Inside Left 16 November @ 08:31 AM EST
About a week or so ago, I wrote two articles on this site about the perilous state the Scottish
game finds itself in. Back then, I bemoaned the fact that the game north of the border was being
haunted by events on and off the field, from financial troubles to crowd troubles, from declining
standards [.
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Calcioplus 06 November @ 05:29 PM EST
07/11/2009Hearts - Hibernian ore 13.30Aberdeen - St.Johnstone ore 16.00Hamilton - Motherwell ore
16.00Kilmarnock - Dundee ore 16.00Rangers - St.Mirren ore 16.0008/11/2009Falkirk - Celtic ore
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Via the official Web site...
Tell us your background as a player in Scotland.
My footballing background
goes back many years. I was a player in my younger days and I had a number of trials around some of
the local teams, but never really made it onto the big stage. I was a big fan of football as
well.
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A midweek prediction special as Scottish football's least revered competition reaches the quarter
final stage.Dundee v RangersRangers rediscovered some vim on Saturday but, crucially, still
couldn't overcome Hibs. This is a poor Rangers side further distracted by off the field disasters.
Quite a contrast to Dundee who are flying high and luxuriating in new found riches.
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Inside Left 26 October @ 09:52 AM EST
The dust has only just settled on the weekend fixtures, but there's not much rest for some of the
teams, as the Quarter Finals of the Scottish League Cup takes place over the next two days. We
preview the upcoming fixtures. Dundee v Rangers Dundee currently lead the Scottish First division,
having dropped just one point [.
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Calcioplus 24 October @ 02:47 AM EST
24/10/2009Aberdeen - Dundee ore 16.00Hearts - Falkirk ore 16.00Kilmarnock - St.Johnstone ore
16.00Rangers - Hibernian ore 16.00St.Mirren - Motherwell ore 16.0025/10/2009Hamilton - Celtic ore
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Dirty Tackle 16 October @ 01:46 PM EST
Is it ever a good idea to invite your boss to a social function? I guess since it was his
wedding, Ryan Stevenson (above, left), a midfielder for Scottish First Division side Ayr United,
was obligated to invite his manager, Brian Reid, but when the boss arrived, he immediately proved
to be the worst wedding guest since your senile aunt Linda and her suffocated cat wrapped as a
present by shutting down the bar.
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Not since Sean Dundee (joke) have us Liverpool fans been quite so enthusiastic to see a player
get on the field of play wearing the beloved Reds jersey than with the belated anticipation of
Alberto Aquilani finally being fit enough to kick a ball. Note the nifty trick he appears to have
pulled off in the first image and the way he appears to be hypnotizing Martin Skrtel in the
second.
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Inside Left 02 October @ 08:58 AM EST
This weeks Four to Follow features two tasty derby's, a meeting of old versus new and a top versus
(almost) bottom.
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Inside Left 25 September @ 08:40 AM EST
Rangers, Aberdeen, Dundee, Ross County, Livingston, Queens Park, Fort William and Auchinleck
Talbot. Yes, this weeks Four to Follow features some household names, as well as some you might
just want to go and Google.
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Inside Left 22 September @ 05:35 PM EST
Aberdeen are knocked out of the CIS Cup by Dundee. Your normally impartial editor is not fucking
happy about it. What is it with Aberdeen and Cup competitions?
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Colorado Rapids - Colorado's draw with San Jose kept them in a tie with Chivas for 4th in the West
and 6th overall. Colorado still has a game in hand over most of the teams in front of them, but
Chivas and New England are lurking right behind them with a game in hand over the Rapids. Colorado
is tied with DC for the 2nd best offense (2 behind Dallas) and tied with FSL and Chicago for the
6th best defense with 5 games to play.
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Inside Left 15 September @ 03:33 AM EST
Falkirk 0-0 Aberdeen. The Dons keep their 3rd consecutive clean sheet. If only they could score at
the other end ...
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Inside Left 28 August @ 06:54 AM EST
We preview four of the top games in Scotland this weekend and tip Hearts, Inverness, Cowdenbeath
and Livingston to pick up three points.
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Inside Left 25 August @ 04:07 AM EST
The second round of the League Cup, otherwise known as the Co-Operative Insurance Cup takes place
tonight and tomorrow.
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Inside Left 19 August @ 10:00 AM EST
Jings, crivens, help ma boab, it's Wednesday already. Time for a quick and not very serious look at
the week so far.
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Inside Left 14 August @ 09:38 AM EST
Aye aye, and welcome to another season of Scottish football. There's a lot to look forward to this
season, we hope, but given the national side's dismal display against Norway on Wednesday, it's
safe to assume that none of us will be booking flights to South Africa anytime soon. Miracles do
happen of course, but we're talking Walt Disney-esque miracles here, the ones involving fairies and
rainbows and so on
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So Scotland's lower leagues kicked off on Saturday.Dundee, powered by spending that is the envy of
most SPL clubs, started with a win over Morton. The hope at Dens Park will be that they've done
enough to buy promotion.But although the cash offers an advantage, money on its own is no guarantee
of success.
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So Scotland's lower leagues kicked off on Saturday.Dundee, powered by spending that is the envy of
most SPL clubs, started with a win over Morton. The hope at Dens Park will be that they've done
enough to buy promotion.But although the cash offers an advantage, money on its own is no guarantee
of success.
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Anfield Talk 08 August @ 02:49 PM EST
With Philipp Degen continuing to challenge Istvan Kozma and Sean Dundee for the dubious honour of
being Liverpool's worst ever foreign signing the position of back-up to Glen Johnson is certainly
up for grabs.
The one player who has staked the most impressive claim for this understudy's role is teenage
defender Martin Kelly who has been one of the Reds stand out performers during pre-season.
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Big Story
It seems we overuse the word "crisis" here at Pitch Invasion in these daily Sweeper roundups,
but it is appropriate in this case as a terrible summer for Scottish football got worse with
Livingston's demotion from the first to the third division "for breaching
insolvency rules.
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According to The Chronicle, Bassong has been fined two weeks wages for his failure to travel to
Dundee for last weekend's friendly. Hughton had previously stated that Bassong wouldn't have
featured in the game anyway because he's serving a ban for the West Brom trip and Hughton wanted to
field a team against Dundee that [.
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Continuing what we hope will be the most comprehensive pre-season previews of the season
that you will be able to find anywhere on the net, we're heading north of the border tonight for
the first of a gargantuan two-part look at what we can expect in Scotland. Gavin Saxton is your
guide to the 2009-10 season in the SPL and the SFL Division One, with The SFL Divisions Two and
Three to follow tomorrow.
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Les Rosbifs 04 August @ 03:00 PM EST
A scour of the Welsh Premier League has thrown up over 100 players and managers plying their trade
over the border. Some have originated from English leagues lower down the pyramid, such as the West
Cheshire League, while others come from professional backgrounds – some more interesting than
others.
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The Newcastle Evening Chronicle have revealed today that Sebastien Bassong has been fined two weeks
wages by Newcastle United for refusing to travel to Dundee at the weekend. Sebastien Bassong fined
2 weeks wages Newcastle have imposed the maximum fine on their 23 year-old player because they were
unhappy with his attitude.
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The new Newcastle United Third Kit ( Shirt) for the 2009-10 Championship season has been revealed.
The announcement of the third kit comes after the unveiling of the NUFC Home Strip 2009-10 and NUFC
Away Strip 2009-10. The new NUFC Third Jersey was worn for the first time in a friendly against SPL
side Dundee [.
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The weekend has of course been largely given over to the sad death of Sir Bobby Robson and the rest
of the news seems less important now. However I'm going to try and catch up a bit today. In our
final pre-season friendly we managed a 1-1 draw with Dundee. Our goal came from Andy Carrol [...]
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Les Rosbifs 29 July @ 03:06 AM EST
A few more players to say ‘Goodbye' to on Les Rosbifs, as the thorough sifting of the list
continues unabated. The biggest one of these is the departure of former Manchester United and
Manchester City winger Terry Cooke from Colorado Rapids of the MLS. Cooke was waived yesterday so
that the Rapids English coach, Gary [.
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Inside Left 22 July @ 03:45 AM EST
Inside Left gives you a quick roundup of the various friendlies featuring Scottish teams taking
place this evening.
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There is something of a buzz walking into your rival team's stadium. Being in a small minority
of a group of away supporters is surely part of it; you're outnumbered, but you're hungrier and
louder as a response. Everywhere around you is enemy territory. It's not home; it's unfamiliar,
it's foreign, it doesn't belong to your club.
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the yorkies 30 June @ 06:50 PM EST
Scottish media is reporting that Canadian International defender/midfielder Chris Pozniak has
agreed to a deal with his club Dundee that paves the way for a return to Toronto FC when the
transfer window opens.
The useful utility man was a solid worker bee on a poor TFC in year one. He was foolishly left
unprotected and snapped up in the San Jose expansion draft.
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Harmse out, Pozniak in...it's music to my ears. Reports out of Scotland are suggesting that Chris
Pozniak is set to return rejoin Toronto FC for a second stint with us.
He played a pretty significant role in our first season as the ultimate utility man, playing just
about everywhere in the defense and the midfield.
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US Soccer is reporting that Maurice Edu will not be available for the US Men's National Team
World Cup qualifiers this week due to a knee injury. Maurice Edu did not travel to Miami yesterday
as scheduled and is remaining in Glasgow to receive further evaluation on the knee injury he
suffered in Rangers final league match on May 24 against Dundee.
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With a busy week of World Cup qualifying ahead, I have a column to write for Tuesday summing up
the competition so far and looking ahead to next year's tournament.
With that in mind, I'll keep things brief here, but wanted to note that:
*Fontana's Maurice Edu will not travel with the U.
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Maurice Edu will not travel to Miami today as scheduled, remaining in Glasgow to receive further
evaluation on the knee injury he suffered in Rangers final league match on May 24 against Dundee.
Edu will not be available for Wednesday's match against Costa Rica, and his status for the
remaining games this summer will be determined based on the results of his examination.
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