Archive for December, 2010

/ December 31, 2010 7:38 am

Freddie Ljungberg signs on at Celtic until the summer

Former Arsenal playmaker Freddie Ljungberg has signed with Celtic until the end of the season, after impressing manager Neil Lennon while on trial and passing a medical yesterday afternoon. And the Swedish international could make his debut in Sunday’s Old Firm derby against Rangers at Ibrox. Lennon commented on his latest acquisition, “He’s done very well in the two days

/ December 31, 2010 7:15 am

The Terrace Radio Football Podcast: Derby Fever

Hi everyone, hope you had a great Christmas, and welcome to this week’s episode of The Terrace. On the show this week you can look forward to plenty of preview ahead the Derby’s which will be enthralling the local communities up and down Scotland. Glasgow, Fife, Edinburgh, Lanarkshire etc etc will all have big days in their seasons this weekend.

/ December 30, 2010 11:15 am

Stuart McCall named as the new Motherwell manager

Former Rangers and Scotland midfielder Stuart McCall has been named as the new Motherwell manager, succeeding Craig Brown who left to fill the vacant Aberdeen job. McCall’s only previous management job was at Bradford City in England. The 46 year old has signed a two and a half year deal, and began his tenure taking charge of training at the

/ December 21, 2010 7:33 pm

Issue 2.3 of The 12th Man Football Fanzine – Sir Matt Busby profiled

The last issue of The 12th Man of 2010 is out now. In this issue, we profile one of the greatest managers Scotland has ever produced – Sir Matt Busby. John Bleasdale continues his look at Youth Development, and Hearts legend Barney Battles Junior is also profiled. We take a look at Rangers’ Champions League campaign, and Graeme Smith takes

/ December 21, 2010 7:02 pm

Nominate the Best of Scottish Football Now!

After the votes were cast in the Best Scottish Football Website, and the winner was announced as TheFootyBlog.net, according to our readers. We have now opened up nominations for other categories within Scottish Football. We are looking for nominations for: The Best Scottish Football Journalist The Best Scottish Football Blogger The Best Scottish Football Podcast The Best Scottish Football Forum

/ December 21, 2010 6:56 pm

The Terrace Radio Football Podcast Christmas Special

Merrrrrrrrrry Christmas and welcome to this week’s episode of The Terrace. On this most festive of shows we will mull (you see what I did there: mull, like the wine) over the idea of a 10-team top tier and the other reconstructions which will be put to the SPL chairman when the snow finally clears! We’ll talk over the limited

/ December 20, 2010 9:39 am

Carling Nations Cup to be shown on Sky Sports 3D

The Football Association of Ireland have announced that it has secured a television deal with Sky Sports to show all six Carling Nations Cup matches in February and May 2011 in Ireland and the UK. All of the matches will be shown on Sky Sports in 3D, a first for three of the participating teams and the first time Sky

/ December 18, 2010 6:10 pm

Scottish Football Website Award Winners

After hundreds of votes cast over the course of the past month, the voting has ended and we announce our the top Scottish Football websites and to give out honourable mentions to others. The Award Winners TheFootyBlog.net – Scott Johnston’s site topped the voting tables of our readers, and the talented writer more than warrants his place in our top

/ December 18, 2010 3:15 pm

Sub-Editor vacancy at Scotzine.com

Scotzine.com is looking to fill the position of Sub Editor of the Scottish Football website. The individual must be dedicated to the role, a fan of the Scottish game and not afraid of some hard work. The position requires the candidate to improve the site, fanzine and promote through social networking sites also. From daily updates to regular featured articles

/ December 17, 2010 1:51 pm

Picklive – Compete in-play for Cash Prizes

Picklive allows contestants to compete in-play for cash prizes during a televised match, and at the same time to interact with fellow footie fanatics. Rather than taking place over the course of a season as with traditional formats, Picklive occurs either within the course of a live game or in a 7.5 minute window within that game. Gamers pick a

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