of news seemed to go unnoticed, sneaking through the backdoor whilst everybody’s interest was hooked to the main transfer attractions. That news was not a signing, but the information that Blackburn had come to an agreement on the mutual termination of El Hadji Diouf’s contract, Steve Kean had lost patience and the striker was free to find another club.

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Celtic Scottish Cup Success - A long time coming

Success at last for Celtic under manager Neil Lennon as the Hoops lifted the Scottish Cup on Saturday after convincingly beating Motherwell by three goals to none.

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Celtic manager attacked on touchline

During Celtic’s 3 0 win over Hearts on Wednesday night, a Hearts of Midlothian fan ran along the touchline and tried to attack Celtic manager Neil Lennon, failing to do any damage to the manager.

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What now for the Imps

Yesterday Lincoln City were condemned to the trap door of English football, they were expelled to the Blue Square Bet Premier League, or as we football purists like to call it, the Conference.

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Celtic have lost their bottle

The league looks to have slipped past Celtic for another year running. A Celtic team full of hope gelled together by an excellent manager have thrown it all away but what I can’t tell is have they deserved to win the league?

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Moyes to dip into the Championship again

Long, 24 has been in fine form this term bagging 26 goals for club and country and is currently being tracked by Newcastle and Celtic, but the Daily Mail reports that Everton has now joined the chase to sign the 24-year old.

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Celtic cruise into the Scottish Cup final

Aberdeen were keen to put right the four defeats already suffered this season against Celtic which included 17 goals conceded and only 1 scored.

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A Treble Treble Could Be Trouble

 In football, just like any other walk of life, certain things go in and out of fashion. Bands, clothes, artists, styles all rise and fall as trends dictate. Some are mourned when they pass, others like the mullet are so earth-shatteringly awful they remain reviled to this day.

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Celtic remain top with Rangers staying on their heels

The SPL title is still up for grabs for both sides of Glasgow, Celtic and Rangers both had poor games but still grind out the result. Celtic faced second from bottom side St Mirren, while Rangers travelled to New Douglas Park to face bottom club Hamilton Academical.

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