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 [. Click to continue reading...

Another headline that's surely never been written in the history of the English language.
This story takes us to Scotland, where it turns out a bunch of Aberdeen fans were dressed as sheep as they rode the train to an upcoming soccer match against Hibs in Edinburgh.
One unfortunate 24-year-old dude was apparently set alight and ran through the cars with his sheep-suit engulfed in flames. Click to continue reading...

Fancy dress supporter train blaze An Aberdeen supporter dressed as a sheep was set alight on a train on his way home from their match against Hibs on Saturday. The 24-year-old suffered serious burns to his arms and legs when his suit caught fire on a train in Fife. The victim reportedly ran through the carriage ablaze [. Click to continue reading...

As an indication of what was to come Henrik Larsson's first contribution in a Celtic shirt was misleading. It was his misplaced that Chic Charnley latched on to score the winning goal for Hibs in an early season game at Easter Road.That Hibs team would end up relegated while Celtic and Larsson would collect four league titles, four domestic cups and a UEFA Cup final appearance. Click to continue reading...

A search for Hibs on Google reveals one the Official site URLs with the title "Visit Trevster's Homepage".

Trevster is Stuart Crowther's mate from the hibs.net days.� Trevster also owned Hibs.net for some time but now works with Crowther on the official site.� Since the new official site was launched, a number of the additional domains owned by Hibs have not been redirected properly to the main site.

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UEFA's disciplinary panel is deliberating on whether Eduardo was guilty of deception. Its a much broader charge as the statement below suggests.

"Acting with the obvious intent to cause any match official to make an incorrect decision."

Arsenal is countering with a 19 page document which calls UEFA's investigations as a contravention to its own rules of not allowing "field of play" to be second guessed.

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Hearts have started to wind up their youth development training due to lack of funds.� The Jambos, whose financial problems have been well documented and long running are unable to afford to continue some training sessions.

Kids whose, training sessions should have started this week have been told that the sessions would not be continuing for financial reasons.

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Does it make good business sense for Celtic to sell two of the elite players in the SPL to Spurs?

There have been several stories doing the rounds this summer regarding Spurs and Celtic players Scott Brown and Aiden McGeady. With a 20 million pound price tag on the SPL duo it sure would make sense for the Mowbray to part company with his young midfield duo.

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Hibs have signed Anthony Stokes from Sunderland.� Apparently there will be a press conference tomorrow to make the announcement.

It's been widely rumoured since Yogi arrived at the club that Stokes would return to play for him after an uneventful spell down south.� Stokes signed for Sunderland for around £2 million so you'd have to figure that Hibs have paid some sort of fee to get him back to Scotland.

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Ding Ding! In the purple corner, Burnley, back in the big time. In the Blue corner, Alex McLeishs'� Birmingham, both battling it out for the wooden spoon.

This season promises to be a blinder. Any one of 10 teams could beat Derby's dreaded record of 11 points in a Premier League season.

Here's my bottom half predictions.

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The dawn of the new premiership season is upon us and this year we might have something special on the cards. Of course the usual battle at the top will be very exciting but there is potential for something more intriguing. This season we have three clubs that have come up that could easily still be in the league when May comes around.

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OK, I'll admit I got just about every call wrong last year – although I did redeem myself slightly by identifying Tony Mowbray the moment wee Gordon stepped away from Celtic.But like Yves Makalambay I'm prepared to pull my gloves back on, hurl myself back into the fray and flirt with yet another calamity. Click to continue reading...

OK, I'll admit I got just about every call wrong last year – although I did redeem myself slightly by identifying Tony Mowbray the moment wee Gordon stepped away from Celtic.But like Yves Makalambay I'm prepared to pull my gloves back on, hurl myself back into the fray and flirt with yet another calamity. Click to continue reading...

Rangers midfielder has largely been over looked at international level even though he was arguably Rangers best player last season before getting injured. The former Hibs layer took a while to settle at Ibrox but once he did he soon put his stamp on the team and is hotly tipped ... Click to continue reading...

Little more than an hour's drive from Jose Mourinho's reunion match with Chelsea, before the largest southern Californian soccer crowd in a decade, the Gold Coast simultaneously played host to an international friendly of a smaller scale, but a truer sense of the term.

Burnley, the tradition-rich Lancashire club which earned promotion in May's playoff final win over Sheffield United at Wembley, pummeled its host, the Ventura County Fusion of American soccer's fourth tier, 5-0, Tuesday night before 3,358 in a high school football stadium.

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A few newly promoted Coca-Cola Championship clubs have decided to start spending some of that live TV broadcast cash. Looking to avoid the "Are you Derby County in disguise?" chants, Premier League new boys Burnley and Wolves are upgrading their squads left, right, and center and perhaps paving the way for a few inexpensive fantasy premier league players in the process:

• Wolves have signed Reading striker Kevin Doyle for a club record fee.

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Dutch giants Feyenoord Rotterdam's shirts for the 2009-10 Eredivisie season have officially been released. Feyenoord, one of the big three of Dutch football along with PSV and Ajax, finished seventh in the 2008-09 season of the Eredivisie. The new Feyenoord shirts are made by Puma, who return as the club's kit makers after a gap of [. Click to continue reading...

English Football League Two side Grimsby Town have revealed their new kits for the 2009-10 football season. The new shirts, manufactured using nano technology, have been made by Italian company Errea for the second season running. The new home shirt is a white and black striped one, while the Mariners will wear a blue outfit on their [. Click to continue reading...

The Scottish football season finally came to a halt as Rangers win the Scottish Cup following their 1-0 victory over Falkirk last Saturday. The promotion and relegation fixtures have been played; St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Ayr United, Stenhousemuir and Dumbarton are all preparing for life in a higher division following their promotions, while for Inverness Caley Thistle, Clyde, Airdrie United, Queens Park and Stranraer next season will mean having to adjust to life in a lower league. Click to continue reading...

The Scottish football season finally comes to a halt as Rangers win the Scottish Cup following their 1-0 win over Falkirk last Saturday. The promotion and relegation fixtures have been played; St Johnstone, Raith Rovers, Ayr United, Stenhousemuir� and Dumbarton are all preparing for life in a higher division following their promotions, while for Inverness Caley, Clyde, Airdrie United, Queens Park and Stranraer, next season will mean having to adjust to life in a lower league.

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Hibernian Football Club are a Scottish professional football club based in Leith, in the north of Edinburgh. They are one of two Scottish Premier League clubs in the city, the other being their great rivals Hearts who Hibernian play in the Edinburgh derby. The club, often referred to as "Hibs", finished in 6th place during [. Click to continue reading...

Scottish Premier League side Hibernian have unveiled their new 2009-10 Home and away shirts. The new Hibs kits have been manufactured by Le Coq Sportif. The home shirt is a green and white outfit. The club crest is in the centre of the shirt, with the logo of sponsors McEwan Fraser below it. The Le Coq Sportif [. Click to continue reading...

No NostradamusAnd so the end is near. Time, I think, to revisit that glorious time in August when we look forward to the season ahead, confident that our predictions will make Nostradamus look like a fairground fortune teller selling false hope for the future because she can no longer get away with selling her body. Click to continue reading...

No NostradamusAnd so the end is near. Time, I think, to revisit that glorious time in August when we look forward to the season ahead, confident that our predictions will make Nostradamus look like a fairground fortune teller selling false hope for the future because she can no longer get away with selling her body. Click to continue reading...

No NostradamusAnd so the end is near. Time, I think, to revisit that glorious time in August when we look forward to the season ahead, confident that our predictions will make Nostradamus look like a fairground fortune teller selling false hope for the future because she can no longer get away with selling her body. Click to continue reading...

Maurice Edu and Rangers did their part this weekend, beating Aberdeen 2-1 on Saturday.
Not so much for Celtic, who failed to break down Hibernian's defense during a 0-0 draw. The results mean Rangers are top of the table going into the final game in the Scottish Premier League.
After winning the Old Firm derby game last weekend, Rangers sputtered in midweek, drawing 1-1 with Hibs. Click to continue reading...

Hibs v Celtic Live Streaming & Match Preview
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Hibs vs Celtic : Live SPL Football
Sunday, 17 May 2009
Kick Off : 13:00 GMT
Venue : Easter Road

Celtic knows they have to beat Hibs to go back to the top of the league, Rangers beat Aberdeen 2-1 on Saturday which means they currently sit top.

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The article below was forwarded on to me by Western Michigan University coach Stu Riddle, who found an Evening Times report by Thomas Jordan that references Maurice Edu paving the way for positive exposure of the American game over in Scotland.
ONE was reared in arguably the most famous footballing institution in the world, surrounded by the best players on the planet. Click to continue reading...

Pitch invader takes offence to penalty being scored Hibs' Derek Riordan very nearly got a punch to the head for his troubles after scoring the winning goal in the Edinburgh derby against Hearts. Jambos fans invaded the pitch after Riordan converted a 79th-minute penalty, and at least one looked intent on taking a swing at the [. Click to continue reading...

Tonight's game between St Mirren and Hibernian is the 202nd League encounter, one of the longest running ties - with the first game coming in September 1895!

Both sides have enjoyed more success at home, St Mirren winning 49 games to 29 losses - while Hibs have won 60 times in Edinburgh, losing 18 times.

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Having watched the debate unfold on Jambos Kickback regarding Hibs and their current predicament, I have to admit to experiencing the strangest feelings about it all. I don't want them to end up in the bottom six. Not at all.
According to some, it's not the done thing to have anything short of utter contempt and hatred for your local rivals and this is something I've always found a little difficult to comprehend. Click to continue reading...

Celtic appear to be following their usual, uninspiring pattern of stealing the best talent from the rest of the SPL by attempting to sign Hibs' Steven Fletcher.  Both Rangers and Celtic have found it increasingly difficult to afford quality players from outside Scotland in recent years and Fletcher will be the next in a long line of players [. Click to continue reading...

The title of this blog entry may not get us many hits for Hearts related content, but I really couldn't think of anything more appropriate following the events of the weekend. So yes, we went to Easter Road and we won. How tremendous was that? The atmosphere in the Hearts end was just brilliant and having now watched the highlights again on the telly (about 4 zillion times), it was great to hear the Jambos outsinging the Hibbies yet again. Click to continue reading...