This Sunday at Easter Road, Hibernian take on Celtic for the second time this season, no doubt hoping to avenge the 4-2 defeat back at the end of October. Nearly 36 years ago to the day, it was the turn of Hibernian to emerge as victors in this fixture, when the Hibees recorded a memorable 2-1 win over Celtic in the Scottish League Cup Final at Hampden Park. Click to continue reading...

Jings, it's November already. We're three months into the season, we've played three World Cup qualifiers, the League Cup is at the semi-final stage, the Scottish Cup at the third round point and we've already lost two managers - where the hell did the time go? The SPL league table is taking on a familiar pattern. Click to continue reading...

Just a heads-up on the week ahead in Scottish football. On Tuesday and Wednesday, the quarter final games of this years League Cup take place. The fixtures are as follows, with all games kicking off at 19:45. Tuesday, 28 October Dundee Utd v Dunfermline Falkirk v Inverness Caley Thistle Rangers v Hamilton Wednesday, 29 October Kilmarnock v Celtic [. Click to continue reading...

Well, that's another exciting Scottish League Cup round out of the way, thank God.  Note that we're refusing to call it by it's proper name, the somewhat long-winded Co-Operative Insurance Cup, because it sounds a little vague and doesn't convey any of the weight and gravitas that a domestic Cup competition ought to bring with [. Click to continue reading...

The magic of the cup sometimes throws up some interesting fixtures. With only SPL and First Division teams remaining in the competition, there's many a senior team that looks upon a game against lower league opposition with some trepidation. Witness for example Hibs and Hearts' exit in the last round, or Aberdeen's exit on penalties to [. Click to continue reading...

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...

It's been another busy evening in both European and domestic cup competitions for several of our sides. In an evening of high-scoring games, including a rampant performance by St. Mirren, the magic of the Cup has given us one shock result, while it's more bad news for St. Johnstone. Queen of the South's European adventure came [. Click to continue reading...

The second round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup (or Scottish League Cup) takes place this evening and tomorrow evening as we add First Division and SPL teams into the mix. Perhaps the most interesting tie of the round is the one taking place at the Almondvale this evening, as Livingston entertain St. Click to continue reading...

The second batch of first round games in the CIS Insurance Cup took place tonight. Eight teams where in action across the country, including the last two representatives from the north-east of Scotland, Arbroath (currently leading the Second division) and Brechin City. Yesterdays round of games provided plenty of goals and a fair share of [. Click to continue reading...

Unlike the European Championship Qualifiers, the first round of the CIS Insurance Cup produced no real upsets, but it did provide a lot of goals - 40 in the 10 games played tonight (and that doesn't include the two penalty shoot-outs!). We being our roundup with the game we featured in our Match Programme earlier [. Click to continue reading...

Tonight at Recreation Park, Alloa Athletic take on Elgin City in the first round of the Scottish League Cup. In today's Match Programme, we take a look at tonight's fixture. The River Forth meanders across the country from it's source at Loch Ard, flowing eastwards past Aberfoyle, Garunnock and the ancient town of Stirling [. Click to continue reading...

Aye aye all, fit like theday? Coming back through Amsterdam Airport the other day, Inside Left was surprised to see lots of people in Celtic strips crowding out the airport bar, their gentle singing and foul language reminding me of the last time Inside Left visited Parkhead, when Aberdeen lost 7-0 to Celtic. Click to continue reading...