Scottish football

[AberdeenYid]

Hibs are Spurs. Flamboyant, style over substance, skilful players and legendary history - win fuck all.

And a spectacular club song.

 

[Eli]

:mourfacepalm:

 

[Spurs_1987]

Celtic Vs Rangers this evening. Just heard Sky announce it as the biggest derby in British football?!

WTF????

It's got a strong case of being so, there isn't really any in English football that have the utter venom between the two clubs the Old Firm does.

Forget the quality of the league these days.

 

[RocketRonny]

They get lots of flak, but fair play to Rangers. With a limited budget and a championship level squad they made it to a European final, and they might win.

 

[Eli]

Up to date and not past glories if Rangers do win this cup irrespective if Celtic win the league, Rangers achievement is greater.

 

[SpiderSpurs]

Well done Celtic.

 

[AberdeenYid]

Sixth-tier Darvel dump out Aberdeen in historic Scottish Cup shock | Scottish Cup | The Guardian

Jim Goodwin’s position as Aberdeen boss is in peril after a humiliating 1-0 Scottish Cup defeat by Junior side Darvel at Recreation Park

amp.theguardian.com

Aberdeen doing their level best to make everyone else feel better about their own team’s woes.

 

[FightingIllini]

Wish someone would put a bit of money into e.g. Hearts / Hibs / Aberdeen so there was some competition for the Old Filth. It’s such a dull league.

Just so everyone knows, if I ever hit the Powerball this is exactly what I'm going to do.

 

[LeeMcl]

A round

First title of the season goes to Celtic. Looked pretty one-sided really and 2-1 flattered Rangers.

Should Postecoglou stay? Surely a PL team will come hunting soon…

A round of applause for you sir x

 

[Super Jan Fan]

Fuck me, we have a Scottish football thread. Why?
Oh, it's to laugh at how ludicrous it is. Fair enough.

 

[Aberdeenshire yid]

It's fecked right enough it been a source of contempt for years it means some teams end up playing more home games than others plus you can play one team 3 times at home, thus playing one game on their patch! At the end the league splits in a top six,bottom six. Top six going for the championship,ha,ha and bottom six avoiding relegation. Bottom team goes down,second bottom goes into a play-off with the 2nd,3rd and 4th them in championship....you following? Odds are stacked against the championship team they play 4 games to qualify for the play-off then play again against premiership team,home first leg it's a long drawn out affair....and when league is finished team that's in 6 position could have less points than the team in 7th.

 

[Legacy Lilywhite]

The auld firm have uniquely destroyed Scottish football whilst making it totally reliant on them. It's a rotten, hate-filled cradle of bigotry and self-destruction.

 

[SchmoodSpur2013]

Looks like the management team have walked out on Rangers, for some reason.

Rangers: Mark Warburton resigns as manager

Not according to Mark Warburton.

Odd.

 

[TottenhamAberdeen]

 

[ArtyB]

Just watched SSN...Sky sources understand that the coaching staff have both left and are still at the club...it's like that bloody cat in the box all over again...

 

[Mrs Perryman]

McGinn is only months away.

Keeping fingers crossed

 

[Eli]

So just heard from a mate who has been working in Scottish football for years for various clubs and here’s where the rumours are today:

Dundee were going to vote No to stick it to Dundee Utd as they’d get promoted to the Premier League. They made this intention clear on socials media. Then somehow, their vote never happened.

For years now, Celtic have been working with Dundee to try to get a Dundee v Celtic match moved to the USA, specifically Boston. Celtic see this is a chance to have a match in a full NFL or College Football stadium. The USA football authorities have blocked this on the grounds that it would open the door for other teams to do the same and damage the MLS brand.

However, there can still be friendlies there. The rumour now is that Celtic have again offered Dundee a series of annual friendlies in the USA in exchange for changing their vote to Yes, which would probably lead to Celtic being awarded the league title. But would also lead to Dundee Utd being promoted. Dundee now deciding if a few lucrative friendlies outweighs promoting their main rivals.

Loads of infighting and rumours up here about all this. The Caley CEO voted No and stated if he had voted Yes it would have been self serving. However, he’s a Rangers fan who used to work for Hearts, so certainly doesn’t want one losing the league and the other relegated. Also, do Caley want Hearts in their league vying for promotion next season? No.

Still a while to run on this.

And who said Scottish football was shite.....well it is but interestingly shite.

 

[NewZealand_Spur]

They got their wish.

Scottish Championship, League One and League Two seasons end after Dundee vote for SPFL resolution

Dundee Utd promoted to Scottish Premiership, Partick relegated to Championship; Dundee say this is best deal possible; strong words from Stranraer

www.skysports.com

"while Partick Thistle will be relegated from the Championship and Stranraer are demoted from League One."

 

[El flaco]

Completely random thought and not related to the Scottish league, rather the national team, are Scotland the West Ham of International Football?

As in they seemingly put next to all of their effort in playing England, that when they play other countries they don't show anywhere near the same intensity?

West ham are in the top league - unfortunately Scotland are probably league 1. I'd compare us to a Bolton or Preston. We were once pretty good, had some great players, have a lot of passionate fans, cause the occasional upset but are usually terrible. Also the arse has dropped out of us financially.

 

[ShutUpPatrik]

West ham are in the top league - unfortunately Scotland are probably league 1. I'd compare us to a Bolton or Preston. We were once pretty good, had some great players, have a lot of passionate fans, cause the occasional upset but are usually terrible. Also the arse has dropped out of us financially.

At least you aren't Blackpool.