Posts Tagged ‘Review’

Damn you Andrew Little! (or: “The Scottish Fitba Review”)

Monday, January 25th, 2010

In a remarkable weekend of Scottish fitba in which the league leaders across all four divisions either saved or dropped valuable points in injury time, Inside Left comes out smelling of roses, as the predictions we made on Friday turn out to be almost correct.

I was actually a minute or so away from cleaning up at the bookies until Rangers youngster Andrew Little scored to earn the defending champions a point, and deny Hearts their win at Ibrox in six years. The potential winnings would not have meant retiring to a life of golf and international jet travel, but it would have meant an upgrade from the usual “6 small margueritas” to the more decadent “3 medium margueritas” down at our local Dominos.

T’was not to be however, all of which means that this will be the last time I’ll be bemoaning the failure of “the emergence of young talent coming through the ranks” and all that bollocks. I mean, the 91st minute. At Ibrox. I ask you.. (more…)

The Scottish Football Christmas Alphabet

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

It’s time again for Inside Left to take a wee break, so updates will be a little sporadic between now our return in January. But in keeping with tradition, we like to round off the year with our Christmas alphabet. A is for …

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The Scottish season so far: the national side

Friday, December 18th, 2009

As we begin the run up to the end of 2009, Inside Left looks back on an interesting season so far in Scottish football. This season can best be summarized as ‘troublesome’, as our clubs struggle in European competition and our chairmen and directors struggle in the boardroom. And with financial trouble never off the radar, what is the future for Scottish football?

We begin though, with a look back at the national side’s efforts this year, and look forward to a difficult, but hopefully rosy (tartan?) future.

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Scottish Cup Fourth Round Reviews

Saturday, January 10th, 2009

The weather may have gotten the better of the Scottish Cup games at Forfar, Brechin and Inverurie, but there was plenty of action in the other fixtures taking place. We round up the Scottish Cup action with the reports from the various club sites (where possible) and some nice piccies, thanks to the BBC.

Scottish Cup Fourth Round

  • Ayr United continue their good run of results against Kilmarnock as they fight back to earn another replay (2-2)
  • Celtic need Aiden McGeady to make up for Artur Boruc’s latest goalkeeping disaster to earn a hard-fought win against Dundee (2-1)
  • Aberdeen’s win over Alloa was not without its problems, but into the fifth round they go thanks to Chris Maguire and a late Sone Aluko strike (1-2)
  • There was no upset on the cards in Airdrie as the last of the non-league sides go out. Spartans lose out in poor conditions (2-1)
  • Ross County manager Derek Adams blames refereeing blunders on their Cup exit to SPL side Hamilton. Complain as he might, it’s not going to change the result (0-1)

Picture Gallery

Courtesy of the BBC Website.

Another lovely Scottish winter’s day, but Aberdeen progress on Alloa’s artificial surface.
Simon Lynch puts an end to Spartans dreams of a Cup upset.
Pasquali scores for Killie against bogey-side Ayr United, but a replay beckons.
Artur Boruc doing what he’s good at, i.e. making a mess of it and allowing the other team to score.
Spartan fans arrive in Airdrie. The smiles would soon disappear as their side go out of the Cup