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Two weeks in and two weeks of bad bets, this is not good for my bank account, though is hopefully proving somewhat amusing for you regular readers out there (hi Ross, hi David)!! Before we look into this week’s selections, let us revisit the events of last week. In my first bet, I managed to […]
I happened to be in the car listening to the Scottish Championship scores being rounded up on Saturday afternoon, and was struck by what ex-player turned pundit Tam McManus had to say. If you live in Paisley then it is time to crack open the champagne. Why did he say this? Because St Mirren travelled […]
The purpose of my weekly column is not to showcase my expert tips on who you should bet on, but rather to highlight who you should avoid. To recap, I look at the Saturday 3pm fixtures, select an accumulator of teams that I myself will bet on, then relay these to you. These are picks […]
Every now and then in the world of football, there comes along a player who just doesn’t strike you as being all that nice. Sometimes you sense they just don’t care about the club, other times it feels like they are only there to pick up a pay cheque. Sometimes it’s a great player, but […]
The league takes a well earned break this week, with the oldest competition in association football taking the forefront of the action. All ten Scottish Teams made it to this stage of the cup, thought the weather claimed three victims, with Falkirks visit to Livingston being postponed, as well as Dumbarton’s trip north to Peterhead. […]
Good morning, good afternoon and good evening to anyone and everyone who is taking the time to read my brand new weekly series “Betting Bad.” Are you a wannabe Kenny Rogers – a gambler? Aren’t you sick and tired of following all these betting accounts of Facebook and Twitter, the ones that allegedly haven’t made […]
The Rooney Rule has been mentioned a great deal in the sport news over the past week or so, and is something which to fans of the NFL, like myself, is relatively commonplace. Unlike Sky Sports News, I am not going to patronise you by sensationalising it and saying “BREAKING NEWS, ROONEY RULE HAS F**K-ALL […]
Dundee United went from shipping six to keeping a clean sheet, St Mirren won to go eight points clear at the top, Falkirk AND Inverness only went a won a bloody game, and in a less shocking turn of events, Brechin lost. It was a good fixture list this week with some twists and turns […]
Good morning, afternoon and evening, and welcome back to my review of the Scottish Championship. I would like to apologise to my regular readers (hi mum) who will no doubt have realised that I have failed to write a review for the New Years results – I can only ask for forgiveness on account of […]
Welcome to part two of the review of Dundee United’s Scottish Cup winning team from 2010. In instalment one, we looked at the defence, as well as right midfielder Danny Swanson. Part two will begin with the remaining midfielders, Prince Buaben, Morgaro Gomis and Craig Conway, along with the attacking dream team of Jon Daly […]
I have been writing for By Far The Greatest Team for months now, and during that time I have written about some pretty impressive teams, both nationally and internationally. During that time, I have never written about the team that I consider to be the greatest. Dundee United’s Scottish Cup winning side from the 2009/10 […]
I won’t lie, St Mirren’s magnificent 2-3 comeback win against a tricky Queen of the South team thoroughly deserves to be the number one game on this week’s review, but I managed to get myself down to Tannadice Park today, to watch Dundee United batter a strong Livingston team 3-0, therefore that will be where […]
69 games undefeated domestically is a stunning record. Scottish football gets a lot of flack, and it is not my place to say whether this is fair or not. It gets branded as a “tin-pot league” by many, especially south of the border. No matter what country and what league you are discussing, 69 games […]
Well, what a weekend this has been. The icy Scottish winter continues to decimate the fixture list with Falkirk’s match against Brechin being called off, along with Livingston’s home tie against Morton. The real talking point of the afternoon occurred down in Dumfries, where Dundee United’s visit of Queen of the South was started, only […]
We all remember how the 2013/14 season ended up, Steven Gerrard had *that* slip in *that* game, allowing Demba Ba to score the winner for Chelsea. Then days later, Liverpool blew a 3-0 lead down at Selhurst part to draw 3-3, in a game subsequently nicknamed Crystalbul. This culminated in Liverpool blowing the chance to […]
The big freeze hitting Scotland this week did for two matches this weekend. Livingston missed their second game in a row as their visit to Dumbarton was called off with a frozen pitch. The same fate befell Falkirk, who had their trip to Inverness cancelled for the same reason. Inverness aim to have the game […]
The dust has settled after the prestigious World Cup draw in Russia last week and the groups are in. They have been decided, discussed and dissected by millions of people around the world. Last week, I wrote a mini-series showcasing all 32 teams, conveying how they qualified. Now that we know who they are playing, […]
Only four Championship games took place on Saturday December 2nd, with Falkirk’s trip to Livingston being postponed due to a frozen pitch. There were a midweek set of fixtures, with the scores which are as follows: Dumbarton 2-2 Queen of the South.Inverness 4-0 Brechin. St Mirren 3-1 Livingsto. Of the four games which went ahead, […]
Morocco/ المغرب November 11th 2017 The top two teams in Group C, Morocco and Ivory Coast, met in Abidjan in what was a winner takes all cup final, the victor progressing to the World Cup finals. Morocco squeezed past Equatorial Guinea in the Second Round, 2-1, and ended up in a tricky group which featured […]
The third instalment of “How They Qualified” features three UEFA nations, two South Americas, including the story of how Argentina almost missed the World Cup, a CONCACAF team’s debut qualification and an African team who made World Cup 2002 a memorable affair. Serbia/ Србија October 9th 2017 All the focus of Group D was on […]
