Blethering about football, from Scotland and across the world
The impacts of the covid19 pandemic on Scottish football are coming in to sharp focus. After the pantemine of the voting and subsequent agreement to effectively call the season, we now move into forward planing for the forthcoming footballing schedule. Ideas have been outlined from a condensed 18 game Championship season, to a Scottish Cup... Continue Reading →
Aberdeen are a funny old club. From the heady heights of European success in the 1980's to the stagnation and fall from grace in the 1990's and 2000's. Still a huge club in Scottish terms, not just in a one club city but a one club region in top level terms. Recent results however have... Continue Reading →
During a recent Footballblether trip, sitting over a few birre in a Milanese bar, we discussed our current "Fantasy XI" based on the players who we feel would or could make up the best team in current world football. This discussion got me thinking about the best players I have ever seen (in the flesh)... Continue Reading →
Following my adventures in Italy with my fellow Football Blether writers, it was back to the Scottish Juniors with an intriguing East of Scotland Conference League Match between Linlithgow Rose and Jeanfield Swifts at Prestonfield. The novelty of an 8pm kickoff on a Saturday night added to the mystique. Despite being a Hibs fan and... Continue Reading →
We embarked on something of a pilgrimage to the city of Parma on Saturday 9 March 2019. Parma is a city famous for food and of course, 1990's football with legendary players like Asprilla, Crespo and Thuram to name but a few who graced the Stadio Ennio Tardini during the peak glory years of this... Continue Reading →
A common theme in recent times has been for commentators, players and football fans to look back with nostalgia, through rose tinted glasses, to the days when we were all young, playing football with our friends on the street, round the park or on a proper football pitch - both informally and formally. Many lament... Continue Reading →
As we move into February, the 2018/19 Serie A season and league table is beginning to take shape. As always, there are a few surprises, a few big sides underperforming, smaller sides impressing and as has usually been the case in recent years, the Bianconeri leading the way. Speaking of Juve, back in the summer they... Continue Reading →
The Scottish Cup 4th Round, a date in the calendar which signifies both the return from the winter break for the top sides, as well as their introduction into the fabled old cup competition - the oldest running such competition in the world. The draw on this occasion had matched League One's bottom side Stenhousemuir... Continue Reading →
A late Sunday morning in mid-February 2008. I’d just arrived at Genoa Brignola station, where I‘d agreed to meet up with some bloke I’d met on the internet for the handover of the match briefs. After six months in Italy in possession of a Sky Calcio package for me and my flatmates to while our... Continue Reading →
