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November 25, 2008

Celtic out of Europe before December

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Celtic crashed out of Europe early again after taking the lead against the mighty Aalborg Boldspilklub of Denmark. Ex-Dundee United player Barry Robson put the green and grey hoops ahead but Aalborg fought back with a long range strike by Caca and an own goal by ex-Hibs player Gary "Calamity" Caldwell. Click to continue reading...
Hibs Blog @ 06:56 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Celtic, Ex-hibs, Hibernian, Hibs News, Rangers, SPL, Scottish football, old firm

November 22, 2008

Behind Closed Doors

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An entirely different Dr John The room is no longer smoke filled. The older man's colleagues in the wee Parliament had seen to that. But the lingering smell of Havana suggested that, after hours, this place was a smoke easy. The younger man, dressed in an expensive suit, nurses a brandy. He stares wistfully into the glass. Click to continue reading...
The Scottish Football Blog @ 10:10 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Bigotry, Celtic, David Murray, John Reid, Rangers, Scottish football, Sectarianism

Birds, Booze and Broken Dreams

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I'm thinking I've made a bad choice. The women, the drink, the cigars, the hours spent doing nothing. Not a bad life being an Old Firm keeper. There are drawbacks, of course. Artur Boruc for one must regret a few of those Polish lagers when he's pulling on Celtic's figure hugging shirt. Not so much a rippling physique as a wobbly belly like jelly. Click to continue reading...
The Scottish Football Blog @ 01:12 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Allan McGregor, Artur Boruc, Celtic, Rangers, Scottish football

No Place For Pulitzer

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Nice article over on AllMediaScotland.com about the merry band of men who have the often unenviable job of covering the national game for a living. It is easy for those of us who choose to write about Scottish football for either love or some deep lying psychological flaw to sit back and criticise. I think Matt Vallance sums up things up with his tongue in cheek sympathy for: The 'Praetorian Click to continue reading...
The Scottish Football Blog @ 09:36 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Radio Scotland, Scottish football, Scottish football media, scottish football journalism

November 18, 2008

Rangers Players on BNP members list?

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Rumours are mounting that that there are players, ex-players or officials from Rangers Football Club on the recently leaked BNP members list. The list can easily be found by typing "rangers players on bnp list" into Google. A prize for the person who spots the first Hun on the list. Click to continue reading...
Hibs Blog @ 07:59 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Hibernian, Rangers, Scottish football

October 22, 2008

Match of the (mid) week: Manchester United 3-0 Celtic

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And so, then, to The Battle of Britain, the Auld Rivals, the English Champions against their Scottish counterparts.  Unfortunately, the match had to come along and spoil all the romantic platitudes.  Celtic were completely outclassed, even though United were a little way off their current imperious, swaggering, best. Click to continue reading...
Twohundredpercent @ 03:39 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , English Premier League, Match Reports, Scottish football, european football, latest, match of the week

October 1, 2008

A Question Of Fort

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Life in the Highland League could hardly be described as glamorous. The majority of the better known names are now playing in the Scottish Football League and, while there are still agitants requesting automatic promotion and relegation between the lower leagues and the Scottish League, the door remains firmly shut for the time being, unless [. Click to continue reading...
Twohundredpercent @ 04:37 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Scottish football, football culture, latest

September 29, 2008

Performance of the Week - Week 40

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It's Monday, which means it's Performance of the Week time, Inside Left's opportunity to give recognition to those teams, players and events in the week just passed that deserve a special mention for services rendered in the name of Scottish football. As always we have three nominations for you to choose from, so without further [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 08:30 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Performance of The Week, Scottish football

September 22, 2008

The Week In Football - Week 40

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Aye aye again. We just wanted to update you with all that's happening in Scottish football this week, along with a wee site update. This week sees the next round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup (better known as the League Cup). This round sees Celtic in action against First Division league leaders Livingston, but the tie [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 10:01 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , League Cup, Scottish League Cup, Scottish football, insurance

Performance of the Week - Week 39

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It's Monday, which means it's Performance of the Week time, Inside Left's opportunity to recognise those teams, players and events in the week just passed that deserve a special mention for services rendered in the name of Scottish football. As always we have four nominations for you to choose from, so without further waffling, here [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Performance of The Week, Scottish football

September 17, 2008

Off The Ball: Midweek Update

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Aye aye all, it's Wednesday and that means it's time for the midweek update! It has not been a particularly busy week so far in the world of Scottish football, but that is about to change in the next two days as several important games take place in European competitions, as well as a potentially [.. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 10:20 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Highland League, Info, Opinion, Roundup, SFL, SPL, Scottish football, games, review

September 16, 2008

If You Know Your History: Tom McDonald & Andy Wilson

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In today's If You Know You're History, Inside Left's look at Scottish football down the years, we profile two more Scottish players immortalized in their own cigarette cards. The 1920's where good years for Scottish players in England. The teams which won the First Division in those years, Newcastle United, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, Sheffield Wednesday and [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 09:01 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , England, History, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Scottish football, Sheffield Wednesday, huddersfield town

September 10, 2008

No Team GB

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  Anyone watching Scotland beating iceland tonight would have seen a big banner for NoTeamGB.com which is a site promoting the preservation of all four home nations' status as international football teams. I support this 100%, if we let Team GB go ahead it's a slippery slope to that becoming our only team. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Friends of Hibs, Hibernian, Scotland, Scottish football, no team gb

September 9, 2008

McManus Happy To Be Here

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Six months after bolting from Scottish football for the friendly confines of Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Tom McManus took some time in an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News to reflect on his move, the sport's growing influence in America, and what the future holds. The 27-year-old striker was first signed to the Colorado Rapids earlier this year, after the club invited him to play in a pair of friendlies while training at Arsenal's facilities in Hertfordshire. Click to continue reading...
MLS Daily @ 04:05 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Chivas USA, Colorado Rapids, David Beckham, Hibs, Major League Soccer, SPL, Scottish football, Soccer Camps, Tom McManus, friendlies, soccer goals, striker

August 31, 2008

Jugs, sex workers and why names are important in football

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Today is the second-last day of the transfer window for English and Scottish football - it was supposed to end at midnight tonight but Alex Ferguson threatened to finger Scudamore in a Bulgarian prostitute scandal, hence the one-day extension and more time for Manchester United to snap up that moody Bulgarian (the striker, not the [. Click to continue reading...
SoccerLens @ 05:22 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Alex Ferguson, Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, Europe, Features, Football Transfer Rumours, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Scottish football, scandal, striker, tottenham hotspur

August 27, 2008

Match Day: Co-Operative Insurance Cup (Part 2)

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The next round of the CIS Cup provided another upset, while two below-par performances from SPL provided plenty of drama on another exciting evening of Scottish football. There will be no Edinburgh teams in the next round as Hearts where knocked out on penalties by Airdrie United this evening (3:4 pen). Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 05:19 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , CIS Cup, Edinburgh, Hearts, Inverness Caley, Roundup, Scottish football

August 13, 2008

Off The Ball: Midweek Update

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We're one game into the season and already the sparks are flying. Who'd have though that Scottish football could ever be this exciting? Well, we do of course, that's why we are here in the first place. From the seeming disintegration of Glasgow Rangers to the case of the 'Winking Referee', there's enough to keep [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 05:44 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Glasgow Rangers, Info, Opinion, Roundup, Scottish football, referee, sparks

Football shorts: Berbatov to Man Utd, Liverpool chase Polish winger, Hughes staying at Man City, Arsenal injury crisis

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Today's late-summer snacks Man Utd close in on Dimitar Berbatov. He'll be a United player in the next 48 hours [Sun] Man City boss Mark Hughes has dismissed reports he is set to quit Eastlands amid rumours that Thaksin is... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 02:57 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Arsenal, Berbatov, Europe, Liverpool, Man City, Manchester United, Mark Hughes, News & shorts, Rumours, Scottish football, Transfer rumours & gossip, aston villa, eastlands, thaksin, tottenham hotspur

August 11, 2008

Villa agree £7.8m fee for Cuellar

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Aston Villa have agreed a £7.8m fee with Rangers for their highly-rated Spanish defender Carlos Cuellar. Villa invoked an exit clause in the player's contract for that amount after Cuellar, 26, made it known he wanted to play in the English Premier League. "My ambition has always been to play for Spain and I believe that playing in the biggest league in the world will help me realise that," he said.

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Poetic Football @ 06:19 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , BayArena, Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Brad Friedel, Copa del Rey, English Premier League, Javier Aguirre, Martin O Neill, Nicky Shorey, Scottish football, Steve Sidwell, Tercera División, aston villa

August 6, 2008

FAIL: Rangers pay price for being one of the most negative teams in Europe

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Rangers out of Europe already Rangers slumped to a dismal 2-1 defeat at FBK Kaunas, meaning their European campaign is over in August - there is no drop into the Uefa Cup to fall back on. Honestly, if you can't... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 08:54 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Champions League, Europe, Kaunas, Rangers, Scottish football, UEFA Cup

August 5, 2008

The First Proper Guffaw Of The Season

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It's over before it begun then, for this season. Last season, you'll remember, Rangers were involved in a dreadful case of fixture congestion as they fought to walk off with the UEFA Cup, the Scottish Cup and the Scottish Premier League. As it turned out, they managed just one out of three (and that was [. Click to continue reading...
Twohundredpercent @ 05:33 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , International football, Rangers, Scottish Premier League, Scottish football, UEFA Cup, latest, scottish cup, the game

Rubbish Rangers Dumped out of Europe

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Rangers Champions League campaign came to an abrupt end this evening as they went down 2-1 to Lithuanian club FC Kaunas in an embarassing display of football. Despite taking a 1-0 lead through Kevin Thompson Rangers conceded a late goal with only 4 minutes left on the clock and it was this goal that ended their European aspirations for another year. Click to continue reading...
Football To You @ 02:00 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Champions League, Kaunas, Kevin Thompson, Rangers, Scottish football, UEFA Cup, Vote, poll

August 4, 2008

Gallery: Top 10 photos from the weekend's friendly matches

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The best pics from the weekend's friendly action... Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Arsenal, Europe, Gallery, Liverpool, Manchester United, Scottish football, Sunderland

July 28, 2008

Videos: Man Utd 2-1 Portsmouth, Aston Villa 1-0 Odense, Dundee Utd 1-5 Barcelona, Porto 0-1 Celtic

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Villa 1-0 Odense Great solo goal by Ashley Young to win the tie. More videos after the jump:... Click to continue reading...
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Tags: Europe, Manchester United, Portsmouth, Scottish football, Videos, aston villa

July 25, 2008

Gallery: Hibernian 0-6 Barcelona, pre-season friendly

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Hibs torn apart in Pep Guardiola's first match as Barca boss Having already been knocked out of the InterToto Cup earlier this month, Hibs' confidence is clearly low - not a great time to face Barcelona then. The vistiors gave... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 04:13 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Barcelona, Europe, Gallery, Intertoto cup, Pep Guardiola, Scottish football, boss, confidence

July 23, 2008

Gallery: Middlesbrough 1-1 Celtic, pre-season friendly

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Pics from Boro's opening Algarve Cup (classy name) tie Click on the image to launch the gallery...... Click to continue reading...
Who Ate All the Pies @ 06:41 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: Boro, Europe, Gallery, Middlesbrough, Scottish football

July 21, 2008

A Dismal Nothingness

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Do friendlies mean anything at all? Most managers would say they're a valuable way of gauging a team's readiness for the season ahead. If they win. If they lose they'll write them off as merely a fitness excercise. So who knows if they do mean anything. But three events in Scottish football show that friendlies can have a far from positive impact. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Barcelona, Celtic, Fulham, Gordon Strachan, Hibs, Jimmy Calderwood, Peterhead, Rod Petrie, Scottish football, aberdeen, fitness

July 16, 2008

If You Know Your History - España ‘82 (Part I)

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Now that the proposed fixture between Scotland and Argentina has been cancelled, the national side will need to find other opposition as the team gets ready for World Cup 2010. Every Scottish football fan knows that Scotland have never gotten beyond the first round of a World Cup. On three occasions, Scotland came very [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 05:53 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Argentina, European, History, Scotland, Scottish football, World Cup, World Cup 2010, occasions, opposition

July 12, 2008

Off The Ball - The Weekender

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Aye aye, welcome to the Saturday weekender, Inside Left's look back at the week in Scottish football. Round-Up Fort William - Reality TV? Hibernian now have extra time to prepare for the start of the new season without having to worry about pesky European games. Yes, the Easter Road side tanked out of the Intertoto Cup this [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 12:25 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Extra Time, Info, Intertoto cup, Opinion, Scottish football, easter road, preview, review

July 6, 2008

Inside Left - Site Update

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As part of Inside Left's ambition to be the premier site for Scottish football on the web, we're happy to announce today the first of a series of major new upgrades and updates to the site. In Inside Left's Guide to the First Division you will find a low-down on all the teams in this [...] Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Info, Scottish football, Site News

July 5, 2008

Off The Ball - Weekender

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Aye aye all, fit like! Well, it's been another roller-coaster week in the world of Scottish football. In the same week the SPL signs a record £125m deal with Setanta Sports to broadcast Scottish games, we've finally figured out who the new team in the league will be, and England are now just one place [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 08:12 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , England, Info, Opinion, Scottish football, setanta sports, signs

June 27, 2008

Best interest at Heart(s)?

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Scottish football has had a pretty good time of it lately. The national team has performed valiantly in the qualifying rounds of Euro 2008; our club sides performed as well as can be expected in European competitions, one team even reaching a final.  We had a First Division side in the final of a domestic cup [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 03:41 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Euro 2008, Hearts, Opinion, Scottish football

June 25, 2008

Off The Ball - Midweek Update

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Allow me a wee tangent while I make a preamble about something seemingly unrelated to Scottish football - I'll get back on topic, just stick with it. Former Englandshire manager Steve McLaren is in the news again as he aims to get his managerial career back on track. Given the flack he's been getting back home [. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 08:43 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Info, Opinion, Scottish football, Steve McLaren, flack

June 21, 2008

Off The Ball - Saturday Roundup

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Saturday is almost over and Inside Left finally gets to sit behind a computer to find out out what's going on in the world of Scottish football. Sorry for the late update, but we were invited to the neighbours house to watch the Holland vs Russia game and partake of a few cans of Heineken [...] Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 06:04 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Cans, Holland, Info, Opinion, Scottish football, russia

June 20, 2008

Who Are Ya? The Highland League

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Propping up the top 4 divisions in Scotland is a league structure of Byzantine complexity and geographical dispersion that incorporates teams from Caithness to Dumfries and Galloway. For the most part amateur, they represent the grass-roots of Scottish football and have some of the most dedicated following in the country. Click to continue reading...
Inside Left @ 05:30 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Highland League, Scotland, Scottish football, Who Are Ya?, grass roots
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