The Scottish Premiership is not a league without its detractors. Whether this be due to the one sided (two sided before Rangers' implosion) nature leading to an overly predictable end result; or the number of meaningless games for clubs safe from relegation at an early stage but without the staying power and/or stamina to challenge... Continue Reading →
Does Trequartista Translate to Scottish?
As is well documented within this blog and as is common knowledge, Scotland have a recently woeful record of qualifying for Major Tournaments such as the World Cup or European Championships. Reasons behind this including bad managers, bad players, bad luck, lack of investment, lack of youth development and even the break up of the Soviet... Continue Reading →
Champions League Evolution – Pulling the Thread
On Monday 11 December 2017, the draw for the last 16 of this season's Champions League took place. Amid the fanfare and over-hyped ceremony, the draw threw up some intriguing and exciting ties, but also an insight into the future and potential problems or issues that we may be faced with in the coming years.... Continue Reading →
Bohemian Armchair Football
The amount of free to air football on television has decreased significantly over the last few years, accelerated by the well documented riches provided through multi million pound/Euro TV deals spanning most major European Leagues , European club, International and worldwide competitions. Many arguments could be made both for and against the power of television... Continue Reading →
Will the Scottish Centre Halves Please Stand Up, Please Stand Up
For a number of years now, encompassing World Cup and European Championship qualifying campaigns where Scotland have failed to qualify, much focus or source of worry for fans has been the lack of any top quality, reliable centre backs within the Scotland team and even the Scotland squad. In the most recent qualifying campaign, Scotland's... Continue Reading →
Tactical (r)evolution and a Cultured Football trip to Warsaw
A lot has happened since May 2015. We have had two full football seasons, an international tournament at Euro2016 and Scotland have (again) failed to qualify for major international tournaments in the aforementioned Euro2016 and the upcoming Russia2018 World Cup. May 2015 did however offer a clear illustration of how football and indeed other cultures... Continue Reading →
Brief Comparison of British Football
Football fans need rivalries. Whether watching teams at the lower end of the league system such as Linlithgow Rose v Bo'Ness United or games at the very top such as Barcelona v Real Madrid; rivalries add to the fan's experience, add interest, add passion and add a point of reference as well. Scotland have England.... Continue Reading →
Scottish football – A fan’s rose tinted base case
There is a distinct irregularity to my attendance at football matches. There is no routine to speak of, no club football season ticket offering the same surroundings every second week, the same weekly or fortnightly pre match ritual or the same religious focus on a single team throughout each season. This is due to a... Continue Reading →
The Football Blether
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