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If you've got a moment or two to spare might I point you in the direction of The Away End?
They're on the lookout for the 100 greatest Scottish league players of all time.
That is the best players - of all nationalities - to have graced league football in Scotland over
the decades.
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.
The pleasure in supporting a team like Hibs lies not in the glory.
It's in the continuity of following a team as generations of your family have before you. It's in
the laughs you have along the way, the shared disappointments and the friends you make.
Friends like my mate Flash.
Will the monetary shenanigans at Ibrox never end?
On and on rumble the ramifications of Rangers' apparent fiscal folly in seasons gone by.
Will the emboldened taxman or the jilted Martin Bain get in the killer blow?
Craig Whyte has brought bad PR, repetitive answers to pressing questions and Gordon Smith to Govan.
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.
Rangers crash out of the Champion's League and the chants of "Super Ally" begin to stick in the
throats of the faithful.
Ridiculous in the extreme that a new manager should be judged on the basis of four games of
competitive football - only one of which ended in defeat.
But life in the Old Firm is a life full of extremes and a life that's often ridiculous.
The first of this weekend's six preview posts, starting with the first game - Rangers v Hearts.
Quite a match to kick things off.
The game
Championship flag a-flappin' in the Govan breeze Rangers have the perfect chance to dismiss as
exaggerations any rumours of their footballing demise.
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.
