Now that the bunting has been torn down from between the tenements and the houses and the last of the party revellers bundled into a taxi for the long ride home, the mandarins at the SFA find themselves in a situation that gets less unique with every tournament that passes Scottish football by.

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Written by Seb Gevers
When George Burley took over at the helm of the Scottish national side, he knew the scale of the task ahead of him. He knew, because history tells its own story. Scotland, a team forever on the edge of qualification. Scotland, a team forever on the edge of the next round. Click to continue reading...

The ink has only just dried on the contract, but already the fall-out from the deal that will save quite a few of the SPL clubs is starting to accumulate.
At a meeting held at Hampden yesterday afternoon, the 12 clubs that make up the SPL voted to accept a combined ESPN/Sky TV deal worth £65m which will see the broadcasters show 60 games between now and the end of the 2011/12 season. Click to continue reading...

Take down the nets, pull up the corner flags; fetch the stray balls from off the roof of the main stand and switch off the floodlights for the last time, for another season of football in Scotland has come to a close.
A long time ago, on another web site all about the beautiful game north o' the border, I put together a season preview wherein, using nothing more than a league table, a blindfold and a sharp implement I predicted the outcome of the 2008/09 season in Scotland. Click to continue reading...

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In this week's look at Scottish football down the years, we turn the clock back to 1965 as Kilmarnock take on Hearts at Tynecastle in a game that would decide the league championship, as well as mark an end to a period when Scottish football was (if only for a short time) a truly competitive league.
Scottish league football has been dominated by the Old Firm. Click to continue reading...