One of the benefits of feeling like crap is being able to spend an afternoon submerged in Scottish football. A small benefit to be sure, but paupers in a credit crunch can't be too choosy. So our afternoon kicks off at Love Street where Artur Boruc, apparently no stranger to love, showed himself to be quite street as well, avoiding a red card when many a ref would have stubbed him out like a Click to continue reading...

Want to keep up with all of the latest news and info on your favorite Scottish Premier League club? Want to read up on your club's opponent ahead of a big league clash? We've compiled links to the official club sites and news, squad, fixtures/results, and NewsNow sections for each Scottish Premier League club so [. Click to continue reading...

A belated happy 80th birthday to Lawrie Reilly. The spearhead of the Famous Five that achieved such dominance in the Scottish game for Hibs in the early 1950's Reilly also performed spectacularly for Scotland and scored five times in five visits to Wembley. He remains Hibs most capped player and it seems inconceivable now that someone playing for a side outside of Glasgow's big two could become Click to continue reading...

It's clear that footballer don't like to be injured. But sometimes it's maybe not a bad thing.... For those of us that like to see Scots do prosper down south - and who find Chelsea victories as welcome as Jonathan Ross at Andrew Sachs' dinner party - we could take some comfort from Craig Gordon's enforced absence from the walkover at the Bridge. Click to continue reading...

The first Edinburgh derby of the season comes around and it's full of surprises. For a start both managers are still in place which might be seen as a miracle in itself. And Derek Riordan is back for Hibs. Back kissing the badge, back scoring the goals. So much seems the same. The rumours: Deeks is only getting half what he was on at Celtic, he's shattered the concrete ceiling that was Easter Click to continue reading...

The magic of the cup sometimes throws up some interesting fixtures. With only SPL and First Division teams remaining in the competition, there's many a senior team that looks upon a game against lower league opposition with some trepidation. Witness for example Hibs and Hearts' exit in the last round, or Aberdeen's exit on penalties to [. Click to continue reading...

Old habits are hard to break. Toronto FC continues to look to Britain's leagues.

This comes to us courtesy of the BBC:

Former Hibernian midfielder Brian Kerr is having signing talks with Major League Soccer outfit Toronto.

Kerr, capped three times for Scotland, is currently a free agent after his contract with Hibs was terminated by the Edinburgh club last month.

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Six months after bolting from Scottish football for the friendly confines of Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Tom McManus took some time in an interview with the Edinburgh Evening News to reflect on his move, the sport's growing influence in America, and what the future holds. The 27-year-old striker was first signed to the Colorado Rapids earlier this year, after the club invited him to play in a pair of friendlies while training at Arsenal's facilities in Hertfordshire. Click to continue reading...

An entertaining weekend of football in the SPl this week.

Aberdeen held Rangers, in the early kick off game, to a 1-1 draw with Rangers having a late goal by DaMarcus Beasley ruled out for offside when he was clearly a yard on. Davie Weir opened the scoring for Rangers in a half they dominated, Derek Young equalised just before the break for The Dons. Click to continue reading...

After the first week of games, we saw a defeat for last years 3rd place team Motherwell and a win for new boys Hamilton and the old firm both winning their opening games as expected. This weeks games threw up a surprise or two and after Celtic's dubious penalty last week they were once again apart of some suspect refereeing in their game at Dundee United. Click to continue reading...

After a brief managerial spell in Spain's second division, Chris Coleman is back in England, this time with Championship club Coventry City. And the club is off to a flying start, winners of their first two matches and in first place in the league.

Coleman enjoyed success at Fulham, guiding the Cottagers to their best ever finish in the top flight, 9th place in 2004.

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According to the Edinburgh Evening News today Hibs stars (stars? how many of them actually qualify as stars?) have been holding "clear the air" talks following their dismal pre season. A sign of a group players taking responsibility for their collective incompetence? Or a sign that problems do exist at Easter Road? Click to continue reading...

I received a letter from Edinburgh Council the other day, advising when Easter Road and surrounding areas would be closed due to sporting fixtures.  In the interests of public safety, I'd like to pass on these fixtures. Hibernian FC - Fixtures Season 2008/20009 Sat 2/08/08 middlesborough tue 5/08/08 wigan sat 16/08/08 falkirk sat 30/08/08 motherwell sat 13/09/08 dundee united sat 27/09/08 rangers sat [. Click to continue reading...

Do friendlies mean anything at all? Most managers would say they're a valuable way of gauging a team's readiness for the season ahead. If they win. If they lose they'll write them off as merely a fitness excercise. So who knows if they do mean anything. But three events in Scottish football show that friendlies can have a far from positive impact. Click to continue reading...

The whole sorry search for a keeper at Easter Road continues. After Phil Imray, recently of the mighty Wellington in New Zealand, did little to impress against Raith he has joined young Ivorian Lamine Meite in being shown the exit door. Neither triallist impressed Mixu Paatelainen more than what he's already got. Click to continue reading...

The pre season is in full swing now with the SPL clubs getting their preparations for the season fully underway. A quick roundup: After the disaster of the Intertoto Cup Hibs were held to a no scoring draw against Raith. Good news for the Hibs fans: There was a mystery triallist in goals. Bad news for the Hibs fans: He was 24 year old Phil Imray of Team Wellington in New Zealand. Click to continue reading...

The sun didn't shine on Leith yesterday. In fact it rained on Rod Petrie's latest European parade. Another drookit Intertoto disaster. Before the game Mixu didn't so much dampen down expectation as concede defeat. And so it came to pass. Now the players are back far too early and the club has a pointless trip to Sweden to contend with. Click to continue reading...

In different ways a strange week for two Scottish coaches. Alex Miller sets off from Rafa's shoulder to Japan where he is charged with taking JEF United Chiba (no me either) off the foot of the J-League. Miller managed Morton, St Mirren, Hibs and Aberdeen in Scotland before winding up in the Anfield boot room in 1999. Click to continue reading...

Barry Ferguson's solitary goal was enough to seal victory for Rangers as they embarked on the run of games that will end in glory or disaster. Another game that wasn't hugely pleasing on the eye - except perhaps for the watching Dick Advocaat - needed the captain's well taken goal to keep the pressure on Celtic. Click to continue reading...

Up on the roof. Two intrepid souls find a new way to watch Hibs and Rangers in a not so very scintallating no score draw.Apparently they left at half time to get a carry out. Which, if nothing else, probably made them the envy of the fans inside the ground.Seriously guys there must be 100 pubs within a mile of the roof that were showing the game on TV. Click to continue reading...

The best laid plans and all that. So I've missed an entire year of Scottish football. And what a year. Rangers in a European final for the first time since 1901 and despite failing to score a goal in the whole tournament - only joking and who can knock them now? Gretna in freefall. The fairytale turned into a nightmare (that cliche is copyright of anyone who has written about the story) as we Click to continue reading...

The festive season is in full flow, drinking, merriment, tomfoolery and the chance to get some blackmail material on yer boss at the xmas party. Next time he pulls me up aboot ma "net" time, i will remind him aboot Janine the skill seeker.......see the pluses of being sober....

While oor defence has resembled a drunken office party, trawling round the trendy wine bars of the toon centre, UEFA decided that they would combine their xmas jolly wie the Champions League and WAFFA cup draws. Click to continue reading...