Scottish Premier League Recap 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below is a recap of all the SPL matches on February 11, 2012.

Dunfermline 1-4 Rangers

Rangers get goals from four different players to keep pace in the title race. Dunfermline remains last in the table with a -30 goal difference.

Scottish Premier League Match Predictions 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

Below are predictions for all the SPL matches on February 11, 2012. Times listed are GMT or local UK time.

Scottish Premier League Match Predictions

Saturday, 11 February 2012

Dunfermline v Rangers, 12:00 Rangers wins 2-0

Celtic v Inverness, 15:00 Celtic wins 3-1

Hibernian v Aberdeen, 15:00 Aberdeen wins 1-0

Kilmarnock v Hearts, 15:00 1-1 Draw

St Johnstone v Dundee United, 15:00 St Johnstone wins 2-1

St Mirren v Motherwell, 15:00 Motherwell wins 2-1

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Scottish Premier League Match Predictions 11 February 2012 - The 90th Minute Soccer Blog

A week away from the blog.
I'd like to explain my absence with exciting tales of derring do. But I can't. The most excitement I got was watching Hibs beat Kilmarnock in the Scottish Cup, nailbiting to the end.
No, I've been away largely because I couldn't be arsed for the last week.

Rangers mainstay Maurice Edu has just buried his first goal since September, a drive from the edge of the area to pull the hosts level with rivals Aberdeen on 70 minutes.So that makes two posts with clips to come...- Greg Seltzer

Another week spent dodging ever more dire warnings about the state of Scottish football.
This time everything's got a lot Grimmer with Aberdeen losing a lauded protégé to the mysterious land of riches that some people call England.
Highly rated youngster leaves Aberdeen area to chance his arm in England?

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been given the FIFA presidential award for services to football. The United manager was presented with the award by FIFA president Sepp Blatter at the FIFA Ballon d'Or gala in Zurich.

Talking about SAF, Blatter said:

"Elite football is all about results and winning and there is no one better at it than him.

A January weekend to cast off the shackles of league pressure and revel in the romance of what is, at this stage, the most egalitarian of our competitions.
A Scottish Cup weekend. Breathe in the fresh air of potential shocks and brace yourself butchers, bakers and candlestick makers making SPL defences look like part-time amateurs.

By Alan Duffy

That's it, keep it on the ground son, you're rubbish in the air

Scottish football is often criticised for its lack of technical quality and while this view is often unfair, Aberdeen's Robert Milsom did little to silence the critics on Monday in the Dons' 2-1 win against Dundee United.

Sir Alex Ferguson at 70: Aberdeen achievements should be remembered

The plaudits will once again be ringing in Sir Alex Ferguson's ears this weekend as the Manchester United manager turns 70. His achievements with Aberdeen should still be remembered.

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Yesterday I was rummaging around in Tooting's Oxfam and found a Charles Buchan book from 1955-56. In it was this picture of young Graham Leggat. How about that?

Leggat had just played a key role in Aberdeen's first ever league title (in the 1954-55 season). A few years later he was scoring a super-fast hat-trick on Boxing Day as Fulham destroyed Ipswish 10-1.

Yesterday I was rummaging around in Tooting's Oxfam and found a Charles Buchan book from 1955-56. In it was this picture of young Graham Leggat. How about that?

Leggat had just played a key role in Aberdeen's first ever league title (in the 1954-55 season). A few years later he was scoring a super-fast hat-trick on Boxing Day as Fulham destroyed Ipswish 10-1.

It was only a tiny step forward, but those that have been campaigning for the return of terraces in the form of safe standing had a rare reason to be cheerful yesterday with an announcement from north of the border, that the Scottish Premier League is to trial a pilot that may see the return of standing at matches in the near future.

In the run up to Christmas the Scottish Football Blog is taking a daily look at the season so far for the 12 SPL clubs.
And what they might hope to find in their stockings.
Alphabetically at least Aberdeen are number one.
Woe seems to hang over Pittodrie like a particularly clingy North Sea haar at the moment.

Not so long a go, Ellis Short offered Steve Bruce a four year contract to help quieten the murmurings in the media of Bruce's strong contention for the England management job. This was despite the fact that Bruce had seemingly only had modest achievements in his twelve year managerial career, with the only tangible success's being two promotions from the championship with Birmingham City (sandwiched between relegation).

Personal transfer fee Sone Aluko has revealed that he, his friends and family had to stump up £200,000 to complete his move to Rangers. The 22-year-old's transfer was on the verge of collapse when the champions refused to stump up the compensation being demanded by his former club Aberdeen. According to the Daily Record: Faced [.

Monday night football.
When I was a slip of lad approaching drinking age Monday night football used to be a thing of wonder.
(Drinking age, kids, used to be more of a general guide than a rule. Don't live as I lived. It's bad for you.)
We'd gather around what we then thought were big screens and be stunned as Newcastle and Liverpool served up seven goal thrillers and Sky's hype levels left our skies and bothered Martian moons.

Follow the words with your finger, Darren There is a lot of high and mighty guff diatribed from disillusioned fans about how stupid football players are, and how detached they are from fans in our modern game. Credit therefore has to be given to Aberdeen's Darren Mackie for agreeing to be interviewed by a local [.

By Alan Duffy

It is all too easy to get snobby and sneer at footballers about their (usual) lack of a high-level education. And too often that sneeriness is borne out of nothing but jealousy at the fact they get paid shed-loads of money for simply playing football. Still, in the case of poor old Darren Mackie of Aberdeen, it's hard not to giggle.

I was recently asked to write a couple of paragraphs about what Sir Alex Ferguson meant to me. How on earth do you put in to words what a difference this man has made to us? My life is considerably better and I have been unquestionably happier than I would have otherwise been because Ferguson became the manager of Manchester United in 1986.

Self-confidence, it would seem, is something Alex Ferguson has never lacked. Full of ambition, the Scot declared in his first programme notes as Manchester United manager: "I am not really interested in what has happened here in the past. I don't mean any disrespect to the great achievements of Manchester United over the years.

Self-confidence, it would seem, is something Alex Ferguson has never lacked. Full of ambition, the Scot declared in his first programme notes as Manchester United manager: "I am not really interested in what has happened here in the past. I don't mean any disrespect to the great achievements of Manchester United over the years.

Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu continued their winning streak away from home as they beat ten-man Aberdeen away from home.

Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu travel to Aberdeen where they look to extend their winning streak away from home.

Categories: Yanks Home and Abroad

Tags: Featured, US Soccer, USMNT, Yanks Abroad

How 49 USMNT players performed for their club teams this weekend: Goalkeepers (7) Guzan, Brad (Aston Villa/BPL) Dressed however did not play in 2-1 loss to West Brom. Dominic Cervi (Celtic/SPL) Did not dress in 2-1 win over Aberdeen.

There exists evidence to the contrary that a man's home is his castle. To begin, seeing as how there are so few men living in castles these days, owing to their relatively poor resale value and faulty electrical wiring incapable of handling the wattage necessary to capture the beautiful game in breathtaking HD, castles just aren't prime real estate these days.

David Stockdale started and made 11 saves in Ipswich Town's 2-2 draw at Cardiff on Saturday. On October 1 he started and made 7 saves in Ipswich's 3-1 win over Brighton.

Bjorn Helge Riise did not dress in Portmouth's 2-0 win over Barnsley on Saturday. He started and played 45 minutes in Portsmouth's 1-0 loss at Leeds on October 1.

A tortuous night following Hibs' league cup win against Motherwell from afar.
They got there in the end, the dramatic cruelty of the penalty shoot-out and all that.
The "real" Hibs, said a relieved Colin Calderwood. But they were minutes away from another defeat.
Cometh the approaching final whistle, cometh the man.

Time for a quick mention of my new friends at Tweetsport.
Regular readers will know I'm something of a Twitter addict. And with Twitter now just about the best place to get sports news, Tweetsport is the ideal site for all your sports news in one place. And you don't even need to be on Twitter to follow the action.

Billy Brown is the new assistant manager at Hibs.
It's going to feel odd typing that for some time to come. Rumours had been swirling all week but it still came as a bit of a shock when the announcement was made.
That shouldn't really be the reaction.
Everything you've heard about Hibs v Aberdeen last Sunday is probably an understatement.

What times to be a Hibs supporter.
Bottom of the league, a manager who has become a toxic brand, sections of the support ever more alienated from the vision the board have for the club. And sections of the support who are consistently voting with their feet.
A demonstration is planned before today's game with second bottom Aberdeen.

Some more involved coverage of both the Huskies men's and women's soccer teams is on the to-do list here at the Heart, but in the meantime I thought it was worth highlighting the fact that the men's team has entered the NSCAA national rankings at #23 after starting the season 2-0-1. The last time the Huskies were ranked was a brief period in October last season when the Huskies were also ranked #23rd after a big win over Portland.

When one thinks about Scottish Football, one thinks Celtic Glasgow or Rangers. These two Clubs dominate & always win (with the odd exception) the Scottish Premier League. Its the typical "two horse" race that limits the chances & opportunities of the other Clubs present & active like Aberdeen, Dundee Utd, Hibernian, Motherwell .

There is a reality-bending report that claims Aberdeen are set to open talks for U.S. striker Eddie Johnson. Yes, the club have paid some attention to the free agent, but a club source told me that 1) they just bought the striker they were looking for & 2) they are out of budget unless someone leaves.

All three Americans played a part of Rangers win at home over Aberdeen with Mauriice Edu and Carlos Bocanegra starting while Alejandro Bedoya came off the bench

Alejandro Bedoya finally gets the green light to suit up for Rangers but may not start alongside Carlos Bocanegra and Maurice Edu as Rangers take on Aberdeen.

Things are never as bad as they seem. In 1882 The Sporting Times declared English cricket dead.
Right now England are the number one team in the world, holders of The Ashes that once symbolised their demise.
Sport has peaks and sport has troughs.
But this was a grim night for Scottish football.

The phrase "European competition" had a somewhat redundant feel to it this evening, after Tottenham Hotpur cruised to a comfortable win against Heart of Midlothian at Tynecastle in a match that felt at times like a training match for the visitors from the Premier League. It was a match that might, under a certain light, have had the feel of a possible surprise on the cards.

All the talk has finally finished and while the conjecture over who may or may not be joining Spurs will go on for another couple of weeks, our season finally gets under way at Tynecastle tonight.
While Spurs may be favourites to win over two legs, former Hearts boss and current Spurs coach Joe Jordan says the team will not underestimate their Scottish opponents.

Not technically the Fringe this one. Rather the Edinburgh International Book Festival in the capital's posh Charlotte Square.
The stars: Stuart Donald, author of On Fire with Fergie, and Daniel Gray, writer of Stramash: Tackling Scotland's Towns and Teams.
The format will be familiar with anyone who has visited the annual orgy of literature before.

Do our footballers ever ruminate on how a modern Scotland can persuade the rest of the world that it is embracing innovation and shifting away from our old "tartan and shortbread" image?
Probably not.
But at least one star of yesteryear is probably immensely relaxed about the nostalgic power of plaid and a unleavened biscuit phenomenon.