Scotland

There is little doubt that Fernando Llorente has done nothing to harm his reputation as of late. The Athletic Bilbao striker scored twice in Spain’s victory over Lithuania and against Scotland on Tuesday night he came off the bench to …

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It wasn’t pretty but few from the Rangers camp will care how they grabbed a point from Old Trafford on Tuesday night. A goalless draw away to Manchester United should not have any negativity put towards it, although some will …

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Football is all about contrasting emotions; joy and despair, victory and defeat. How emotions swing one way to the other through the 90 minutes of a match is what generates the drama that attracts people to the sport and makes …

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Hibernian kick off their almost inaugural early European football humiliations tomorrow night against Slovenia’s most successful club, NK Maribor, in the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League. 

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I knew one thing – Scotland were going to win the cup. How did I know that? Because Rod Stewart told me (well, not me personally) on Top of the Pops when introducing Andy Cameron and the Scottish World Cup Squad singing “Ally’s Army”. They were going to Argentina and they were going to win the World Cup. I didn’t see Germany, France or Holland on TOTP so I assumed they would not be even challenging. After all the concept of “hype” does not exist to an 8 year old.

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This article refers to European Championship Qualifiers. Click here for EURO 2012 FIXTURES. The draw for the Euro 2012 qualifying stages was held today in Warsaw and the resulting groups left us with few possibilities of upsets. England missed out …

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One of the greatest rivalries in English football is revived this weekend after several years in the wilderness, as a Leeds team, flying high at the top of League 1, travel to Old Trafford in the FA Cup 3rd round…..reigniting …

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There are winners and there are losers in football and it’s time to weed out those who suffered in 2009. But losing is not a simple concept. Some are major contributors to their own downfall and deserve the brick bats …

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As Brian Glanville opined in his book on England managers, it is perhaps the toughest job in football. As the founders of the modern day association rules football, the English national team has a prestige and it is the manager’s …

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The end of George Burley’s reign as Scotland manager doesn’t signal the end of their troubles. The problems range from the Old Firm to youth systems and they aren’t going to stop anytime soon.

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Fans of Stirling Albion FC (a Scotland Second Division club) have had a substantial bid to buy the club rejected by the current owner. The offer, from the Stirling Albion Supporters’ Trust, which met the sale price (thought to be …

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At the recent Masters event at Braehead I had the good fortune to catch up with Tom Boyd who was in good form after scoring against Rangers. In the video interview he enjoys a joke or two about his scoring …

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