Welcome one and all. The first post in the Scottish Football Blog's 24 hour blogathon. Enjoy.
A perfect starting point, then, suggested by the Twitter fixture that is @steakheed
This might seem like a bit of a cheat. People who read this blog will know I don't shy from a spot of Hibernian navel gazing.

Dominic Cervi was beaten twice as Greenock Morton let their early lead slip at home to Dundee.

Dominic Cervi and Greenock Morton will look to pick up another three points in the Scottish First Division against Dundee at home.

There's no question in Charlie Adam's mind - Scottish footballers should see a move to England not as an exile but as an opportunity.
And he should know. A product of the Rangers youth system, he spent much of his early career on loan - to St Mirren and Ross County - before returning to the Ibrox first team in time for their Uefa Cup final appearance in Manchester.

News today that Newcastle United are after Scottish midfielder Scott Allan. Scott Allan 19 year-old Scottish midfield play-maker The Scotland U21 International (2 caps) turns 20 at the end of November, and has only recently rejected a new contract offer from Dundee, and there is news today in the Daily Mail that Newcastle are interested in [.

There is an argument to be made that Gordon Smith is the forgotten giant of Scottish football.
Although his memory lives on with those lucky enough to have seen him play, recognition for his exploits as a player and for his unique acheivements seems to have slipped away.
Yet his was a remarkable career: five league championships with Hibs, Hearts and Dundee.

Maurice Edu and Rangers will look to get a big win over Inverness CT away from home while Dominic Cervi will be on the bench for Celtic who face Dundee Untied at home.

Featured Image: Paul Rudderow

Part one left off at the start the Second World War. Part two picks up with the first friendly in Philadelphia after the war, beginning with Liverpool's tour of the States in 1946.

Friendlies in Philadelphia following the Second World War: 1946-1960

The 1946-1947 Liverpool FC starting XI

The first international club team to travel the US after the Second World War was Liverpool FC, who toured the US from May 11 until June 12 of 1946.

With the speed of a cheetah after it identifies its prey, the Scottish Premier League season approaches. As players in other top flight leagues wake from their midsummer's naps and beginning stretching for their pre-season action, SPL players are back on their training grounds, preparing for matches that mean more than just a bit of fitness.

So, I know its a bit late, but I figured I'd get a short review of the season up (even though its a season, one of many, that I would ultimately like to forget about)..

I guess it would be most appropriate to start from the beginning though in all honesty, I can barely remember much from the first half of the season!

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 lodge any objections, and administrator Bryan Jackson has now passed on control to the new regime. The club has been saved from extinction by the hard work of and money raised by the Supporters Society and the local business consortium, and members from these two strands of the buy out now make up the club's new board.

Outwardly benign, really rather malevolent.
Inviting your enemies round for a house party is a nice gesture. Until they realise that most of the guests have only turned up to celebrate your achievements.
Cruel that.
Spare a thought for Falkirk's fans. Off the pace in the First Division title race, financially suspect, offloading players here, there and everywhere and stuck with a divisive manager for another season.

Outwardly benign, really rather malevolent.
Inviting your enemies round for a house party is a nice gesture. Until they realise that most of the guests have only turned up to celebrate your achievements.
Cruel that.
Spare a thought for Falkirk's fans. Off the pace in the First Division title race, financially suspect, offloading players here, there and everywhere and stuck with a divisive manager for another season.

From Hibs' early foray to Dundee v Milan, via Leeds United's smothering of Barcelona, here are half a dozen great tales.

One word from a dozen managers to sum up the SPL this weekend:
Aberdeen 5 v 0 KilmarnockCraig Brown: "Pleasing."
Mixu Paatelainen: "Farcical."
Hearts 2 v 1 Dundee UnitedJim Jefferies: "Determination."
Peter Houston: "Cruel."
Inverness 2 v 0 St JohnstoneTerry Butcher: "Effort.

Celtic beat Dundee Utd today 3-1 at Tannadice Park to move five points clear at the top of the SPL.

En la década de los 60 hubo un equipo importante que logró una Copa de Europa en el 63 y otra en el 69. En las dos hubo un denominador común, Gianni Rivera. El equipo fue el Milán A.C.

Tras perder su hegemonía el Real Madrid y los dos triunfos de un Benfica que marcó un bienio contra los equipos españoles (F.

News filters through that St Johnstone's fifth round clash with Partick Thistle has been postponed.
If only we had a January shut-down all these call offs and bad weather in February could be so easily avoided.
So only five games to enjoy today.
Hamilton v Dundee UnitedAn all SPL clash.

Last night's SPL results had ramifications for the teams battling it out at both ends of the table.
St Johnstone's 2-0 win over Hamilton means Hibs remain second bottom as they host third bottom St Mirren. Tonight's result at Easter Road could have a big, big influence on how the relegation battle eventually pans out.

Wolves are on the verge of signing Dundee striker Leigh Griffiths for a reported £150,000. It's being reported that Griffiths is set to sign a two-and-a-half-year contract for the Molineux outfit by the end of the transfer window.

The Dundee striker already finds himself sitting on ten league goals in the SPL this season, and Wolves are in need of a striker who could lead them out of a difficult relegation battle.

It's taken a long time for Terry Butcher to make himself anything like as popular as a manager as he once was as a player, but this week the growing respect he has been earning for his achievements at Inverness has been further enhanced in the eyes of many by his plain-speaking on the subject of league reconstruction.

Three days of Scottish Cup action to look forward to. Much talk of "cupsets" but probably not many actual upsets. And, I'd wager, a mention or two for Berwick Rangers, the most famous of Davids in Scottish football's gallery of Goliath-slayers.
Pitch inspections at a few of these games and snow falling as I write so things could be subject to change.

Indulge me, it's my birthday.
The programme pictured is from the first match played at Easter Road after I was born in 1980.
A league game against Celtic. And a goal for George Best. Dodgy video footage below of Best sending Peter Latchford into the back of the net along with the ball.