Ah, Scottish footballing optimism returns with the faint whiff of a trophy to play for.
Scotland resume their Carling Nations Cup campaign against Wales in Dublin this evening.
A win for Craig Levein's side will set up a title decider against the Republic of Ireland - who
thrashed Northern Irelad 5-0 last night - on Sunday.
Swindon Town's New (and Controversial) Boss
You couldn't ever accuse Swindon Town supporters of having little to talk about. The team has
pogoed around the divisions in the last twenty years (they were present in the second ever Premier
League season of 1993-4, and are at present the only former Premiership team to have been relegated
to the lowest league tier).
Hibernian 0-4 Heart of Midlothian, April 2006 Your boys took one hell of a beating is a post
from: Just Football
by Joel Sked
Sometimes, just sometimes supporting your team can be exhilarating, enjoyable, everything you
ever wanted rolled into one. In a word. Perfect.
Sunday the 2nd of April 2006 was one of those days.
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.
"The most difficult challenge of my life". That was how Dougie Freedman
described the task facing him after Crystal Palace's latest heavy away defeat at Swansea which kept
his beloved Eagles deep in the relegation mire. The 36-year-old is a legend in these parts of South
London but there is no denying the uphill battle ahead for the Scotsman in what is sure to be a
challenging introduction into football management.
Ahead of tomorrow's clash between Manchester United and Tottenham at White Hart Lane, United's
Welsh wizard Ryan Giggs has heaped praise on Spurs winger Gareth Bale. Bale has drawn comparisons
to Giggs for many reasons, and he has been in sensational form for the high flying Spurs in both
the Premier League and the Champions League.
Sir Alex Ferguson has revealed that United tried to sign Tottenham Hotspur star, Gareth Bale,
when he was still a kid at Southampton. After our bid failed, he later joined Spurs for £10m and
has gone from strength to strength.
"We tried to sign him as a 16 or 17-year-old boy," said Ferguson.
