Rangers manager Ally McCoist says he is glad to have tonight’s clash at Forfar to focus on in the wake of yet ­another off-field Ibrox drama.
LAST season, Neil Lennon was left in a state of bemused fury when none of his players made it on to PFA Scotland’s shortlist for their Player of the Year award.
The sight of the outfield player anxiously pulling on an outsized goalkeeper jersey is too rarely seen in these days of substitute goalkeepers. But it was one of several thrilling moments for the neutral to savour at McDiarmid Park on Saturday.
TIM Sherwood saw his Tottenham side beat Swansea 3-1 to record a fifth win in six Premier League games, but knows his job will be on the line if he does not deliver Champions League qualification.
DESPITE being only 20 years old, Dale Carrick is prone to rating himself by the number of goals scored – like any forward. It was possible, therefore, to see the relief mixed with delight in his eyes as he spoke about “getting the monkey off my back” after his header on Saturday helped Hearts...
ST Mirren midfielder John McGinn has claimed that team-mate Jim Goodwin is being unfairly treated by opposing supporters and match officials. Goodwin was booked on Saturday after appearing to catch Hibernian’s Sam Stanton with an elbow, and was substituted soon after by manager Danny Lennon.
IT IS always the same when a team ­reverses the form guide to post a win: the victors hope it is the shape of things to come, the vanquished just a blip.
Chelsea inflicted a knockout blow on Manchester United’s hopes of making a successful defence of the Barclays Premier League and kept their title bid on track with a comprehensive victory at Stamford Bridge.
Former Wolves and England goal­keeper Bert Williams has died aged 93.
Most of the attention in the Championship was due to be at Dens Park where league leaders Dundee were due to host second-placed Hamilton before a flooded pitch saw the game called off 90 minutes before kick-off.
Leigh Griffiths and Robert Snodgrass hint at Celtic interest; Georgios Samaras awaits Neil Lennon contract offer; Billy Brown to remain at Hearts after administrator U-turn, plus all the rest of today’s football news and gossip
THE future of Paul Ince as manager of Blackpool was in serious doubt last night – with former Rangers and Scotland captain Barry Ferguson rumoured to be on the verge of replacing him as a player-manager.
WOLVES striker Leigh Griffiths has said he would “definitely consider” a move to Celtic as he addressed rumours of a move away from Molineux.
NORWICH City winger Robert Snodgrass looks set to miss out on a move to Celtic this month as his club reiterated their desire to retain the Scotland midfielder.
ST Johnstone midfielder Murray Davidson, who sustained a serious knee injury in a fraught game against Hearts, will not play again this season.
Whitehill Welfare avenged their League Cup defeat at Meadowbank with a deserved 4-0 win in the drizzle at Ferguson Park, but the story of the match might have been different if Edinburgh City had been able to convert some of their chances in the first hour. More...
Keith McLeod emerged from the substitutes’ bench to net a superb winner for Spartans in their 2-1 victory over Stirling University at Forthbank in a crunch Lowland League Cup Group B encounter. More...
Bo’ness remain on track for a fabulous double of East Super League and Scottish Junior Cup after beating St Andrews 2-1 in Fife with a last-minute header from man-of-the-match, Paul Murphy to reach the last 16. More...
CHRIS Erskine hopes his return to Partick Thistle results in the Jags’ first home Scottish Premiership win of the season against St Johnstone at Firhill on Tuesday night.
Tommy Wright will not appeal the red card keeper Alan Mannus picked up against Hearts on Saturday, leaving veteran Steve Banks to take over in goal for St Johnstone’s trip to Partick Thistle in the Scottish Premiership on Tuesday night.
BILEL Mohsni saved Rangers from another Station Park slip-up as he kick-started a 2-0 win against Forfar.
SENIOR management at Hearts have accepted that Billy Brown will take his place in the dugout for the League Cup semi-final on 2 February, despite the fact that his contract runs out two days earlier.
For an hour yesterday lunch-time Graham Wallace spoke about the state of Rangers, how the club got to this point and how he intends to move it forward.
RANGERS chief executive Graham Wallace believes that his cost-cutting drive has “unanimous support” within Ibrox, and has vowed to continue his review of “each and every individual in the organisation”.
HIBERNIAN manager Terry Butcher insists he will accelerate his plans to recruit new players after conceding that injured defensive pair Paul Hanlon and Ryan McGivern are facing weeks on the sidelines.
Defender Diego Lugano’s first goal in English football meant new manager Pepe Mel avoided a losing start to his West Brom career and provided a ray of light amid the ongoing controversy surrounding Nicolas Anelka.
JEROME Champagne wants to become the next Fifa president, and doubtless the jokes will flow like the best bubbly. The 55-year-old Frenchman, a former diplomat and Fifa official, made his announcement in London yesterday, 17 months before the election that could end the controversial 17-year reign...
Rangers chief executive Graham Wallace gives The Scotsman an exclusive, wide-ranging interview; Joe Ledley could be key to Celtic’s bid for Robert Snodgrass; scam fears over irregular betting in Scottish football match, plus all the rest of today’s football news and gossip
CELTIC have opened up talks with Georgios Samaras about his future.
HIBERNIAN winger Alex Harris has signed a contract extension that ties him to the club until summer 2017.
THE third weekend of 2014 may have seen a couple of postponements, however there was more than enough action, drama and goals for the Scotsman Weekly Awards to be awarded to worthy winners (and one unfortunate loser).
Rangers manager Ally McCoist has defended his side’s pre-match preparations in the wake of accusations that the club is still living beyond its means.
Tollcross Thistle and Heriot Vale served up an 11-goal thriller in the fourth round of the East of Scotland Cup, with the former coming out on top 6-5 after extra-time in a match which will live long in the memory. More...
Tynecastle entered the mix for a four-way title challenge in the Central Taxis Premier Division with a comeback success at Civil Service Strollers. More...
RANGERS keeper Steve Simonsen insists Ally McCoist’s players will not let the latest off-field turmoil disrupt their relentless march towards the League One title.
RYAN Stevenson will be available for Hearts’ League Cup semi-final against Inverness Caledonian Thistle, after the Gorgie side’s Premiership fixture with St Mirren was rearranged for next week.
STEVIE May’s 20th goal of the season against Partick handed St Johnstone just their second Scottish Premiership win outside of Perth this season.
BARRY Ferguson is poised to be appointed manager of Blackpool until the end of the season following the much-anticipated dismissal of Paul Ince.
HEARTS took another significant step towards new ownership yesterday when it was announced that administrators BDO have a verbal agreement with Ubig to buy the Lithuanian company’s 50 per cent stake in the club.
Queen’s Park’s month-long search for a new head coach will end today with former St Mirren and Queen of the South manager Gus MacPherson coming back into out of the game after 20 months out by taking the helm at Hampden.
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