Hearts Up Against It
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The Scottish Premier League, A Brief Preview
The Scottish Premier League kicks off its fifteenth – and conceivably its last – season this weekend, after a summer when off-field issues have dominated, and the repercussions of which...
Match of the Week: Wick Academy 2-4 Raith Rovers
Finally, after Scottish football’s traumatic summer, the chance to get back to some actual football. Starting with the now-traditional curtain-raiser of the Challenge Cup (currently the Ramsdens Cup, if you...
Where Next for Scottish Football?
So the member clubs of the Scottish Football League have flexed their muscles, called a few bluffs, and agreed to accept Rangers as a member of the league – in...
The Battle for Control of Scottish Football
For the time being, this has pretty much ceased to be about Rangers. As the Scottish Football League prepares for its General Meeting on Friday, at which we may (or...
Rangers Again: The Buck is Passed to the SFL
It’s been a fraught and sometimes farcical week in Scottish football, as the authorities in the SFA and SPL have been scrabbling desparately to find a solution to the Rangers...
An Open Letter to the Scottish Football League
To all officials, boards and directors of the Scottish Football League and its member clubs, I wish to make known the strength of my opposition to any arrangement which would...
Rangers’ Nightmare Week
This week, Alex Salmond held discussions with David Cameron about the terms of a referendum on independence, and Cameron launched his own pleas in defence of the Union. It’s a...
Match Of The Week: Altrincham 3-2 Vauxhall Motors
Well, I’ve been absent from twohundredpercent for a while due to work commitments, but having finally got some time off, and with half the family off enjoying themselves in New...
Time For Dundee To Prove That Lessons Have Been Learned
Many congratulations to everyone connected with the new regime at Dundee, who came out of administration earlier this month. Any misgivings about the CVA came to naught, HMRC declined to...
The Twohundredpercent Play-off Jamboree: Albion Rovers 3-1 Annan Athletic
It’s not often anyone has all that much to say about Albion Rovers. So now that they’ve got quite a good side and – at the midway point of this...
The Twohundredpercent Play-off Jamboree: Cowdenbeath 0-2 Brechin City (agg. 2-4)
We were here a year ago for the same fixture and for the same reason – the first division play-offs. Last year they met in the final rather than the...
The Twohundredpercent Play-off Jamboree: Annan Athletic 2-1 Alloa Athletic
Rarely have I watched a game between two teams with such differing levels of enthusiasm for being involved in the match at all. That’s inevitable, to a large extent, when...
Crunch Time In The Highland League
Buckie Thistle v Deveronvale, a straight head-to-head for the title .......
In Defence Of Sammy The Tammy
Cardboard tanks and floodlight failures - controversy in the Scottish first division....
Manchester City and Me
I can't really sum it up any better than my dad did, just the other day - he said he'd love to follow City again, "but that's not Manchester City"....
Craig Levein and Graeme Hogg: a classic punch-up
This week’s spat between Joe Jordan and Rino Gattuso prompted the usual sanctimonious outpourings about the disgraceful behaviour of footballers, as well as the usual counter-responses from fans that actually...
Dundee`s CVA Passes (For Now)
The first reaction, when the news broke that Dundee’s CVA had been passed at a creditors’ meeting on Tuesday, was relief. I’d never really thought there would be much danger...
Selflessness at Stirling Albion
Including a brief round-up of financial problems in the Scottish first division....
Whitley Bay Go For Promotion
The Northern League, Division One of which is Step 5 in the non-league pyramid, is a bit of a world of its own. Despite its name, it’s really a North...