Scottish Premiership Round-up: Hearts go down fighting
Last weekend was the post-split weekend; the relegation play-off place has yet to be decided although Hearts finally went down. There will be a week off for most of the […]
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Scottish Premiership Round-Up: Hearts stave off relegation with derby win
Only two sides picked up three points this week. Hearts managed to delay the inevitable, for a few more days at least and Kilmarnock put a dent in Motherwell’s hopes […]
Challenges lie ahead for triumphant Celtic
The modern history of Scottish football is littered with thrilling climaxes to the Premier League championship. Many times over the last decade, Celtic and Rangers fans approached the last day […]
Celtic clinch the title with five of the best, Midweek report
Celtic managed to clinch the title, in a midweek where most of the teams were playing catch-up with their fixtures due to national cup participation. Celtic managed to win the […]
Scottish Premiership Round-Up: Race for second spot hotting up
There was a full card at the weekend, Aberdeen followed up their League Cup success with another win, as did their rivals for the second spot Dundee United and Motherwell. […]
The Quality Street Gang: The greatest Celtic team that never was
As the ink dried on his Anfield contract in August 1977 and another record-breaking cheque was inevitably cashed by the Parkhead powerbrokers, the departure of Kenny Dalglish signalled the end […]
Celtic move closer to the title
Before Aberdeen lifted the League Cup on Sunday there was League business to attend to. As the split approaches, we are still left wondering who will make up the top […]
Scottish Premiership Round-up
There were only two fixtures this weekend due to some Scottish Cup commitments. Both games were six-goal thrillers. Hearts losing away at Kilmarnock and a draw as Motherwell travelled to […]
Five alive for Celtic, Week 27 round-up
This week, Celtic bounced back with five of the best. Motherwell got back to winning ways and St Mirren got themselves a priceless home win. Celtic shrugged off their first […]
Aberdeen stop record-breakers Celtic, midweek round-up
Three games took place on Tuesday evening, due to cup and weather postponements to name but a few reasons. It saw the league’s only unbeaten record come to an abrupt […]
Celtic 24 points clear, Week 27 round-up
It was a very different week in the Premiership, finally; a side gets their first home victory of the season and the battle for to avoid the relegation play-off spot […]
Celtic clear as Aberdeen move into second, Week 26 round-up
The Premiership returned, after the Scottish Cup took centre stage last weekend. It was pretty much the status quo concerning results as the top three continued their winning form. Celtic […]
Celtic 21 points clear, Week 25 round-up
Only three games took place this week in the league. This was due to the semi-finals of the league cup and Premiership duty will be put on hold next week […]
Celtic still running away, Week 24 round-up
Celtic maintained their winning run away from home, this week along with the battle for second place ending in a stalemate, Hearts picking up an unlikely away win, and […]
Celtic stay strong, Week 23 round-up
All six games took place on Saturday, Celtic returned from Turkey with a routine victory. Meanwhile Inverness closed the gap in the race for third place and Partick are still […]
Aberdeen sink Hibs, Week 22 round-up
Despite playing in Turkey this week, Celtic still are streets ahead of the rest in the Premiership. Their game with Kilmarnock was rearranged to allow them to take part in […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 13 review
Week 13 saw eighteen goals in the six matches. Hearts grabbing a rare away win. Motherwell faltering at home and Celtic getting back to winning ways after their Champions League […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 12 review
The Scottish Premiership, for week 12 had just 13 goals in five matches with one being abandoned due to a waterlogged pitch. St Mirren A-A Ross County Ross County fell […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 11 review
Week 11 saw Celtic win the Glasgow derby, Motherwell’s good run come to an abrupt halt and a floodlight failure causing the Highland derby to be abandoned. Ross County A-A […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Celtic 2-1 Ajax
GROUP H – Tuesday 22nd October 2013 CELTIC 2-1 AJAX Celtic got their first win of the group stages over Ajax at Parkhead in a tight match. A James Forrest […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 10 review
Week 10 saw Motherwell come from behind to keep up their good form, Celtic draw in the capital and Kilmarnock win their first game of the season. Hibs 1-1 Celtic […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 9 review
Week 9 in the Scottish Premiership saw Celtic open up a five-point lead, St Mirren win their first of the season and St Johnstone gave Inverness a hammering. ST JOHNSTONE […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Celtic 0-1 Barcelona
GROUP H – Tuesday 1st October 2013 CELTIC 0-1 BARCELONA Ten-man Celtic failed to keep out Barcelona for the full 90 minutes at Parkhead on Tuesday as former Arsenal midfielder […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 8 review
Kilmarnock 2-5 Celtic Celtic warmed up for their Champions League clash with Barcelona by putting five past Kilmarnock. The home side are still without a win this season. Despite Killie […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 7 review
This week in the Scottish Premiership saw Celtic avoid a European hangover, a great 2-2 draw in the live TV game and Inverness’ unbeaten run come to an end. Aberdeen […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: AC Milan 2-0 Celtic
GROUP H – Wednesday 18th September 2013 AC MILAN 2-0 CELTIC An injury-hit Milan side battled their way to a 2-0 Victory over Celtic in the opening round of […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 6 review
This week in the Scottish Premiership was a weird one, there was six away wins, which is highly unusual in any league around the world. HEARTS 1-3 CELTIC Celtic warmed […]
SCOTLAND: Transfer Window round-up
The Scottish transfer window shut on Saturday at 11pm, no last minute deals took place but here is a club-by-club round-up of the Scottish Premiership club’s activity. ABERDEEN IN: Michael […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 5 review
There were not many goals this week in the Scottish Premiership, Inverness and Celtic continued their decent starts to the campaign while St. Mirren boss Danny Lennon finds himself under […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Playoffs second-leg update
TUESDAY 27TH AUGUST 2013 AUSTRIA VIENNA 2-3 DINAMO ZAGREB (4-3 on agg) Roman Kienast scored the vital goal just a minute after coming on to secure a first-ever group stage […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Premiership Week 4 review
Goals, goals, goals was the order of this weekend in the Scottish Premiership both Inverness and Celtic lost their 100% records while Ross County and Dundee United recorded their first […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Playoff first-leg update
The play-off round for Europe’s premier club competition got underway this week with the clubs involved desperate to reach the lucrative group phase starting next month. The draw ensured a […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Third Round Qualifying update
Scottish Champions Celtics’ name will be in Fridays Champions League Qualifying Play-off round due to them holding out for a 0-0 draw in the second leg at Elfsborg. Pre-match all […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Third Round Qualifying update
Celtic, Zenit St. Petersburg, Olympique Lyon, PSV Eindhoven, FC Basel were among the victors this week, heading into their second legs into seven days time with the advantage. All the […]
SCOTLAND: Premiership 2013/14 Season Preview
It’s a sort of deja-vu when it comes to Scottish football, last summer we had Rangers demoted and liquated and now in League One – this year it’s the turn […]
SCOTLAND: SPL TRANSFER ROUND-UP
Frantic is the word to describe the transfer business of the newly-named Scottish Premiership, Celtic linked to a Dutch winger, with Hibernian, Partick Thistle, Aberdeen, St. Johnstone and St. Mirren […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Second Round Qualifying update
Celtic booked their place in the Champions League third qualifying round ever so comfortably at Parkhead on Tuesday night. The second leg was always going to be a foregone conclusion […]
CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Second Round Qualifying update
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the road to Lisbon continued as the first leg of the second qualifying took place. The Scottish champions Celtic blew away their pre-season form by battering brave […]
NORTHERN IRELAND: Celtic cause Belfast chaos
Fans of Northern Irish champions Cliftonville have been so excited by the prospect of meeting Celtic in the upcoming Champions League qualifiers, they have been camping outside the stadium – […]
SCOTLAND: Scottish Cup Quarter-Final Round-up
This weekend saw the Scottish Cup quarter finals take place, with a few big games providing revenge, derby drama, controversy and some decent goal fly in! Hamilton 1 – Falkirk […]
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