This is a general thread for discussion on Scottish football. Talk about the SPL through Division 3. Also post any match reports, news articles, photos etc.
SPL Celtic 2 - 1 Dunfermline Athletic Dundee 1 - 1 Heart of Midlothian Hibernian 1 - 2 Aberdeen Kilmarnock 1 - 1 Rangers Livingston 3 - 2 Motherwell Partick Thistle 0 - 0 Dundee Utd Division 1 Queen of the South 2 - 1 Clyde St Mirren 0 - 2 St Johnstone Arbroath 0 - 3 Ross County Ayr United 1 - 3 Falkirk Inverness CT 0 - 0 Alloa Division 2 Airdrie United 1 - 0 Forfar Athletic Brechin City 2 - 4 Berwick Rangers Cowdenbeath 1 - 3 Hamilton Academical Raith Rovers 1 - 1 Stranraer Stenhousemuir 2 - 2 Dumbarton Division 3 East Stirlingshire (1)1 - 1(1) Montrose Gretna 1 - 1 Morton Peterhead 0 - 2 East Fife Queens Park 1 - 2 Elgin City Stirling Albion 0 - 1 Albion Rovers Match Reports, Transfer Rumors, and the Latest News Ayr 1-3 Falkirk St Mirren 0-2 St Johnstone Queen of the South 2-1 Clyde Inverness CT 0-0 Alloa Arbroath 0-3 Ross County Larsson Rules Out Premiership Move Aberdeen Display True Grit As Hibs Get Off To False Start Clark aiming for regular slot Kilmarnock rescue act strikes fear into Rangers Arveladze angered by ref's decision Leitch praises battling spirit Duffy makes promising start Hartley on top of game as St Johnstone cruise Fifers Go Down Fighting This Time Hamilton Sign Graham After Impressive Debut Thistle draw comfort as good old days return Duo In Hunt For Gazza After ruling out a move to Darlington... Dundee Confirm Interest In Capturing Gascoigne Zarate the new name on Livingston’s lips Henney quick off mark on Gretna’s great day
Dundee confirm offer to ex-Gers star Gazza Dundee has confirmed they have launched an audacious bid to bring Paul Gascoigne back to Scotland... Tribal Football
Gazza Dundee keen to start Gazza talks Dundee manager Jim Duffy will find out on Tuesday whether his move for Paul Gascoigne will get off the ground... The Beautiful Game Dundee hopeful over Gazza Gascoigne's agent Ian Elliott admitted the player had other options, but suggested that a move back to Scotland might appeal to the former Rangers star... BBC Paul gascoigne set to join Colchester? Today's Daily Express reports that ex-England * Spurs midfielder Paul Gascoigne may be on the way to Layer Road. A London property developer has offered to pay the midfield maestro's wages for the season if he wears the famous blue and white strips. ColU Online Gazza offered Colchester deal The drama over Paul Gascoigne's next career move has taken another twist after London-based property developer Mark Davis revealed that he will contact his local club Colchester United today with an offer to pay the midfielder's wages for a year if they sign him... This is London McLeish Still Upbeat Despite Killie Draw Official Gers Site
Gazza to Dens??? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA I thought Dundee would stop embarrassing themselves after Mr. Cornetto left and the court case ended, but I was proved wrong. I wonder if Gazza's gut is now bigger than Jimmy Five Bellies'? BTW, nice to see a Saints player score the goal of the season on opening day, particularly at a ground where he is more hated than Osama bin Laden in Manhattan. (Don't ask me why, it is too trivial to mention) Although there was a peach of a strike for QoS' second goal.
I don't believe it However, he was pissed as a newt on ITV's World Cup coverage. I think that appearance has already become the most legendary moment in British TV history! I find it funny how all the papers are describing him as a Rangers "legend". He had one season where he played unbelievably well (1995/6), the rest of the time he was on a continuous bender and didn't play anything like well enough to justify his wages. I can't believe he is fitter now than when he left, which wouldn't justify signing him to play even at this level. Dundee can only be interested in him for either a) as a coach or b) media interest.
Nothing more than his performances for Everton, 'Boro, Rangers and Burnley over the last five years had told us already, ie that he is unfit and past his prime.
PARTICK JOIN GASCOIGNE CHASE Partick manager John Lambie has admitted his interest in taking Paul Gascoigne back to Glasgow - but concedes wages may prove to be a stumbling block... Football365
saw on the news tonight that dundee might be only looking to offer a 3 month deal as gazza could be in MLS for the start of their next season, this sounds quite likely. Saying as dundee are skint anyway they arent going to be beating anybody for wages.
Ex-Gers defender Wilson signs with Dunfermline After trials with several English clubs, Scott Wilson signed a two-year deal with Dunfermline Athletic last night... Tribal Football Livingston in for Blackburn duo Blackburn Rovers duo Burton O'Brien and David McNamee are interesting Livingston... Tribal Football Kilmarnock offer Locke deal after Bradford release Gary Locke is expected to agree terms with Kilmarnock today after being released by Bradford City... Tribal Football
Celtic furious after BBC switches game PARTICK THISTLE have confirmed their match against Celtic at Firhill will be played on Sunday, August 25 for live BBC television coverage. But the news will be a blow to Celtic, who hoped to be given longer to prepare for the second leg of their Champions League third-round qualifier in either Switzerland or Slovakia against FC Basel or MSK Zilina three days after the Partick game... The Times Celtic appeal over Partick switch THE Celtic chief executive Ian McLeod has appealed against the decision to switch the Parkhead club’s game against Partick Thistle to the Sunday before a Champions League qualifier... Scotsman All eyes on big brother as Sutton faces Spurs TOTTENHAM Hotspur’s John Sutton has more reason than most to look forward to tonight’s match against Celtic, with the friendly giving the striker his first opportunity to see elder brother Chris play for the Scottish champions... Scotsman
Rangers Fans Left Feeling Green Rangers fans got the shock of their lives when they opened the official club magazine to find a pull-out poster of arch-rivals Celtic... BBC Gazza set to sign for Dundee Paul Gascoigne's world tour has seen him linked with teams as far apart as Washington in the USA [DC United] and Darlington in the north of England but it is now looking likely that Gazza will head for Scotland for a second spell after his time with Rangers proved one of the most lucrative in his see-saw career. Dens Park in Dundee awaits the return of the prodigal Geordie...[b/] The Beautiful Game Mcleish: Numan suffered retirement agony Rangers manager Alex McLeish has revealed that Arthur Numan agonised for weeks before deciding to retire from international football... The Beautiful Game
Celtic halve £30M debt in positive annual report Thanks to an excellent last campaign, over the past year Celtic have almost halved their £30 million debt to under £16 million... Tribal Football Dundee favourites as Partick drop out of Gazza race Partick Thistle have been forced to pull out of the race for Paul Gascoigne... Tribal Football Livingston swoop for Atletico striker Cantarruti Livingston have snapped up Atletico Madrid striker Borja Cantarruti on a season-long loan... Tribal Football
SPL radio black-out continues The SPL faces a radio blackout for the second successive weekend... BBC
Eager D’Jaffo hails the Don of a new era THE overwhelming perception in Scottish football is that it is impossible to mount a realistic challenge to the Old Firm but Laurent D’Jaffo insists he will make his competitive debut for Aberdeen against Celtic this afternoon alongside players that have yet to submit to such cynicism... Scotsman At long last, it’s vision on TOMORROW, finally, we will have lights, camera, action in the Premierleague. The Edinburgh derby between Hearts and Hibs has the honour of being the inaugural match in a TV deal which has left blood on the table and most observers on the floor with boredom... Scotsman De Vries looks to get stuck right in HEARTS fans will tomorrow get their first view of Mark De Vries, and if the endorsement of his gifts provided by Kevin McKenna yesterday is anything to go by, the sight will not be unkind on their eyes. McKenna’s impression from training with the Dutch striker is that, at times, he is simply unmarkable... Scotsman Fringe benefits of delivering anti-racism message IT’S not particularly unusual for Fringe performers to arouse the anger of some Edinburgh residents through the merry month of August... Scotsman
Today's Matches SPL Aberdeen ? - ? Celtic Dundee United ? - ? Kilmarnock Dunfermline ? - ? Livingston Motherwell ? - ? Partick Thistle Rangers ? - ? FC Dundee Division I Alloa Athletic ? - ? Arbroath Clyde ? - ? Ayr United Falkirk ? - ? St. Mirren Ross County ? - ? Queen of the South St. Johnstone ? - ? Inverness C.T. Division II Berwick ? - ? Raith Rovers Dumbarton ? - ? Brechin City Forfar Athletic ? - ? Stenhousemuir Hamilton ? - ? Airdrie Stranraer ? - ? Cowdenbeath Division III Albion Rovers ? - ? Peterhead East Fife ? - ? East Stirling Elgin City ? - ? Gretna Greenock Morton ? - ? Stirling Albion Montrose ? - ? Queen's Park