Scotland

This week’s fixtures saw a number of shocks and surprises in the Scottish Championship. Dundee United actually played some exciting football, in-form Dumbarton fell to defeat away to the ever unpredictable Livingston, and, brace yourself… FALKIRK WON A GAME! On a less surprising note, St Mirren beat Brechin and Caley played out a drab draw […]

In his regular feature for BFTGT, Scottish Football Analyst Graeme Ellis takes a sideways look at the weekend’s events as he rounds up the action from the SPFL Premiership. Matchday 7 – Seven matches in, two managers down. If the English Premiership is a brutal environment in which to ply your trade as a manager, […]

An underwhelming 2-0 loss for the Bairns at home to Livingston saw the end of Peter Houston’s stewardship of Falkirk Football Club. Long term, he was an inspired managerial candidate who only found himself failing to secure promotion due to the might of Hearts, Hibs and Newco Rangers battling his side in the Championship. But […]

In a brand new, regular feature for BFTGT, Scottish Football Analyst Graeme Ellis takes a sideways look at the weekend’s events as he rounds up the action from the SPFL Premiership. Matchday 6 – Firhill sets the tone for a weekend of thrills and spills Friday night football saw Partick Thistle entertain Rangers, appropriately under […]

Good morning/afternoon/evening, valued reader, and welcome back to another edition of the Scottish Championship. This week saw Dumbarton leave it late to break the hearts of the travelling Brechin City fans, Dunfermline hammer St Mirren and Dundee United falter to a struggling Falkirk team. With thirteen goals shared between the five games, we’d best get […]

Yesterday we looked at the case for keeping Hampden Park in its current form as Scotland’s national stadium. Today we look at the arguments in support for a fresh rebuild and why the team should be taken ‘on tour’ in the process. In three years’ time, the SFA’s existing 20-year lease on Hampden lapses, and […]

This weekend’s fixtures saw a new league leader, 19 goals amongst the five fixtures, and not a single clean sheet in sight! Three draws played out today, as well as big wins for St Mirren and Greenock Morton. For the first time (probably) this season, not a single red card was brandished in any of the games. […]

Hampden is a bit of a crap stadium. Not exactly a great start to an argument designed to back up keeping it in use, is it? But it’s true. For fans, the stand is too far away from the pitch. At concerts, the sound never quite seems to be right. Given the money spent and […]

Good afternoon and welcome. This week’s Scottish Championship round up is a little different, due to the small issue of there being no Scottish Championship this weekend. Instead, there was the Irn Bru Cup. No, this is not what we do in Scotland, we don’t just sit around and compete for a fancy drinking implement […]

Dundee United have lost their undefeated record, Inverness Caledonian Thistle managed to actually win a game and Dunfermline continue their frightening form. There were goals aplenty in the Scottish Championship this weekend. Above all, Dumbarton aren’t last in the reviews this week. Excitingly, both 12th in the top flight and 1st in the third tier […]

St Mirren continue their up and down season in positive fashion, Dundee United won ugly and Inverness only went and got a bloody point! Another week has gone by with its usual dose of cracking goals, diabolical red cards and all-round lower league excitement. But anyway, enough about the Dunfermline Falkirk derby, there was drama […]

What a week of action in the world’s greatest league. Dunfermline butchered Terry Butchers old team, Dundee United won after playing over 45 minutes without their new messiah, Paul McMullin, and Brechin City showed their grit, grinding out a well earned point at home to Livingston. With five action packed games on display, I think […]

Good morning/afternoon/evening (delete as appropriate) valued reader, and welcome to the new weekly Scottish Championship update. The premise is this: I review the five fixtures in Scotland’s second – and most competitive – division, as well as taking a look at the team in the division above and below who is in pole position to […]

Thankfully Scottish football has yet to be tainted by the simply ridiculous transfer fees for players, but is the country heading in the right direction? The summer transfer window has been nothing short of mayhem, but fortunately Scottish clubs simply don’t have the funds to carry out these crazy transactions, where the record currently stands […]

With the SPL fixtures announced, another top flight season in Scotland is just around the corner, but will the upcoming campaign mirror the previous one? Champions Celtic kick off their title defence with a grudge match at home to Hearts, while fierce rivals Rangers travel to Motherwell on the opening day. After a magnificent undefeated […]

As the top English clubs continue to spend and spend, let’s not forget that the Scots are well into their transfer window too, and several managers have strengthened their squads with countless signings along with releasing a number of players. Some big money moves may have caught your eye, especially players who make a move […]

Dundee United’s Cameroonian midfielder has been with the club for only two months, and yet in such a short spell, he has forged quite a name for himself. Due to being far from match fit as a result of not playing first team football for the best part of a year, Wato had a slow […]

Brechin City are not one of the biggest names in world football. They aren’t even one of the biggest names in Scottish football. Even in their county, of Dundee and Angus, Brechin City are still one of the smaller teams. Despite their small nature, they have managed to negotiate their way through the playoffs and […]

The playoff system has been long established in world football, and is oftentimes an incredibly simple process. The best example of a playoff system is the English Championship. 1st in the league are champions, 2nd gain automatic promotion, and then 3rd through 6th engage in the playoffs. Best play worst, and so on, ie 3rd […]

The Scots last qualified for a major tournament back in 1998, and their current side is seemingly not up for the challenge as they sit second bottom of their 2018 World Cup Qualifying Group. Gordon Strachan’s team has picked up just one win in four matches in a poor start to the campaign, beating bottom […]