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...

I completely missed every single game of football across the British Isles at the weekend. I was too busy to turn on the radio for the Scottish games, and I fell asleep somewhere during the Arsenal-Spurs highlights on the Saturday evening. I was awake long enough to see van Persie scoring, but the next thing I [. Click to continue reading...

Inside Left gets help with this weeks Four to Follow as we give some love and attention to four games we think you should be watching out for this weekend. Click to continue reading...

This weeks Four to Follow features two tasty derby's, a meeting of old versus new and a top versus (almost) bottom. Click to continue reading...

We're only 5 games in, but the SPL is already beginning to take on a familiar shape: the Old Firm at the top, a clutch of also-rans in the middle and the rest following on below. Click to continue reading...

Red cards, score draws and a dream about Wick Academy all feature in this week's quick (and we mean quick) round-up of the weekend action across Scotland. Click to continue reading...

As Livingston take their case against demotion to the SFA against a backdrop of skulduggery and alleged bribes. Scottish football once again hangs its dirty laundry out to dry. Click to continue reading...

Inside Left plumbs new depths of football prediction incorrectness, failing to pick so much as one winner in its Four To Follow. Is it time to get the ouija board out? Click to continue reading...

We preview four of the top games in Scotland this weekend and tip Hearts, Inverness, Cowdenbeath and Livingston to pick up three points. Click to continue reading...

Jings, crivens, help ma boab, it's Wednesday already. Time for a quick and not very serious look at the week so far. Click to continue reading...

Aye aye, and welcome to another season of Scottish football. There's a lot to look forward to this season, we hope, but given the national side's dismal display against Norway on Wednesday, it's safe to assume that none of us will be booking flights to South Africa anytime soon. Miracles do happen of course, but we're talking Walt Disney-esque miracles here, the ones involving fairies and rainbows and so on Click to continue reading...

So Scotland's lower leagues kicked off on Saturday.Dundee, powered by spending that is the envy of most SPL clubs, started with a win over Morton. The hope at Dens Park will be that they've done enough to buy promotion.But although the cash offers an advantage, money on its own is no guarantee of success. Click to continue reading...

So Scotland's lower leagues kicked off on Saturday.Dundee, powered by spending that is the envy of most SPL clubs, started with a win over Morton. The hope at Dens Park will be that they've done enough to buy promotion.But although the cash offers an advantage, money on its own is no guarantee of success. Click to continue reading...

That's us away for our holiday then. We leave you with a quick round-up of what's to come in the next two weeks, and we give Aberdeen some much needed love. Click to continue reading...

Inside Left gives you a quick roundup of the various friendlies featuring Scottish teams taking place this evening. Click to continue reading...

Well folks, just a few more weeks and we can finally restore the natural order of the universe, as the Scottish football season kicks off again on 8th August. For many of us the start of the season can't come soon enough. Personally I couldnae give a fart in Tesco's bag that England finally beat Australia [. Click to continue reading...

Hamilton Academical, more commonly known as Hamilton Accies, are an association football club from Hamilton in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. They were established in 1874 from Hamilton Academy. The team won promotion from Scottish Football League Division 2 to SFL Division 1 in the 2003–04 season; this was followed up by promotion to the Scottish Premier League [. Click to continue reading...

It seems like an eternity since we walked out of the ground back in May, but the wait is almost over. Inside Left looks ahead to the week in pre-season friendly football. Click to continue reading...

For the second year in a row, Scottish football faces the real possibility of losing another team before the season even begins.

West� Lothian� Council have begun legal proceedings against Livingston FC over a rent-arrears, said to be around £280,000, for the use of the� Almondvale� ground.

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Inside Left has been busy putting together a wee list of our hopes and dreams for the season yet to come. � In no particular order, here are some of the things we'd like to see happen in the next season.

1. Our teams to progress a bit further in Europe than last season.

Last season was utter mince for our sides in Europe.

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Football fans across the world are, for the first time, being offered the chance to become part of the first ever 100% fans' owned football league club in the UK -� Scottish Second Division side Stirling Albion.

And Soccerade and FIFA World Player of the Year, Cristiano Ronaldo, have pledged their support to the campaign.

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Ah, another week in the wonderful world of Scottish football lies ahead. Generally at this time of year, football bloggers take a break from the keyboards and enjoy a well-earned break from the cut and thrust of blogging about the round ball � game, but the close season so far has been anything but closed.

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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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When I was first asked to write about the Scottish game for SPAOTP, I made it quite clear that predictions where not my thing. I mean, just look at my desperate attempts in this weeks 'Four to Follow'. The only game I got right was the Inter v AC game, and that based on no other insightful punditry other than, in my opinion, Inter have a nicer shirt than AC. Click to continue reading...

The fifth round of the Scottish Cup takes place this weekend. As you'd expect at this stage of the competition, there's no fewer than four all-SPL ties. For those of you following teams in the SFL, there's three interesting games for you too; East Fife, Queens Park and Forfar all take on SPL opposition. Click to continue reading...

Another January transfer window concludes with, well, not a great deal happening; there was certainly none of the excitement and speculation that the English transfer window saw. With more players moving to Scottish clubs rather than leaving the country and a healthy movement of players between clubs in Scotland, on the surface at least, all appears to be well with the game north of the border. Click to continue reading...

Inside Left brings you six websites where you can watch Scottish Football League match highlights for free - and none of them involve needing to download a dodgy plug-in, Chinese commentary or a video screen the size of a matchbox. Click to continue reading...

Weather permitting, there should be another full round of games across Scotland this weekend. Join Inside Left as we bring you our regular Friday afternoon look at what you can expect to see at a stadium near you. Or a completely new stadium, in one particular case .. Click to continue reading...

To hell with ‘fair and balanced reporting', we're so thrilled at the win at Pittodrie yesterday that it's impossible to write this without a hint of gloating or bias. So, to para-quote Bjorge Lillelien: Billy McNeill! Jock Stein! Kenny Dalglish! The Lisbon Lions! Martin O'Neill! Gordon Strachan! Gordon Strachan, can you hear me: your boys took one hell of a beating! Click to continue reading...

Aye aye everyone. Just a quick note before we depart for foreign shores. The football might not stop up in Scotland despite the weather or the time of year, but here at Inside Left we like to take a break at this time of year to spend time recovering from our injuries and so on. Before we go though, here's a quick round-up of all the things you can expect over the next few weeks while we're gone. Click to continue reading...

Heard some prurient transfer gossip? Got the inside track on a sure-fire deal? Have you seen players arriving at some remote corner of the airport and hurried away by club officials? If so, then we want to know! Post a comment with your tidbit and get the tongues wagging! Click to continue reading...

It's Christmas, as the fully face-furnished Slade front-man Noddy Holder is keen to tell us. To get into the spirit of the season, Inside Left brings you a Scottish Football themed '12 Days of Christmas' type article. Click to continue reading...

Another weekend of football goodness goes by. There's no change at the top in the SPL , but both Celtic and Rangers drop points, while Aberdeen go four home wins in a row. Hamilton remain bottom of the league and Inverness and St. Mirren swap places. In the First, St. Johnston win again (if only just) and a bad tempered game at the Broadwood stadium ends in Clyde's favour. Click to continue reading...

It's another action packed weekend of action across the leagues in Scotland - weather permitting of course. Join Inside Left as we guide you through the games taking place near you. Click to continue reading...

The weekend comes around again after another hectic week at the coalface. Thank goodness for that we say, as we replace the sound of pick shovels against hard rock with that of leather against expensive bespoke football booterie. Join us as we take a look at this weekends action. Click to continue reading...