The Old Firm

The current speculation about Celtic and Rangers going to compete in a two tier English Premiership is the bore of the week month year decade.
We’ve been hearing about it for so long.
Remind me where we are with this story?
Are we at the frequently visited dead end of the English clubs never agreeing to it or [...]

We Deserve Better? A Load of Kaka.

As we submerge further, as an economy and society, into financial meltdown, the Arab owners of the The richest football club in the world have bid £100 million for Brazilian footballer Kaka (Brazilian he must be as they only ever have one name) currently plying his trade with AC Milan in Serie A.
It is doubtful [...]

Get Real

I had a pretty busy day yesterday but did manage to scan some of the Sunday papers. Some stories in particular were heavilly featured in the Scottish press, chief amongst them, the afterglow of the Obama victory in the States.
The burden of expectation on Obama is becoming heavier by the day. What has happened in [...]

It’s the Twenty First Century, It’s Time to Move on

The football phone lines were red hot at the weekend over the Rangers fans singing of a song containing eight words, sung to the tune of the chorus of The Beach Boys’ Sloop John B ‘the famine’s over why don’t you go home?’. The song refers to the Irish potato blight in the mid nineteenth [...]

The Daily Mash

Thanks to Steve B in Arbroath who is an old friend who keeps sending me stuff. He recently sent me a link to The Daily Mash which is a satirical online newspaper. Here’s just a taste:
THE violence at the Uefa Cup final began much earlier than was thought, probably in the late 17th century, officials [...]

Well Done Queen of the South!

Although Queens were defeated in today’s Scottish Cup Final, they apparently put up a great show. To come back from 2-0 down to level the scores against their illustrious opposition was quite something. As a supporter of a wee team I can imagine the feeling amongst the Queens fans when their second goal hit [...]

UEFA Cup Quarter Final (2)

Having suffered the home leg last week in which Rangers were, well not very good, they redeemed themselves in spectacular fashion in Portugal this evening. This was as good a performance as you’ll see from a Scottish club in Europe. The goals from Darchville and Whitaker were right out of the top drawer. I [...]

UEFA Cup Quarter Final

The last football match I was at was last Tuesday night at Firs Park Falkirk for the East Stirlingshire v. Dumbarton SFL division 3 match witnessed by about 300 souls. Tonight I was at Ibrox to witness Rangers take on Sporting (Lisbon) in the UEFA Cup quarter final in front of nearly 50,000 [...]

Football News

Rangers did just enough to keep Werder Bremen at bay tonight although it took some heroics from Allan McGregor to see them through to the quarter finals of the UEFA cup. Looking at the teams left in the tournament I wouldn’t be too surprised if Rangers emulate their rivals feat of a few years ago [...]

Greeks 1 Geeks Won

After Matalans 2 Catalans3 last night, it was very much job done for Rangers tonight. It wasn’t pretty but their tactics were pretty well spot on. Dougie Doggelly made a good point and that is that a 0-0 home draw in the first game is almost as good as, and maybe better than, a 2-1 [...]